Volunteering in Korea

I have permission to blog about volunteering at an orphanage here in Korea.

I've been volunteering at this particular orphanage off and on for almost a year now.
I love it and look forward to it each month.
I've been working with a group of boys ages 3 to 12 for the past 8 months.
They are really starting to show their true colors.
It's nice to be able to just hangout and play games.
It's such a warmhearted feeling.
Plus, I get to practice speaking Korean!

Playing legos with the little ones.

"Teacher-Teacher, iPhone please!" I let them play Angry Birds on my iPod.

They are getting really good at sharing and mastering their skills. :)

They aren't playing Baduk...they play a game where they flick the other player's Baduk pieces off the board.

Korean board games! Yeah!

One of the little guys got tired and passed out on the floor.

It was this little guy's nap time, he sat on my lap and fell right asleep.
He actually fell asleep with those helicopters in his hands.
It was relaxing to snuggle with this little one for a bit.

October Activities

October has flown by so quickly.
I've almost been here a year...wow.

So here are some highlights from October so far.

My co-worker Rachel's wedding.

What a beautiful bride.

Just married!

The "flower boy" waiting outside the restaurant. 

The happy couple after the ceremony.

Chinese fusion food with Chloe, Sean, and...

Mr. Seok aka Andy.

Eating a tiny octopus...it wasn't that bad. :)

Suseong Lake at night!

Break dancer.

The water and lazer show at the lake.

Yes!!! 

I also attended the 8th Annul Daegu Opera Festival.

 I saw two operas: Simsan Kim Chang-Sook and The Barbiere di Siviglia.

Last but not least I went to the Daegu Photo Biennale 2010

The "Speaking Out Peace" exhibit was truly incredible.

Andong

Last weekend I went with a few friends to the Andong Maskdance Festival.
I am so thankful for my friend Andy who drove us ladies around, bought us lunch, and gave us some cute handmade wallets. Thank you Mr. Seok!
We started the day off by going to the Hahoe Village, I honestly prefer the village over the big commercial festival, but here are photos of each.

The scenic route to the village.

The crew.
We are from around the world ;)
Canada, England, Korea, and U.S.A.

Still walking to the village.

What a traditional mask looks like.

Rice and a scarecrow. 

Having fun in the playground!

Reservation at a cute little traditional restaurant outside the village.

Lunch! Andong jjimduk. I guess they use coke to make it so brown?

"so we're strolling around, having a look at things, 
and this man grabs us and announces he wants to take our picture. 

all of a sudden, we're surrounded by a giant cow, some passers by and a costume person. there were also a bunch of koreans taking our picture on their cellphones. it's fun being a foreigner..." Lucy's caption about this photo. :)

The rest are videos of some of the traditional dances I watched.

Check out more photos in my gallery!