For me, The Age of the Scooter has ended, and The Age of the Motorcycle has begun.  A couple weekends ago I sold my well loved scooter to my friend Nathan and bought a sweet 125cc Daelim Roadwin motorcycle from my friend Pat.

Pretty sweet eh?

Why would I do such a drastic thing so close to the ending of my time here in Pohang?  I did it for a couple of reasons.  First of all, it makes me look much cooler than my scooter did - think Tom Cruise Mission Impossible cool - that's how cool I look.  Also, it has gears, which make it much funner to ride.  But the main reason that I bought this motorbike is because I plan on The Age of the Motorcycle lasting longer than my time in Korea.  My contract is finished here at the end of June, and many people would take this chance to travel around Asia a little more.  But I mostly just want to go home as soon as I can - I have a nephew to hang out with.  So that's what I'm going to do.  But that's not the only reason; this also helps me save money for my Mega Motorbike Mission.  Here's the plan: When I get home, I'm going to buy a super cool motorbike, maybe something like this:

A Honda Shadow - 750cc

Then, after our family camping trip in August, I'm going to head west.  I've never been past Manitoba, and I'd really like to see more of Canada.  After getting to Vancouver, I'm going to follow the coast south and visit friends along the way.  My goal is to make it all the way down to Gallup, New Mexico before heading back home.  That's the plan.  I'm pretty excited about it.

In other news, something else drastic has occurred over here - something I'm not so excited about.  Alisa's one year contract with Poly is finished and she's gone home!  She will be coming back to Pohang in a month to teach at another academy (one with much less hours), but having her not here has been somewhat traumatic for me.  I should have been prepared for the change, but I guess I wasn't.  I feel pretty lonely without her - school is much quieter and I've lost my hangout buddy.  Her not being here made me realize how much time we spent together - practically every day for the past year.  So that's got me feeling sad these days, but I guess change is a part of life.

Thanks for reading,
Michael