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7月30日 Summer VacationI’m on vacation right now. I only just arrived, I know! But the school is closed for a week, until August 4th. While all of the teachers I work with are off sunning themselves in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan, I am stranded in Korea due to my ongoing immigration process. I’m in the final stages now and should be completely legal by August 8th. I don’t mind being grounded in Korea for my vacation though; I’ve had so much drama over the past month that it’s good to stay in one place for a bit. And trust me, I haven’t been bored!
I joined DoubleHMG and had my first session with my personal trainer on Monday. His name is Jae Won and has a very Andy Warhol-ish hairstyle and glasses. I think he’s trying to be trendy, but it doesn’t really suit someone that is supposed to be a trainer in a gym. In my first session with Jae Won, I had a body composition analysis done. First he took my height and weight, and then I was hooked up to some space aged machine that read the makeup of water, protein, minerals, body fat mass, muscle mass, and skeletal mass in my body. The machine even calculated my waist-hip ratio and lean balance. Turns out, the only part of my body that is “normal” is my trunk. Keep in mind, Koreans are skinny stick people and I will never be considered “normal”, so for a high tech piece of equipment to say that a part of my body is normal . . . in Korea . . . I’m elated! As the gym doesn’t offer spin class yet (but Jae Won thinks they will soon), I’ve taken up running. I don’t get the same high from it that I used to get from spin, but it’ll do. I have another session with him on Thursday where we will start weight training. I’m very excited since I haven’t done any weight training since I left Newfoundland!
Other than the gym, I’ve been spending my vacation studying Korean, reviewing school curriculum, and catching up with my old friends here in Seoul. I’ve done a few touristy things like shopping in Insadong (the traditional area) and wandering around Olympic Park. I now live in the Olympic Park area and it is very quiet and peaceful here, unlike the chaotic university area that I used to live in. It’s nice having a park right outside my door where I can go just to enjoy walking around outdoors without being overrun by crowds of people. I live in a convenient area; Lotte Department Store (where they sell Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, etc.) and Lotte Mart (like Wal-Mart) are within walking distance, the majority of my friends live close by, and the subway station is only a few feet away. I’m in a more affluent area of Seoul now and things are more western, but sometimes I miss the dirty loud Seoul I used to know: the loudspeaker on the vegetable truck waking me up at 6am, the outdoor Filipino market on the weekend, the adjummas (married Korean women, typically grandmothers, who are stubborn and pushy with short permed hair) singing hymns on Sunday morning at the church next door, the lights, sounds and smells (ewww) of Hyehwa, the riot police and protests in Gwanghwamun . . . ahhh it was the life! I’m not sure if suburb living is for me, but I’m still glad to be back in Seoul even if I have to commute for a bit of excitement.
I have five days of vacation left and I’ll probably spend my time gallivanting around the city. I love this city so much! Even if I don’t have anything in particular planned, I can just randomly pick a stop on the subway map and spend the day exploring. I have already lived here for two years, but there is still so much to see and do! 引用通告此日志的引用通告 URL 是： http://mtchurchill.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C00BC30F2484CFBD!1688.trak 引用此项的网络日志
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