Flashing Lights.

It has been a few days. I do apologize. I notice that the counter goes up each day and I feel slightly pressured to write a blog every other day, but I have been super busy, hence the small delay. Hmm. That rhymed and it was unintentional.
I pretty much only have time at this moment to talk about three things; the incredible mountain that is my backyard, the dance clubs and foreign bars in Daegu, and my CouchSurfer.

First, the mountain. My friend Steve said we should hike it at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning, and I figured he was full of it, so I called his bluff. Full of it he was not, my friends. This mountain/20 minute "hike" if you walk fast is about 10 minutes from my apartment.

One of the temples is supposedly the oldest in South Korea, although I'm not sure which one. My favorite part of that morning was the sight opposite the city, which was just layer upon layer upon layer of mountains. It looked completely surreal. I also loved the bamboo forest (last picture)... it was totally novel and unexpected to see towering bamboos just ahead of me as we were descending the mountain. There were also people praying up and around where we walked inside of these little mini-temples that were lit with what looked to be about 100 tea lights. It was really beautiful. I was told you can also stay the night in those temples, although nobody seems to know how to arrange it.

I do have more pictures from Saturday night in Daegu, and I want to talk about my CouchSurfer Johanna from Sweden, but I have officially run out of time.

More later. :)

Update: It is currently 11:50 p.m. Wednesday night. Johanna is fast asleep, as she has to wake up at 4 a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. train to Busan, and then a ferry to Japan. Brave girl. She's really sweet and has been a perfect guest. She stayed for a total of 3 nights with me, in which the time we spent together has been pleasantly educational. I don't know what else to say about it, really. She just kind of did her own thing during the day while I worked, helped me cook dinner, taught me about Sweden, and talked to me about her boyfriend.

Love is the language.

Update: 12:23 a.m. Friday morning. T.G.I.MF.F! Here are some pictures from last Saturday in Daegu. :)

My room at the love motel.

Daegu by drizzle.

George kissing Steve's hand.

Flashing Lightskies. ;)

This is my official video test. Crossing my fingers!

And thus concludes my most prolonged post yet. Tomorrow is another birthday celebration, this time for my friend Aleesha. Saturday I'm going biking with Diane, Beau, Sherwin, Sarah, and Simon. It's getting really beautiful here with all of the cherry blossoms blooming and I hope to have some really incredible pictures for my next post. Til then. :)