*awkward*

the hoj while wrapping me in saran wrap (for health reasons):
"you know..i can see how people can sexualize saran wrap"

me: "...........let's just hurry this up here....."




I apologize for the delayed update.
It has been busy over here with vacation and so forth.
I went to Nagoya, Japan..and it was...okay.
If anyone wants to go to Japan, I believe Osaka and/or Tokyo would be the place to be if you're on a budget.
Also, those places gives you more options to see a bunch of things within a time limit..
because public transportation is damn expensive.
And well..Japan's pretty expensive (but of course it's magnified even more if you come straight from Korea).
After, I went to Jeju Island, S.Korea.
It was okay as well. The main stuff were at Jeju-si,
while i was at the other end of the island, Segwipo.
So if anyone's going to Jeju, Jeju-si will be the place to go and stay.
Pay the extra money to stay at Jeju-si, cuz in the end, it'll save you money on travelling around the island.
In addition, Lauren and I were recommended to an awesome Indian restaurant.
When we got there, it was really busy, so we sat at the bar.
The girl beside us was eating and we inquired about the food.
We found out she's a regular customer and she recommended us the butter masala.
So we ordered that.
When we finally got our table and ate our delicious food,
I saw the girl stand up and I waved and thanked her for the excellent recommendation.
She replied by recommending us the milk tea...and dyamn
she was right again!
The milk tea was excellent, with a hint of ginger, cinnamon and another.

We also stumbled onto this awesome place where we got to dye clothes with ripe persimmons.
We got lost while trying to go there so we called her up.
She graciously picked us up from an intersection.
Her English was amazing and we found out that she used to live in New York.
She studied and graduated from Parsons Design School (the place where they film Project Runway!)
it was really cool.
She gave us a discount because we travelled so far to get to her place.
Her place was a school that was converted into a house and workplace for her designs and factory for making her persimmon dyed products.
She also taught us how to make an old school asian button out of simply tying knots on a string.
It took me alotta tries, but I eventually got it...while...surprise, surprise, Lauren, the art major, got it on her first try.
When we were about the leave, she inquired where we were going and we said that we were planning to go into Jeju-si to find some paper making place.
She had no idea where that was but said that she would soon be making errands into the city and that she'd drop us off.
She was so concerned about us that she drove us to the main tourist information place and asked for us information as to where we wanted to go.
She eventually left us once we found our destination and ride.
We also promised we'd visit her once she visits Seoul for one of her numerous exhibitions.
Man..I love it when I stumble onto great people while i'm just aimlessly going about.

My next trip shall be Jakarta, Malaysia...oooo...
although, I am slightly getting tired of asian countries, but maybe it's because I've been travelling to many places that are about the same as Seoul Korea.
So Malaysia will probably be a change of pace.

As for my present life,
When i returned to work, Shella and Double D surprised me by getting me a b-day present.
Shella got me some cool gift certificates for movie theatres and restaurants...
while double D got me an Olympics keychain of one of my favourite characters from her China trip.
I was so happy! and double D also treated me to a hot date at an indian restaurant on a Sunday.
She's so sweet :) I'm so glad she's here.
I also received numerous b-day cards and letters from friends in Canada and from other countries.
That was a great day.

As for this past weekend, I finally got what i've wanted for a long time this past saturday.
L went along with me just to make sure i'd be okay. It took about 3 hours to complete the 1st half of the session.
Melissa B dropped by and was entertained by me during the most of the session.
It was really nice of her to stick around and to visit.
She's a really cool gal. I'm very glad i met her.
But this friday, everything shall be finished.
I can't believe i did it and i have no regrets.
It's turned out better than i've expected it.
I'm pretty aware that it will make things a little harder on me and that i'll probably be judged straight off due to the explicitness of what i've done but "meh" it's not like it's something I haven't had to face before...sadly.

uhh...as for anything else, i...don't...know....
besides being a lazy arse on posting....
uhh...hoj is leaving soon.
she'll be leaving at the end of the month.
I'm going to be so sad.... :(
but i can understand why she's leaving soon.

If my readers feel any better...i talk less to my family than i post here.
Yeah, i'm a bad person, I know.
I can't help it.
I have a tendency to drift,
but the people who know me know that i'll always come back after i get everything out of my system.

Alright, I will attempt to write a better post next time.
and within a reasonable time.

bon soir