No nifty picture today, primarily because I haven't taken any yet...
It's technically day two, though it's the first full day today in Korea. When I was on the airport bus driving through Seoul yesterday, passing places like Yonsei University and Shinchon oddly enough elicited no particular emotions. Yet when we drove through Gwanghwamun and alongside Insadong I found my curiosity and interest peaked, perhaps because I had yet to see the unveiling of the new gate and all the new buildings going up. I certainly have a long list of places to go and things to see...
I came to Seoul with only vague plans set, at least knowing where I'd be staying and who I wanted to see. Yet outside of those rather loose parameters I left things wide open simply because I hadn't really talked to those I wanted to see as often as I long ago first imagined. Once I got my phone working, and seeing how I still had a good list of people programed into it from last year, my list of people I wanted to see expanded and my schedule quickly filled up the first week. Now comes the hard part... fighting the sleep deprivation, dehydration, and what those silly Liberals refer to as "Jet Lag."
Today I was totally praising the big guy upstairs (and not the Ajjushi that lives above us) that my afternoon plans were canceled given the fact that I felt like a walking zombie as I roamed the streets of Seoul today in god-awful humidity and heat. I walk outside and my hair automatically fucks itself up so I'm wondering why bother taking any time to do anything with my hair. So today's lesson: portable electronic fans are definitely an investment worth making and a hefty stash of batteries.
Yet I did rediscover Kylie Minogue on my ipod, and let's face it, that kind of rediscovery pretty much takes the cake, even with the Korean cheese cake in the fridge.
More later cats and kittens when I wake up around 4am tomorrow and feel at least a bit more functioning.
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