on the farm

wed nite we got off at a bus stop too early. luckily a nice taxi driver let us borrow his cellie while we waited. neil the farmer took us to the next town. the fam is at bang phra. after being warned of snakes and loud trains adam and i got ready for sleep. he peed on a tree outside and i opted for sqatting indoor by the shower drain. both were recommended as better options than using the testy toilets. the spray bidet is in favor of tissues. if u did use paper u need ur own ziploc. since i have neither i will maintain the permaculture goals. daytime we must use the outside bathroom. therefore all pooping will be scheduled before a shower in case i feel the method of pouring water from a handle bucket is too much. i asked for a demo because when u r squatting u find it much more difficult to clean with water u have to pour. basically one hand pours with small pot shaped bucket and the other wipes so make sure u have soap afterwards. all to say that is why i will wait to use the bidet inside before a shower. turns out with our timing the 10 days at the farm turns out to be only 6 days of work. after weeding our first day we are on break today and tomorrow. we walked over an hour on hot asphalt to search for band aids for adams newly formed sandal blister and find wifi and some form of entertainment. got ice cream from 7_11 and now at a small cafe with the net. going to a night market with other wwoofers and troy, the second in command after neil. gonna collect friut and goods to cook for the next couple days. also in china we couldnt use gmail or facebook at the wifi at an airport cafe but we still made it. so far so good. all thoughts and prayers welcome. i prayed while prepping to land in bangkok. surprisingly bad turbulence. we prolly outwarmed our welcome at this cafe. but we will have wifi at the farm by end of next week perhaps. till then. ciao. kob kun ka for reading.

justinking

as a kid my dad would say stinkin' for thinking so i'm just 'stinkin' for this post

Looking at the banner of my blog and listening to Aqualung with lyrics of glimmer in the sky I think how soon this blog will be nostalgic of my time in Korea. How starting and ending this blog with my life in Korea will be complete. When I look at this blog again it will all be a memory check up and no more a way to gauge on how much I need to catch up on my readers. One day soon I will look at the picture and think of how I saw the sun over the hill of Namsan Tower from my roof. Or how I will remember the times I commuted on the clean and sometimes sardine-like metro. I'll remember singing back the jingles for the metro or repeating back the Chinese version of a stop.

But I didn't start this post to reminisce. Not yet. Here are some pictures to update you before I seek more captured lifeshots in SE Asia.

Love the English and Korean combo. (the Korean says chee-je aka cheese) This was inside a pizza/chicken store.

Last weekend our hands were so cold we couldn't feel much beyond 'ouch'. This past Sunday the temperature was above 40 so we had twice as many out here at Ichon Fields. Our last day at KUPA. Many farewells at the end of the day but hoping to see a lot of people at tournaments in the future. I'll miss the Koreans a lot.

Jisoo and I love eating Shabu Shabu together. Our last meal. Ate for lunch today.

Some Vietnamese money. They have cutouts with clear plastic over them.

Did someone say "Benjamins"?

Birthday and February.

My birthday coffee.

For Lunar New Year we went with some friends to Jin-do. Adam went on a trailblazing hike.





Met my Incheon coworkers once last time before moving out of Korea. They got me a gift from Benefit. We also had a unique experience at Mr. Pizza. Don't go there! Ha.




My last day at Eonju Elementary School the teachers in my office took Adam and me to dinner at Outback Steakhouse. My co-teacher knows I love Korean stationary/pencil store items so that's what they got for my goodbye gifts. So sweet.