What do all these photo's have in common?

They are all orchids. There was an orchid show on over the weekend and Woogi patiently took me there while I took a bunch of photo's. There were some really pretty ones, weird ones and some very quiet ones.

On Sunday for Shannon's birthday we went to a Andy Warhol exhibition. It was interesting. I wasn't feeling so good so didn't stay around long. I'd gone to stock up on curries and chai beforehand.

Sculpture outside Mr Samsung's art museum, the Leeum.

A cute pig I found on the way.

And some cute shoes - they even had whiskers!!!

Had quite a busy but enjoyable weekend. Above is a 'photoshopped' picture (my camera doesn't take good pictures in low light) from the welcolme party we had for the new teachers. After a nice Thai meal we went to a bar that had different themed rooms. Our room had sand on a warm floor. We took off our shoes and tried to imagine we were at the beach but high drink prices kept forcing us back into reality!

The glass lamp in the room.

Do you know what this is?

A little bit of spring.

It was Young su's birthday on Saturday (girl with the cap) so we had dinner and cake. Before dinner we watched the movie 300 hundred. I had my eyes closed for all the fighting so missed most of it. A bit violent for my poor brain.

Blessed

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare,
especially in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.

This week we farewelled Ian and Lizzie and their snowboots. They really look like they are going on an adventure. First stop Mongolia. Good luck guys :-) Will miss them both.

Ian: Haven't used the bubble wrap yet.

Sometimes it seems crazy when I find things just outside my doorstep that I didn't know was there. Woogi and I took a walk and found just 10 minutes away was a swimming pool and a park (dirt). There were older people playing croquet (sp?) and young people playing baseball. Would like to go swimming sometime!

March 2006 March 2007

I think that I have settled in!