My (New) Apartment

So, long story short, I had to move apartments to accommodate a couple that my school hired. The couple is not getting here until later December, but once I knew I had to move...I wanted to move ASAP. Also, they told me that I had to move on my birthday. Thanks, school.

One and a half months later, I finally moved. I tried to find my own apartment, in some misguided sense of spite towards the school, but in the end, I moved to their last open apartment.

Overall, I really do like this apartment. I am spoiled with my appliances and the setup is pretty fantastic. The space is used perfectly for me, and this brings me joy like you would not believe. Check out the video below, it is long--I warn you. PLEASE PLEASE comment if you watch the video. Thanks.



Alan

Andong Folk Village and Banpo Bridge

Hey everyone,

Last week, a few co-workers and I headed towards the Banpo Bridge at night to drink some wine and watch the bridge's light and waterworks show. It was entertaining and it was good company. We have to enjoy some of the outdoors while we still can, before it gets too cold. Brrrrrrr.


This weekend, I went on a meet-up trip to a little man-made lake, a mountain with a decent hike and walk, a Korean folk village with some cool mask dances, a cave, and a place where you can choose your own meat and cook it in a restaurant above the ordering area.

The folk village was very cool. Here are two videos from the mask dance at the folk village.


A farmer is killing a cow/bull in this first video.


An Ajoma (wrong spelling) character is joined by an audience member. They dance together for a while before they try to get her off stage. It is quite hilarious.

Overall, it was a fantastic weekend. I met more nice people and I had a good time. I hope to meet-up with them again.

Adios for now.

Cheonggyecheon Stream Light Show

While walking with some friends down the Cheonggyecheon, we came across this light show. Good timing, I would say.

Busan Film Festival

Last weekend, I went to the Busan Film Festival with some friends. It was a lot of fun. I was able to see a lot of movies. Unfortunately though, I spent much of the weekend half-asleep...including a lot of the time I spent in the actual movies. It was OK though, I can say I have been to a movie festival and waited in line at 5am-9:30am for movie tickets.

So, I saw 5-ish movies on Saturday-Sunday morning, went to a jjimjilbong (spa/sauna with places to sleep as well) with Agne after our last movie (at like, 7am). We enjoyed the spas and slept there until noon. Then we went to see a famous temple called Beomeosa. It was a pretty fantastic site. Definitely my favorite temple in South Korea so far.

Later that night, we took a KTX home. We had standing seats, which saved us 5000won? We ended up sitting in an area between two trains the whole way. It was not bad at all. I was very excited to ride the KTX because the KTX is the fast train in South Korea. I can now cross the Eurostar from Brussels to London, the TGV from Luxembourg City to Paris, and the KTX from Seoul to Busan off of my list. I am a huge train and subway nerd, so of course, I had to take a video:

Tradtional Dance - Chuseok - National Museum of Korea

This video of a traditional dance was taken at the National Museum of Korea on Chuseok (October 3rd, 2009):