my first winter in a long time

on sunday morning, winter rolled into korean. it is cold. it is windy. i do not want to be outside.

i didn't expect winter to arrive so swiftly. going out for halloween on saturday night was very pleasant, but i woke up on sunday to the complete opposite.

this is my second halloween in asia, and yet again, i could not quite figure out the whole costume thing. i tried to go shopping on satuday morning but quickly grew tired of walking around in the rain. i did find some great leggings, which i paired with a fuschia top and a sparkly mask. it wasn't exactly the best costume of the evening, but it was a little something. i went out in itaewan, one of the foreigner areas of seoul. itaewan reminds me of a cleaner version of khao sarn road. unfortunately, it is not filled with street carts full of tropical fruit and lousy pad thai (a result of the climate, i'm guessing...who would want to stand outside in the cold and rain selling kimchi? better yet, why would you want to eat just kimchi on the street?).

maybe it's because i came here in the fall or maybe it's because i really fell in love with the island, but i can't help but miss thailand. i miss the life i had there. i never thought i would say this, but life here is too easy. there's no constant battle to figure things out or to not be taken advantage of.i miss the simplicity of life there--living in tree house, for example.

perhaps it's just the beginning of winter blues. there's only one solution to that in korea: work and more work.