how things be goin

good. things are good. i don't have too much to say in the realm of exciting but here's what i've been up to in the last little while:

working. the new school so far has been pretty great. things have definitely been lower key there compared to the last school i was at. my classes are generally smaller and there are about a third of the teachers. it's kinda nice to have a quieter atmosphere though sometimes i miss having people around who are ready to go out at the drop of a hat. i also miss some of my daegu friends though most of the people i was really close with have left korea for good. i also love the fresh start.

exploring the new neighbourhood. it's definitely a lot nicer than where i was for the last two year. i live right on a river complete with trails for running, biking etc. though lately it's been raining everyday so i havn't been able to enjoy them. i'm also just a few subway stops away from some busier areas of town which is also cool. i LOVE being on the seoul subway line. i'm generally in the city for the weekends hanging out with mike and going to punk/enjoying delicious restaurants/being a tourist.

vacationing. the first week of august our school was closed down. i had plans to go to singapore but i just couldn't make it work. i REALLY wanted to go somewhere and even borrowed 700 bucks from a coworker i had met days before but after crunching numbers it just wasn't feasible. canada cost me a pretty penny so i'll have to make it happen another time. i pretty much stayed in the city the whole week and did a bunch of tourisy seoul things that i usually never have the time to do so it ended up being a pretty great week. any week not working is generally a pretty great week. i have pics which i'll upload later.

planning more vacationing. i have another week scheduled off for the end of october to go to thailand (yes, again.. and yes, it's totally worth it). mike will be headed there for a couple of months come september so this will be my chance to spend some time with him AND stuff as many pineapples and noodles into me as possible. the details haven't fully been worked out yet but i'm hoping to go to a full moon party this time and spend some time at some places i missed out on before. i'm also trying to get an extra week off before that to extend the vacation.

speaking of vacations we have wednesday off as well. i think it's independence day. so everyone will be celebrating korea's liberation from japan. i have no plans yet, but am hoping to buy a bike sometime this week so maybe i'll go for a ride and take it on some sweet jumps.

yeah, that's all i've got. except that i do have a landline phone now and if you didn't receive the mass email with that included email me and i'll let you have it.

later.