Its Been Almost Two Months....Oops

Wow I honestly don't even know where to begin. I have done soooo much since i last blogged that it seems a little silly even trying to fit it all into one post. Either way, I'm gonna try.

Let's start with my trip to Shanghai, China. I went to Shanghai the weekend of May 4th. As it was long weekend here is S.Korea. (May 5th = Children's Day) To start things off i had a somewhat of a unique airport experience. The Busan Gimhae Airport is split into two buildings. One for domestic flights and one for international flights. Although my final destination was international I had a stop over at Seoul. Not knowing that this meant I had to be in the domestic building (because i didn't know there were 2 buildings) I had the taxi diver drop me off at the international building. It was 4am and extremely dark. The building was not yet open and so I waited outside with about 5 other people in the extremely cold dark. About 15 mins later a security guard let us in. I was drowned in relief. But then time kept passing and the lights weren't be turned on. Until about an hour before my flight, actual workers started to show up and I was able to ask someone where the hell i was supposed to be. They pointed me to the other building so I dragged my suitcase down the road to the domestic departures building. Things were looking up. From there i landed in Seoul where I had the pleasure of enjoying the Asiana Business class lounge. It was really nice...free foo, drinks and massage chairs. Enough said. I had 4 windows to myself on the plane and I ordered my meal from a menu =) ...When I got to Shanghai I had to wait at the airport for 5 hours =( because Wally couldn't find a flight with a closer landing time to mine and we were told that it was dangerous for women (especially foreigners) to take Taxi's by themselves in China. Better bored than sorry I guess. Once we got to Shanghai I must say I wasn't impressed. It was dirty and rainy and all I could think was "yuck". Then we found a beautiful and extremely lit up road called Nanjing. The trip only got better from there. We met up with Walter's friends and had a good time. The food was AMAZING....I'm drooling just thinking about the PeKing duck...YUMMERS!

The next weekend I was off to Seoul for the second time. I didn't have as much fun as I did the first time when I went with the girls but it was ok. I think the rain sort of killed the trip. The highlight of the weekend was probably the Japanese prison/museum we visited. It was educational and interesting to see how the Koreans were treated by the Japanese. Needless to say there was a lot of torture and disease.

Somewhere in between that trip and now I began feeling very isolated at work. I was no longer playing volleyball and due to the fact that my school is ridiculously small there are a VERY limited number of people who speak English. In fact the only person actually brave enough to speak to me is my co teacher. This started to eat away at me, and one day at work I just sorta broke down. The silence and isolation can definitely get a person here. Not outside of work of course as I have many wonderful and fun friends...I'm talking strictly at work. Somehow...I got over that feeling of isolation....it just doesn';t really bother me anymore.

I joined the gym...i feel more fit already =)

I cut my hair ...twice (lol)

I got my ears pierced (woo hoo)

Wally has decided to take a leave of absence from work so that he can study for his CFA and find something part time here in Korea =)

The weekend of June 15th, I went to Jeju-do. The most popular island in S.Korea. Wally and I stayed at the Hyatt and had the times of our lives in paradise. It was gorgeous, we lied on the beach, we swam in the ocean and we ate like pigs.....what more can a person ask for.

I just realized how much I travel lol.

S.Korea is coming into Monsoon season so it's raining cats and dogs over here. It was really nice and sunny up until today tho. So I can;t really complain. I heard it only rains hard for about 2 weeks....so I guess Monsoon season wont be so bad.

Overall, life has been good. I love this extended vacation/work thing. I can't help but think I'm a genius for getting myself into this lol. However, although I'm having a blast here I'm excited to see everyone back home. I'll be in Canada for summer break for July 24th-August 8th.