The story is this: some douchebag named Dimitri calls the object of his obsession affection, elegant Olga, after a brief, two-minute encounter in a San Francisco bar. Olga gives Dimitri her business card, he calls, she fails to return his call in a timely manner, hilarity ensues.
Just in case you were wondering, Dimitri is a real person. (Thank you Google.) He lives in Toronto and lost his medical license after being criminally convicted of sexually assaulting female patients. Read more about him here and this is what he looks like.
I had to get up early today and do an errand in Hongdae. Aftwards, I met up with Kevin and Shaun at the Hamilton Pool around 10am when it opened. I arrived at the pool at 10:07am and there were at least ten other people there! Kevin wanted to come to the pool during the week because he says the weekends are packed. I can’t imagine what that would look like, since most empty spaces were full by noon. Reardon joined us around noon.
The pool at 10:30am - nice and quiet.
The pool around 1:00pm. Click on the photo to see the large size of this panorama.
These guys were interesting. Three tan Korean guys with lots of tatoos, wearing thongs! G-strings. Banana hammocks. Whatever you want to call them, it’s not right in any language. It makes a Speedo look like a padded bra - theres nothing left to the imagination with thongs! My small point and shoot camera couldn’t zoom so well, since they were on the other side of the pool. So, these are the best pictures I got.
In this picture, it looks like the guy on the right is naked. No, his ass was just hungry and decided to nibble on that thong he was wearing.
All in all, with it being my first time there, I had fun at the pool. Kevin also brought yummy sandwiches to share. This is Reardon thanking him by delicately putting sunscreen on his back.
Haha… I kid. Below is a video I took at the pool, to give you a better feel of the place. My toes make a cameo.
Matt, of Where the Hell is Matt? is back with a new video. It’s only 5 days old, but already has 2.2 million views. Pay attention to the 1:50 where he’s dancing at the DMZ. At the 2:45 mark Matt’s dancing in front of Namdaemun gate (where he was late). Twelve days later, the gate was burned down by an arsonist. [Make sure to read about Operation Paul Bunyan, halfway down the entry. Quite interesting.]
Watching this video makes me happy, and miss traveling.
At this moment, Ras is a few hours away from landing in Portland, Oregon. Three hours before his 11am flight, I drove him to the airport limousine bus stop in Sanbon. What was supposed to be a one hour trip, took two hours! By the time he arrived, they had closed the check-in counter and he wasn’t sure if he would be able to get on the plane. Luckily, some strings were pulled and he was whisked away to a different part of the terminal, where he was able to check in. The last text message I received from Ras was: “1st class from Seoul to Tokyo! Hahaha! No idea how, though…”
So, for the next six weeks, I have to cook for myself! No, no, I kid (a little). I’ll be working part-time, so hopefully the time will fly by. This summer, I want to get in shape, de-clutter my life, take more photos, and explore more of Korea.
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I was sent this mass email today. I’m sure this affects someone you know.
Recently, Kyunggido cops caught maybe around 1000 instructors who are working on tourist visas.
And while they were investigating, E2 instructors who are teaching in companies were caught as well.
In order to avoid such an incident, don’t wear backpacks or carry English text books in your hands.
I heard that the cops follow people from the subway station or wait for them in front of the company.
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I enjoyed this old video of Tim Russert and Jon Stewart from 2004.
I’ve been a little busy and lazy lately. I love taking photos and have a lot to say/talk about on my blog, but the physical task of sitting down and tapping away at the keyboard seems so tedious sometimes. If I could do what I do now, dictate my thoughts on a tape recorder, and have a person transcribe it onto my blog, that would be FANTASTIC. Of course, that’s never going to happen, so I have to take breaks once in awhile.
Last weekend was Erin’s birthday and we spent the evening in Itaewon. And yes, we saw The EV Boyz perform not once, but twice. At 11:30pm, they performed for half an hour at Rocky Mountain Tavern, and again at 12:30am at Wolfhound Pub. Of course, I took videos of all the performances, but have yet to upload them to youtube.
Speaking of youtube, here’s a video I took this afternoon. Across the street is a high school and in the video, you can see how they resurface the dirt soccer field. The answer: a tour bus dragging a metal bar behind it. Near the end of the video, you can hear me trying to contain my laughter. It was just so comical to me.
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