Almost Christmas

Greetings from the Land of the Morning Calm and at this time Land of the Morning it is !@!@! cold out. After a very busy week including a war fighting exercise which had me working nights I finally have a chance to kick back and relax for a couple of days. I am very excited because it is my first trip to Seoul today. I was able to venture outside post last night and was very honored to be invited to a Chunkah dinner with some of the fellow Army lawyers enduring here with me in Korea. I am still amazed and somewhat meloncholy that it is Christmas already and I will not be home or near my family and friends. However, I am making great friends and I am certain to have a different yet almost as enjoyable holiday season. I continue to adapt/take my life into my own hands each time I take a taxicab. Last night was no different. In addition to passing folks on the opposite side of the road and merely yielding at stop lights, our cabbie seemed to multi-task as he watched his dashboard mounted DVD player. I was serenaded with the likes of the rapper Fifty Cent singing "Hey shortie it's your birthday" as the cabbie weaved his way/narrowly avoided, cars, fruit stands and other obstacles. Today I am riding a tour bus down to Youngson/Seoul. It should be a bit less stressful. I have posted a couple of pictures from the first post I was at, Camp Stanley, along with some bathroom humor (literally)I wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas.