Festivale – April 2006

I went to two festivals since April. The first was the Lotus Lantern Festival. It was nice. I met up with Emma and we walked around, made a paper lotus flower and had some grub. There was a parade at night that was pretty cool. The floats varied quite a bit; everything from phoenixes and dragons that spit real fire to Buddha on top of an elephant. There were hoards of people carrying lotus lanterns that just marched down the street. It was long though so we left after a couple hours for a drink. We reemerged after a few and ended up right by the finale stage. It was pretty fun. Everyone was dancing in the streets together and just having a good ole time.

The second was the HiSeoul Festival last night. I was only there for a short time at night since I spent my day milling about in the sun. Around City Hall there was a stage where an orchestra played as well as some Korean boyband. The best part was the fireworks at the end. They shot off an adjacent hotel rooftop and synced perfectly with the orchestra. We passed by the mayor as we were leaving and got to take a photo with him.

Have A Glimpse - Doing It Up

I’ve settled well into my routine and I’m happy with it. I finally saved the amount of money I planned on saving last month. Hallelujah! I just need to decide on what to do for my 10 day break in June now so I can book a flight. The bummer is that I’m almost certainly going by myself, but it’s all about getting out there and taking chances, right?!

Anyhoo, here are some random shots from nights come and gone.

April – You Were Good To Me

April was a pretty chill month. Nothing ultraextraordinary happened but there were a few good highlights. Easter was fun at school. It’s not a holiday here so to the kids all they knew was that for some reason they dyed eggs, had an Easter egg hunt and wore bunny ears. We took a field trip to an English Village were the kids were put in some real life situations such as going to the movies, seeing a doctor or visiting the police station. It mostly flew over their heads but it was fun none the less.

All the teachers at all 4 PSA schools were given an afternoon at Everland, an amusement park. It was the day before Children’s Day so it was packed. It was nice to have a relaxing day although those stares from a lot of kids did get annoying after a bit.