For ever and for ever when I move

Best decision of the day:

Purchasing a tiny box of chocolate milk for my walk to school this morning. Amazing.

Best part of my weekend:

Climbing up a mountain in Juwangsan national park and making friends with a huge group of Koreans that had spread out two tarps and were having a giant picnic at the top. Best gimbop of my time here. So good. It’s incredible what a smile can do. We subsequently ran out of time and kindof had to run back down the mountain. Almost died three times. Worth it.

Best rememberance:

Remembering to bring colored pencils with me on the hike. I didn’t end up using them, but it made me proud that I remembered. Good job, self!

New favorite image of Korea:
A rest stop at 8pm on a Sunday evening. So packed, three rows of car traffic, music, travel agencies (or parking ticket collectors?) street food, music, and toilet paper!

Hello family, friends, random strangers from the web:

Another week in Korea has passed beautifully by. The mountains today are peaceful, beautiful, fading gently as the train weaves through the landscape, the green hue of the trees transformed to a soft and gentle blue in the midst of the fog. Amid the distant sounds of construction, I spent my day quietly, breathing the cool breeze and enjoying the warmth of the sunshine, the color of my pencils, the scratch of the pen.

There are few thoughts in my head but to tell you things are quite busy, as per usual when life is spent exploring and meeting people. The more familiar I become with Korea, the more beautiful it is, though it may be noted that my romantic perception of life is, indeed, romantic, and though there are many things in Korea that are perceptually and culturally different from the land of purple mountains majesty, the bad things do not in any way outnumber the good. I am happy in Korea: everything is new and interesting to me.

There are many things I miss from home but such is the constant state of life, and I am happy to be here now.

A few pictures to speak louder than words:

Welcome to Korea, Modern and Ancient: Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul

Market Day in Yeoju.

Happy Audience: Seoul World Design Fair 2010