With all the summer and holiday travelling done the weekend festival trips have begun again. This weekend four of us went to the Gyeongju World Culture Expo. This is actually running for two months from August to Mid October, but with all the holiday trips and other festivals coming up this was the first free weekend I had to go.Ticket prices were 15,000w ($15) or 12,000w for a group of 10 or more. Luckily we saw some scalpers selling the group tickets for 10,000...

This saturday I was asked to do a presentation to korean adults on UK society, history, politics, traditions, foods, etc. The presentation was to be at 10,30 am and to last 90 mins. However, the location was the southern tip of the city and I am the northern, so I had to leave home from 8am to get there.The location was in a high rise condo building. I have never been in one before so it was quite interesting. The room was on the 11th floor and was large with lot...

This youtube video is doing the rounds about a westerner that attacked an elderly man on a bushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation _id=annotation_746662&v=Gu_uD11SIDg &feature=ivHere is a rappers response, the second guy is betterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-21pZfz eGI&feature=youtu.beIts odd that they chose to get out their camera and post the video rather than try to help. A bus full of people could have easily overpowered this guy.

This is a composite of all my blog entries with a couple of errors from the Daegu IAAF Gameshttp://blog.korea.net/?p=4814

The Daegu IAAF Closing Ceremonies was a grand finale to the nine day event. First a group of singers had entered the main stage setup up on the field with an opening act. As they sang a large parade of volunteers, officials, judges, athletes, and flag bearers entered the field.Video : Closing Ceremonies Part 1 - Parade of Flags and Volunteershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1i8rl-u VkQThey made a ring around the field and filled into the main stadium. Many were in...