livin' with seoul: rambling

a heads up... I’m just gonna ramble here, k? not that there ever is any kind of structure, coherency or subject matter 2 any of my entries but still... a heads up nonetheless. it’s 4:38 on sunday afternoon & i’m 2 things – not hungover & bored. no, i did go out last night... i'm just not hungover. i am however in one of those moods, on one of those days. i’ve just loaded every song on my laptop into media player, set it on shuffle & i’m sitting here typing whatever comes 2 mind... all because i can’t think of anything better 2 do. yes, i’ve weighed up the options. do laundry? na... tomorrow. clean my room? na... some other time (& it’s not that dirty anyway). go grocery shopping? na... don’t really need anything (& i’m kinda fed up spending money). go out somewhere & do something/anything? na... couldn’t be bothered... couldn’t be arsed. not just right now. maybe later. i’ve even contemplated doing some work, the work i try 2 avoid doing on work days. it was when contemplating doing some work that the realisation of how bored i am hit. i’m not holding out much hope but maybe by the time i finish this entry i’ll have thought of something 2 do that i actually want 2 do... or someone will have contacted me with a plan. of course i could initiate contact with that same someone armed with a plan of my own but i 1) don’t have a plan, or a desire to fabricate one, & 2) just couldn’t be arsed. yep, i’m in one of those moods, on one of those days. & it’s now only 4:52pm... tick tock.

‘livin’ with seoul’ by the numbers – an update

31 – days i’ve been 'livin' with seoul.' wow... time really does fly when having fun.

25 – days until christmas day. jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

29 – days until camp begins

71 – days until i go home

1,500,000 – amount, in korean won, i’ve spent since getting here, most of it on socialising (about €800)

0 – amount, in korean won, i’ve received in pay 2 date (about €0). i probably should get on that

2 – christmas trees seen so far

3 – number of cups of tea i’ve drank since getting here

8 – tea bags i have left from the box of 10 i bought yesterday

308 – the number of koreans i’ve interviewed since starting work

0 – christmas songs i've heard 2 date

1 – saturdays i’ve had off since getting here

8 – days it took me 2 complete my 5 day course of antibiotics

147 – the number of the bus i take 2 & from the ck office

7 – degrees in seoul right now (5:12pm)

2 – degrees in dublin right now (8:12am)

my ‘livin with seoul’ seoulmates

check out the pictures i uploaded yesterday 2 the blog album for more. you know you want 2.

'livin' with seoul' gift watch

in my opinion everyone should listen 2 this & this, although only my beautiful fellow countrymen & women will truely appreciate them for what they are... pure comic genius (everyone else will probably be lost... sorry).

whoops!

i love this. how 2 flunk a breathalyser test without actually taking the test.