A doctoral degree really demands your full and undivided attention, if you want to do it properly. Like a newborn child, it penetrates every aspect of your existence, even creeping into your dreams as an uninvited guest. After an extended period of time, it will eventually transform your personality into one probably less sociable and often preoccupied with thoughts other than those relevant for the immediate situation.
Light posting for the next week or so - on vacation from school until January 4th. I have already traveled to Jeju with Adventure Korea over Christmas weekend and had a great time - will be posting about it.
A couple posts have already been written and post-dated for the next week, so you won't completely miss me. I'll have plenty to come about several destinations in Jeju and other places across Korea. See you soon!
Every so often, a story breaks out of the Hermit Kingdom and out into the U.S. mainstream media. These stories almost never seem to put Korea in a positive light, often portraying Koreans as ultra-competitive, win-at-all-costs, my-way-or-the-highway type people.
Or so the song goes. Proof of the holiday spirit is widespread through the city of Seoul, and these are just a few pictures attempting to capture some of those decorations.
The stage just outside Myeongdong station - note the reindeer in the background.
Although geologically stable with no traces of volcanic murmurings today, the Korean peninsula was once a tectonic hotbed of activity. The remaining legacy of that era is a nation criss-crossed with mountain ranges to such an extent that only 2% of the country has sufficient lowlands to support permanent crops.
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