I'm in Thailand now

I got to Bangkok late last night. I will write more after I go through all the photos I took today.

New bag: Aeronaut

At some point in the last several years I became very interested in bags. Not ugly designer bags, but functional bags and luggage.

I am going on a trip next week, so I thought it would be a good time to get a new bag. I got a Tom Bihn Aeronaut, which is made in Seattle, Washington. The bag has a shoulder strap, and also backpack straps that can be put away when they are not being used. I won't be taking anything that doesn't fit in this bag, including the small back pack I will use when I am out sightseeing. I tried packing it, and there is plenty of room, including my small backpack and the jacket I will wear to the airport, which I won't need once I get to Bangkok.

The packed bag weighs about 20 lbs. I really wish I could bring less stuff. I'm going to go through what I plan to bring and see if there's anything else I can leave out. I'm not taking many clothes, its just the weight of all this random stuff that adds up. The two heaviest things are my netbook (3.2 lbs), Nikon D90 DSLR + 18-200mm lens + flash (total wt. about 3.4 lbs).

I won't be able to carry it on the plane, I'll have to check it because Air China has a ridiculous 11 lb weight limit for carry on bags.

More about my bus stop

My bus stop now has a little roof.

winter vacation plans

Winter vacation is approaching. Yesterday I bought plane tickets to Bangkok. I'll leave January 11th and return January 31st. I haven't finished planning the trip, but I also want to go to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat and Laos while I am in that area.

Christmas decorations on the bus

Mc Donalds

Korean McDonalds recently started serving the quarter pounder with cheese and double quarter pounder with cheese. I just had one and it tastes the same as in the US. I went there once before when they first started serving it but they were sold out. I was so pissed.



In the US McDonald's is not my favorite fast food restaurant, but since there are less food options for me here I eat McDonalds much more than I ever did in the US. The menu is about the same. Some Korea only things they have are the bulgogi burger and double bulgogi burger. The bulgogi burger is ok. The double bulgogi burger is not. They put too much sauce on it and its just a saucy sticky mess. So after trying that a few times, the Big Mac (which I had never had once in the US) became my regular meal at McDonalds till now.

more pics from the kumdo tournament

One of my students goes to the same kumdo school as me, today he showed me some pictures from the tournament that were posted on the schools website. Here are some pictures of me during the team matches:







I am very bored in this photo: