Thursday, April 3, 2008

드디어 가정 (Home at Last)

My two week journey has come to an end. I'm not exactly certain what is to come next, but I know that I am ready to be home, for a short while anyways. While I had a lot of fun in Korea, it seemed to me that I wasn't doing anything of value, I spent all my time downtown at the bars just hanging out or shopping, spending too much money none the less.

I think what hooked me to downtown was that I just needed to feel wanted, and down there for about ten bucks you can get all the attention that you want. Not to say prostitution, but you wont find a shortage of attractive women who are willing to start up a conversation, play a game of pool, or just sit back and relax in your arms. Of course, I didn't opt for that easy route. My dumb ass decided to go back to what for what I had been missing since I left. Boram worked as a bartender at the Station and she was quite the sweetest thing... actually she was quite a pill and has a very American attitude when it comes to women. I am not exactly sure what attracts me to her, but for some reason I just cant seem to get myself away with the exception of going home. Now that I am home, I can use an out of sight, out of mind mentality. Anyways, my point here was that she had me on the hook, and there was nothing I could do to get away. The most difficult part was that she wasn't a "juicy girl" that I could pay to get the attention that I wanted. So it wasn't like I could ignore her like she was a money hungry ho, she wasn't, she has always proven to be my friend. So thus, its no different than any other girl in my life who considers me a friend and I want a little bit more except that this time I would only be there for a week. And hence, I wasted all my free time downtown with this girl who I couldn't have conversation with because she was just too busy working or just didn't understand what I was trying to say.

Anyways, the overall trip feels like a success. The work portion was very successful I think, and on top of that I got see a whole lot of people who I have not seen for a very long time. Of that, the most surprising visit has to be Heather.

Well, I suppose that my next trip will be Panama City, Florida. I am supposed to be doing that one next, but it seems that Edwards AFB is heading into install phase and its quite possible that I can be part of that too, which would be good because then I will be in Southern California again.

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