Blogs from Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, Asia - page 4

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Soooooo the title is an inside joke with my Sis and the other 100 people I've shared that joke with ;) But also is relevant to Korea because instead of saying, "Blah blah blah" they so "mo mo mo" haha... I love the little coinkidinks of life :):)... Anyhoo, so I wrote in the last blog (which none of you got an email about because I hadn't put all your emails in yet, so check it out) about getting a healthy dose of octopus juice on my foot.... let me explain further... Lara, Cedric, and I were at Jagalchi market (largest seafood market in Korea) and right before we were about to depart the market I stepped in some "Jagalchi-mud" (never wear sandals to Jagalchi market- like you should never wear sandals to TJ) and it ... read more

So Lara, Danielle, Savana, and I went to dinner last night and tried a new kind of meat.... It tasted kind of like ham and was served in a huge black pumpkin... It was actually quite tasty although I only ate a few bites because I was weirded out. So, so far in Korea, I have eaten octopus and after last night, dog. Don't knock it til you try it! haha Sorry to all of you dog lovers out there!! I don't think I will ever eat it again, even though it was kind of delicious, it's just not for me. After dinner we took the dog for a walk around the town and Lara and I ran through the fountain (the same fountain as the pics from the first blog entry) and got soaked! Although ... read more

So today was another fabulous day at work... kids were awesome and lessons went well- I had three third grade classes today and I made up my own activity - I drew a replica of the picture of "Minsu, Mina", and a grocery store person in the grocery store but then added things that were not in the original pic :) The kids liked it and it got them talkin' :). Then Lara and I (my new friend and travel buddy- she's from San Diego and we met at the orientation last Tuesday) went to dinner at this really yummy place near my house. We then decided to take a walk and we just happened to walk near my school and so we (I, haha... and she agreed) thought it would be fun to go on ... read more

Well it seems as thought Korea has managed to skip spring entirely this year. The weather went from cloudy, rainy, cold and winter-coat wearing one week to short sleeves, endless sunshine and soaring temperatures! And no one is complaining here!! Once we got off the high from our family's visit, life quickly went back to normal here. The weekend of April 24-5 was a big weekend of festivals in Yangsan. Firstly was the Gyeongnam province Sports Festival which features mostly university-aged athletes in over 20 different sports competing for a chance to represent the province at nationals. We went to check out the taekwondo, on the suggestion of our master, in hopes of learning some good sparring techniques. These athletes were amaaaaazing! There is no way we can do close to the moves they can do, ... read more