I didn't travel around Korea after Jeju, as I had planned. A couple of days after I got back, my friend Evan from Tongyeong was having a going away party. The Battle of Hansando festival was going on and they were doing the reenactment of the battle. Watching it, I kept thinking about watching the reenactment two years ago, and how I never imagined I would be seeing it again.
I meet my untimely fate at the hands of a Korean spear man.
Some of the current TY crew.
Japan feels the wrath of Admiral Ye.
One day I went to Sangyessa Temple and hiked up to the water fall. I had come to Sangyessa with Matt soon after returning to Korea, intending to climb to the top of the mountain, but we went the wrong way and ended up bushwhacking it, and nearly getting lost.
It was a good little hike. It was raining, but that ended up being a good thing, since it would have been too hot otherwise. Near the falls was a hermitage. I decided to take a look and ended up having tea with a monk named Il Yong. He didn't want me to take a picture of him, so I took a picture of the view instead.
Burilpokpo
Here's the view from the Hermitage. I wish I had a better camera, camera skills, because it was
a much nicer view than this picture makes it seem like.
Coming back to work hasn't been so bad. Actually, it's kind of nice to have something to do. I'm really having a hard time trying to fill my time. I bought a model kit. I started working on a Rubik's cube. I've been watching to many movies. Unfortunately, the teacher with whom I share a room at the elementary school has moved on--she was super good to work with.
Mi Hye, hard at work.
All in all, my life is merely drifting on. I've been taking a break from worrying about the future and I've been feeling pretty peaceful the last couple of days. I hope it continues.
