Entries from September 2006 ↓

So MiHwa got a call from her telco and some asshat changed a property in the office which killed our net connection. It’s fixed now so my shakes should be over once we’re back in Seoul.

The typhoon which was headed towards JeJu never really turned up. In fact today was quite nice. Compared to yesterday, which was very close to a typhoon, anything would be nice. We were free of near misses on the road so I guess I have adjusted to driving here. It’s a bit of a free for all…

Ahem, I have officially become an adult by asking MiHwa for her hand in marriage. Once she’s decided, I’ll be sure to update you all… Ok, she said yes right away but she was hammered out of her mind so maybe it’s not official. Ok, she wasn’t actually drinking yesterday but she still agreed. Go figure… I guess I can’t get out of this one.

Anyway, we’re heading back to Seoul tomorrow for a couple of days before I leave for Tokyo. If you send your condolence cards now it should be there by the time I hit Vancouver.

Late…

I uploaded a handful of pics this morning. Check out Flickr… to play spot the white devil

Everything was going so well today. I did a little shopping (clothes are so cheap), met MiHwa for lunch near City Hall and went off to explore Insadong. I managed to get there by myself and even found that tea house that we always go to.

I decided to head back around 4:30 as we were meeting for dinner. I navigated all the way back to the green line, paid my fare and was waiting for the train. Then it happened; I second guessed myself. “You idiot, you’re going the wrong way” Happy that I noticed before boarding the train, I quickly changed sides and got a train headed in the other direction.

So I’m sitting there, not really paying attention. I mean, I’m on vacation, I don’t need to pay attention. I recall thinking to myself that you really can’t judge distance in a city the size of Seoul. Then I noticed a station name that I recognized; Jamsil.

I’m sure my jaw dropped… “Sweet feathery Moses, where am I?” I knew that Jamsil is in east Seoul and I should be on the west side. I pulled my subway map from my bag and realized that I was indeed going in the wrong direction.

Not really wrong as the line is a loop but it was way too late to do anything about it. I just had to sit there and ride it out. So my 30 minute trip ended up taking over 90 minutes. During a Seoul rush hour.

Well done, you freaking imbecile…