happy chinese new year

the Gwangmyeong police station... striking fear into the hearts of Koreans everywhere


at the traditional market, this goes on forever
a birds eye view of Gwangmyeong, on a really crappy day, but it was the first day I climbed the 'mountain.' I can imagine that it is going to be very beautiful on a sunny and less foggy day.

This 'n That

had a little samgapsa the other day, thought you all would like to have a looksee at it, basically you take those thick bacon slabs in the middle and cut it up, mix it up with rice and onions and sauce and whatever you want, then wrap it in a leaf (in that little green basket) and enjoy. Also pictured... beer, bean sprout soup, kimchi, and some wierd vegetable with some sort of spicy cajun sauce on it. The other picture is from Scott's apartment, all those buildings are identical and part of the same housing complex, and that is just one side, behind me is a bunch more. anyonghi kyeseyo

One big whopping apology

I've been out of line. I've been avoiding the problem of telling you guys why I've been slacking off so much, and I think we need some closure (thats a word I learned from chicken little). So here it is... my camera ran out of batteries and I kept forgetting to buy new ones...

Alright, maybe I shouldn't have said anything at all...
but now things are different, I just bought a whole bunch of them, and I won't be running out for a long time, so I'm ready to blog again. True, this particular blog does not have any pictures, but this will be the only one, I promise. I'm just so excited to be back and blog-ready. I had one of the funnest nights in a while tonight, playing streetball outside at a park with a bunch of korean kids and then a game with some guys who I can only guess were around my age. Good times good times, wish I took pictures....

Oh and I can read honguk (Korean writing) now, I don't know what it means, but I can sound it out slowly enough that people around me can at least see what I'm trying to read and then laugh and tell me how to 'actually' say it. Also a good time.

Ciao