dried flowers, apsan
Originally uploaded by Alison J. L.
I haven't written anything in a while. It's not because nothings been going on, it just seems that there is just too much going on to pick what to write about.
This last weekend I went to a town (Bongseung I think) to be an extra in a movie about the Olympics. In Beijing last year, I guess there was a female heavyweight champion of note. They needed a bunch of foreigners to be in the audience, and promised us a bunch of stuff for the day. It wasn't the best Sunday I've ever had, but it certainly wasn't the worst. Mostly, we sat around in a freezing auditorium in t-shirts all day fake cheering. But afterwards we got to see the green tea fields and a "light festival". Pictures to come later.
The weekend before last, I had a four day break and spent it messing around Daegu. We had an Obama party which was way fun, went out dancing one night (also way fun) and went hiking one day. There's one day I can't seem to remember, probably on account of all the partying. Oh well. The picture above was from the hiking.
It was actually pretty spectacular. We went to Apsan (Mount Ap, since San is Korean for mountain, I guess). After taking the cable car up, we had lunch and took about a 2.5 to 3 hour hike across and down. There were temples and gyms all over the trails. There was even a giant springy horse and a couple of rope bridges! All in the middle of a mountain hiking trail. Why don't we do this in the states? Actually, I think one of the greatest things about Korea is outdoor playgrounds for adults ALL OVER the place. They have random stretching/exercising equipment and acupressure paths for your feet. They're always full of people, too. Not that hiking or jogging along the river isn't sufficient exercise, but why not weight lift while you're at it? Brilliant.
I had an appointment with a really excellent acupuncturist today. He did Tuina on my neck and back and gave me some acupuncture. I am going back to this guy for sure. This is only the second time I've had a treatment here (silly, I know), and both times they only put needles on one side of my body, I'll have to learn more about why.
So that's all the really exciting stuff that's happened recently. I'll try to write more in the coming days/weeks.
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