Fire

There was a crazy fire across the alley a couple days ago. My friends Matt and Lisa were over. Lisa noticed embers dropping from above outside my window. We all went to the roof and saw a terrific blaze. Luckily it was just a demolition site, and apparently no one was hurt.

Soju Vapourizer

Maybe some of you have heard of soju before. Its the local rotgut around here. Korean love the stuff but most of foreigner only drink it once (the hangover is one of biblical proportions). Anyways, I recently bought a humidifyer because the winters here dry out my nose. I had a few people over one Saturday and we all thought it would be jolly fun to vaporize some soju. Oddly enough, it is a little more pleasant when consumed pneumatically haha.

Star Wars

We went and checked out a Star Wars exhibit. It was loads of fun. Many of the actual props from the movies were there. Farah was accosted by stormtroopers not once but twice. I guess it just goes to show you that some things transcend differences around the world. Everyone on this planet likes Star Wars, call interstellar diplomacy I guess haha.

Christmas Party

I had a few people over for a bit of a soiree over Christmas. It was great fun. This time of year is tough on alot of expats. The pressures of being away from home can be overwelming. It sure helped me to have afew friends around to just hang out and celebrate the holidays. Everybody brought a dish of few, me being the true Mclennan that I am handled the mashed potatos. I also got my hands on some Wiser's Rye Whiskey teehee. The photos will show the terrible result. We had a bona fide photo artist come to the party. Compare his black and white masterpieces to shaky colour ones haha.

Street Protest

Hi everyone, sorry that I have been such an inattentive blogger lately, but with Christmas and all I haven't had the time. This is just a little Korean tidbit. I stumbled upon a Korean street Protest. The I could surmise was that it was about the lack of housing. I sometimes stop and think how difficult it must be for some people here. Canada has 30 million people or something thereabouts, while Korea is fast approaching 45 million. When you think about all those people trying to scratch out a place for themselves in a country the size of Vancouver Island, you can't but feel for them. The protest was was not violent, but you could really see that people were upset.