Seongnamsa Temple & Mt. Ganwolsan

Map of Ulsan, we're at the red at the top left.

Stream at Seongnamsa Temple

Picture of the city from the top of Mt. Ganwolsan

Took a trip to Seongnamsa Temple & Mt. Ganwolsan. Here are some pics.
Note: our goal was to check out the temple, the hike up Mt. Ganwolsan was spur of the moment and a bad idea. I was exhausted after climbing up 3500ft and I STILL had to come back down. Was Turrble. Just Turrble. What was worse, we wore tshirts, shorts and tennis shoes during our hike, as we looked up at the people coming down from the mountains, they had hardcore hiking gear on, one after another so there were plenty of 'f#ckin retards' looks from them. Oh well. We were gonna stop half way but we saw 40-60 year olds coming down as we walked up. We decided we couldn't let the elderly defeat us even though in retrospect we should have. My feet are sore as hell. More pics are available here, http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=6412&id=1160198816&saved

Dinner with fellow teachers and boss

My fellow teachers and bosses. Top part of my head is in the back left there.

Had a dinner today with fellow teachers and boss. Some good korean bbq and kimchee. Can't beat the free food and alcohol followed by noribang!

Karaoke

Fellow teachers and their love of karaoke. The other foreigner teacher and I belted out 'Pardon Me' and that was the end of that. I would have gone with 'Testify' by RAGE but I didn't want to scare the crap out of them. Maybe next time.

Koreans LOVE their Karaoke or as they call it, 'noribang'

ELC Academy

First 2 pics of the ELC Academy I'm working at and the children who attend the school.

Ping Pong

Went bowling and played ping pong with a few fellow instructors and students yesterday. We may have ping pong rooms like this in and around LA but I've never seen them. Very Asian, very surreal. Enjoy.

First few days

Well, I've been in Ulsan now for about 3-4 days and its kinda been a whirlwind. I've been out and about with some fellow instructors and also just been walking around the city. In between I've been sleeping because I'm still a bit jet lagged.

So, why did I come here?
I felt the opportunity was right for me, my parents, close relatives and siblings are healthy, all my friends are all doing well and I had no other real attachments keeping me in America for the next year. Over the last 2-3 years I've felt that there's just been a void in my life, I'm not sure if this experience will fill it however I think it could be a good starting point.
I got into a routine at home that just became unhealthy, I thought maybe going to business school would get me out of my daze and it did for a brief period but after school concluded this June I was back in the same predicament as I was in before. Over the course of the last 3-4 years I've tried many different things to find what I enjoy, I've been an insurance agent with Farmer's and gotten into real estate and originating loans however I was never really happy doing those sales jobs. For a few months I kinda drifted into self pity and self loathing. After a while, I figured it was time for me to get off my butt and at least try something different or else I would grow old, bitter and regretful of the experiences I've missed out on. Alright, thats enough of my baggage, I'll post some pics of a ping pong center that I was in the other day, very Asian, very surreal, won't find any of those in the U.S. thats for sure.

My studio apt.

Here's my studio apt.

Inspiration for Turrble.blogspot.com

Hey everyone, before I begin blogging about my experience in Ulsan and a few thoughts I have regarding why I decided to come here and other random thoughts, here's a video of where the name of this blog came from. The impression is dead on.