I am now at a hotel in Unseo-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, next to the airport. My trip has been very long. In fact, I think it has been too long and it seems hard to justify if not for some important things that I got done during this time, so I list them here.
Laos
- My friend is here for undercover missionary work, so I don't mention his name in writing on blog. After some false starts, he could meet me after all. While I was on my way to him and in Vientiane I found he was raising some cash and some children's books for various causes. I bought the books and put in my share in a scholarship, in remembrance of a friend's mother who had recently passed
- I bought a Hmong jacket in Luang Prabang. I used it to form part of an outrageous costume in a big upcoming dance party in Bangkok (Swing Era 2025)
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| Books from Vientiane |
Thailand
- Jamie joined Swing Era 2025 because she wanted to dance. I joined Swing Era 2025 because I was worried about everyone being kidnapped and shanghaied across to the Burmese border to catfish incels in perpetuity. Mission success! All my friends are home safe.
- I danced a special dance with a girl on festival day 1. She had a different way of doing swingouts: she liked to give me a shove on the shoulder every time it happened. It was like the dance between Jeongnyeon (as Gumigeol) and Hong Jooran (as Guseuragi) in the show Jeongnyeon, and I was the freaking Hong Jooran. I was down bad for many days
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| Jme being iconic with Swing Era merch |
Korea
- Opus Dei activity this week. In addition to being down bad, I had also caught a cold after going to Thonburi. I spent many days not going on excursions. When I was almost recovered, I brought my mates on an excursion to Saenamteo Martyrs' Shrine and then Noryangjin Market. There, we followed our heart/gut bacterial overlords and had fried stuff and had no regrets
- Waegwan Abbey is real-life community behind Amatodate. I finally visited them.
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| Saenamteo |
