My 27th Birthday

I got many many beautiful presents for my birthday. I was very spoilt! I was working on my birthday but I didn't mind as I got more gifts from people in work and Richard and Suzi bought me a birthday cake. Very nice! Plus our school was closed for elections on the 11th April so we all got a day off. An extra birthday present! David and I went into Changwon and went for a nice lunch. After this we went shopping and I treated myself even more. I had a lovely day!

Geoje Island

Last weekend David and I went to Geoje Island. This Island is around 100 KM from Changnyeong. It is a very nice part of Korea. We spent the weekend visiting varies tourist destinations. It was nice even though it was a little deserted as it was out of season.

Hakdong Beach

View from Windy Hill

Dinner Time

POW Camp

Haein Temple

As I bought a new camera we thought it would be a great idea to visit Haein Temple to practice using my camera. Haein Temple is very pretty. I am not sure if I captured it though!

I will have this in my house!!!

Wrestling competition in Changnyeong

Samgyetang

Today David and I ate Samgyetang. Samgyetang is a soup, which primarily consists of a whole chicken and Korean ginseng. The chicken is also stuffed rice. It is delicious!

Pet Cafe in Daegu

David and I have previously been to a dog cafe, a cat cafe and a cafe with a sheep it, in Seoul. Today we went to a pet cafe in Daegu. It was really good. You pay 6,000 won (£3.50) for entry and a drink and you get to spend time with cats and dogs! The first floor of the cafe was full of cats and the second floor was full of dogs. I preferred playing with the dogs!

CATS

DOGS

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1st March Independence Day

Today commemorates the March 1st movement in 1919. On March 1 of this year, the Korea people declared their nation's independence from the Imperial Japan.

Today David and I went to our neighbouring village, Yongsan to take part in the celebrations. Here they held a mini festival.

Funny Clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X6fDomrm_KE

Kindergarten

We taught Kindergarten students on Tuesday for two forty minute lessons. it was very short but very intensive! It was a lot of fun though!

Daeboreum - First Full Moon Festival

When myself, David, Shae, Adam and Suzi where on our way to Taekwondo last night we came across a 'First Full Moon festival happening in Changnyeong. We decided not go to Taekwondo practice and attend this instead! It was nice. We watched some Korean traditional dancing, we danced around a bonfire with the locals and drank some makoeli. (rice wine) Things we will do to get out of exercising! We did attend the final twenty minutes of our class so we weren't that lazy! 

*Daeboreum (literally 'Great Full Moon') is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the year of the lunar Lorean calender. It is said that the first person to see the full moon rise will have good luck all year or a wish will be granted. 

First Full Moon Traditional Foods

 

Deokguk (독일)

Ogokbap (오곡밥),

Some traditional Korean food our boss, Suzi cooked for all of the staff. Very tasty!

Madu Party

David and I made our own madu's. We didn't make them from 'scratch' but they still required some skill!

                                               

Cute cream...

I can't stop collecting....

More Mini-Me

I just can't help myself!

I collected these cute Mini-Me perfumes last time I was in Korea...

Now there is a new range, a ' World Traveller' range. They are the same but slightly different! Now I have to collect  them all over again :)