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  1. wwoofing notes

    May 17, 2012 by admin

    things i can remember from my stay at the horse farm:

    • fell in love (with sarangie)
    • cleared horse dung from the stables; horse dung is HEAVY
    • met two really cool and inspiring wwoofers
    • learned a bit on how to handle horses
    • picked up a bit of horse-riding skills
    • saw how horses get their horseshoes changed
    • helped plant a whole field of cabbages
    • i love hanging out with the village ajummas
    • ate lots and lots of 나물 (wild veges)
    • experienced horse riders look realllllyyy cool :D
    • i got to drive in korea!!
    • it is COLD in the mountains, especially in the early mornings and nights
    • foals like to bite my windbreaker
    • it’s no fun getting your feet stepped on by a horse
    • it’s really important to enjoy the present moment no matter what you are doing, whether you are planting a field of cabbages or weeding in the village park

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  2. bye sarangie

    May 16, 2012 by admin

    today is my last night here at the farm and i will be returning to seoul right after breakfast tomorrow.

    spent a good 45 minutes with my fave horse saying goodbye, and gave her lots of goodbye kisses. the unnie wwoofer kept teasing me, saying that i’ve fallen crazily in love with the horse. heh heh. maybe i have. i don’t know its name, but i have named her sarangie 사랑이, meaning love.

    she’s a really sweet horse and she seems to understand me. she will rest its head on my shoulder while i rest my head against her cheek as i stroke her neck, and if i stop stroking or petting her, she will nudge me gently. when i place my forehead against hers, she will stay still, and i will hold that position for a few seconds and enjoy the closeness.

    normally when i go see her i would stay outside her enclosure and we’d be separated by a chest-high (my chest) fence, and she would keep trying to move forward as if she wants to come closer. today, she was biting the wires of the fence like she wanted to get rid of it so i decided to go into her enclosure, since it was my last night anyway.

    she got a bit excited when i went in, and kept trying to move closer that she ended up stepping on my toes. oops. and ouch. not fun being stepped on by a fully grown horse. my poor right foot has already been stepped on twice by horses. haha.

    but damn she’s such a sweetie. i’m going to miss her so much :(

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  3. wanderers

    May 15, 2012 by admin

    i met some really cool people on this trip.

    both my fellow wwoofers are amazingly cool, especially the girl! she’s like my role model or something.

    she’s quit her job four times in the past and went on a 6-month trip each time, backpacked wwoofed and couchsurfed all over the continents, and done all sorts of amazing cool stuff. just listening to her stories fill me with wonder and awe.

    she’s now wwoofing in korea because she hopes to move out of seoul and live on a farm in the countryside, and she’s moving around, recce-ing the different provinces to see where would be most suitable for her. she’s single, so she would be living alone. i’m not sure if i even have the guts to move to a rural area and live alone. the city maybe… but in a secluded place? haven’t really thought about it.

    she’s so amazingly cool, and the only reason i think she’s still single (she’s nine years older than me) is that, i think it’d be very hard to find a guy that would be cool enough for her. hehe. i told her that if she’d plant some fruit trees and berry bushes i’d be a frequent visitor at her farm.

    the israeli wwoofer is really cool too. he just went backpacking all around, and was just in india for 5 months before landing in korea. i asked him how long his holiday would be, and he said he has no idea. asked him how long he would stay in this farm, he said he will stay here till he feels it’s time to go. kind of like the way i live my life i guess, i stay in a place till i feel it’s time to go, and i leave.

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