New Years Update

It was a long time in coming, but here’s the update on the new year. I’m taking Korean classes at SKKU now and they’re going very well. We just finished our midterms this past Friday and I think I did pretty well on them. Football is still canceled. Still spending lots of time with the girlfriend, or trying to at least.

For our New Years celebration we went to Gangneung, a city in the north that borders the sea. They have a giant hourglass there that they rotate for the start of the year. It was a lot of fun to watch, but very cold. We stayed there all night and joined in for all the festivities. I guess it’s a very popular place to go. In the morning, around seven thirty we watched the sun rise, again very cold and this time with waves at our feet. However, it was a lot of fun and a really good experience.

Recently I’ve started trying to cook, so far making spaghetti with chicken and chicken stir fry. Both were pretty good, although I’ve been informed that next time I do the stir fry I need to cut the peppers smaller. Live and learn. I’ve also learned that cooking here is much more expensive than eating out at restaurants, at least for me.

I recently went to Lotte World for the first time with the Korean classes. Coming from the land of Six Flags, Universal Studios, and Disney World it was a bit small in comparison, but for one day it was probably the perfect size. Again, had a very good time there with my girlfriend, acted as a shield so she didn’t get wet on one of the rides, and had my first Korean Pizza Hut pizza. It’s was good.

Hope everyone is having a good new year so far. Next update when I actually having something more to blog about! Sorry for the long break!