anyhow, i had the great opportunity to get to go to a famous ski resort in muju, called no other than.. wait for it... wait for it... muju resort. yes sir'ee bob. and what a fantastic time i had! i opted to not ski, though, as i have no ski clothes here and it was quite expensive for just an afternoon... (though i am still kickin myself for being a pansy and not just goin' for it), so sara and i rode the gondala (big ski lift that takes you to the top) to the top and went and took pictures. we also, as you will see, took a bus to a souvenir plaza and i found a phenomenal carousel to suffice my inner child on. anyhow, here are some pics. enjoy.
i wanted this hat that the guy was wearing. i ALMOST bought it... he has a polar bear chillin' on his head. i mean... c'mon... that's rockin'.
when i first reached the top, my immediate thought was 'ey... SNOW ANGEL, BABY! so... that is exactly what i did. i plopped right down on the ground and preceded to make a snow angel. afterwards, i decided to do my infamous jump picture...showing off the lovely view, of course.
sara and i were very cold. very. very. ve-eh-ehhh-ry cold...so we went inside and did the following:
i had a coca cola, my peanut butter ritz crackers that mom so sweetly sent me, some diget crackers that are famous in korea, and i read jane eyre, all while defrosting my sorely frostbitten toes and fingers. good times!
next. sara and i took a bus to the souvenir shop... and i found a beautiful black beauty to ride on a children's carousel. and since i am american, they let me! oh what pleasure my soul received in going in circles on the little black beauty that i chose. after walking around, however, i saw this quaint little indian man whose only dream in life, was not to conquer the enemy tribe that has been killing his own.. ohh no. it was also not to see how many buffalo he could kill and weapons he could make from their bones. no way. it was, as you can see, to be kissed on the cheek by a beautiful american woman. and so... who am i to deny a man's only wish in life? HA.
who can resist this face? seriously. she is ah-dorableeee. and learned to ski so quickly. next time i will appease the masses, and myself, and go skiing alongside this charming little gal, ruby.
my drum teacher, jun, also took about 15 of his students to the ski resorst. this is his son below - who, might i add, looks absolutely NOTHING like him. at all. not one bit. it is quite funny. but yes, here is my drum teacher - he is quite the looker. now, if only he were bigger in stature and was not married. haha.
and this is the group that went from ILS. it was a lot of fun, and i am always excited when we are asked to accompany our boss and his family to anywhere. the next post will be about our trip to experience a REAL korean new years at our bosses families house in jinjue. what a blast.
that's all folks. i'm still livin' and learning and doin' the best i can here. time goes so quickly when you work in the evenings, it really does. i rarely have time for homesickness, but i do have time to miss my impending affection for sonic and chick-fil-a. and macaroni and cheese. and real chicken friend rice... not this no-tasting plain sticky rice stuff they got here. but i am learning to cook, and have cooked recently for my friends here with great results and requests of seconds. SHOCKER. maybe i AM like my mother, after all. how well that would work out for me! :D i miss that lady. she is a hoot. if you see her, please give her hugs for me, and tell her how weird she is - i am sure she is missing me telling her that back home. ha.
much love from the shores of korea,
kami
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