Now back to that nearly perfect weekend

. . . . . that I had.

Miss Annie (who I will tell you about someday), and I went to the East Sea for this past weekend.  The weather made us a little nervous, because all we saw in the forecast was rain, rain and more rain.  The bus ride there was actually a pretty good one, considering how rainy it was.  We started a few hours later than we anticipated, but we arrived in Gangneung around 2:45 on Saturday afternoon.

Waiting there for us was our shuttle to the Pension where we stayed for Saturday night in the Gyungpo Beach area.  There weren't too many people around the area considering it was a rainy weekend, but was also not yet June as well.  This made for quite a peaceful and lazy day on Saturday.  We walked in the rain along the beach for a little bit, and then went back to the Pension where we were going to have a little BBQ up on the rooftop (just like a song).

We met a couple that was also cooking, who was celebrating their Wedding Anniversary and we had a few drinks with them after dinner.  I honestly thought this couple was in college, but turns out they were older than Annie, and I both.  We had a pretty good time with the couple, and even took a stroll down to the beach together after Miss Annie discovered that the rain was gone around 10pm.  Annie even danced with me for a little bit along the shoreline.

On Sunday the sun decided to show its face, and it did so very early.  We woke up and started the day by going to a little area famous for traditional Tofu --- I know what you're thinking -- that sounds so delicious.  We were both starving and it was actually pretty appetizing as well.  We then got a taxi to a train station that took us from Kangneung to Jeongdongjin -- it was just a fifteen minute train ride, but somehow I still caught a nap.   We took some pictures a long the beach, and visited a place called Hassla Art World.  I'm not into artsy places, but the outdoor sculpture park at this place was definitely an awesome time.  There was even art made of cow poo, under a big circus-like tent.  

We ate a pretty nice lunch at this place as well -- we got to take in some pretty nice views of the sea while we were eating.  There were more views to take in from various places of this "Art World" though as well.

I leave you with some pictures.

                                                    view from our Pension

                                                           the dinner that I cooked

                                                              picture before eating

                                                      down by the beach

                                                          this pic came out great

                                                           the Tofu meal for breakfast

                                                          our wonderful sunny Sunday

                                                            Rock at Jeongdongjin

                                                      Annie

                                        your truly sporting his famous sport-coat and short outfit

                                                 

                                                      in my train conductor suit

                                                            Sand hour glass park

The news is . . .

This guy had a near perfect weekend . . . . . . with the exception of a student seeing myself and someone last night. . . . . . I'll fill you in later, the stomach is a little upset with me for some reason. . . . .

Something I should have mentioned in the last post. . . .

I'd come back to this job with two conditions. . . . I would have a refrigerator -- since I don't have one in this rinky-dink apartment -- which is not cool for someone drinks more milk than the average child does.  The other internet -- I could pay for it, but at least have it installed so I could pay for it.  Anyway, I slept late today, since I woke up at almost 5 am starving, then had a phone call a little while later from a pretty lady who had been out having a fun night with one of her co-workers!!

Time to get ready for the work day

Full Moon on Facetime

Wish I could have taken a picture of this, but I was able to talk on facetime last night with my friend Amy and her son Alex.  Since it was morning there in Central KY, I stood outside Cafe' Benne and showed them the full moon.  So beware of things that can happen when the moon gets full.  Personally, I should alright here, especially after I take a melatonin with my protein shake. . in other news. . . .

I'm not feeling all that cool about leaving this current job, though I've made some promises to some people to do some things in June and July.  . . . If somehow I could have a position with this academy starting in late August, I would super stoked, but I don't see that I should be an exception to the rule.  I'm just happy that I've been able to work with a wonderful staff of Koreans, have an amazing director, and an owner who is not afraid to get his hands dirty and do some hard work.  It's definitely been different having to come to work every day two hours or more before my classes start.  We do spend about thirty minutes cleaning first, which still leaves us with about an hour and fifty minutes free.

Goodnight, or Happy Hump Day.

Writer's Block

It's not exactly my favorite thing to have. . . . but it even happens to someone that just writes in a blog a few times a week. . .

My weekend wasn't too exciting to write about.  I arrived in 'ole Daegu for a family visit on Saturday afternoon.  I got to see some of the old guys at the gym that I haven't seen in forever. . . . goodness, I miss sitting around at talking to those guys.

One of the old men (whose respect I finally gained by appearing in a local newspaper), told me I should never leave.

I didn't even spend that much time with my friends on Saturday evening.  Two hours and I was ready to go home and go to sleep. . . I guess all these hard workouts and later nights are catching up to me quite quickly now. .

I did get to catch up with a kid named Jerry that I taught at my academy last year. . . I had an interesting time with him and some of his middle school friends yesterday.  We went to the PC Room and played Fifa Online for a few hours, and then went to the singing room.  It was kind of fun watching the boys sing their hearts out. I sang a few songs to impress them, but it was more fun watching them perform Korean pop songs, or hop-hop songs though.

Anyway, it's almost 11 pm here on Monday night and I'm waiting for a pretty lady to finish work for now.

BTW -- Thanks to the Memphis Grizzlies for a great season. . . . here's a wonderful article written by Mr. Geoff Calkins

I believe

Have a nice weekend

I have had a great week, and now I'm heading out of town to visit the Korean family for a the weekend.  Yesterday, I went and watched a pretty interesting movie with a nice lady -- Source Code.
It confused me a little bit, but it was pretty good.  Anyway, Go Grizz, and have a nice weekend everyone!!

Random Thought

I loathe coffee shops -- especially the odd cover music that they play on their loud speakers -- at least there is free wi-fi that works ten times better than the internet in my apartment though.  At Caffe' Bene here in Gongju, they even have one of my favorite treats in the whole world -- Gelato.

Now I could sacrifice the terrible music and the chairs that make me really sleepy for a once a week venture into a place that has good Gelato - perhaps I'll visit the place where Gelato is from sometime soon.

Remember Go Grizz!! Gotta get to sleep early tonight.  Gotta make it to the gym early, so I can be home to watch at least half of the game this time.

Congrats to Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis as well -- read !!!