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It’s almost vacation time!  My bags are packed, but I’m not taking much since I’ll only be gone for two weeks.  My camera gear is about the size of my clothes and toiletries (below).  As of this writing, I’m still not sure whether I want to take my backpack, or small suitcase with wheels.  It’s such a short trip that I wonder whether I need to “backpack” it.  As Ras said this morning, “This is the lamest trip we’ve ever taken.  We know exactly how, when, and where we’re going.”  We’ve never even gone on a trip where we stayed at a hotel before, but instead opted for rustic and cheap.  The three days we’re spending on a hotel in Hong Kong would pay for two weeks (probably more) in SE Asia.  Nonetheless, whether I rough it, or wheel it, I’m looking forward to tomorrow.

Eddie and Gisela will also be joining us on this trip.  This is a chart Eddie made at work.  Yeah, he seems to have a lot of free time on his hands.  I edited December 31st, where my name was written.  Otherwise, this is all Eddie’s doing.

I don’t know how much I’ll be blogging, but I’ll definitely be Twittering if I can since it’s so fast and simple.  Follow me here.

I just noticed that Louis Vuitton has a line of bags with the same name as my brother.  His name is spelled slightly different from the sun god, but the meaning is the same.

For over $3000, it’s not a good looking bag IMHO.

I’ve been busy, to say the least.  The last two weeks involved writing English finals and wrapping up the semester by proctoring exams on Friday.  In addition, we moved into Seoul over the weekend.

The move went relatively well.  Upon calling around for a moving company, Ras was quoted 500,000 won because he wanted to move on a Saturday.  After changing his moving day to a Friday and some hard core negotiating, he got a full service moving company for 300,000 won.  Since many people aren’t moving during the hard economic times, movers have to be more competitive for customers.  300,000 is pretty cheap for 2 men, and 1 woman to move everything, and drive from Gunpo to Seoul.  The customer doesn’t have to lift a finger.  The men do all the heavy lifting, while the woman packs everything in the bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom.  They did a relatively good job, except that the woman would open up a can of Coke (from our fridge) and drink it while working.  She also grabbed one for her companions, all the while not asking at all if she could have the drinks.  I’m sure she was thirsty, and it wasn’t a big deal enough to say something, but still…  strange, right?  I even saw an empty granola wrapper on the ground and don’t remember having had some in the last week.

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I like to change it up every so often.  This is the new blog theme - fresh, clean, and simple.  I still need to tweak it  some more with personal touches though.  I’ll most likely change it again in February when I leave Korea, but for the time being, I hope you like it.

P.S. I’ve also updated my ‘About Me‘ page.