Leaving on the midnight flight to Virginia

I took this photo at Atelier and Project in Apgujeong.

Well, I’m really flying to Virginia tomorrow afternoon.
Yes, folks, it’s that time again. I have come to the end of my contract with my present company and will gladly return to Virginia to escape Seoul’s nasty as hell humid summer. You know that I love this city but seriously I cannot deal with the “human titty” as my ex-boyfriend used to say, his jokes never amused me, hence his title of ex.

Anyhoo, I will be visiting my beautiful family and friends in ole’ Virginny’, hop over to London, then Paris and eventually back to Asia. My heart is racing!

Don’t think that I am leaving Asia. Oh no, I’m not finished here. I would love to either live in Japan, Hong Kong, Turkey, etc. Turkey is looking really good right now but the kindness of Koreans keeps luring me back to doing another year here.
I had the pleasure of having acupunture and moxibution practiced on me yesterday and dammit if I didn’t walk out of Dr. Royer’s office feeling like a million bucks! His expertise and charming, professional demeanor alone would be the reason I’d stay here. I’m so curious about Oriental Medicine now thanks to him and Nurse Eun Hye.

There are so many things to consider right now, so many important projects that I will start and complete when I get back. When I get back I want to considerably lessen my teaching hours so as to focus on creating timeless photos for my upcoming book, write more for the magazine, study yoga, etc. You see? Lots of things to do?

I leave for the summer with mixed emotions. I know that I will love seeing my family…for about three weeks, and then want to break the hell out of dodge! Ha!

Do you think living for many years in another country or countries actually turns you into a foreigner in your own country?

While visiting the States, I will make a conscious effort to discover it all over again. I hope that you will like what you see. The best place of where I come from is the ocean. If you love mountains, the ocean, laid-back folks, then you’ll like Virginia. I’ll show you my Virginia and maybe learn something new about my “home” in the process.

P.S. While traveling I will still connect to Korea. Korean neighborhoods are everywhere in the world, just like wonderful people like yourself.