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Hey~ Back with another photo post from the first few months of 2019.
As the weather got nicer, I went to Seoul to hike a small section of the Seoul fortress wall, which wraps around the city. It was originally built in 1396 but has undergone a lot of restoration since then.
On Saturday, March 9th, I saw the musical Shinheung Military Academy for the second time. It's a military musical, so celebrities who are currently doing their mandatory military service are the leads in the musical. I saw it last year because it was basically a dream team of lead actors - Ji Changwook, Kang Haneul, and Kim Sunggyu. I had to go back and see it again this year because Lee Jinki, a member of SHINee, took up a leading role since he's enlisted. I had an 8th row seat, and the musical was great.
I went to Taemin's second solo concert on Saturday, March 16. He is, undoubtedly, one of the best performers of our time. Unreal. So good.
On Thursday, March 21st we had a school outing to welcome the new teachers who started at our school at the beginning of the new school year.
I saw both of Minho's fanmeetings on Saturday, March 30th. These were his last public appearances before he enlisted in the Marines the next week.
I spent the weekend of April 6-7 traveling all over Seoul to go to as many of the birthday events as I could for Jonghyun's birthday on the 8th. Fans held cup holder events - cafes all over Seoul were decorated for his birthday, drinks came with fan-made cup holders, some cafes had specialty drinks and desserts, and there were other fan-made freebies given out. There were also a few fan-hosted photo galleries and sponsored subway station billboards.
I had off work on Friday, May 3rd, so I traveled around Seoul to go to a few of the cafe events for Exo's Baekhyun's birthday and to see a few historical sites that I hadn't been to yet, including the Joseon royal tombs at Seonjeongneung.
Saturday, May 4th, I spent the day in Seoul again, met up with a friend for dinner, then we watched the fireworks show at Lotte World Tower. They did a similar firework show for the grand opening of the tower back in 2017, which I also saw.
Here's some other random pictures I have from the past few months, including really good food and pictures from an afternoon I spent on Gyeongnidan-gil, which has amazing views of Namsan Tower and lots of foreign-style bars (which means cocktails!).

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I didn't post very much in 2018, so I thought I'd just post some pictures I took over the past year.

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Last week was the Chuseok holiday (basically Korean thanksgiving) and my friend and I went to the southern coastal city of Busan for vacation. Everyone travels home to spend the holiday with their families, so reserving bus/train tickets can be a nightmare. We managed to get tickets for one of the slower trains, which was a 4 hour trip. I can't really complain because I read a whole book on the train - Malice by Keigo Higashino, which I recommend.
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It's summer break again, so I took a few days off from deskwarming to visit the east coast for the first time. Most people travel down south to the beach town of Busan for their summer vacations, so I've heard that Busan beaches get really crowded. I was looking for something more quiet and less touristy, so I went to Naksan beach. Unfortunately, it rained the whole time I was there, so all of my pictures look bleak and grey because it was.
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Hello, readers.
I haven't posted in a while, because I haven't felt like it. I also haven't done very much exciting stuff, and the exciting stuff I have done, I don't really have the motivation to write about. Nevertheless, I thought I'd at least post some pictures from the last few months, so here goes.
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I've now been in Korea for a full year! I spent my last few vacation days before the start of the new school year in Tokyo. It was my first time in Japan and it totally exceeded my expectations.
I arrived in Tokyo on Sunday evening, checked into my hotel, and went out in search of food. I discovered that there are Denny's restaurants there. Korea doesn't really do any type of American-style breakfast foods, so I had to have pancakes.
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