We had a ceremony on Friday that signified the transfer of authority to our battalion and we are now officially on mission in the Korean Theater of Operations. The last 40 or so days have been incredibly busy and there is no way it will die down from here courtesy of a DPRK nuclear test. Boo to you Kim Jung Il. Do you not realize that it is beach season? The weather here has actually been very nice as of late. The yellow dust is only mildly irritating.
Trying to plan out what signs are to be seen this summer. Mudfest, a festival where you consume large amounts of soju and cover yourself in muck is in July and sounds just dandy. I may have to make an appearance. To give you an idea of how cheap this country is I offer you a tale: I went out in Suwon on Friday night. Went to a bar that is a favorite of expats (mostly teachers from the English speaking world) and spent a total of 30,000 won all night (about $18). They have pitchers of Cass (Korean brew) for 11,000 won. The thing is, these pitchers are the equivalent of at least 4 American style pitchers. I crashed at the quarters of a fellow commander on Suwon Airbase. That was clutch as I would not have made it home before our 3am curfew.
Trying to talk Melissa to bring Ella to Korea for a month long visit. I think she is buying into the idea and it will be nice to have my family back for a brief moment.
Hope everybody has a joyous Memorial Day.
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I like the idea of the month long visit with Mel and Ella....It would be an opp of a lifetime!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of brew babe. You should have blogged about your wicked hangover;) Love you!
ReplyDeletewicked hangover? Tom?? no way!!!!!!!!1
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