today i received my first care package - ever. well, it wasn't so much a care package as a christmas present arrived late, but what it contained makes me feel loved...
TIM HORTONS COFFEE!!!!if you've been reading this blog, then you'll know how hard it is to find coffee here... the ground up kind anyway... lots of instant for the taking, but none to go in my percolator. it also came with a lovely tim's tea cup and saucer... coffee, tea... whatever.
my first cuppa in my new cup!
i finally got paid today and took care of money transfers, bills, et al. a nice load off my shoulders. now i can concentrate on thinking about new years eve on sunday. i believe that i will be spending it in the Hwamyeong area of Busan, as i've been invited to a party there. my friend Emma is house sitting for some koreans who have a huge comfy apartment with a great view - we might even be able to see the fireworks over in haeundae... as long as i'm with good people, it doesn't really matter.
a friend of mine was saying the other day that this is the most difficult time of year to be away from home, and it's true. even if you're not a "holiday" kind of person - which i'm not, usually - it's still hard to think about everything that everyone must be doing back home. he (my friend) figures that if you can get through the hoildays, and the ensuing winter "vacation" that time will fly after... and i'm sure he's right. i know that it's hard to believe that i've been here for four months already! sometimes it seems like a lot longer, and sometimes it feels like i was in montreal yesterday.
i've been having a rough couple of weeks, for various reasons, but i know that it will pass and that things can only get better... stay positive is my motto... sometimes i forget it though. i have to start thinking in terms of only having so much time here and that i have to make the best of it... (another friend sent me that one) things aren't as bad as they sometimes sound, or as bad as i sometimes feel... i just have to remember that at those times.
only 248 days... which really isn't all that much... and i still have so much to see and do...
a friend of mine was saying the other day that this is the most difficult time of year to be away from home, and it's true. even if you're not a "holiday" kind of person - which i'm not, usually - it's still hard to think about everything that everyone must be doing back home. he (my friend) figures that if you can get through the hoildays, and the ensuing winter "vacation" that time will fly after... and i'm sure he's right. i know that it's hard to believe that i've been here for four months already! sometimes it seems like a lot longer, and sometimes it feels like i was in montreal yesterday.
i've been having a rough couple of weeks, for various reasons, but i know that it will pass and that things can only get better... stay positive is my motto... sometimes i forget it though. i have to start thinking in terms of only having so much time here and that i have to make the best of it... (another friend sent me that one) things aren't as bad as they sometimes sound, or as bad as i sometimes feel... i just have to remember that at those times.
only 248 days... which really isn't all that much... and i still have so much to see and do...
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