It's Been a While.

So alot has happened since the last time I updated. I fell off a bit but, you know, I've just been livin. As much as things are still different and exciting- it has become my norm. It has been exactly six months since I have been living in South Korea, with six more to go.

Let's recap the past three...

Jenna arrives to live and teach in Pyeongtaek. Her first weekend in Korea,Island bike trip.

Perfect way to end the summer and begin a new and exciting adventure- and a more than perfect way to introduce all the safety hazards of Korean life. Pedaling around an island on old bikes in pouring acid rain, down steep hills and hard turns. No helmet, flip flops, lightning cracking through the sky mountains and ocean all while drinking beers out of our cute bike baskets. Totally normal. But it was beautiful, and the sun did come out, once or twice.

Diane visits and it is a whirlwind of trying to see AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE in the few days we have to spend with her. Stop one, Penis Park. Yeah, a park full of giant penis sculptures made out of wood and stone. It was a longgg day of travel to get there but

worth the trip considering the next time I'll ever see something like that is in some kind of homosexual underground cult. And that's highly unlikely. I won't even get in to the story of WHY this penis forest was erected. Just know that it's there, and it's not going anywhere. Next stop... THE CAVES. I fucking LOVE caves. Like really, really love them. Can't get enough of them. I'm real happy we decided to wake up at the crack of dawn to go to the

phallus extravaganza when it wasn't even open to the public yet, oh did I mention that little factor? Oh did I also mention it was raining AND we were dragging around our luggage at 7am? But anyway, if we didn't do that then we

wouldn't have made the CAVES. And I really love caves. Really. We had the most incredible hike just to get to the entrance of the cave. It was epic. Of course by the time we were entering the dark damp hole the sun comes out. But that's typical.So, after our little midweek excursion during one of the only small holidays I get, Chuseok- Korean Thanksgiving (for which I received a gift box of SPAM and cooking oil from my director) we did some sightseeing around Seoul the following weekend.Checked out Seoul Tower again. Went out in Hongdae, had

some nice brunch. You know. All in all I guessss she liked it, because SHE'S COMINGBAAACK! Hooked her up with my recruiter and found a job teaching the yiddle ones about 20 mins north of me ^^ She will arrive in about 1 month. Common. Jump on the Korea boat, you know you want to.





And then I went to my first ever soccer game, not just in Korea, but. Ever. I very much enjoyed it and think I will continue to pretend to be into sports now, just to attend these events.

Then one day when everything went wrong, Jenna and I found

Forever 21. A small speck of light. (I'll save the details of this unbelievably ridiculous day for another time, IF I feel like re-living it).

And then... My day of birth. Celebrated with some new friends and some old :) A nice lil surprise office party! With purdy roses all wrapped up, and a delicious cake we shared with chopsticks. Naturally. It was a

good 26th, even though I was away from my fam and I am now officially past my quarter life.

Then another fellow Libra-ians day of birth. Costume party celebrated.PS- I heart Dori Uhm.

The Seoul Lantern Festival was pretty freggin awesome.

And LETS not forget to mention the new acquisition of my first ever gadget...the iTouch. I'm in love. Find me on words free aka words with friends. Jadekimg. I also love the hispta app. Don't hate.

So...

about 29 days til Diane arrives!

38 days till Christmas. I'll be home for the holidays and I can't wait to see everyone and SQUEEZE my large gray cat!

73 til Ms. Victoria West arrives in Korea to visit moi!!

76 til I am basking on the white beaches on a remote island of the Philippines!
xo.