New Years Eve - Snowy Day in Daejeon

Dion across the road from Yongnam High School outside the Shopping Mall. Very close and handy to school.
Traffic on the icy roads in Daejeon
Dion on the bridge to Kongyang Hospital
Dion and friend at Jungango Underground Arcade.
Melisa outside Time Galleria Department Store
Hongmyeong Mall - It has Starbucks, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts good place
Outside tv in one of the popular areas to shop in Daejeon
Christmas lights in one of shopping districts in Daejeon
One of the parks in Daejeon
Dion on the street out side our gate
The kids from the apartment block having a snowball fight
Snowball fight in our car park
At our apartment after being in Daejeon. Snowing heavy

Christmas Day in Omsa

Dion outside the Italian restaurant in our town where we had Christmas lunch. Next door is a cafe where we had coffee and dessert
Christmas lunch surf and turf
Melisa at the Italian restaurant where everyone has a private dining room
Dion before Christmas lunch
Our coffee and cake at the cafe next door to the Italian restaurant
Every Tuesday our town has a market day. One of the many fruit vendors
Market Day doesnt close because its Christmas Day
Christmas Dog at the Cafe
We went to the private singing room after coffee and cake. We ended up staying for 3 and a half hours.
Melisa singing at the Nori Bang
Asian squat loo which sometimes is all there is to use

Hiking Day

Nammae-tap. It took 2 hours uphill to get to this place.

Nammae-tap. Infront of the temple lanterns. Had lunch up here.

Pastor Lee at Nammae-tap.

Jae-Sung, Pastor Joon, Pastor Lee and Pastor Kim at the first pit stop.

After hiking in the mountains we went to a traditional Korean bathhouse and sauna where we relaxed our aches and pains. Great day.

Day off school

At lunchtime the students are always playing this game. It like volleyball but kicking the soccerball instead. They are very skillful and there are usually 3 games going on and a proper soccer game being played on the turf to the right.

Lunchtime in the hallway near the english office. These are some grade 2 students who are about 16 years old.

After lunchtime everybody brushes their teeth. It is common practice among teachers and students all over the country.

These 2 photos were taken back in July of some 3rd grade students who are about 17 years. It is their final year at high school, next year they will go to university. Tomorrow is the biggest exam in their lives, as it will determine what university they will go to. Korean companies choose top university graduates for good jobs. Tomorrow students all over Korea will sit the Korean University Entrance Exam. It is stressful for them and the pressure they have had up to this exam has been a big load. They still manage to smile and have fun at lunchtime.

Two 3rd grade student girls.

The good thing about tomorrow is Dion gets a day off school. I was told by a friend a few of the traditions about the Korean Entrance Exam.

Mothers will put sticky rice on the gates of the University their child wants to go to.

The students will get a police and military escort to the different schools in our local area where they sit the exam.

They go on a bus but it will be very early in the morning so I wont be able to take a photo.

Conversation Class Party

MISS PUSS IS LOST

Miss Puss went missing from Burnside about 4 weeks ago. It was around the end of September.

We are very upset about this so if anyone has seen her or finds her. Please leave a comment on this site or contact Dion or Melisa's parents.

Autumn Shoot

Good autumn weather for taking photos with Carol and Sun Young at school.