Two Weeks 'til Take Off Eh.

A'hoy! Well in 2 weeks, on September 1st, I'm leaving Korea. I'm flying Seoul > Paris > Biarritz to attend my ol' friend Martin Cazalet's wedding. Its gonna be grand. I just bought my first ever suit for the occasion. Its a fancy suit, Pierre Cardinn or something. I got it extremely cheap thanks to some great connections, yay. Anyways, the wedding is gonna be awesome, as I will also get to visit with another old friend; the lovely Sophie De Kempeneer. And Martin's family, and also my parents, who are flying in for the wedding as well. I'll be hitting the road in a rented car with my folks for a few days, touring down the Basque coast into Spain, down to Bilbao. My folks leave soon thereafter and I'll still be chillin' in Biarritz, trying hard to learn how to surf once and for all. I've been such a lazy bastard lately; I gotta get back into semi-shape. I stepped onto a scale for the first time in 11 months a few days ago and it said 79.1 kg. I got out some paper and was shocked by my calculations: I've gained 25 pounds!!!!!!!!! Two days later I realized I mis-calculated and I've actually only gained 15 pounds. But still. Lazy bastard, me.

September 26th, I'm flying Paris > Bangkok. My rough plan right now is to tour around SE Asia for almost 3 months - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos for sure... Maybe Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar. I'm incredibly excited about this. I've been downloading and watching documentaries lately: "The REAL Story Behind The Bridge Over The River Kwai" by The History Channel, Cambodia: The Betrayal, and a doc on Angkor Wat. One thing I'm looking forward to trying down there is scuba diving. But really I don't have a plan for my time in SE Asia; I don't need one.

My loose plan is to return to Korea in late December in order to pick up work for (only) the month of January at one of the many lucrative winter camps. Make a quick $3000 ideally. Then be home in February. Or maybe stay longer. That said, I would really fucking love to be home for Christmas this year. I already missed the last two. On top of that, my brother and sister-in-law are planning to be home this time 'round, with their new baby (who is set to drop in the next week or two) in tow. AND some of my closest friends, who aren't usually home, will be home at that time. So we'll see.