As mentioned in my previous entry KBS News came to the Global Festival and spent quite some time in our Canada room. They attached a mic to me and wanted me to talk with some students. I didnt really know what to say at that point as I had already explained things to them.KBS ran a feature on the weekends Global FestivalThe clip begins at 1.15 and I can be seen talking from 1.55 for about two secondshttp://daegu.kbs.co.kr/news/news_01_01_ view.html?no=3133645Clic...

The Daegu School Board is comprised of foreign english teachers from 7 English Countries (Can, US, UK, Ire, Aus, NZ, S.Afr), as well as foreign language teachers from China and Japan. This year they decided to hold a global festival to highlight all the countries the foreign teachers come from like a mini Yeosu Expo. The rooms were full of games, activities, and displays and I had volunteered to head up the Canada room. The Global Festival turned out to be a very...

When we were kids we all let our imaginations run wild and wanted to run away to the fantasy worlds we saw in the movies. Some of us even collected action figures and other merchandise related to our favourite movies and super action heroes.However, one local entrepreneur has taken this a step further and opened a gallery to house his burgeoning collection of movie memorabilia and to share his passion with others. Reminiscent of the comic book stores back home CW...

I've followed the trend of some other bloggers and recently started my own facebook page : Departures1This will allow me to collect all my blog entries in one place as they never show clearly on my facebook wall, along with my other articles published on the Daegu Blogsite.It also allows for random followers who send me friend requests to follow me on facebookThe web address is www.facebook.com/departures1 and you can just click 'like' to joinYou can also share w...

This weekend I paid a return visit to the Andong Folk Village which I hadnt visited since March of last year. Normally I do these trips independently with friends but this time I joined a bus tour. This was organized by Daegu Compass a monthly expat magazine and included other craft activities such as mask making and archery for an all inclusive price with lunch for 29,000w ($26)We first went to a country house near the folk village where we made our masks. Andon...