Lanterns, lanterns and more lanterns........

Anneyo all!

Another jam-packed weekend!
Friday night a few of us went to Indian for dinner in Seohyeon (about 1/2 hr away). The food wasn't too bad. I've found most foreign foods get 'koreanised' - get sweetened sickeningly so. And ALWAYS comes with some sort of Korean side dish, mostly pickle/gherkin looking things. Ah well can't be too fussy over here!

Saturday morning we had a Science fair for the Kindies and their parents. Was a really fun morning! I'll try get some pics that were taken by others on the day. I was in charge of the air basketball and hovercraft station. The kids had to hold an air blower with a beachball floating on top and guide it though a vertical hoop. The hovercraft was a small round board on top of an air cushion that you blow up with an inflator and they kind of move around a little and held on tight!

The plan was to go to Everland (a theme park) after this but it started raining which was a bit disapointing! However never one to sit idle went to visit Andrew in Yatap and check out a Photographic and Digital Imaging Trade show that was on. It was awesome, so many toys to play with and great photos and design to see!

Sunday we trekked to Dongdaemun in Seoul to check out Budhas Birthday celebrations. A huge festival of big and small lanterns. Was quite spectacular and got some cool photos!


THE BIGGEST lens I've ever seen! (see size of camera body...) Seems kinda ridiculous really!


You could get on top of this bus and have a go at all the expensive toys and big lenses. I had a go at sniper paparazzi-ing! Cool fun!


Each major company had models etc set up to test their equipment...however so many people bring along their own equipment and shoot away??? Not sure what the go is with that? Though there was a lot of awesome camera kits getting around!

....And Budhas Birthday celebration pics!

Cruisy weekend at last!

Hi all!

Hope you are all well and having fun!
I've just had a rough day with my kinders... kids are so up and down. One day they are awesome and little angels the next they are plain awful and naughty! It was Teachers Day today here and some kids bring along gifts which is pretty cool. I got heaps of flowers, body lotions, jewellery, a pen, a funky keyring and business card case in mother of pearl and little cards the kids wrote about how much they like me! (hmmmm well in most cases mum probably wrote they copied hehehehhe) You would think being teachers day they would have cut me some slack and been good!

Still kind of weird to say I am a teacher, I don't feel like a teacher, I feel like a dodgy stand-in imposter, posed as a teacher...if that makes any sense. Oh well only 10 more months these poor kids are subjected to my, what feels like at times, sub-standard educational techniques!

The weekend was pretty good. Had a sleep in on Saturday then took Tania to Technomart to get here a camera and some Aus/Korea power adapters, then relaxed a little as it was rainy and bleak.
Sunday slept in again then went to church and met up with some other friends after to go to Namsan (Seoul) Tower and to get some dinner.

We were going to catch the cable car to the top of this mountain but it was super busy and the line up was almost an hour so we thought we'd try walk up..... too far and not enough time we got half way. Better luck next time! Anyhow just a couple of pics this time...



Bunny, Andrew and Susan stand defeated by Namsan Tower Hill Climb... Only 1/2 the sense of accomplishment...



The tower....... so close but sooooo far..


Check out Andrews muscles! Soooo strong he can lift a car single-handedly!

A weekend at Beachside Busan

Hidee ho!

Well another groovy weekend! Tania, Andrew and I trekked down to the very south of South Korea to a city called Busan. We caught a bullet train so it only took a little over two hours to get there! (Andrew tried to convince us that it is called the bullet train because it travels as fast as a speeding bullet......quite unsuccessfully I promise! However it travels at around 300 km/hr - pretty quick!)

Anyhow as usual not too much chit chat more pics with little explanations.....enjoy!


Busan Rail station - just a pretty damn cool building really!


Hyandae Beach by night.... we stayed at a motel / brothel about a block from the beach....... Brothel I hear you gasp! Well actually they are called Love Hotels - you can rent them by the hour...so so seedy I know. Looked innocent enough until she led us past the porn shelf to the "three" person room which consisted of one giant bed.... Not just any bed though. A round bed! So so tacky... see for yourself! If that wasn't enough of a giveaway the red light outside the motel we discovered at nighttime really sealed the deal. Oh well good thing it was cheap!

Whilst in Hyandae beach Tania and I also enjoyed a 2hr Thai massage... sooooo good but quite painful - the girls had us bent up like pretzls!



We also visited a temple a little north called Beomeosa Temple. It was very beautiful - spring is such an awesome time of year over here! Everything is so green and pretty!






This is Andrew's cool shot! 10 points!




- The three stooges..... My thelma and louise style of photography leaves a lot to be desired! missed most of me! doh!


A lady worshipping in the temple. I'm sure I probably shouldn't be taking such photos as it probably is offfensive...Oh well! I'm glad my God isn't in the form of a gold statue and I'm not required to light a million billion tea light candles!


More temple worship....



We also vistited Mt Geumjeong fortress..... We expected a wall or something... but there was none? We did however stumble across the most hair-raising, scary bus trip I've ever experienced! Picture a narrow, winding mountain road, tight curves, blind corners, pedestrians scattered along the edges walking..... now picture being on a very fast bus, which screeches it's tyres from speed on most corners, picture the game of corners from hell in the back seat of this bus....picture near collisions, a bus driver that honks at cars in front of him that are going probably faster than the speed limit anyhow.... I pictured near death! Scary....but still stangely fun! hehehehe Almost topped the cab driver the previous day doing 130km/hr in a 60 zone, narrowly missing a stationary truck.......


Colourful speciman! Guarding the temple.......


Tan and I in the temple forest.



I know, I know.... I have a fixation with photographing lanterns.. Actually I am on the quest for the perfect lantern shot!