I suppose it's been a pretty turbulent month, filled with it's ups and downs, but I'll shy away from the valleys here. I fear Pavi and I may have had our last surf session/sessions of the year. The typhoon season is coming to an end (I'm the the Filipinos are relieved) which means an end to the vast majority of our waves. We had a morning session where sets were coming in well overhead. Some how we made it out, but not for long. We each had a massive bomb or two, but then the clean upset came through and knocked Pav and myself all the way down the beach to the Hyatt. It was either time to get out, or decide to float to Shanghai. By the time we'd walked up the beach, the waves had become too choppy for anybody to make it out, so we headed home.
For Halloween I went to Geckos (4 times in 10 days?) to celebrate with the crew. I dressed up as the legendary Ken Friesen. Ken is a Mennonite 'kid' from the Canadian States of America. Since we both buzz/shave our hair a lot of Koreans think we look the same. Well, they think all white people look the same, but I guess it's a little more pronounced with Ken and myself. I borrowed one of Ken's trademark shirts, wore my glass, and did my best not to smile in pictures, as the Kenny does not usually smile. The costume worked well enough that I had a few double takes and a couple other foreigners thinking I was Kenny from a distance. Lets hope I'm not that ugly, but you know... Of course Halloween ended with another norebang session until 4:30am. I have't norebanged that much my entire time in Jeju, but with El there to belt it out, it would have been tough to have a bad time. Although I still miss last year's Halloween with Gog and the Mrs.
Only 70 days until my last day of work here on Jeju! Then I've got to get ready for the big surprise birthday party my friends are throwing me at home. Right...