Pure Talent

I had a lovely time at our singles break the fast today, and one of the guys showed me this video on his smart phone. I was really impressed by this girl - she does something I'll call sand drawing. In the video she depicts when Germany conquered Ukraine during WWII. Truly interesting and in my opinion, amazing. Enjoy!

Birthday Bash

My birthday consisted of meeting up with Hae Jin for lunch and a perfect autumn stroll around his old college campus, Korea University, meeting up with Chris for dinner and a stroll around a crammed packed shopping area, then meeting up with a group of my American and Korean friends for awesome bowling (I got a 157 and then a 126, but Roby schooled us all with a 207), all followed by noraebang of course. And cake eating too. It was pretty much the best :)

Pretty fall colors on Korea University's campus - with Hae Jin.

Lovely ladies at the bowling alley - me, Robyn, Katelyn, Jessica

With Hyeok Soo

With Alice - she is so short it's cute.

With Sang Hoon - he's kind of crazy.

Rain is coming down

Ever wonder what a Korean pop concert looks like? Here's some Rain for you :)

Painting #3

Painting #3: Hope you like it.

The painting

The picture

A little lame poetry

Sometimes I get the urge to write a poem, and then I realize why I'm not a famous poet. But I'd thought I'd share my sad attempt.

The Coming of Fall

Fall is coming.
I feel it in the way
the trees bend ever so slightly
in the breeze and how the
leaves yearn to be tinged
with another color other than
green.

I see it in the faces of the
students as they walk home
knowing they have to study for
midterms, and wishing beyond
wish they could be doing anything
else.

I smell it in the crisp air
that blows past my face
and drifts up the mountains
cooling the evening sky
and calming the nerves of small
creatures.

And on a day like today I
want to be out there, soaking
up the late summer rays,
reveling in the perfect weather,
enjoying anywhere but where I
am.

Just some reasons...

... why I love Korea.

Because I get to go to K-pop concerts with really awesome people like this:

And I get to go to baseball games with really fun people like this - and also the fact that Korean baseball fans are insane and I love them for it. Think super loud. And having a cheer for everything imaginable.

I get to go to the wedding of amazing people like this:

After church I get to walk along the river and hang out with people like this:

And like this - don't ask me what they are doing but it sure is entertaining.

And as we walk along the river we just happen to see Koreans learning to swing dance, and then we run into an international marching band competition. Sweet. And after the competition we get to see views like this:

And this - sigh, so pretty:

My Family in Korea

My family came to visit and it was fun!

Cute Korean high school students stopped us to ask questions for their homework. They were super impressed with my knowledge of Korea.

Alesha was super excited to be in Korea!

And it rained...

We finally got a picture all together.

And of course a little family torture.

We went to the show Nanta together. It's a kitchen, chopping, drumming, comedy show. Trust me, it's much cooler than it sounds.

And no visit to Korea would be complete without the karaoke room!