take five

i’ve got dave brubeck playing in the background. . . and i couldn’t think of a better title for the upcoming ramblings.

it’s nearly 1am. . . saturday evening, and i’ve done very little today. well. . . i cleaned up my itunes and iphoto. . . uploaded to flickr. . . organized flickr a bit. . . blogged from flickr. it took hours, and there is still much more to do. . . but i didn’t actually go out and do anything.

i had a couch delivered. so the only soul i talked to today was the korean delivery man.

last weekend was a bit busier. i accompanied two co-workers into seoul. one of them was having computer problems and i wanted to see where and what it took to care for it. she ended up getting a new hard drive, but regrettably, she is still having problems.

in the early afternoon two of us split off and headed to insadong. i did a little shopping and showed the newer teacher around the insadong area. i also got a little lost, but now i have a much better idea of where to start for next time. :) i found a bunch of things i was looking for, and the street vendors still had figs. i didn’t have the biggest appetite, so i settled for just one fig the size of my fist.

after it got dark i suggested a trip to yongsan. i wanted to look through the dvd vendors- if they were still out. . . maybe check out the cinemas. . .and grab some dinner. the newer teacher was game, so i showed her around there as well.

as luck had it. . . the dvd vendors were still out! i made a few purchases. . .ahh. . . so much for keeping my dvd collection to a minimum.

we headed to i-park to check out the movie theatre. they were doing a lot of construction on the entire floor. a bunch of stores were closed and were reopening soon. sort of caught me off guard, and the cinema was set up differently as well. we didn’t see anything too interesting so we went to grab some dinner. we found a new thai place in i-park. . . and it was delicious. i took half mine home so i could keep room for a crepe on the way out. excellent noms.

in the courtyard area of i-park, there was a display set up all about little prince and antoine de saint exupery.

little prince is everywhere here. notebooks, pens, commercials, stickers, manga. i’ve seen several different re-toolings of the story and the artwork. there’s a town with a small resort area known as ‘petite france’, which has the artwork throughout. (i still haven’t gotten there yet.) did i miss some sort of massive anniversary involving little prince? is it seeing a resurgence state side as well?

kinda bizarre. . . but i like it.

anyway, the whole day really worked out in my favor. i got to everything before it closed, had some great food, good company. . . and even got a seat on the subway home.

in contrast, this weekend is for resting. i think next weekend will be busy. several possibilities on the horizon. halloween. . . swon’s birthday. . . a rugby match. . .

we have a halloween field trip on monday. i already have my costume. pics to follow.

not too much else terribly interesting. . . just didn’t want to let too much time to slip by without writing.

ps- plans for a trip home for christmas are in the works.