Posts Tagged as ‘Insadong’

17 November 2008

晩秋에

The weekend of my graduation, November 13-16.

22 June 2008

Heartbeats

At times I feel as though I’m spending my whole summer making preparations for being here rather than actually being here. It’s not a bad feeling exactly, as mostly it’s rooted in this place turning into another home for me — a place that would require the few weeks like I need at school to [...]

15 June 2008

사랑하면 춤을 춰라!

June 8, 13, 14, 2008.
Soon after arriving in Seoul, I met up with my friend Keum from last year’s SK Telecom trip. Keum has been working here in Korea for over a year as the international manager for two productions, which has him coordinating logistics around the world. And he’s my age.
Keum invited Masato and [...]

5 August 2007

School Break

The Week of July 23
Was my school break. I met Hye Jin on Monday at Lotte World, a magical place in Jamsil in southeastern Seoul. Boxed in by Lotte Group’s magnificent department store, buttressed by Lotte’s sizzling Lotterias, guarded by Lotte’s Castle Apartments, funded largely by purchases on Lotte credit cards (it cost half the [...]

19 June 2007

Since Arriving/ From Now, More Often

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

The sun was beating down this afternoon on SD Vamos, the Sogang Dae Korean Language Education Center (KLEC) soccer club, and the wheaty dust of the undongjang had already given our team, the dark shirts, spots and stripes on its way up from our kicks. After chasing a player chasing a ball [...]