Seismic activities

All is still good here in the land of the morning calm (morning calm my arse but anyways). I think I've now officially settled in over here as i now am the proprietor of both a toaster and a kettle so I can stop eating ramen (noodles) for breakfast and instead have toast and tea (however the tea is running out, send more!). Work is still great but unfortunately my New Zealand co-worker along with two of the three Korean girls are leaving at the end of the month so there will be new staff starting soon. Hopefully they'll be cool. What wasn't cool however was having to go to an orientation day two weeks ago on a Saturday. It was in Bundang which is over an hour away and was a load of bull. I did meet a few nice people at it though and I bumped into an Irish girl in the bar last night when we were watching the Ireland v France game (let's not go into it). What was even stranger was that she was with a guy called Neil Smith who used to go out with my friend Céire Proctor (if you're reading this Proc, Neil said hey.) Small world.

There's been quite a few good nights out recently with the guys as there have been leaving parties galore recently so the nightlife is still hopping. Also there's the 6 nations to watch though afteryesterday's performance I wouldn't be too optimistic. On the sporting level for the team, we got our new kits recently and social tops. It's really funny cause on the back of mine where the name goes it's in hanguel and reads도일which literally reads as doyerr. We've been training more and we were supposed to have our first friendly of the season yesterday but because of snow the pitch was unplayable. I've also been running lots (about 10km every couple of days) and i found a free outdoor gym at the top of the mountain beside my apartment which is really cool.


I suppose the last bit of news i have is about the earthquake last week. It was recorded at 3.0 on the richtar scale, not very serious and was the third since 1987, none of which have caused any damage. It was quite strange though, as I was in class as felt this sudden trembling of the ground for about three seconds and then everything was back to normal. It was quite funny though because in that class I've only two students and while one looked terrified, the other was too engrossed in her work to notice it. Still, it's no real cause for concern, nor was the recent exchange of gunfire with the North at sea.

Oh and did I mention that I'm going to Beijing in two weeks? No, well I am. The Chinese capital that boasts such wonders as the great wall of China, Tienamen Sq. and the Forbidden City are a mere 2 hour plane journey away from Seoul. Some people from our Lokomotiv Goyang community are going so i decided to tag along for three nights as we've a long weekend at the end of the month. We actually have a four day weekend this weekend too as today is Lunar New Year so to all Sae-hae-bok-many-pad-oo-say-oh! (Happy New Years!)

Seriously though if you wanna send me stuff (like tea), my address is
서울시 은평구 응암동 20-2 아튼빌딩 706호 122-010 or in English
South Korea, Seoul, Eunpyeong gu, Eungam dong, 20-2, Arteun Building, 706. Post code 122-010. Use both. Cheers.