Running Turkey Festivals

Well now doesn't punctuation make a huge difference for a reader? Turkeys are not popular and nearly impossible to find (unless its American Thanksgiving or Christmas then you can find them at the army bases), so they don't really run here. I think you get the point... I will be covering three separate topics in this blog: Running, Turkeys and yet another Festival (not in this order... sorry in advance if you are confused. Changing the order for the title makes it sound more exciting). Anyways I have been so busy that I figured I should sit down and give you all an actual update of life here in Korea.

First thing is first... Canadian Thanksgiving. I ate gimbap for Thanksgiving breakfast and my supper was so memorable I can't even remember what I ate. I was sad I didn't get a chance to celebrate it but I had an amazing weekend with friends (the festival in Jinju) so I figured things evened out. Despite not having a Thanksgiving meal, Monday off or family to celebrate it with, I still taught my students about this Canadian holiday. We did more than just turkey crafts (an interactive presentation on the history of this wonderful holiday) but classes were so busy I basically only have photos of the final products. Have a look at the grade 5's turkeys.

  Over two days the grade 5's made over 150 turkey's so I am sorry I am not posting every turkey made BUT I will say they all turned out great! We even wrote on the feathers of the turkey what we are thankful for (in both English and Korean). We are thankful for many things like our families, school, teachers, our cell phones and our friends.

Running announcement - Many of you know I love to be outside and active. Sadly where I live there is a lot of concrete and little green space. I will leave my Nature Deficit Disorder thoughts aside (if you want to read more.. read Richard Louve's book Last Child in the Woods), but I miss the outdoors! For this reason I have signed up to run a 10km race in Busan (the southern tip of Korea). A friend of mine will be running the half marathon and there may be a few more running either the 10km or 5km races. I will keep you posted on this mini adventure. I am so excited to run a race in another country! I challenge you to try a physical activity that is new to you. It may surprise you how much you love that new sport or physical activity you just tried (maybe Salsa, swimming, biking or perhaps running  will be your new favorite thing)?

Festival: Encounter Korea (Oct. 15th, 2011)

My birthday & also a festival. I wanted to go hiking on this day but there was no way I was hiking with my friends up a mountain in the pouring cold rain and for them to be mad at me for the rest of the day. Plus in the pouring rain you can't see the spectacular views! For this reason we went to Encounter Korea - a festival about Korean and the various Asian cultures. I will admit right now that the first two photos were taken by the professional photographer at the event (by unknown name). But thank you to whomever you are and thank you for sharing. I would love to give you the credit if I could figure out your name!

Paper cranes for peace. The guy to the right of me is apparently one of the worlds fastest paper crane folders in the world. Fun fact I know!

Thanks for reading! I look forward to reading your comments. :)