School is now in session...

but it was like i never even left...

weather is starting to cool down as well. fall will only last a month or so until it starts to get really cold. gotta love seasons....well ones that change (unlike california's "perfect weather")

started to work out as well. i'm pretty good about going daily. i'm following the BFL workout regiment...but not the eatting regiment. i've only been going now for about a week and a half. but what got me motivated were pictures i have from the first round of BFL. i look terrible compared...

bleh

sunday excursion...

so usually i work on sundays, teaching english and pottery. but seeing as most all my students were unavailable this sunday, i found it a great opportunity to go off with some friends on a little excursion...

we took off to incheon and wolmi-do. there was a little beach there, although i have to say that it was anti-climatic seeing as it was really a port beach (second largest in korea)



anyhow we went to the only Chinatown in Seoul, took the ferry to Wolmi-do where we went to the beach and took a bike ride. despite the heat it was good fun...

this is me in front of this cool old building in chinatown...


Fabien and his wooden sword...


Kim-Ju, Me and Fabien posing in front of the Incheon Rabbit Mascots...


a poster for a childrens' musical, "Who poo'd on my head?"


Ju and Hanbi on the tandem...


Ju and Fabien taking a break...


Dinner!


and because our friend Fabien is returning back to France after a year in Seoul, we ended the day by celebrating with drink and darts!



if you wanna see yet more pictures...click here

a friend in need...

i have a very close friend who seems a bit down these days. i think i know how i could help, but it wouldn't be the best of ideas..

why do we always consider opening pandora's box when we know we shouldn't even think about it?

family visit?

my parents and my brother and sister-in-law may be coming for a short visit in october! yay! should be fun. hope they can make it...

september sale...

this heat is ok, but the humidity is just killing me...
i remind myself that i just have to endure for one month...it should pass in a month and Fall should be on it's way by then...hopefully.

a couple of friends (6) and I are all busy preparing for a show/sale in the end of september. i'm working on a set of plates which kinda look like the set of dinnerware that i made last semester (dinnerware - at bottom) but no texture on the sides. i have completed about 40 porcelain ones and 40 ongi-clay ones (a nice dark brown when reduced at 1250C). i'm hoping i sell a good amount, but i will also be participating in a show/sale in december where i can sell off what i don't sell the first time around...i've been also talking to a restaurantier about doing his plates. cross your fingers!!

i suppose if the sales don't go so well, i could use some new dishes...i'm bored with the ones i have. i'll take some pics in progress and post them soon...