I've been trying to save money with the goal of getting to take bigger, more meaningful trips more often. As a result, I jumped at the chance to get a free night out.
My friend is organizing the first ever Korea Amateur Art Exhibition and Competition in the 4th floor of a jazz club downtown Daegu but turns out the 4th floor needs some work.
So, in exchange for 3 hours of taping fixtures and woodwork, sweeping, and pulling wallpaper and nails, I got some beer and 20,000 won (~$20)! This bought me 3 drinks and a taxi ride home after the party. The work is far from over, though. The poetry night and art show will take place May 28-31 so I expect to help out a bit more.
During the cleaning session I met several new people, ever-valuable in this ever-changing, dislocated crowd of temporary residents. I also got in some long-overdue manual labour. I don't often get the chance to do work (besides gym workouts or sport) since I live in a tiny one-room with no option for modification. I found I rather miss the labourious work needed at times to keep a house (mind you I never owned one, just rented - but still I got to do some things to it).
Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera so I'll have to steal pics from someone who was taking pictures.
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Interesting new insights into Korea and life there. Love hearing your news. Jan
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