| wow~ time is FLYING by here.. time for a well over-due update.. So, here is my 월드오피스텔 apt.~ The entrance opens up to the foyer
 Next, the highly efficient kitchen area
(notice the lack of an oven or microwave)
 The fridge is on the other side of the room..
haha~ it was SO ugly I wrapped it up
 Of course we can't forget the luxuriously spacious bathroom
(and yes, I shower over the sink/toilet)
  Here's the mess I've already managed to
create in the few months I've been here..
 It looks similar to my closet
aka armoir with NO room
 This is the window, which I've covered
with paper for a new ambiance
 Right next to that is my comfy bed..
 Which has recently been transformed
into the new and improved silk bed!! =D
 10.5 hours of my life each day are spent at POLY
Check out how excited everyone looks in the staff room
 We try to keep busy by having
some fun now and then..
 To prevent the onset of depression/boredom
we took pictures of each other taking pictures
 haha.. thank God for a good-humored staff
 The Kinders are adOrable.. here's pics from a recent field trip:
 My first month here, I went to the Boryeong Mud Festival Sweet Hotel, eh? =)
 Yeah, we didn't stay there. We were at a five-star
joint right in front of this shiny new ride
 I think that netting was supposed
to keep the mosquitos out
 Check out the minbok's bathroom door~ Classy
 At least we had PLENTY of room.. haha
 We took some pointers from the neighbors
 So, I wasn't planning on actually getting muddy,
but I got thrown in jail for thinking that way
 *eek*!! Mud!!
 *shrug* what can u do?
 At least we got to relax on the beach..
I know this guy was SWEATIN up in there
 That's right- I'm Asian
 After a long day in the mud, sleep was all I wanted
 For the POLY Summer Break, I went to
some big lake w/ water sports
 When they go out- everyone just pitches in like
$150, they put it all together, and just have fun
Check out our WAD of cash for 13 ppl!!
 The girls look SO enthusiastic about wake-boarding
 The nights were good
(minus the constantly falling bugs of course)
 The gents cooked- the ladies ate
  Aww, I miss Lona...
 We had a few more days of vaca left, so we were off
to another 민박- this time in the south
 This one had nicer decor than the last
 The beach was goood =D
 Check out this 아줌마~ they were all over the
place covering themselves with sand.. odd
 We were such tourists taking pics of everything
 We feasted at the same tent for EVERY meal
 The beach @ night was even cooler
 Star-gazing was sweet.. hard to do in Seoul
 Check out the girl taking a picture of us in the
background! oh, i love being a foreigner
 In the corner- That's ME!! I set off
fireworks for the first time in my life!
 Then, Ruth came to visit!! YAY~~!!!
 We met up and chatted over a few drinks
Yeah.. that's 소주 in the beer mugs.. Cheers!
 Neither of us know who those guys are.. *shrug*
 It felt really good to be around ppl from home
(minus that guy on the right we don't know)
 Finally! Just us 3 *sigh* If only Brian
were facing in the right direction
>.< next time we'll get it right
 As Summer began to fade, ppl began to leave =( Lona's goodbye party was a good reason
to have some good 닭갈비 in 신촌..
 ..and then hit up Mike's Cabin
  For 추석, I went to Beijing, China!! They were all about the upcoming Olympics~
 It was even the theme for the Mid-Autumn Festival
 haha.. don't you just LOVE their names?? ^.^
 Okay, highlights of the trip:
Tian-Anmen Square
 Guard tower for the Forbidden City
 Surrounded by a once intimidating mote- now it's pretty fountains
 HAHAHAHA!! Clearly this boy is not afriad
 man, there are LOTS of rooms in that city!
The dragon-laced bridge was for the emperor only
 Guess which path we took
 And now, for big attraction of the Forbidden City:
covered in scaffolding
 These little animals up top guard the buildings. The more important the bldg, the more animals there are. The emperor's room for official affairs had 11, his empress' bedroom had only 7
 And to remind/warn her of a woman's place: A BIG sign above her "Do nothing, Say nothing" (that's what 'good wives' do) What a man.
  The emperor chose his THOUSANDS of concubines here in the garden
 One of the only places where you'll find the pheonix (female) in front of the dragon (male).. The emperor's mother RULED the land up until the last emperor
 The Summer Palace was absolutely GORGEOUS!
 Very serene...
 We took a "dragon boat" ride
 Hmm.. at some point between the Jade Factory and the Silk Factory,
I must've PASSED out in the back.. haha =P Thanks, Lacey
 So here it is: The Great Wall of China
 A Great Wall, Indeed.
 
  Here was our goal
 On our way..
 It is WAY steeper than I thought it'd be..
  Yep- it got serious.. the hair had to go up
 Almost there..
 YAY!! WE MADE IT! *whew*
  Lacey decided to help keep things tidy
HAH! Good luck keeping out the Mongolians with this part
 We checked out old-school China on these~
 And raced these two..
 Weee~~~~
Yeah, it doesn't matter who won- as long as we all had fun =P
 The Ming Tombs were pretty cool
 *shrug* somewhere to pray for good harvests?
 The Chinese acrobat show was SWEEEEET!!
 At the Pearl Factory.. anyone want some of this? It makes you look younger!
 What is the name of this guy again?
(The Asian Robin Hood)
I found this looking through some old pictures
HAH!! I remember I used to LOVE those sateen black pants =P
HAHHAHA!! MY, how things have changed..
 "The end of something great brings hope for something greater" | 
