Garden of Poinsetta's

A picture my parents should enjoy. I say the poinsettas and thought I should take a picture in them. It didn't turn out to well..but it was fun!

Dinner time!

Mo and I getting ready to eat some more Korean food. I had bulgolgi and she had bibimbap. We ordered a plate of french fries when we were finished...the bulgolgi just didn't cut it for me!

My new robot friend.

After the 3-D show we walked around the art gallery and I found a new friend!

Mud Warrior Cha-Cha

Helloooo, I know I am looking fly! We went to the EXPO Culture Center and watched a 3-D movie about the Mud Warrior Cha-Cha! I wish I could have kept those sexy glasses, but Hun says we don't do that in Korea. They are way better than us Americans!

To the top.

I went to the top of Gyeongju Tower and took a few pictures. This one overlooks the Asadai Sculpture Park. I wish it would stop raining.......

Spinning Plates

These ladies were unbelievable. They are very talented. It was like watching America's Got Talent in real life!

Silk Way Performance

This was another show we watched. There was a variety of performances from different cultures around the world. I am very fortunate to be here and appreciate everything I see and do here in Asia.

World B-boy Festival (Extreme Crew)

These guys were fun to watch. They have some amazing acrobatic skills. We all seemed to enjoy this performance. I thought they were awesome.

The nun and I waiting!

We are at the Bakgyeol Stage waiting to watch the B-Boys perform.

Our interpreter!

This is our tour guide/interpreter. Her English name is Debra. :) She was very helpful and kind.

Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2007

The President of Yeungjin College was so happy with our performance the last few weeks that he wanted to give us a trip. We worked half a day on Friday and then we went to the World Culture Expo in Gyeongju. I had a great time. It is a traveling expo, next year it will be in Beijing. This is a picture of the Gyeongju Tower.

Braids!

So, just trying new things in Korea. The food isn't the best so I thought I'd move onto something else! Who knows what is next!

It's crazy, I know!

So, I had to bug Kristin to take a pic so I can show all my family and friends back home how crazy I am! I need to grow my hair out and this is the best way I could think of! I honestly love it. So please get used to it!

Afro Hair

Getting my hair done at Afro Hair in South Korea. Gotta mix it up baby!

2nd bathroom in South Korea!

Here is my bathroom at the dorm. It is a bathroom/shower. You just turn on the sink and switch over to shower nozzle mode. Literally you could go to the bathroom and shower at the same time.

Party in 501

So, this is the best picture to show from our moving in party. The guy on the left is Nate, my roommate and the girl on the right...I don't know who that is..oh wait it's my Stephanie! :)

Moving Day!

Here is some of our luggage in the lobby of Hwangsil Hotel in Daegu. We pretty much took up the entire lobby with all of our stuff. Crazy Americans!

Chef from LaBoheme

This is the chef from the restaurant we ate at all five nights in Japan. It was nice of him to come take a pic, he is a busy man! Ain't he cute??

Japan Hotel!

Here is my hotel room in Japan. The comforters on this bed were amazing! Too bad they didn't fit in our suitcases.

Crepes!

We had dessert last night at the Crepe place. I had strawberry cheesecake, it was a little piece of heaven. Notice their English is a little off. T-shirts, billboards, everything is usually a little odd. I think I could get a good job proofing their ads. :)

LaBoheme again!

Here we our at our favorite restaurant, but out on the patio this evening! I don't ever want to leave! I'm telling you, Japan here I come!

Yahoo!

After hitting up the Korean Consulate we went over to see the Yahoo! Dome. It is where they play professional baseball and have many other events as well. It has a retractable roof...oooo..ahhhhh!

Korean Consulate

We finally received our immigration numbers Friday afternoon. Here we are oustide the Korean Consulate in Fukuoka, Japan after filing for our work visa!

Still ME.....

I know you are glad to see I haven't changed much! :) We had dinner at this japanese grill, I had my first sake this night! Can you tell?

LaBoheme!

Our first dinner in Japan. We have been there every night since. It is amazing!

Our tiny hotel bathroom!

This is the hotel bathroom, it is tiny. But it's a nice little bathroom!

Fukuoka, Japan!

Here we are after a 3 hour ferry ride arriving in Japan. The ferry was almost like riding on an airplane, almost!

Good Bye Korea!

Here is my last picture of Korea. This is the ferry port in Busan while we are on the ferry. It was a rainy day, but the water was fairly smooth cosidering the weather. :)

Last meal!

Here I am before we get on the ferry to Fukuoka, Japan. Eating a little kimbap at the station. It is similar to a California Roll in the U.S.

My baseball friend!

Here I am after the game getting a picture with one of the players. He was cardboard, but it worked!

Dinner!

We went out for dinner at an Indian restaurant. It was a nice change from Korean food. It was still a little spicy, but I am getting used to this life!

Beautiful Bog

Just another picture of the bog. I found some cat tails in there.

Bog Garden

In the bog garden looking for creatures! I don't really want to find anything but it was cool!

Bonsai

Walking into the Bonsai garden. I liked it in there, it was beautiful. I will go back soon and bring a book and just chill out.

Water!

Mo and I at the fountain. She was being a brat and splashing water on me! She's kind of naughty like that!

Bambooooo :)

I found the bamboo garden, I miss my bamboo! Mom, are you taking good care of it?

Water Fountain!

Just chillin' in the Aroboretum. A cool water fountain behind me. It was so much cooler up here at the Arboretum.

Daegu Arboretum

Arriving at the Daegu Arboretum. It is over 1000 acres, it is the largest urban arboretum in the world.

Me and Buddha!

I walked down by the temple and found these cute little buddha and his people displayed in the mountain. I was being a dork :)

To the top

We had to be really quiet up here..people were praying to Buddha. You can see Mo in the backgroud with our taxi driver showing her what to do.

Up to the temple we go.

Here is Mo, she is leading the pack up to the temple. It was quite the hike up. Winding stairs will get you every time.

Sara and Sarah

Here we are in front of a cool statue before we head up to the temple.

Me in the forest

Here I am leaving the Forest, thought it would be nice for you all to be able to read a little about it.

Us girls in front of the forest. Our taxi driver was so nice, he stayed with us and kind of became our tour guide. It was good that he stayed because otherwise I'm not sure how long it would have taken to get home. He took a picture of Stephanie, me, Mo, and Sarah.

Boy in the river!

Here is a kid in front of the forest walking through the stream/river??? There was a whole family under the bridge on air mattresses just chillin' in the water. I guess it's a good way to stay cool. I see alot of people in the river....they will walk out find some rocks to sit on and have a picnic.

Daegu Arbor vitae Forest

We went to the Forest, it is Natural Treasure No. 1. It wasn't all I expected but it was fun. We couldn't go hiking in there like I thought we would be able to. The trees grow right out of the rock and was beautiful.

Citizens Stadium

Under the lights....enjoying a good game of ball!

My first game in Korea!

Here I am at my first baseball game in South Korea! Our team is the Samsung Lions. It was alot of fun.

Lunch Korean style

We found this little restaurant down the street from our hotel. We had some really good bulgolgi. If you see here they always put us sweaty americans in front of the air conditioner. They are so good to us.

What?

Walking back through the park and Stephanie snapped a shot of me. I think I was talking instead of smiling...whoops! It was beautiful in there, probably because we were out of the sun!