Busan

And I did it again. 1 day rest and I was off again - this time to see the sea in Busan - Korea's premier summer vacation spot on the penninsula. Takes 3 hours by KTX - considerably shorter than the 12 hours by train we gotta suffer from Hel to Katowice. A friend picked me up from the station and the vacation could start :)

Beach



Wine and beach


Amazing views

Ok enough complaining. On a positive note, I did have a good time in Poland especially cause of family and friends. Warsaw became a beautiful city once parts of it got renewed - I really felt proud.

I feel sorry cause I kinda did not have a chance to go out much. Just a beer here or there and the rest was just my dates with the screen. This month didn't even have days of the week - all was based on "How many pages do I have to write today". That was the purpose though so it was expected to be like that.

Next time I'll spend time with everybody! And next time is hopefully soon! Unfortunately not many people in Poland like soju…. Hmm I should find another universal gift.

Damn Warsaw airport

Okecie airport - the pride and glory of Poland …. is no better than a huge central station in a third world country. I officially declare the place as the world's worst place. A couple of weeks ago I went to that airport to pick up a friend. I went to the expected arrival place only to find an A4 sized piece of paper with a sentence saying "Wszystkie przyloty na terminal 2" - hehe if you're not a Polish speaker - I guess you just need to figure this one out on your own, cause no English was available anywhere.

At terminal 2 which fortunately is not that far - 7 mins on foot I have spotted a first monitor and something very worrying - that the plane is scheduled to arrive at terminal 1. Off to terminal 1. At T1, after 20 mins and no apparent sign of ppl coming out of the gates, I found out, that "it does not mean that the plane is arriving at T1 if on the monitors it says T1 and I should be waiting at T2". That was already an hour past her arrival. In the end I missed the welcoming, my friend went home and we had to catch up 2 days later.

That's not all though. Today I spent an hour trying to check-in my luggage. Finally I got to the business class desk, which for no apparent reason was serving regular customers. I put my luggage on the belt, the lady did the usual thing and the luggage got stuck further down the counters. So the lady at the counter (business class mind you) tells me to go behind her counter where the people normally are not even allowed and asks me to adjust the luggage myself … cause it's my luggage that's stuck and apparently it's my problem.

In the end I didn't even have time to properly talk with my mom, I was stressed out, cause boarding was closing in 10 minutes and I still have not even entered the airport zone. I get to the gate and gotta still wait half an hour and on the plane they announce a 40 minute delay. WHAT THE FUCK?

Plane again

Aaand here we go again. Having not had Internet access for over 2 weeks, I feel like I've missed out on a very important part of my existence. Most of it was due to the damn paper I've been trying to finish for over a month now.

I guess I can't really complain - I have the best parents in the world. Dad leased out mom to me, so that she could help me out with house chores while I do the creative part. At the end she started to read what I had written, feedback and correct the paper. I think I would not have managed without her help. Heh I think I should include a credits page to acknowledge the people who have contributed:

Thesis credits list

Mom - grammar, spelling and making sure my sentences make sense
Misiu Misiu - administration, printing and delivery
Kinkowa - sampling and saying you can make it
Babra - intelligence support
Banachowa - telling me they're closing the library and copying
Sexyjkk - translation

Now I'm on the plane again - heading back to Korea to finish things up. The paper is done, but as my friend (greetings Ryba) - 90% of the thesis takes 90% of the needed time. The remaining 10% of the thesis take another 90% of the time. Hence I'm still doing it and it seems like it’s a never-ending story.

Nyways, should finish quick.

Tiger Teacher

Well what can I say - it's good to have a teacher like 호랑이 선생님 :)







Missing the times - in 2 weeks again ^^

Home

I'm back home. Had to come back because of the f#$@# paper which is a Neverending Story.

Actually I'm on page 80 right now and working towards a happy ending. Living in Poland has its traits - you got the friends, the family, the food, the cool car and comfortable appartment but something seems to be missing. Dunno what it is but it is missing indeed.

I'm bound to finish up this week and then have a week for corrections. Hopefully I can pull the whole thing off. Keeping my fingers crossed at all times. Btw. I love the view from my home and the weather here ^^