The Andy Warhol Factory

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Usually wondering around art gallery’s and exhibitions, for me, is about looking at the paintings and exhibits rather than finding some hidden meaning in the art. I have never completely understood how people can look at a picture and derive some meaning conveyed by an artist who may have lived … Read More

Irish for a day

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On St Patrick’s day ever growing crowds of people, across the world, proclaim themselves ‘Irish for a day’, dress in green and descend on their nearest Irish bar, St Patrick’s Day festival or Parade to drink Guinness and celebrate all things Irish – Seoul, South Korea was no exception. Last … Read More

Going to big school

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Check out the video below of the Kindergarten kids at their graduation ceremony. The video begins with the kids singing the Korean National Anthem then Pink class (the kids who are graduating)  show off their English skills with a number of the things they learnt for the kindy performance. VIDEO … Read More

Visiting the dead

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I awoke last Saturday to another dull day in Korea – it’s beginning to seem like the wait for spring is endless. Before I left the flat and already bleak day had turned even darker threatening yet more rain – and I thought Korea’s rainy season didn’t arrive until July. … Read More

Kindergarten Performance

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I’m taking you back in time to the day before Luna New Year. The end of the school year was approaching so the kindy kids put on a performance for their parents. I had the day off so I didn’t get to see the actual performance but we spent a … Read More

A Korean Celebration

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March 1st marked an important day in Korean history, so much so we had a day off school! The day marked one of Korea’s first independence movements against the Japanese invasion and is known as the Samil Movement (literally meaning three-one). According to Wikipedia: The inspiration for the Samil Movement … Read More

Walking on thin ice

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The third and final post on Luna New Year. Day three of the trip saw us walking in Achimgari near Bang-dong in Inji. Our guide told us this is a little known part of Korea and many Koreans won’t have heard of it. The walk took us along a frozen … Read More

An appropriate day for rain

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The 2nd of March 2007 one year, or 365 days, from now it will be the 1st of March 2008 (next year is a leap year). And I will be back on English soil for the first time in 18 months. So it seemed appropriate that when I got up … Read More

A Camp fire

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Day two of the Luna New Year trip saw us leaving Phoenix Park and going to Bangdong valley in Inji. But not before braving the naked Koreans and stares in the jinjibang (Korean Spa/sauna). Being typically prudish westerners we went to the jinjibarn wearing our swimming costumes. Inside there were … Read More

Everything changes

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I’m almost up to date with the blogging, just Luna New Year and the kindy performance to go. Time for a post to remind myself of the happenings at school! Today saw the oldest kindy kids graduate from kindergarten (a post with lost of video to follow), I have tomorrow … Read More

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