Crazy Adventures in the Life of a Redhead

It has been a long time since I last posted, but I have been keeping tabs on all that I wanted to write for all of you. Whenever I thought of something, I would quick write it down or put it into a Word document, so I would not lose any of the things that came to my mind. My Aunt Lynn once told me that I should keep a little notebook with me at all times, so when something “genius” comes to me, I can flesh it out when I get the chance and not lose the inspired opportunity. I want to open this entry with a joke I just heard from the director of the Bible school. It is super funny and since I am not a jokster by nature—I generally forget the joke or worse, the punch line—so I am trying to preempt all of that and distribute the humor before it is lost in the annals of my mind. Here it is: A preacher went to visit the home of one of his congregation members. He knocked on the door a few times, not wanting to miss the opportunity to fellowship with this person. After several minutes of stan...

I just finished my trip to Seoul, South Korea, and even though I was in the city for less than a week, I was able to see most of downtown, which was abnormally thick with snow. It is hard to sum up all that I did, so I will try to categorize my top moments and then my funny/what? moments. I liked South Korea so much I think I will extend my layover on my way to Bangkok, Thailand, in April to do some hiking and to see some green tea farms. I put lots of pictures up and thanks to Amy, I am trying the large picture size. It looked so nice on her blog, so I thought I would do likewise. Happy reading ☺ Top Seoul Moments Suwon Fortress: This fortress was built at the end of the 18th century and is fully intact. I walked around the whole wall, which covers a distance of 5.7 km. Its exquisite guard towers and watch posts kept me intrigued the whole walk. Street food: Just point at what looks good ☺ I love the teokbokki (pronounced duck-bo-key), which is a mixture of soft rice cakes and pressed...

I am on the plane as I write this, having finished my vegetarian meal. I am happy that I have this option to pre-order a vegetarian meal. They are actually better than the normal meals, and you get fed before everyone, so take my word for it, on international flights, order a vegetarian meal and you will be sure to be more satisfied. Anyway, I thought I would be industrious and write my final bog entry for this leg of my Philippines journey while I have so much time. I am sure to be much too pressed once I get back home and I do not want to delay these posts. In my opinion, stories are much better when told fresh. That is why I am annoyed with my blog post seven. I tried on two different accounts to post it but to no avail. Oh, well. I cannot control my technological situation. I do feel fortunate to have decent access, in general, to the internet, unlike my step-brother, Erik, who lives in the middle of nowhere and has one cell tower, appropriately called the “Tower,” for the whole ar...