Autumn is typically a time that changes pace in conjunction with the color syrup like bleeding of the changing leaves; a time for reflection, a time for cracking the sticks and kindling to start building the nest for the fire that must glow brighter and warmer from the inner hearth of the body in preparation for the cold, still days to come. It's a time of turning in and resettling into a hibernating cycle.
Sure ain't the case here in Korea.
Halloween hit and the cycle surges violently forth, a storm of unsurmountable force with reckless disregard for time.
Thus, I haven't really had time. No. I haven't had any time. It slips through my hand so fast that it doesn't actually slip, it's a flash, a rod of lightening that I can't and won't ever be able to snag. It's sort of scary. So, today is a picture/video blog so you can get more of a visual experience as to what's been happenin' over here in the good ol' Korea (and I don't have to write as much).
Sit, back, relax, I hope you laugh.
Scariest/coolest/prettiest/bizarrest Halloween class. We rule. Oh ya, I was a scary skeleton, and I was actually scary. None of the cutsie stuff.
Precious
This is Mt. Seoraksan. I went for a weekend and got my mountain fix. It was wonderful. No I didn't get to climb those rocks :(
In November I went to the Philippines for a weekend to play in an ultimate frisbee tournament. Yes, it was amazing and an absolute whirlwind. This is my new Northern California buddy, Maddy, and we are twins. I played with a team from the city of Busan. They were so awesome that they may have convinced me to move there. We'll have to see...
This is a special fellow. He's allergic to dull moments. I'll have you know that he did in fact wear his head bandaged (as shown above) the entire weekend. Even at the party.
Gnome-y made it! He thought it was too warm, I told him to enjoy it while it lasted.
First snow :)
Sidenote: Korea is really cold.
Announcement: I FINALLY have pictures of me playing for the first time ever. I'm very excited about this. There's a player that photographs us playing as a hobby every weekend and he does a phenomenal job.
Saving the best for last!
One day when this boy is on Broadway, I will get to say I taught him English.
Do either one of these videos work for you? I'll leave them up for a couple of days and if they still don't work I'll try reloading them. One is my kindergartener's Christmas play dance. I can't take credit for it, it's my Korean teaching assistance's master piece, she's amazing. The second vid is one I took a few months ago at my Taekwon-do studio, it's a kids Taekwon-do dance Gangnam Style, so awesome.
I hope you've all been good boys and girls! Happy Holidays!
