I can hardly believe it, but my contract is already a third of the way through. It has made me want to re-asses my lifestyle. There are a lot of things I wanted to do, that I haven't done.
The problem is that I had hoped that by now, I would have a few solid people that would be up for doing different things on the weekends. Unfortunately, my peers are either caught up in their own routines, busy doing the couples thing, or just doing whatever everyone else happens to be doing.
This weekend, nearly everyone went to Bijin island. I thought about going, but there are about a dozen other islands that I can take day trips to, which I have never been to before...and I 've been to Bijindo twice.
One of my friends who will be leaving shorty gave me some advice Friday night: you have to get out of town on the weekends. Take a bus and just go. Don't go with anybody--don't even tell anyone you are going.
I think Maggie had the right idea. That's exactly what I need to start doing. I started by going to Hansando today. It is the biggest island, and it has cultural significance as the staging ground for one of the most important sea battles in the history of Korea. A lot of work went into developing a sea-side promenade, and the old camp of Admiral Ye Sun Shin. I went alone, and I felt like it was a much more gratifying way of spending my day than getting drunk on Bijindo.
Unless something really significant comes up, I'm going to take a bus to Busan (Korea's second largest city) next weekend. I think I'll book a hostel and stay over Saturday night. I feel really embarrassed that I've been here for four months and I haven't been there yet. It was this attitude that I needed to go with someone to make my trip worthwhile. But, if Seoul taught me anything, it was that I can have a great time going on trips be myself--and it's really easy to meet people if you travel that way.
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