Week 50: Kids
어린이날 has come and gone. Do you remember how I said 어학당 often treated us like children? Well on the national holiday for children, we got off from school. Go figure. But I guess this is an ample time to explain the background for such…
Japan
Exit Tokyo
Day 3 The first stop was actually somewhere I though I’d visit my first day in Tokyo. However, seeing as how I arrive to Tokyo later than planned I pushed 明治神宮 (메이지 진구/Meiji Jingu) for a later time. Upon arriving, I’m glad I did. The day…
Enter Tokyo
Day 1 The Europeans and I all headed out of Mishima to 東京 (도쿄, Tokyo) before we parted ways there. The train ride was only moderately tolerable as all I wanted to do was sleep but I knew the trip would be short and I shouldn’t…
Fuji Overnight
Waking up, I originally intended on going to the supermarket as early as possible to buy my stock of food to devour for the overnight climb. By some strange turn of events, I woke up earlier than the store opened. I probably should have checked…
Temple Run
Day 1 When planning my trip, I prioritized Kansai a bit more over the Tokyo area because I presumed Osaka and Kyoto would awesome to explore. 京都 (교토/Kyoto), actually, takes a lot of time to explore. The place has over 1600 temples, and I’m only counting…
Osaka Loaded
Day 1 A large portion of my morning resembled self loathing for the shopper’s remorse I dealt with. The Jansport bag I bought in Dubai has proven itself to be pure crap, time and time again. I knew I should have just bought a finer…
Week 12: Good Night, Seoul!
I didn’t comprehend just how taxing the past week was until I realized I became a bit of a potato on Sunday. I originally planned to climb 수락산 (Mt. Suraksan), but after a 3 hour Skype session late into the night, I knew that wasn’t…
16th Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival
There’s nothing better than taking a little escape right before your last week of classes for the semester. Ewha basically implied that by giving us a three-day weekend, which happened to be quite convenient because Diallo’s host invited us to the 제16회 정동진 독립 영화제 (16th…
Week 10: Fights, Fuji & Film
Sunday morning, homework still left over from missing a few days of classes from Ramadan struggles and an apparent lack of motivation after being bogged down by so many repetitive class hours. To make matters worse, it was the first time I missed the weekly…