Pictures from my brief visit to Paris

It shall be noted that I had to use my IPod to take these pictures, since my camera was with in my luggage somewhere in the Paris airport.

These places should look familiar.

Still in America

I'm waiting, and waiting for these immigration folks to get me a visa issuance number so the fine people at the Korean Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia,  can get me a work visa.  So, I had to cancel my trip to Sofia, since the Embassy there told me I couldn't get my visa -- though they told me I could get it a day before.  Anyway, I'll update a little bit more over the big weekend sometime.  Big in terms of the many sporting events happening.

Last Day of Work

Yesterday was my last day of work at the good 'ole EFL Institute.  I'll be going home in a few days to Memphis.  Then three weeks from today, I'll head to Sofia, Bulgaria for a few days.  And then I'll be back in 'ole Daegu, one last time.  I'm packed and ready, to get out of here for  a few weeks.  I've definitely made some great friends though at my church, and will actually stay tonight and part of tomorrow night with two of them -- Taddesse, and Silesse -- two fellows from Ethiopia.  I took them to the English club last week, and they really had a blast there.  Anyway, I have a computer telling me that it's got a low battery -- so I am now leaving my apartment one final time.  The computer will stay here while I am gone, but I'll log in somewhere and update you all.  God Bless and catch you on the flip side.

The Week in Review

I'm for a 3 day work week -- at least once every six weeks or so.  It was pretty nice to have two 3 day work weeks though in a five weeks span.

We celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday on Monday of this last week -- that meant that Sunday - Tuesday were declared national holidays here in Korea.  I spent Saturday and Sunday doing the usual things like working out, visiting English Club friends, and going to church, along with a little family bonding too.  Monday, I spent a large portion of the day bonding with Korean family.  I learned how to play Korean Poker (sort of).  I didn't lose  but a few bucks, though I won a little bit at times.  I also ate a bunch of holiday-appropriate food, bonded with a few toddlers, and well ate more food.  

Tuesday was a nice day to do nothing.  Instead I decided to take a friend from church named Fritz to Palgong Mountain, which is about 30 minutes outside of the city where I live.  It's nice clean mountain air, which is really nice, even in the winter time too.  Fritz is from Indonesia, and had only been hiking once before at a mountain that's closer to the city center of Daegu.  We had a blast, but struggled on the way down.  This was due to the amount of snow at the top part. We were both wearing tennis shoes as well, which didn't make things too easy on us.  I busted my you know what twice, but got right back up like a trooper, and kept going.  

Anyway, there's about 15 minutes left in my Friday evening, so I'll give you a few pictures from the hike that Fritz and I took.  I did have to sleep in a super cold room last night -- my heat went bad for a night or two.  It turns out that a valve just needed to be flushed out, because one of our school's bus drivers came and fixed the problem really quickly this morning.  I kind of felt like a fool, but I can't exactly read all that Korean and still be able to fix everything in my apartment.  

Anyway, I'm gonna get a nice hot shower, and get to sleep really soon.  I plan to do a little housework tomorrow, and then enjoy the rest of the day with some good friends. 

Perfect example of small town America

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/era-big-boxes-day-little-guy-080317993.html

How stupid can one be???

I don't know how to react to this article:
http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/Owner_of_Dragged_Dog_Arrested_137941308.html

A little update on the doggy in KY

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greystone-Pet-Hospital/364020353750

Please check out all the progress that has been made -- amazing stuff!!

Yesterday, was the Lunar New Year holiday, so I'll post sometime today or tomorrow about that.  I'm kind of exhausted from a hike today.