It's been a pretty busy couple of weeks here as I was in final preparations for the GRE and getting through the day to day of teaching school through the recent warm weather. Luckily, I had a chance to catch the Toro y Moi concert last Thursday as a brief respite from my studying and the mundane work week. The concert was good while it lasted, but unfortunately, it only lasted for 45 minutes. It seems that the venue where the concert was held (V-Hall in Hongdae) must have some new deal or new management because they have been cutting sets short at pretty much every concert held there since the start of the new year. They are definitely pushing people to go to an after party at another club, which is pretty lame, given that I spent 1,000 won for each minute of music I heard last Thursday night. Again, I don't have anything against the musicians, I doubt it's their fault and I heard that they were pretty friendly with the audience at the after party. Unfortunately, I couldn't go because I wanted to get a good night's rest back in Suwon. It's sad to think that this was potentially my last concert experience in Korea, especially given how successful the rest of the concerts I've gone to have been in comparison to the Toro y Moi concert. The music was great though, and definitely got my mind off of the test, if only for a few brief hours.
It's hard to believe that in a month I'm pretty much finished with teaching in South Korea. I'll have more to reflect on then I'm sure, but my immediate thoughts right now are that it has definitely been a very valuable experience that I'll remember for the rest of my life. The frisbee season has a few weeks left as well and then that will come to a close. In my head I've tried to come up with a short bucket list of things or places I'd like to see that I haven't been to or done yet. So far not too much comes to mind, but I'm still working on it. I figured I'd drop in and give everyone a brief update while I had the time this afternoon. Hope everyone is well wherever you may be!
What I'm listening to: "Wordless Chorus" by My Morning Jacket featuring Erykah Badu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUWBOdK7h1w
Also if you want to check out Toro y Moi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gqh4e1S6j0
