Archive for 2011
46th National Skills Competition
How lucky am I that in my first year here, the 46th National Skills
Competition was held at my school. Right when we got back from summer vacation,
the school was buzzing with so much going on. What is the skills competition?
My school is the top vocational high school in chungbuk province and they
specialize in technical machinery like robotics, aviation, computer
engineering... Every year, there is a nation wide competition to determine who
is the best.Andong Maskdance Festival 2011
Jinju Lantern Festival
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The Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival originates from the lantern lighting custom used during the Jinjuseong Fortress Battle of the Imjinwaeran War (Japanese invasion, 1592) as a military strategy to prevent Japanese troops from wading the Namgang River.Braaidag - South African BBQ
1st Chuseok with Amanda and Lea
Chuseok is the equivalent to Thanksgiving except it lasts about 3 days
and occurs during the fall equinox. Since this was our first Chuseok, Amanda,
Lea and I decided to celebrate it together. It would also be the first time
that we were together since orientation. We met in Seoul and did some shopping
and street food eating.Chungju Martial Arts Festival
The Martial Arts Festival in Chungju was a provincial field trip. We were told that this would be the last provincial field trip since they were cutting the budget. I thought I was going to see all sorts of martial arts but we were only able to see taekwondo and karate. It was because we arrived at the festival too early and we didnt stay long enough.1st day of 2nd semester
1. there was a lot of hand shaking going on. it felt like people were meeting each other for the 1st time or something. kinda threw me off a bit
Texting
i dont know if korea is the only country where its ok for students and teachers to have each others' phone numbers. i freaked out when i found out the students got a hold of my number.
Productive Day
after being woken up so early in the morning (read my previous post), i decided to get up and finish unpacking. hung and folded my clean clothes. threw some in the washer.
NC: My Sister's Wedding
The main reason why I went back home to visit 6 months after I left for
Korea was because my sister was getting married. While all my friends were
vacationing parts of southeast Asia, I was flying back to the states. CA: 1st trip back home
Having been away from home for 6 months, I wasn't quite ready to come back for a visit just yet.
Summer 2011
In my attempt to update, today is the only day that I don’t have samul nori practice which is why I actually have time to update! I shall update the more recent happenings and then work on the stuff that’s already happened.
Caribbean Bay
Chil Bo San Hiking 칠보산
August EPIK Orientation Performance
Since monday 7/18 ive had samul nori practice everyday for basically 3 hours. my left arm is sore from beating the drum, my head keeps repeating drum beats and my pinky has a small (but growing) callus...
Busan Shark Diving
Busan Sand Festival
Buddha's Birthday 2011
This was the first time I've ever celebrated Buddha's birthday. It was also the first time I was aware of such a holiday. It's really big here. About two weeks beforehand, the entire city hung colorful lanterns all along the river.Children's Day 2011
Children's Day is an official Korean holiday. I thought this was a random holiday. This year it happened to land on a thurs so my friends and I decided to make some boxed lunches and head to the river for a picnic. We met in my apt and got busy preparing our lunch. Then headed to the river and ate everything.ju kyeong and bo seok
ju kyeong and bo seok are both 2nd year students. they are my favorite 2nd year students. these 2 guys always talk to me and its pretty awesome!
Beopjusa Temple 법주사
romeo and juliet balcony
everyone at school now knows my spot - the bench under the tree, a lot has been happening while i sit there.
JUMP: the play
Sangdangsanseong 상당산성
Random checks, teacher students, noreabang
my school keeps surprising me! today i had 3 classes in the morning one right after the other. it was my first time teaching with mr kyu. he has really good english pronunciation.
We welcomed the freshies today. First Day of School
for some reason the taxi driver didnt want to take me to school today. he mightve been getting ready to go on break bc he just parked his car when i got out. the 2nd taxi driver took me :]