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| Our tour started out at the Anseong at the Hantek Botanical Gardens. What prey tell were we doing at a Botanic Garden in the middle of winter, I could not tell you. We saw some trees and a greenhouse, but that my friends, was about it. I think some of the other teachers were as un-enthused as i was, because they decided it would be fun to start a snowball fight. It's fun to embrace your inner child nonetheless! |
Teacher's Retreat/ End of the Year Celebration
Anseong-Si, Gyeonggi- Do, South Korea
January 28-29, 2010
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| Next we went to an active Buddhist temple in the mountains. This I thought was extremely cool because Buddhism is a very interesting religion to me and I saw several practicing monks walking around. It was so peaceful to see the gorgeous temples covered in a fresh coat of snow. The picture immediately above the caption is apparently one of the Korean National Treasures. The temple is apparently named the "seven rebels(or something like that) temple" because 7 bad men came here at some point here and were enlightened by Buddhist monks. I love this traditional aspect of Korean History. |
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| A newer Korean tradition is after all the little devils are at bay, the teachers come out to play. With the help of a case of Soju and a vat of Maekju, the teachers all found some courage to sing and dance and go a little crazy. They work so hard all year long and certainly deserve a night to let loose. This up here, is my principal, the most important man at our school belting it out for all to hear! After the Norebang festivities finished we all retreated to our little houses ( I stayed in a room with 5 other teachers, sleeping on mats on the floor with blankets...def not the most restful night of sleep I've had). We had a little A-Bar so to speak in the main area of the house before we all went off to bed! And the story continues on day 125. |
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