7.28

from riverside to davis to incheon airport to seoul to jejudo and back to seoul and finally my dad's house in daejon, i think i travelled for over 48 hours. i am finally home. wait did i say home? hah. i guess i'll just call it that for the time being. today might very well be my only day off considering i'm going to be whisked away to grandma's country home for the weekend and then back to seoul next week. jejudo was surprisingly fun. after i found out it was going to be a trip via tour bus, i clenched my teeth and begrudgingly awaited my three days of doom.
but you know what. it actually turned out to be one of the better three days in a row throughout my whole stay.

day 0/1

it's currently 5:53 am and i am awake. i haven't woken up this early since a year ago and even then i had to be poked and prodded to open my eyes. oh the wonders of jet lag. it hasn't nearly yet been a day since i've been in the motherland. is it strange that korea seems like, dare i say, my second home? riding the shuttle bus back to grandma's place from the airport, i was looking out the window and still in that daze of "i can't believe i'm here" but it was a different sort of i can't believe i'm here. more of a familiar one. i stepped off the bus and was met with the all too distinctive korea street stench of trash, sweat, and smog through which i maneuvered my way with my luggage in tow on the cobble stoned streets.

it looks like i'll be spending most of my time here with family but i mean, that's alright with me. all i just wanted was to get away and it looks like, for now, i've been welcomed into a pair of sticky and reassuring arms.