As my time winds down, I'm confronted by attention-starved checklist items, all screaming for fulfillment. I realize that despite all the living I've done during my stay, there have been too many lazy weekends on the couch watching TV, shopping in Myongdong, or Caribouing in Edae.
Some of the things I haven't done are actually quite ridiculous, as they're things that everybody is supposed to do in Korea, like visiting the folk village or seeing Busan. While, in my defense, I can point out various off-the-beaten-track places I've seen, I do want to visit the on-the-beaten-track places as well.
So without further ado, I present Korealist 2009.
- Tour the three Seoul palaces I haven't yet visited: 창덕궁, 창경궁 & 경희궁
- Climb Mt. Bukhan
- Watch a Bears baseball game in Jamsil
- Watch an Ilhwa soccer game
- Buy a nice camera and spend a whole day wandering around Seoul, taking pictures
- See the giant free-standing Buddha on Songnisan
- See the parted waters in Jindo
- Actually visit Busan
- Actually visit Japan
- Eat live octopus
- Do my taxes before August
- See Dokdo
- Visit the folk village near Yongin
- Master past tense
- Learn future tense
- Buy a new mp3 player
- Buy external memory, as my computer is completely out
- See the Zen Rocks in northern Seoul
- Visit Seodaemun prison
Updates will be posted as I do these and add others.
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