Today is my birthday!
Happy birthday to me!!
To be specific, it's my champagne birthday, which means that I'm turning 21 on the 21st (I could be turning 17 on the 17th, 12 on the 12th...).
Next year around this time, I will be celebrating my 22nd birthday in Daejeon (hopefully).
And that's way, way beyond cool.
But for now, I am going to enjoy my day to the very BEST of my ability!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sea-foamy green
My mom gave me this really cool bowl a few months ago. She gave me bath towels a few days ago, too. They're a light, sea-foamy green color, and they're the big fluffy kind. Then she gave me a decorating book. And a big, black, new-to-me suitcase to put it all in.
I think she is not-so-secretly decorating my apartment, and I won't even really know the full extent of it until I put it all together.
Which is fine by me, because she has excellent taste. It's just funny :)
Oh, momma.
I think she is not-so-secretly decorating my apartment, and I won't even really know the full extent of it until I put it all together.
Which is fine by me, because she has excellent taste. It's just funny :)
Oh, momma.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The one where I blather about Daejeon
It's been a loooong time since I've posted anything, so I decided that I would. That's all.
Well, there's nothing terribly new and profound to report on this end. I did get a hold of the folks at ASK Now, and my new preferred departure/first day of teaching is sometime in September. And my first choice of destinations is now Daejeon, where Darrell and Shannon are currently teaching.
I had pondered whether that was being "too safe", going to the same city where I have friends. I also pondered whether I was being "unoriginal". But you know what? I don't think so now. I'm really excited to see the places in the Nevers' pictures - and to see them, of course! And I've been spending some time investigating Daejeon (through good 'ol Internetland), and there's so much to see! I mean, they play it down, because it's not really a "tourist" desination, although there is Zooland, among other things. As far as I can tell, Daejeon is more of a business-oriented city; and Wikipedia tells me that it is "known as the Silicon Valley of Korea (being the) home of various private and public Research Institutes, Centers and Science parks."
But even if it's not blantantly touristy, that's absolutely fine. Because it will all be new to me - I'll be a tourist no matter where I go, no matter what I do! I think this will also mean I'll be able to really see what life in Korea is like, when it's not drowned in tourist attractions.
I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy.
:P
Well, there's nothing terribly new and profound to report on this end. I did get a hold of the folks at ASK Now, and my new preferred departure/first day of teaching is sometime in September. And my first choice of destinations is now Daejeon, where Darrell and Shannon are currently teaching.
I had pondered whether that was being "too safe", going to the same city where I have friends. I also pondered whether I was being "unoriginal". But you know what? I don't think so now. I'm really excited to see the places in the Nevers' pictures - and to see them, of course! And I've been spending some time investigating Daejeon (through good 'ol Internetland), and there's so much to see! I mean, they play it down, because it's not really a "tourist" desination, although there is Zooland, among other things. As far as I can tell, Daejeon is more of a business-oriented city; and Wikipedia tells me that it is "known as the Silicon Valley of Korea (being the) home of various private and public Research Institutes, Centers and Science parks."
But even if it's not blantantly touristy, that's absolutely fine. Because it will all be new to me - I'll be a tourist no matter where I go, no matter what I do! I think this will also mean I'll be able to really see what life in Korea is like, when it's not drowned in tourist attractions.
I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy.
:P
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