Blogs from Gunwi County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, Asia - page 2

#6 AROUND THE VILLAGE MY VILLAGE The village where I live may be too quiet for most people, but I have not been to a more pleasant village yet. Most of the other small towns and villages I have been to, seem to be mainly built of concrete and are fairly ordinary where you are constantly trying to maneuver around parked and moving cars. Here, most of the lanes are too narrow for cars, so 99% of the cars are on the main road thru town; so these back stonewalled lanes are ideal for walking. The village, Daeyul, is actually designated a ‘Cultural Heritage Village’ and together with another area 2 kilometers down the road, is often visited by tourists from the big city, on the weekends. It may get busier in the holidays; we’ll wait ... read more

I went on a field trip to the education institute in An-dong, south Korea. I went there to experience the korean traditional culture-how to be a true gentle man(woman) by Confucian educational way, experience An-dong mask dance in an assembly hall and watch old text books, historical remains in the attached small museum at this institute-. these mainly are traditions of Choseon period in Korea history. these traditions can't be found in ordinary life of korean in the present time. the first was disappeared clearly in korean society, the second is played by some artists until now. as the time flew, text books must be changed. old text books are written by chinese letters. some text books are written by Japanese(when the Japanese ruled Korea). the text books in korean letters are made after the ... read more

#5-HOME AND AUTUMN HARVEST HOMELIFE Well two months now and just about settled in. The week days are very nice and quiet here; inside the house and outside. I am slowly adapting to the unpredictable weekends where I must share my huge ‘under-used-by-me’ lounge room occasionally. I tend to be out for all of either Saturday or Sunday. I always enjoy my walks on Sunday morning. At midday, most of the action is outside. Most of Sunday a few people are coming and going into the lounge room. Behind the house is a large open area near a nice running stream. I enjoy walking there also. After service in the church (for mostly very old people and young kids) there is food served in a building close by. The atmosphere is very pleasant and sociable outside ... read more

Yesterday, I took an excursion to Wol-song nuclear power plant with my pupils and my co-teachers. according to the guide(woman) explanation, as this plant is national security facility, "the security investigation of this plant is as strict as the Blue House(President's office)'s". after twice security investigation, we can get into. there are four atomic reactors in this plant. the first reactor was constructed completely in the early 1980's. the second reactor done in 1997, the third in 1998,the fourth in 1999. now, four reactors are operating. another two reactors are under construction. this four reactors produce a great number of electricity. the quantity of the electricity is 2,778,000kW- about 700mega watt*4-. It's so big big scale. to cool these reactors, heavy water is used. the type of this reactor is PHWR-pressed heavy water reactor-. to ... read more

I took a picture for flowers and an orchid by my digital camera in the early morning. It is changing seasons autumn to winter. It is getting colder and colder and days are getting shorter and shorter. this is a Korean climate.we, Koreans are about to prepare for meeting winter. soon later, some Korean will make Kimchi to eat during winter, prepare a thick clothes, check the boiling machine- keep the room warmed- and the quantity of kerosin to operate it. I also feel the change of seasons, In the morning and night, It is some about cold. but in day, It is some about warm in Sanseong, Gunwi, South Koea. ... read more