If you didn't know I love museums. That is going to them on my own terms and viewing them as I choose. Guided tours are fine as long as they provide me with wondering time or "unstructured" times because lets be realistic.. who doesn't get tired of listening to the same person speak about all 9286 artifacts currently on display. I don't think I have verbalized this on my blog, but I want to keep museum viewing for the rainy and snowy days when I want to get out of my apartment but don't want to be outside for too long. This weekend was an exception to my museum viewing schedule. I had the joys of going to Seouls Trick Eye Museum. Museums like this are always far more fun with friends and I had the joys of being with a great bunch of teachers!
In addition this weekend I had my first experience with Traditional Chinese Medicine. A clinic opened up at one of the temples in Seoul and offered free chinese medicine to tourists and waygooks (foreigners). I enjoyed some acupuncture with friends & learned that because of my blood type I should avoid meat. Apparently I would be best as a vegetarian. Also I learned that I am apparently overweight for Korean standards. The nurses were even so kind to give me a print out in English & Korean informing me of this. Yay for being healthy for North American Standards!
^The "official" piece of paper that informed me I was big for being in Korea.
I actually wasn't sad.. we all found it slightly humorous.
I actually wasn't sad.. we all found it slightly humorous.
^^You can't see the needles but they were near / in my feet. Because it was chilly (+13 degrees Celsius), clients while receiving acupuncture were put under a warm heating lamp. :)
^^ Us and our traditional medicine nurses. The doctors were busy seeing other clients.
Living in Korea is all about trying new and different things right? Well in addition to trying traditional medicine, exploring a new museum and relaxing I finally explored the the national sport of South Korea, Taekwondo. Fun fact: I went to confirm that Taekwondo was indeed the national sport of South Korea so I googled it and apparently many people seem to thing that internet gaming is the national sport... really Starcraft II. Is quite the different country I now live in. Seeing this made me sad. Technology is great and all but being active, and not infront of a screen is important too. Back to my thoughts about Taekwondo though... it is a cool sport. I have kickboxed, boxed and even trained in the martial art of jujitsu so I had an idea of what I was getting myself into. When going through the various kicks in Taekwondo I found it useful to have experienced kickboxing but I was shocked at how similar yet completely different Taekwondo is. I will be sure to keep everyone posted on this learning journey.
I hope everyone had a great weekend! If you want to read more about what I am doing during the work week be sure to check out my classroom blog: www.gr6sangam.wordpress.com
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