Here is the brief segment Arirang TV did on the bloggers http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View .asp?nseq=127309&code=Ne2&categ ory=2 I'm seen 30 seconds in getting my award certificate and they didnt speak with any of the guys just the two female bloggers. You may have to change your settings if the player doesnt work. Look for a pop-up in your browser and say 'allow' to activate the player. Also the live morning show did another feature on the bloggers...

After the welcome ceremonies for this years new and returning bloggers we were taken by bus to the National Museum of Korea. It was very heavy rain and I have been cursed every time I come to Seoul that there is a massive all day rain storm (Chuseok 2010, May 2011, July 2011, again today). Security is tight in the city due to the Nuclear Summit being attended by Obama and many world leaders. There was a bomb squad doing a practice exercise near the entranceway. A...

Friday I was invited to Seoul for this years welcome ceremony of the Worldwide Korea Bloggers. We are a group of bloggers submitting our blog articles about Korea to KOCIS (Korean Culture and Information Service) which is run by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Sports. Last year they had given us a guided tour of Chang Wa Dae, the Korean Presidential House after the welcoming ceremonies. http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/1/1299853976/tp...

My YouTube Channel recently reached 100,000+ Hits http://www.youtube.com/user/londone73/v ideos?sort=p&view=0 This was due mostly to the Asia Song Festival held in Daegu last October 2011 which has had 75,000 hits just for that event. A close second are three videos from the Daegu IAAF Games last August featuring Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt who set a new World Record

Two fridays ago I went with some of the new teachers in my neighbourhood to a Shabu Shabu restaurant. This is one of the korean restaurants that I like. Wednesday of this week we had gone for an english teachers dinner from my school to another Shabu Shabu restaurant across the road from our school. Here is a brief video another KBlogger made about shabu shabu. Basically you boil your own meat in a pot that sits in the centre of your table along with vegetables. ...