183) Amber

Amber is going home tomorrow. It's crazy how fast a year goes by. I remember talking with her about her job, and advising her to just stick it out because she only had six months left. Now I have six months left and she is finished. I am sure my last six will fly by as well.

Near the end of September Amber will move to Hong Kong and teach there for two years. I think it will be a great move for her, and I look forward to visiting her there and checking out that city.

Yesterday David (club manager and promoter) had DJ Charles Feel Good at his club ( http://www.djfeelgood.com/ ) and Amber and I and some other friends had the privilege to hang out with him before he started spinning that night. It's always cool to be able to meet some of the famous DJ's and talk with them, then enjoy the show.




That was a pretty great going away party for Amber, and I think she had a really good night! I will be sad to see Amber go, but I think it is good for her to get out after a year, and move on to another city. So many people get trapped because of comfort zones and fear, but I am

182) Roll 3

Here are some of the highlights from roll 3 that I took- (I will post some that my friend took later).

One of the interesting back alley's near my house. ^

In the maze of one of the biggest markets in Seoul- Namdaemoon ^

Henry, Nein and Chip buying pineapple and Namdaemoon ^

Caught taking down the pineapple...and looking good doing it! ^

Henry on the rooftop of an apartment during a bbq party ^

Chip in the same location...but looking like he is from the Revolutionary War with that stache. ^

Ariel on the stairs between classes ^

Ariel in class ^

Billy and Daniel checking the progress of our plants ^

My summer term is finally over and I can get back to working my regular afternoon schedule.  The morning schedule was really starting to wear down on me, and I am happy to see it go.  

181) Mild Days

Mild days mostly in reference to the weather the past couple days.  It has been a very nice relief from the heat that Seoul was getting slammed with.  Yesterday was particularly great- as I had the privilege to enjoy a great sunset while smoking a Cuban cigar on the roof-top patio of my friends studio in Namsan (Namsan is a nice area and mountain in central Seoul).   I took a bunch of pictures from that day, and I will post them later because they are on my G1 (film camera) and I haven't gotten it developed yet.  

I met a guy at the studio who will be opening up a cigar shop nearby, and he gave me a nice Montecristo to enjoy.  It brought back some memories of good cigars I have smoked in the past- beaches in the Bahamas, my parents back yard in the hot tub, an old buddies hot tub and some good conversations.  It was really nice to just watch a great sunset (I have seen very few in Seoul) and have some solitude and reflect on things.  

The days have not been very mild as far as activity lately.  I have been pretty much non-stop busy (except for today and yesterdays sunset) this past week.  Henry has been visiting from the states and staying with Chip.  The three of us all went to college, graduated, and to India together.  It has been good having Henry out here the past few weeks, and we have had some good times.  He will fly back home tomorrow thus ending a nice three week getaway for him.  Chip and him had the privilege of going to Beijing and watching a week of the olympics (lucky enough to see Phelps live and in action).

(These photos are compliments of John (front row center first pic)

180) A Few Tasty Treats

179) Han River Festival

Last night I went to the river with John and Jason. There were some DJ's spinning and a pretty good amount of people. It wasn't great, but it was nice to be out by the river and enjoy some music and take some pictures.

Jason behind the scenes

Me behind the scenes (Jason's picture)

From behind a bunch of sun-umbrellas

The stage

Jason and John and the LG Twin Towers

Ridin' on dad's shoulders

Jason near the stage

Jason with an overview of the festival

A pink bike and pink lights

Stage performance

Stage performance

The DJ and stage

178) Red

The new studio has huge ground to ceiling windows with big red velvet curtains- it is really beautiful with light hitting the back of the curtains. These are some stills from the filming we have been working on. This project is not yet finished, but I am pretty happy with the results so far.


The one thing I have been less than happy with is the weather report from this weekend- it seems to me some mistake was made between Korea and Hades... some how we ended up with Hades weather- I cannot say if they ended up with Koreas.

177) This is the Real First Roll

Here are a few shots from the real first roll of film from my G1.

Hyung Nam at his old studio- on a break from filming.

Me during filming at the old studio (photo is cropped and de-saturated)

During Jason's birthday party.

Another shot from Jason's birthday as we are on our way to another bar.

176) Humidity

It's the humidity that will get you. Seoul has been a steam room lately- I step out of my apartment or the bus and it is like being slapped in the face with a giant hot wet towel. I have found myself demolishing 1.5 liter bottles of sports drinks in a sitting- with out even realizing how much I just drank, and often still feeling thirsty. But it is now August, and summer is soon going to start fading into fall... something I will be happy to see.