Vacations

Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within.

Once you find your center.. you are sure to win!

Sometimes I think my younger self had better composure than my current self. Why?

My eyes are tearing up when it comes to the scene where we found out that Shang's father, General Li, has died in battle.

So getting back to reality:

This weekend I'm going to Jeju Island with the Jeonnam TaLK crew <3

Part of the TaLK funds are granted for these cultural experiences, which means a lot of travelling to see various temples, folk villages, etc.

I <3 Jeju. If I haven't mentioned it before, I've always wanted to live on an island (I think it's also why I want to apply to grad schools in Hawaii). If I'm going to live in Korea, why not Jeju? But alas, God's plans led me elsewhere, which I am quite thankful for.

We were originally supposed to go earlier this month, but flights for 50+ people were hard to arrange, so we are going 4th of July weekend (i.e. the weekend before it).

I've spent the past 5 years of my life helping out at a convention during 4th of July weekend. First four were for Anime Expo and the last one was Club2theMAX (or MAX?.. I don't quite remember, but it ended up being a pre-cursor to this year's AM^2). As much as it thrills me to work 16+ hours each day for what seems like a month squeezed into a measly 4-5 days... I can subside those urges.

It's WHO I spend that time with that's got to me.

This feeling almost reminds me of how I felt during the holiday season (i.e. Thanksgiving, birthdays, Christmas, New Years). It was the hardest thing I've had to do while I've been in Korea: staying away from family. And missing this year's con means missing out on... *gish* how I sum it all in a string of words?

This is the only time I get to actually see some people. (The rest I see on a far too often basis ㅋㅋㅋ.)

Even though we only see each other one week out of the year, we've become so close; we're family <3

And not seeing them is like.. GAH! Not getting to work with them, sharing in their strife, listening to their rants, conquering obstacles together, congratulating the work others have done, and creating laughs because we're all really childish at heart... it's a lot of GAH!

Anyways, I guess I just wanted to say how I'm thankful to have a distraction this weekend. A great one at that! I'll be going to Jeju with another family of mine: Jeonnam TaLK family!

*{Watching Disney's Mulan while drinking hot cocoa -- but wait, it's summer! That's why the AC is on^^}