Has it really been a month since the last time I posted in this blog?
A lot has happened here. What can I say; a lot happens in a month.
The past week has been super-awesome. Even though she is totally lame and doesn't even read this blog, a very very special person visited me here in Korea and we had a great time together. This also gave me the chance to do some sightseeing that I otherwise would have missed out on.
I went back to Beomosa Temple, which was even more awesome than before because halfway up the mountain we discovered ANOTHER temple inset from the trail. This satellite mini-temple was anything but mini, but because of its remote location it was infinitely more awesome than the temple proper. I think it was called Gymeosa or something. Definitely started with a "G" anyway.
Also, there was the Busan Bienalle, which is an art festival that happens here every other year. We saw some pretty sweet sculptures in the APEC Naru Park (including a bizarre piece called "Improbable Tree" that involved an anatomically correct rabbit mounting a porcupine in coitus among the foliage of a tree), as well as a huge exhibit at the Busan Modern Art Museum.
It was Chuseok on Wednesday, which is the most important holiday of the Korean calendar. It's a harvest festival that could probably be best compared to Thanksgiving in the states. I didn't have to work on Chuseok or the day after it, although I'm paying for it now... our Wednesday classes were moved to Saturday and our Thursday classes were moved to Sunday. So I taught for nine hours today, and six of those hours were my LEAST FAVORITE of my week... but that's the law of equivalent exchange for you.
But all in all, the past week has been a very sweet time and I'm sorry that things are back to normal now.
