Busy, busy, busy

As I am sure you have all noticed, it has been awhile since my last post. Life here in Korea has been busy and I have not had the time or desire to sit down and write anything really. So since my last post things have been going well. Nothing too major has been going on.

Last weekend I went away for the first time since I have been here. Myself and some other coworkers ventured up to Gangwon-do to hike Mount Seoraksan. It is 1708 meters and the third highest mountain in Korea. We left Suji Friday night after work and arrived in Sokcho at about 11pm. My friend, Shin, knew the owners of a hotel right by the park entrance so we had a nice place to stay. We ended up having a few drinks that night which lead to a little bit of a late start Saturday morning.

Once we got to the park we were all very excited to hike. It was a beautiful day and we had a 12 hour hike ahead of us. The terrain was pretty easy for the first two hours, I was beginning to think that it was a joke of a mountain, but I was quick to judge, after the first pit stop the mountain got intensely steeper. We were basically going up thousands of rock stairwells. About a third of the way up Desiree decided she had had enough and headed back down. I was tired, sore and thinking about giving up as well, but I knew that I would never forgive myself for giving up! I had come this far so I might as well finish the trek. So I continued on with Shin and Nate and two hours grueling hours later we finally made it to the peak! It was pretty intense and my legs were sore for an entire week! But it was definitely worth it!

Since then I have been just hanging around Suji, living life. I am currently in the process of trying to plan our winter vacation. We are trying to find a sunny destination such as Bali or Malaysia. Trip planning is exhausting!

A nice relaxing weekend...sort of

Well it is Sunday night again, (argh!) which means tomorrow is back to work. The weekend was a pretty good one. Friday night we had a nice night of food and drinking with the co-workers. Saturday after sleeping in I spent the day being lazy and watching movies. All of my friends went into Seoul for Saturday night, I decided to opt out and stay in. I ended up getting locked out of my apartment because the lock got jammed. Luckily I had the key to Desiree's place because I was looking after her dog, and was able to find my directors number. She called my landlord who was here within a half hour. He then called a locksmith who was here within 10 minutes. The whole ordeal only took about an hour and I now have a brand new dead bolt on my door. I was really impressed with how quickly they got it fixed considering it was Saturday night!! Now I don't understand why it takes so long for things like this to get done in Canada?!

Today I enjoyed a nice relaxing non-hungover day. I got up early and went out biking for 3 hours. It was nice to get out and explore and be alone. Afterwards I spent the day doing laundry and then hungout with Desiree for a bit.

This week should be nice at work, no more report cards or tests!!!