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South Korean Sojourn: April 2010
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Friday, April 30, 2010. Spring fun with my students. Spring is a big deal in Korea. And rightly so: the winter here is terribly long. Long, cold, ugly and grey. When spring finally arrives it certainly is time to celebrate life! Argh, I will NOT miss Korea's weather! So, when spring finally made its appearance, and this was confirmed by the cherry blossoms showing off, I decided to take my students out to enjoy it. What a good idea! Enjoy the photos and my darling girls! With Mr. Kang! Mom and Dad and Go...
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South Korean Sojourn: July 2010
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Sunday, July 25, 2010. Capturing a modern Korean tragedy. Advertising in the subway in Seoul. Become more like a westerner, less like an Asian, less like a Korean. Bigger eyes, narrower face, gentler brow lines. The key to success. Or so it would seem. Posted by Jessica Jane. Tuesday, July 20, 2010. I have started email correspondence with some of my students. This is an email I received from one of my past students. She's studying in Daegu, our nearest big city now. Here's her latest email - enjoy!
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South Korean Sojourn: February 2010
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Man and his dogs. This is one of my favourite photos from Cambodia. Rice field, person, dogs, birds, greeen! This is a special kind of rice which they grow in the dry season. It takes three months form planting to harvest, which is very short, and it is very nutritious rice. They can only grow it in the flood plains of large rivers and the Tonle Sap lake where the soil is very fertile. Bicycles are the predominat form of local transport for Cambodians, they are everywhere!
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South Korean Sojourn: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. A Korean mourning ceremony. Mr Shin is a colleague of mine from the high school where I teach two days a week. Most recently he sat me down for about 20 minutes and gave me a lecture on all the different types of rice cake and how they were prepared and I had to taste them all - someone had bought a rice cake 'veriety pack' to the staff room! As we entered the mourning room we removed our shoes (thank goodness I had rememberd to put on stockings just before I left home! The w...
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South Korean Sojourn: Let's build a jungle gym!
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010. Let's build a jungle gym! Sometime during our stay in Korea, Jules and I decided to start collecting money for a good cause. This came about as a result of us hosting a number of braais in Sangju for other foreigners and friends, and we realised that this could be a good way for us to raise money - and all the effort that went into organising a braai for 20 people would be extra rewarding. I think here credit to Julian is due - he is the 'ideas man' in this team! There is n...
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South Korean Sojourn: Dear Teacher ^^
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010. I have started email correspondence with some of my students. This is an email I received from one of my past students. She's studying in Daegu, our nearest big city now. This kind of REAL English practice is soooo good for them: they hardly ever have to just 'produce' English: written or verbal, and it is such valuable practice. I think they must find it incredibly dificult, but the fact that they try is such a huge step. Here's her latest email - enjoy! Today's so hot. ,. Do you...
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South Korean Sojourn: gatvol.
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Saturday, August 14, 2010. My attitude towards Korea stinks. This has been bothering me for a few weeks now. When I go back to school after the vacation I will have less than two months left - there will be many people asking "will you miss Korea? Are you sad about leaving? Will you come back to Korea? Bumping into me, pushing in front of me in a queue, old people pushing young people around and so on and so on. I am just in a downward spiral of seeing only the negative. Then of course there are the old ...
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South Korean Sojourn: December 2009
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Monday, December 28, 2009. Merry Christmas in Korea. We had a wonderful Christmas weekend! Thanks to our dear parents we had lots and lots of gifts and treats! I managed to produce lots of lovely sweet and spicy Christmas biscuits, Gluehwein and Christmas mince pies. Here's to a fabulous 2010! Posted by Jessica Jane. Christmas Decor at School. The Christmas spirit is, however, not as we know it at home. Christmas is a minor holiday in Korea copared to the other biggies (Chuseok and Lunar New Year) an...
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South Korean Sojourn: Jeju for the Summer!
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Sunday, September 26, 2010. Jeju for the Summer! We were also really lucky in that out friends, James and Barbara, who live and teach on Jeju, offered us their flat for the 4-5 days we were there - this was the final thing which made us decide to go. On our other 'sun-day' we went to a Herb Farm - Jeju Herb Dongsa (yup, one 'tourist' trap which caught us! We travelled 'stowage class' on the ferry - all in a big room together! On the way there we were in a slightly smaller room - 30 people. We weren't the...
