Oh my! I haven't blogged about my birthday yet! Well, turning 23 was pretty perfect. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. First, I claimed a whole weekend for celebration....teehee. Selfish but awesome. Gon, Ji, Ots, Matt, Kat, Kristen, Jenny, and I loaded up Gon's car and headed to Jujeon beach for a birthday camping adventure. It was fantastic. Kristen and I raided the woods for firewood, Matt built a killer fire, we cooked some yummy campfire food, played games and fell asleep listening to the waves hit the pepples.
The 1st weekend in June was super memorable as well. Kristen, Kat and I took a bus to Daegu to watch our friend Edwin in a play at his university. It was great, even though it was all in Korean! Edwin was soooo good! Ah, my heart was bursting with pride. Then we met up with some skater girls we had met at Ji's competition a while back for dinner. They took us to this super hip restuarant....it looked like a factory on the inside. And the food was aaamazing! We returned to Ulsan so Gon, Ji, Kristen, Kat, and I could head to a different beach outside of Ulsan to watch the sunrise at 4 a.m. I made the poor decision to go out with a friend Saturday night rather then get a little sleep like the others....but regardless, the sunrise was beautiful!
After taking a bunch of ridiculous pictures we stopped by a beautiful temple along the rocky coast. As expected, I fell asleep in numerous awkward places every time I sat down to take in the scenery Needless to say, I didn't get the most I could of out of the temple stop. Oh well. We pushed on to Haeundae beach in Busan where the annual sand festival was taking place, arriving around 8:30 am. We ate our lunch for breakfast then napped in the warm sun. We spent the entire day (til 10 pm) at the beach cruising up and down, checking out the sand art, laying in the sun, a little swimming and watching an international dance festival being held at the beach as well. So much good stuff.
I loved this past weekend too! Saturday I started the day by running 7 miles. Boy, did that feel great! Phew, a month ago I never thought I could be in shape to run that far. Then I ran off to study Korean at the university. I hadn't been studying much lately so it felt good to get a good study session in. While studying Kat and I managed to convince Jong Won to take us on a roadtrip in his Bongo truck. Bongo trucks are these small, flat front trucks that old men drive around at a snail's pace selling apples or old computers and blaring Korean out of speakers at all hours of the day. Basically, they are obnoxious.
Which is why it's so hilarious to us that our friend drives one around. He attempts to take us to some lookout point but gets us lost in the mountain. We drove through a bunch of rice fields and farms then ran into some little memorial/temple for some strange cult like leader. It was super random which = great. Then he takes us to his elementary school/younger years neighborhood. He even showed us the spot of his 1st kiss....haha which of course called for a mini photoshoot....
This week is going to be a busy one since it's Kristen's last week here....she leaves on Friday! Boooo. Therefore has many goodbye get-togethers planned which means A LOT of meat parties! I'm way sad she's leaving *tears, tears*....so it's going be a bittersweet week.School has been increasingly frustrating lately (not the teaching but the managing) which just makes me yearn for August and excited for things to come once I'm finished with my contract. The clock is definitely ticking on my time left in Korea....
xoxoxo
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