Beach

Ahh I miss the beach. Wanna come back to the sea!!! Seoul's fine but...

Lord Biach

I love how Koreans name their places to make them sound cool. How would you like a stay at the "LORD BIACH"? :) Btw. istn't it a great view from the window?

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

Welcome Party

Wooooa!!!

That was a greeting my friends pulled off. I still cannot believe how much effort has been put into it. I got off the plane and got my stuff rather quickly and proceeded to the exit. I was greeted by Michal and Kasia with a flower and some pictures and then suddenly a big pink pig comes running up to me and pulls me toward some undefined direction. There I noticed 6 other friends waiting holding a huge banner and shouting a welcome sentence. Next up a red carpet is rolled out in front of me and I get served with a shot of vodka, a pickle and a "bulka z szynka" I've been so missing.

Everybody at the airport was looking at us :PPP

But that was not the end of it. We went back to my appartment to find out it has all been decorated with baloons and stuff like "WELCOME". The girls prepared more "bulka z szynka" and a cake and borsch. Once we all reassembled at my place, we had some drinks, talked and ultimately everyone left around 1.30.

Still can't believe it. I knew it would be great to see all of them - I never exepected it would be so great!!!!

Heineken

Well I'm in Amsterdam. As much as I like Asia, I think Europe has its traits. One of the things I really won't is beer and the feeling associated with it. Seems like everything in Seoul is in a hurry - do this, do that, go here, go there. I think our advantage is that we know how to let go and relax.

Ahh the Heineken lounge is sooo great. This is exactly what a needed. A couch, big pillow, view at the airport and a bottle of cold beer.



I just realized that I used 1 EURO to call my parents and 4 euros for the beer :PP

Friends will be friends

The trip home had been planned for over a month, yet until today when I got out of the train station, I still have not felt like I'm going home. Everything was done in such a rush I couldn't even grasp the idea that it's Poland I'm coming back to. I'm on the plane and feel the pain of coming back home - the slightly uncmfortable chair and the permanent sound of the engines and airconditioning :P

I've told some of my best friends I'm coming and I'm a bit afraid what's gonna happen at the airport. But I guess that's what friends are for :)

Actually my ex told me he was jealous I had such good friends. The thing is, I think in a sense friendships are the same as a relationship. Nothing comes for free - you need to committ the time and there has to be a mutual benefit - if those 2 things are not there - it most probably won't work.

Now I'm a bit torn between 2 continents. Wonder how things will go from December.

Party time

So as we all know, Mattia came over and ... ummm ... i got drunk the first night. But that was not the end of it. On friday we went to 이태원 to meet some hot guys. On the way we picked up a friend who came from Busan to party with us. Due to my great idea of "let's take a taxi, we'll be faster and it'll be cheaper" we ended up late by 20 minutes and overpaid the taxi at least 3 times becaue MAciek forgot that it's friday off work time...

We met T at 동대뭔 운동장 and proceeded to the party place - 홍대 for a substantial drinking experience. And so we did. Some of us even more than expected. Halfway through the party 태환 started to get a bit out of control. A little more than a little. So Mattia, JK and I decided to take serious steps to minimize the risk by taking him home safely and going to party later on by ourselves. At the time the plan seemed perfect - Maciek pretends he's drunk and we all take a taxi home, drop off our drunken buddy home and go party.

Got on the taxi, dropped him off. And suddenly got sober. Went to 이태원 for the clubs only to meet T. 1 hour later. Bummer - I guess that was one of the most mishandled situations ever.

Talked a little about why things happened the way they did. Ad we set off in different directions.

I guess T. had his revenge at the end and posted really horrible pictures of me and Mattia from that night. I mean I know I don't look that great and stuff buy yhose are really ewww :) Anyways need to love the ugly side as well :)

A lesson from all of this - sure: check people out before you invite them to go out

Fun

jianm@Andy-Stay hungry , Stay Foolish mówi:
skaaaaaaaa, make your blog more fun!!
마첵 is me mówi:
i know i know
마첵 is me mówi:
i'm gonna
마첵 is me mówi:
it's just that last month was not fun
jianm@Andy-Stay hungry , Stay Foolish mówi:
you already promised me you will still be fun even you getting old!!!

I think there's nothing more to say - I'm bringing my old me back!!!

Positive note

On a positive note, yesterday me and some of my friends went out to homo hill to reconcile my heart a little. And that day was one of the best dancing nights i've had for a long time. I'm not even too dead. Definitely going again next week!