Hey all,
Here's a brief new post for all to enjoy! This past week was pretty decent overall. Schoolwise it was another week of winter camp and having my afternoons free has allowed me to explore the wonderful offerings of the Internet, which, in my case, has meant researching possible grad schools, watching endless clips of the Onion News Network and other comedic pursuits, reading up about new restaurants to try in Seoul and South Korea, and obviously checking up on ESPN and the daily news. I'm a little sad that this week is the last week of winter camp, the half days have been great and it will be a little difficult to go back to a full school day next week. Good thing I only have to do that for a week.
This past weekend, Dave and I decided it was about time we go back down to Jeonju, where Dave's friends Danny and Dana work. As some of you may remember, Jeonju is home to the world famous (or about to be thanks to this blog) Spa L'Aqua, the greatest jjimjibang known to man or woman. We got in late Friday night and made the smart decision to take it easy since Danny and Dana had planned out our Saturday night. We woke up Saturday morning to chocolate chip pancakes courtesy of our hosts, which were delicious and much appreciated. Following breakfast we made our way to a coffee shop for refreshments and what has become a weekend tradition, some highly contested games of euchre. For lunch, we had sushi and afterwards we resumed our euchre games. After a brief respite, we headed out for a dinner of smoked meat (also very good) and then to our night time destination: Trivia Night! Quite the gathering of foreigners, mostly teachers and mostly Canadians, from Cape Breton to Vancouver Island. The trivia master was an older gentleman sporting a Vancouver 2010 Marty Brodeur jersey. I was ready to show off my skills, or as Dave refers to them, my knowledge of useless information, but we were definitely the youngest group in there. Things got off to a good start; the first question asked was "Which Beatle had a record called 'Wonderwall Music?'" Thankfully, I knew the answer: George. We hung in tough thru the four rounds, finishing in 4th place, which was just good enough to make us want to come back next month. Dave and I spent the rest of the evening at Spa L'Aqua and after enjoying the place in all its splendor on Sunday morning, we met up with Danny and Dana for shabu shabu. Dave and I decided to take the train home instead of the bus, which ended up being a very questionable decision. Unfortunately the train sold out of seats, so we ended up with standing room tickets, which wasn't the best, but we got back home just fine, though not any quicker than the bus.
As for the game that shan't be mentioned, what a heartbreaking loss, but that's all I have to say on that subject. I'm glad the Olympics start soon, although the time difference between here and Vancouver will make it difficult for me to catch most of the action. That's all from here, I'm looking forward to finally going skiing this weekend.
iPod A-Z song update: "Shock and Awe" by Neil Young
If you haven't heard of Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves yet, I suggest you go check them out. A modern-day throwback to the Stax soul sound of the 60s (think a white Otis Redding with the Stax house band backing).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy6q9HfsJmo
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