Exploring Gurye With Yujin

Last weekend, my wonderful friend/co-teacher, Yujin, and I traveled to Guyre together to explore a huge temple and do a little hiking. It was a terrific day out of Tongyeong, and I had a really good time with Yujin!

The trees were in the perfect 'hey, take a picture of me because I'm so beautiful stage', so I definitely filled my camera with pictures of beautiful trees! I love fall time and I especially love getting to see the mountains during this season. Here are a few pictures to describe our day:

You can check out all of the pictures from the day on my photo-site...just click here.

I also made a little video of the day for your viewing pleasure:

Happy Pepero Day!

Tomorrow is a big day for Koreans...because it's Pepero Day! What is Pepero Day, you ask??

Every November 11 (11/11), South Korea celebrates Pepero Day. This is a day for people to buy and give Pepero to their loved ones, whether it be their significant others, friends, parents, and/or teachers. It's quite the marketing ploy to increase the sales of this product...but guess what?!! It's working. Loads of Pepero are sold on this 'special' day of the year.

I made you a little video with my newest electronic device...the Flip!!  Enjoy!



I, personally, am not buying any Pepero to support this 'holiday', but I won't mind accepting some! :)

NC On My Mind!!

There are certain times during my days in Korea that 'take me home'. Today, it happened to be this girl's "North Caroln" shirt. I'm about 99.99% sure that the shirt is supposed to be representing my former state, but nobody at school seemed to mind the error! This girl was really confused as to why I wanted her picture, but I got it nonetheless!! So to all of my friends in NC, this is for you! :)

Musical Performance at Dosan Elementary

Today at my country school, Dosan Elementary, the children were entertained by a musical group playing traditional Korean instruments. I'm really happy that I happened to be at the school on the day the group played, because it was a very interesting performance.

Everytime I see the women in hanboks (the traditional dresses), it makes me want one!! They are so beautiful!! Maybe oneday!! :)

Trick-or-Treaters

As you have probably guessed, trick-or-treating isn't a Korean tradition, but in order to help spread the American love, I was happy to have some trick-or-treaters over to my apartment for some candy!! I think the kids really enjoyed themselves and they were super happy to get some candy and other goodies!!