Skiing

I hadn't been skiing for maybe over six years nor had I had the ambition to go skiing recently living in South Dakota with Great Bump and a limited budget. But I now live next to a friend that came from Denver and went to school in Bozeman. So skiing had to be done. I wouldn't say the low rolling hills of Korea have the fluffiest of fluff. But for someone that loved skiing and still loves snow, it is fun. A lot of fun. And even though I've touched only a snowboard every winter since early high school, skiing still takes the cake.

The picture on top is of the common rolling hills seen around Korea. The picture to the right is my friend Ross eating a ski lodge meal. It's not not chili.

Next week vacation

In case my family is worried about my visit to the Philippines next week. Here's where I'll be staying next week. Know you're worried but love you dad, love you mom, I'll be fine.

My Korean Home

My contract had said that housing would be provided for me. I'd advise anyone planning on working away from home to always look into the finer details.

A tiny introduction to Wolbae.

This is the view outside my classroom window at work. I live in the southwest corner of Daegu known as Wolbae. It so happens that this is the image of a much of Korea. The upper left corner holds tall apartment buildings. These are scattered in pretty much every town and are the general landscape of urban Korea. The right holds rolling mountains that make up much of the country. The haze would be smog. Although on topics of pollution my young students would say that Daegu air is clean. I'm not sure that they have lived in South Dakota nor have they tried go running outside on a smoggy night.