Walking to the rising sun

"I'm not what happened to me. I'm what I choose to become" - Carl Jung

It's pitch black in front of me with no city lights in sight. I feel a light breeze on my cheeks and feel a shiver down my spine. "Damn it's fresh and cold out here" I said to Beca. Not feeling my fingers I ate my chocolate muffin and drank a small cup of coffee on the sidewalk where the bus just dropped us off. Far away from the city at the foot of a mountain we cannot see we started our journey with a phone torch in hand, backpacks on our backs and adrenalin flowing through our veins.

We are ready to climb Seoraksan. 

Best way to learn Hungal

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new"- Albert Einstein

실수를한 적이없는 사람은 새로운 새로은새로운것을시도하지 않는다

It's a Saturday night and a friend and I went for dinner followed by a visit to the famous foreign Beer house in Uijeongbu. As most of my friends would know there is nothing like drinking a cold beer or a glass of red wine. But in Korea red wine is just stupidly expensive so I'm testing every beer I could get that's foreign. 

Whopa Gangnam Style

"Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand"- Stevie Wonder

In Korea, as I have mentioned in previous posts, Kpop is really big. Kpop aka Korean pop. One of the only big Korean acts who made it onto our radio stations back in South Africa would be the one and only Psy and I guess the only reason why is because of its bizarre dance moves and the catchy tune.

Andong Mask Dance Festival and Hahoe Folk Village

"Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs"-Thomas Wolfe

It was quite a busy weekend comprised with a lot of traveling and a lot of buses, taxi and walking. I must say I'm quite tired after this weekend but I have a story to tell so let me start with my story. 

6 Korean Meals to die for

They say food is the way to a man's heart. Well, food is also a way to comfort a travelling soul. 

I thought I would share my favourite 6 dishes that's traditionally Korean. When I got to Korea it was really hard for me to get used to the blandness of Korean food but as time went by my tastebuds definitely got used to it and I love it now. I think it might also be because I had to get used to the spiciness of the food. It's strange how food comforted me through the months I've been here. The first thing I missed was McCain mixed stir-fry veggies but I think I got a pretty good replacement for the time being.

Chuseok Getaway

"We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend"- Robert Louis Stevenson

Chuseok is a long weekend in Korea dedicated to family and giving thanks. Normally the woman work their butts off in the kitchens whilst the men drink their soju and beer. It's the thanksgiving weekend of Korea and as it's a long weekend I'm off exploring. We went to Gwangju in the South of Korea.

A little bit of Comic reality

The International Gaelic Football Tournament weekend.

"Never let the fear of striking, keep you from playing the game"

This weekend it was time for some Gaelic Football. Teams from Shanghai, Busan and Daegu joined up with the team from Seoul at a beautiful statium in Seoul. I was asked to help out this weekend with keeping score of all the games at the tounrament. And I was actually quite excited to do this since I have this new app on my ipad that I really needed to try out. An excel app. But as with any weekend in Seoul it doesn't always provide a drama free weekend. I would like to concentrate on the positive but I have to share this story with you. 

Witch Doctor

"Great times always come unplanned" 

I'm feeling a little under the weather after having a really great night out last night. First we went for games night at a cupcake shop with some other expats that's been in Korea far too long. Some of them have been here for about 11 years which is ridiculous. They work at an international school so I guess things are a little different than in my school especially when it comes to admin and communication.

Keep Moving

"When everything feels like an uphill struggle just think of the view from the top."

This weekend I agreed to do yet another mountain with my awesome buddies. This time it was a little closer to home. Still had to take a bus and a train but the journey there was quick quick  or quick as far as public transport goes. The journey didn't start until I got there and met up with my friends and we started to walk towards the mountain.