So now I am 25 years old. Why 25? Well it seems like a nice round number, and I was born 25 years ago back in 1983 when people who were born in 1958 were only 25, and people born in 1933 were 50. Ofcourse people who were born in 1908 were 75 then, and people born in 1983 around the time Abilene was founded, would have been a hundred.

Anyhow, I celebrated by investing in the making of some quite delicious bacon cheese burgers, and onion rings, as well as a heavy cake even though I had to make it myself. I also made some onion dip, and bought five small bags of potato chips to go with it. I then invited my fellow English teachers to partake of it which we did. James actually made the hamburgers which were fantastic. Karen, a Korean English teacher who came over, was convinced we would all have heart attacks and die at any moment it was that good.

I also called the family on skype which was fortuitous because Katie and Oree were just about to leave to go work at a Outdoor Camp in North Carolina.

All in all it was a good birthday for being thousands of miles away from the family!

Well, the big news is that I got some (over two hundred pictures) up on the web from the last couple of months. They are from three or four trips to Seoul, and one to Cheongju. I only have comments on 100 of them so far. Here are some highlights... In no particular order...

Two of the four jugglers at the juggling club, juggling clubs.

The Semi-Annual Volley ball tournament. Our team, the Wesley School people, had a surprising victory, beating the Old mans team and the Married peoples team. This is the Youth team and the Married peoples team. The Married peoples team one this one.

This is the Church Service and raffle after the tournament. The people in front in chairs blocking everyone elses view are the old people.

I won 24 rolls of toilet paper in the raffle. They almost gave me a shovel, but I think they really asked themselves. "What would he use a shovel for?" and thought better of it.

Teaching my students some juggling after a hard day of English worksheet.

This is the coolest section of children's books in a used book store ever. I found "Dr. Seuss' ABCs" and "Where the Wild things Are." here.

Mike looking at a part of the 4.1 km wall of a Fortress we went to in Cheongju.

A nice view from the Museum at Cheongju.

Some pinwheels in anticipation of Childrens day at one of the Palaces in Seoul.
The Sign really says it all.

This is Seoul (and korea) to me. It is looking out from another Palace in Seoul.

This is the Goblin flea Market. I almost had a heart attack when I walked in.

The view up the hill I climbed over and back again twice looking for the Juggling shop.

Hope you enjoyed it.