No, it's not for missions or work or anything. It's simply to have fun, explore the people, sights, and foods, and to reunite with one of the two from the Spongebob gang (don't worry, we're pretty friendly). I have a friend who currently teaches out in Korea, so I'll be meeting her up on her vacation in Hong Kong and then going to Korea when she flies back. The trip is a week and a half long, and I'm looking forward to every minute of it. Well, maybe not the flights :)
The vacation days have been approved, the tickets have been bought, the living situation has been taken care of! All that's left is to play the waiting game... And let me tell you it's been quite a difficult game to play. Hopefully I'll be able to take a bunch of pictures while I'm there!
What am I looking to gain from this experience? Probably a few pounds. But in all seriousness, I thought about it and this may be one of the only times in my life where I can just pack up and go to a foreign place and be greeted with a familiar face who's lived there for a while! I'm 23, working a full time job, and saved enough where I can go ham without really thinking too much about being broke when I return.
I'm beginning to realize being cheap on a vacation is the dumbest thing you can possibly do. You paid all that money to get to where you were going, so spend it on whatever you want to do! Money will come and go, but memories are forever. As cliche as that sounds, as I've been out of college longer and longer and in a job longer and longer, I realized that saving money is never worth forgoing a unique experience. Nobody brags about how much money they have on their deathbed, they'll more likely brag about how well they lived life, and talk about all the things they saw or did.
So on that unexpectedly long thought, Asia, here I come!
take lots of pictures!
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