Life! Is! Wonder! Ful!

The other day, after raining in the morning, the sky cleared up dramatically and I could see that the western horizon would be almost completely clear.



So I climbed up the small mountain in the back of the university and I took some pictures of the setting sun.



I've seen the sunset on the beach a couple of times - but never from a mountain halfway across an island. Life is just astonishing sometimes.

life in korea

Have you guys ever seen SNL's classic Chronicles of Narnia rap?

This is the same idea, Korea-style. Just watch it - hilarious. So many inside jokes - the visors and the gloves in the beginning are all the rage here for ajjumas (middle aged married women) to wear walking about town, to avoid the sun.

april showers

Today is Voting Day! While Korea elects a new parliament, I've been going through some of the pictures I took in the past few weeks.

I went hiking on some back trails and ran into a Jeju deer.



They have these amazing board game cafes here in Korea, and I found out I can still play a mean game of Jenga. Cathy kicked my ass though in Rummikub (that game is amazing!!).



It's cherry blossom season here on Jeju Island. Everywhere you go, is gorgeous.



This pretty much sums up my kids' class.



We went out for my friend Mano's birthday and found this great restaurant - "boned rid - a specialty store" - Engrish!



Then we went and got something in our teeths.



And - my computer's been overheating, so I decided to put it in the fridge to cool off for a while (didn't help).



Today has been wet and gloomy but we had a few nice days this week. At the north gate of campus, we've got a little village of restaurants, and they've got their outdoor patio tables out now, and it's been great to just put my feet up down there, take a stack of quizes and homeworks to correct, and have a bowl of gelato. Yes - gelato! in Korea! Small miracles.