Morning From Daegu

Just a little something I sketched this morning. 

 Good Morning from Daegu, South Korea and Hello to month 4.

Musicals and Comic Strips

Last week I went to the Musical "Mozart L'Opera Rock" here in Daegu.  I think that the original was in french, but here in korea, they translate everything into Korean, which was awesome and crap at the same time.  Awesome because it was a great show and super fun to watch and here.  And crap because at least with french I have a chance of understand a good chunk of the words.  In korean, I knew like four words and spent the rest of the show with no real clue what was happening.  I still recommend This musical to everyone who gets a chance to see it.  Visually, it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen.  The costumes and scenery was amazingly well done.  And the voices those actors have...?  Holy monkeys, they were amazing.  It wasn't as rock and roll as other rock operas I have seen but it had some truly amazing songs in it.one of my favorites was Le Bien Qui Fait Mal.

I also had my students write comic strips this weekend and all I am going to say about it is this... My students are seriously disturbed young people.  I worry about them sometimes.  Super smart too.

One Crazy Month

This last month has been one crazy and stressful month.  On the home front, I have been trying to find a birthday gift for my mom, dealing with my super dry and twice heatless apartment, and settling into a new relationship.  At work my students had their level tests and all the classes got switched around, students moved classes and whole classes moved teachers.  I also have been super busy with the essays, journals, and answer keys at work.  My new goal is to get all the answers filled in in all my books and all of the listening notes taken care of by the end of this month.  Other then this stuff, I have been working hard in my Korean class, doing a little shopping and exploring, and seriously hoping the weather starts to warm the hell up soon so I can go climb a mountain.

I feel like I have been seriously sucking at posting on here, and to be honest, it reflects my personal progress at the moment.  I was finally starting to write and draw and explore on my own again and then I hit a personal wall of too much to get done and no time to do it.  I have officially stopped finding myself.  As of now, I am officially starting up again.  I am sitting on my bed with my book next to me, and a cup of instant coffee and all the windows are wide open to let in the 60 degree fresh air outside.  I am going to drink my coffee and figure out a way to wake Nate up and get him out of my apartment so I can get to work.

I hereby swear to do better at posting and at focusing on me.  I will work out, draw on my rooftop, edit my novel, climb that damn mountain, write in my journal, spend time alone walking the city, take pictures, and get stuff handled.  It is spring and the time for fresh starts and fresh life.  (oh god I sound like my students... fresh) I will also figure out a way to set up a small potted garden on my roof, only three or four pots.  Happy Korean Independence Day!!

In my defense, I have been busy.

Some Korean Fun

Dana and I went shopping in downtown Daegu a few days ago so we would have something to wear in Seoul other then our work clothing.  Jackpot!!

Dress for next night out. The shoes go with it.

Heading Out Of Daegu And A Crazy Day Of Photos

The Lunar New Year is a big deal in Korea.  We get two days of work, everyone goes to visit their grandparents to pay respect, and there are celebrations.  To celebrate the Lunar New YEar, and to take advantage of the four day weekend it has given me, a co-worker and I are heading to Seoul for four days.  We are staying in a hostal there called Hongdae Guesthouse 2.0 or, more affectionately known as The Yellow Submarine.  If you check out the link, you will see where it gets it's nickname.  It is actually super affordable and right in the middle of all the stuff we want to see there.

So far our itinerary includes a trip to Seoul Tower, a stop at Dragon Hill Spa, a visit to the Korean War museum, and most definitely and long time spent shopping.  I will probably have a long post about it when I get back.

Last weekend, Dana and I headed to the Trick Art exhibit at EXCO here in Daegu.  It was around last year so several of the teachers here had already gone and recommended it highly.  It was pretty much amazing.  A ton of fun, and we didn't even get a chance to see everything.  Here are some to the pest pictures we got.