Mc Lazy

has it really been an entire month already? between trying to stay sane with two jobs, there has been very little time to relax. when i do, blogging is the last thing on my mind. not that i think y'all are sitting at the edge of your seats waiting for updates, but anyway...

there will be more frequent updates soon, because yes - i'm about to hit the road again. i'll be going first to Thailand. my friend Alan and i will be in Bangkok first, and then joining an Intrepid* group to Chang Mai and the northern hill tribes. after a week in northern Thailand, we will head to the idyllic beaches of the Krabi Province (still trying to decide exactly where). a few days on the beach with books should help us unwind. both of us have had a pretty crazy past couple months.

after that, we will head down to Penang, Malaysia where we will bring in the new year (yes, again) with Joel & Sarah, the two friends with whom i stayed in Shaoxing (refer back to this unfinished post. maybe this time, i'll actually finish what i started writing. sigh... i'm clearly not succeeding in being a good correspondent.) anyway, i think we're bracing ourselves for a wild and crazy celebration with other tourists and locals (including 43% ethnically Chinese Malaysians) in Penang.

due to work obligations, Alan will be heading back to Seoul a week before i do. i'll stay in Malaysia another week (making my way to Kuala Lampus), before flying back to Bangkok, to then fly back to Seoul. all in all, it should be a great 3 weeks. i will try to share more while on the road...

not a day goes by that i think, as i experience Seoul (again), about the things to share on this blog. Seoul is such an interesting place, and i'm learning how to better straddle the line between being a foreigner and being a "Korean". but alas, i have not been writing updates - and the thoughts/insights fly out of my mind almost as quickly as they enter it.

but here's one little tidbit: Mc Delivery's. no, i'm not kidding. with just a touch of eight numbers, one can get a McDonald's meal delivered right to one's apartment door. feeling much too lazy to bundle up and brave the cold, yesterday Alan and i did the unthinkable: 1) we ordered two sausage McMuffin meals and a hotcake meal, 2) paid about double what we would've paid in the states (nearly $13), and 3) greedily consumed it all. blog post title credit: Alan Lee.

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* two years ago, i went on another Intrepid tour while in Thailand. it was a wonderful experience because of their philosophy about traveling responsibly. i had a great time, so i'm using them again. if you should decide to travel abroad and take an organized tour for some or all of your trip, i highly recommend Intrepid (or GAP Adventures) for your travel plans.