Sunday, April 22, 2007

Alright then, I know I havent written anything in a long while so there's no sense in writing a novel about everything that has happened. So maybe I can give you a short version of somethings.

Eunice, the woman I work for, introduced me to someone in her class and all during February I spent much time with him. This would be Dae Jeong. Around this time I also ran into a woman who lives downstairs. I had met her previously in October and this time when I spoke with her she asked to invite me for lunch the next day to meet her daughter, Yuna.

The month of February is a month off for students, so I spent most of my spare time with Yuna and Dae Jeong. For the most part with Dae Jeong we just watched movies, ate, drank, and walked around. Yuna helped me get a bus pass and we also mostly just ate and chatted. In Korea it seems everyone eats out all of the time because its incredibly cheap to eat out. I dont think I ever paid more than 11$ and usually it was just 4$. Yuna and I also went to Gyeongju which is another city near Busan that is extremely popular for its historical sites, making it perfect for foreigners and Korean tourists alike. I will add a link for pictures.

A week before I left Korea I went out to have a bit to drink with my Canadian friend Dave. I had met him accidently through Dae Jeong. Dae Jeong had told me about this Canadian guy who sometimes went to this bar that he (Dae Jeong) liked to go to. So one night when we had gone there (the bar's name is Cuba and its kind of a foreigners bar except that not many foreigners go there, it just seems that everyone who goes there can speak English) we ran into Dave. Since then I was hanging out with him. Anyways. As I was saying, on this particular night when I had gone out with Dave for a bit to eat and drink. He had invited one of his friends to meet up with us and his friend Chris came with his Korean friend who goes by Kennan in English. So I end up chatting with Kennan for quite some time and he says that he's supposed to go meet up with a couple of his friends soon. I convince him to have them meet us at the bar where we are and they come. So now at the bar is me, Dave, Chris, Kennan, and Kennan's 3 friends (English names Kenny, Irene, and ??). We all drink for a bit more and then head out to a foreigner bar (as you may have noted from previous posts I dont really do the foreigner bar or foreign friends thing but this night was really fun and anyways, I just go along with other people). Anyways, I hit it off with Kenny and end up spending most of the following week with him before I left to go home. He even went with me to Seoul all the way to the airport to see me off :) This picture here is Kenny with his dog (yes thats a pure bred Husky), General (I cant remember the Korean word for it). The dog lives at a separate property which is maybe a 10 minute drive from where I live. Kenny visits and plays with the dog everyday. While all of Korea is surrounded by mountains this location has houses rather that tall apartment and business buildings. All winding roads and absolutely beautiful views. When I go back during the day I will try to get a couple pix.

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