So tired! Busy weekend in Seoul. Big thanks to Namhee for a great saturday at Insadong, and a big thanks ro Jeong Ah for a great sunday on the Seoul City Tour.
Found out saturday morning, that there is no 6:50am bus out of my sleeply litle town. Earliest bus is 7:50am. So, went to a PCbang near the bus stop for a while. Got the usual Deluxe (우등) bus... So much better than the normal bus, bigger seats, more comfy ^^ Got to Seoul at about 12:30, met Namhee for lunch. Had my first 100% western-style meal in 3 months at TonyRoma's, a grilled meat place. Had grilled chicken with pineapple, french fries and vegies... and yes mum, I ate all my vegies!
Then we went to Insadong, and had a look a look around for a few hours. There were some really interesting things to see there. We relaxed for a while and had some traditional tea.
Met Jeong Ah saturday night, and found a motel for me to stay at. Thanks for the call at about 2am, Donggyun-hyeong!! Got up kinda early to go on the Seoul City Tourn bus on sunday, about 9:30am... hehe. We started at Seoul Station, then went to the National Museum of Korea (that place is massive!), Itaewon, Namsangol Tradiotional Korean Village (looked even better than in Korean soaps ^^), Namsan Seoul Tower (Ovservation Deck about 350m above sea level), Dongdaemun market (could spend a whole day there looking at everything!) and then went to Insadong. Had dinner in Jongno, then quickly went to City Hall to have a look. Met Steve (and his girlfriend for the first time) and Diasuke, since it will be the last time I can see Daisuke (for a while... we'll meet in Nagoya! I promise!).
Woke up at 6am, to get ready by 7am, to get to the bus terminal, so I could get back to SaChang in time ;) Slept a little on the bus. Went to work, and then Kumdo. Was going to try yoga tonight, but to tired to do both Kumdo and Yoga!
Had a great time in Busan! Daisuke and I got there at about 5pm, and met 나나 (Nana), a friend of Daisuke's that he met in Australia. She took us to a famous temple in Busan ~ 범어사 (Beomeosa). It was really nice there, just as the sun was going down. We caught a bus into the city, and met up with all our friends there, and made some new ones. It was good to See Donggyun-hyung, Mie, Hyunmin-hyung again... Even Ayumi (a friend of Donggyun and Mie's that I met in Australia) came to Busan... and I didn't know! haha! Was a good surprise. It was also good to meet Tony and Benny as well ;) Soju and Noraebang ^^ Always a good combination ;)
On sunday, the 6 of us (Daisuke, Hyunmin, Donggyun, Mie, Ayumi and myself) went to 해운대 (Haeundae) and walked along the beach and did some shopping. I was there one year ago (almost exactly!), and I remembered many things from there... The memorries came flooding back! haha
But, had to get up early to get a bus back to my sleepy town ^^ It took 6 hours to get from the motel in Busan to my town here in Jeollanam-do... Half a subway line in Busan, A bus from Nopodong to GwangJu, then another bus from GwangJu to SaChang...
Going to Seoul next weekend ~ Meet some friends ^^ Plan to have alot of fun ^^
How does a track, I made years ago, end up for download on LimeWire? About 150 people have it? How the f**k did that happen...
I made a mashup called Tocastorm, which used samples from Darude's Sandstorm and Fragma's Toca Me, plus other samples from 666, ATB and DJ Aligator.
Kinda freaked me out!
Half cleaned the apartment today... Still got to go through some junk and other stuff. I rearranged it too, so that helps me clean everything ;) Still got a bit to clean tomorrow, so no rush to do that, but I want it done in time, for when a friend comes to stay on tuesday.
Went ten pin bowling with another teacher and his girlfriend today, had a good time. Was good to stop cleaning for a while, and do something fun.
Going to Busan next weekend to meet up with friends from Australia. It will be the first time we're all together since Australia last year... so, will be great to see everyone. The weekend after that, going to Seoul to meet friends... Will be abnother good weekend ;)
Thanks Hyunpil (H.P. ^^), SuJeong, Yonsil and HP's mum and dad for a great new years. Had a great time ;) Wish I could have stayed longer... at least it is warmer there ;)
Gotta start work in less than 7 hours... cant sleep. i'll just have to be grumpy at work ;)