girl in hanbok

I saw this young girl dressed in Hanbok, a traditional Korean style of dress, outside the Seoul National Museum.

Travel magazine project

This is my project tutorial group. We made a travel magazine for our project.

Anapji

These pictures were taken at Anapji, which was a resort area for the nobility of the Silla kingdom about 1300 years ago. It was recently rediscovered and restored. Artifacts from this site include many everyday objects, in contrast to the material usually found in burial sites.

Playing Yuk

Here's my homeroom class when we were playing Yuk, a traditional Korean game.

GEV Campus

Here's our school, the Gyeongju English Village campus, part of the Catholic University of Daegu. The first two pictures show the adminstration building, which also holds the classrooms.



The dormitories, students on the left, staff on the right.


The cafeteria serves meals during the week, but teachers and students alike must fend for themselves on the weekends.

Trip to Bulguksa

Here the fall 2006 university semester has started, and this is my homeroom class. We occasionally go out on field trips. Here we are at a famous temple nearby called Bulguksa.





These are two famous pagodas called Dabotab (right), which has an unusual architecture, and Seokgatap (left), which has a more conventional style. Dabotap represents the Dabo Buddha, who represents the objective truth. Seokgatap represents the Sakyamuni Buddha, who represents the subjective wisdom to realize this truth. The contrasting complexity and simplicity of their designs represents earthly versus spirtual existence, and the dual nature of the Buddha's contemplation.

Summer Camp 2006

When I started working at GEV (Gyeongju English Village) in July 2006, my first task was to teach four weeks of English camp. We had to teach four weeks straight, seven days a week. I had a nice group of kids. One day some of the teachers took our kids out for a balloon ride.



Anna was a bit frightened of the height at first.



Here's a nice view of the Bomun Lake resort area. Our school is down there on the right somewhere.


After the balloon ride, we had some ice cream and strolled back to the school along the lake.

Last day at Jebu

This was my last day at Jebu school. The grade 6 kids threw a class party for me, and the staff and I went out for dinner in the evening. It was a really fun day. I loved working with all the staff at Seosin, Jebu and Haeun schools, and I loved working with all the kids too. I was moving on to a better job, but I was sorry to say goodbye.

Jebu beach day

In June at Jebu we spent one day on a field trip to the beach. The kids got nice and muddy digging around in the seabed looking for creatures.

Scout Day

Several kids at Jebu were active in scouts, and one day in June we had Scout Day at school.

Hwaseong Fortress

The city of Suwon was just 40 minutes away by bus. There wasn't a whole lot to do in Namyang, but I could pop in to Suwon to see a movie, or go to Outback Steakhouse. I could also catch the train into Seoul, which only took 35 minutes, so day trips to Seoul were quite feasible.

Suwon is also home to Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO world heritage site.