Pronounced “Possil Cue.” She’s my person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters. I love this woman dearly. She works hard, saves money, isn’t materialistic at all, loves to clean and cook but she can dance and throw down a pitcher of beer with the best of them. She’s amazingly sexy with smooth, soft alabaster skin. And, bonus, she loves me too!  We’ll get married sometime after I come back here to Korea.

I’m conflicted. I really miss my family and friends back home, but this lovely creature will be waiting for me in my house (our house, by then) when I come home. I want the time at home to last, but I’ll be thinking of her moving in here while I’m there. Usually vacations are something that when they’re over you dread going back to the daily grind. Not me. I will look forward to coming home to this woman and living with her. I look forward to going back to Texas, but I will look forward to coming home as well. I’m conflicted, but life is good.

I snapped this picture in Beijing last summer just before we went out for dinner. She drew lots of appreciative stars with her short skirt and tank top. I almost didn’t want to go out once she got dolled up.

And this one in August while we chilled along the mountain stream to escape the city heat. Black is her favorite color and it makes her creamy complexion look great. Hard to believe she’s 42.

The dog, by the way, is happy spending time with Mina, the teacher I got her from. She is hands down the best dog I’ve ever had. I’ll miss her, too.

I go wheels up in about 11 hours. I can’t wait to see everyone in Texas!

I went to the exchange bank today and turned a bushel of won into a handful of greenbacks. I took the won in a small fag-bag that’s big enough to carry a couple of dictionaries.

When I left I could fit the same amount nicely in my pocket. At nearly 1000:1 ratio of won to dollars, even the 10,000won notes consume a lot of space since they represent close to just US$10. One of the $100 bills is worth ten of the won notes in the previous picture. Paper to paper, therefore is a 10:1. If they ever do the 100,000won note, US$5K would carry about the same weight in paper as won.  If you ever need to buy something big here in Korea, you either carry a satchel or create a bank check – personal checks aren’t done here. So far, neither are debit cards.

With her house ordeal finally settled and money in hand, MyeongHee is now able to physically move out. She had to stay until the very end or otherwise she couldn’t claim any of the $40k owed her. So, now she’s moving in to my place. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you view such things) I won’t be here to help her move. I’ll be in the US. She’ll have to move herself. She’s contracted with a moving service who will come in and pack it all up and move everything for her. That will make it easy on her, but I’m worried about what will happen to my stuff while I’m gone, though. After living the bachelor life for the past 6+ years, having a woman come in and rearrange it all to her tastes is a little scary. Even more scary is that I won’t be here to negotiate what goes and what stays. I don’t have a lot of decor, but at least I know where everything is. It’ll be like coming home to a new home.

Honey, where’s the xyz? Oh, and where is my abc?