you got some seoul.

korea. korea. korea. how do i describe thee.

party. party. party.

yehahaha

5 words: food. party. drinks. spas. games.

Food 

Janet took the lead and ordered up the food for us.

We ordered a ton of fish and fresh seafood and feasted.

I will remember Korea for the cheap eats.

Food and drinks are so cheap.

It would cost $25 - $30 to be completely drunk and full! WHAT A STEAL!!!

Party

And we went out. We went out a lot.

We went out every night to the wee hours 

and partied the only way TTN knows how.

This was at Boys  Noize. Ahh yes, the cube!

This may have been the night of Polar Bear shots (SO GOOD), 

me wearing a cool bow, and making a grand entrance 

via cart. yehahahah

YES!

Drinks

Ok, maybe this order should be reversed.

We drink and we drank plenty.

Drinking is cheap out and about!

A bottle of soju is something ridiculous like $2

a bottle a 7/11. Don't mind if I do.

We mainly drank at bars. No need to pre-party.

That's me at the wine buffet.

Yes, I said it. Wine buffet.

Yippeee!

Spas

So, I don't have a photo of us at the spa.

Didn't want the camera to fog up.

Biking in Gyeongju.

They are wonderful and what a steal.

I think it was something like $15 for as long as our heart desired.

And they are clean and beautiful.

Yes, loved it.

We had one crazy night where we snuck into the hotel spa in Busan.

We snuck in through the stairs and used the spa in all it's glory.

To make a long story short, 

Janet and I got caught underneath the lounging chairs.

How did we fit, who knows?

Would I do it again? Absolutely.

That was us biking around in Gyeongju. It's so pretty there! Rent bikes and explore this cute town!!!!

The palaces, the history, oh so much to learn!

Of course, not everyone were as fabulous as Janet and I are on a bike, so everyone else went tandem. yehahaah. So much fun!!!! A lot of people go when the cherry blossoms are blooming. I saw a photo and it looks magical.

Games

I love carnival games. LOVE THEM.

And Korea loves them too. 

There are carnival games all over the place.

And we played. I wish the States had them 

everywhere you went.

Nothing like drinking and winning!

Culture and Tourism

We also spent a of time touring all the different neighborhoods.

Itaewon. Hyewa. Myeondong. Insadong. Hongdae. Gangnam.

And a bunch of other places. Luckily,  my friend, Janet, was living there 

and she speaks Korean. It made it a lot easier to get around. 

I didn't have to think much where I was, but was able to just follow the crowd.

We also made it to the DMZ. Learned a lot!

It's crazy to think about. To live next to  another country where you have to prepare in case of invasion.

It definitely opened my eyes.

It was my first time to spend an extended amount of time in a more developed Asian country. I was in Taiwan, but only for a day.

Hoping Japan is in the near horizon!

no big deal.just a quarter life crisis.

Manu, Amazon, Peru

When I think about a moment when I was happy and I mean truly truly happy...I always thinks back to a moment when I was at the beach, diving, hiking, on a river, or anywhere in nature really. It's a time when I thought of nothing. Where nothing could bother me and nothing ever did bother me. I appreciated it for what it was. I thought of nothing else, but what was in front of me. I saw what only was that. And that was that.

And now, I have a 9 - 5 job. What I look forward to are the weekends when I could just sleep, rest, and hang out. Why? Shouldn't life be more than just weekends and bottled experiences?

Life is constantly around me, but I do not see it for what it is.

This is not to say that a 9 - 5 job is the sole reason for my discontent. It's really any piece of my life where I do not accept things for what they are.

I love traveling, but even then there were moments where I wanted to use my brain more and establish some sort of routine.

So, what to do? What to do? I feel like it's a big conundrum. Can someone just solve this for me?

yehahaha. 2013 here I come. I am creating my To Do List. My Goals. My Passion Projects. And doing things that make me happy and comprise each piece of me.

Yippeee!

the daily grind

That's right folks. I am in New York.

I made the move from the beaches of California to the rivers of Manhattan in July 2011.

I've lived here for a year and a half. Yet, it feels like I just got here last week.

I've survived 2 abnormal hurricanes that hit Manhattan. Roamed the streets of New York unemployed. Worked at a non-profit and I am now at a start up.