tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60688663629300029812024-03-14T00:26:53.244+09:00Curl In Korea“a year of service for a lifetime of change”Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-39497004075572816872012-09-12T20:17:00.000+09:002012-09-13T10:33:53.173+09:00a few things...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have about 5 drafts of blogs I started while I was in Korea but have not looked at since. I plan to revisit those and publish them...sometime...soon [hopefull<span style="font-size: small;">y <span style="font-size: small;">but it's probably more like eventually</span></span>] as well as write a few re-entry and closing remarks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And <span style="font-size: small;">[</span>the real reason for this post]: I looked at my blog on a friend's computer today. The font that came up was Comic S<span style="font-size: small;">ans<span style="font-size: small;">. [WHAT?] If you are a <span style="font-size: small;">Comic Sans hate<span style="font-size: small;">r<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and <span style="font-size: small;">that's<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">how Curl <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">i</span>n Korea shows up on your <span style="font-size: small;">comp<span style="font-size: small;">uter</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, I<span style="font-size: small;">'</span>m sorry that<span style="font-size: small;">'</span>s the case and thank<span style="font-size: small;"> you</span> for continu<span style="font-size: small;">ing</span></span></span> to read<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-51742507961238258682012-07-23T02:32:00.000+09:002012-07-23T02:32:34.379+09:00Jeju<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">That's what all of my textbooks from Korean language school said about Jeju Island. When I saw that there was a marathon </span><span style="font-size: small;">festival </span><span style="font-size: small;">[marathon, half marathon, and 10K] </span><span style="font-size: small;">there, I decided <a href="http://annacurl.blogspot.kr/2012/03/e_06.html" target="_blank">Este Momento</a>. Although I do not believe that is <i>quite</i> what the song is talking about, I thought I should seize the moment and signed up for the 1/2 marathon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had been running much more in Korea than I did in the U.S. [except for that time I got sucked into running cross country so that I would be in shape enough to make the soccer team]. Anyway...I really enjoyed running to learn my way around, to explore <a href="http://annacurl.blogspot.kr/2012/03/d.html" target="_blank">Daejeon</a>, to move, to relax [I never would have guessed that I would say that about running], to be outside, to reflect, and to pray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So...I returned from the gathering in Indonesia early Wednesday morning, went to work Wednesday afternoon, woke up with a fever and no desire whatsoever to leave my bed Thursday, felt less bad on Friday, felt better on Saturday, and headed to Jeju. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of course we would play </span><a href="http://annacurl.blogspot.kr/2012/03/u.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">가위-바위-보</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> on the airplane! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Going through security, I realized my toiletries we packed neatly in a quart sized bag...in my bathroom...in Daejeon. I managed to pack my toothbrush, so what I really missed was deodorant and sunscreen. I know I could have found SPF 70+ without a problem, but deodorant is another story. Koreans don't really have the same need for deodorant as Westerners, so it is a little bit of a challenge to find. By the time I arrived, I was already exhausted and knew I had an early morning ahead of me, so I just checked into my hotel and went to sleep. Sunday, I ran the race with clean teeth but sunscreen and deodorant free. It was a nice course by the ocean and quite pleasant but then reeaaallllly long. 힘들어요.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thomas, Anna, and my <a href="http://annacurl.blogspot.kr/2011/10/university-church.html" target="_blank">Time for Young Disciples</a> are frequently [or maybe desperately?] inspired by what is going on in our lives, so here is sort of what I talked about during my TYD the next Sunday:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I <i>really</i> enjoy being prepared. I packed a lot of things [yes, probably too many] when I was heading to Korea last August and thought I prepared mentally and emotionally and whatnot. Upon arriving, I realized I did not feel prepared/equipped/qualified for a lot of things: teaching English, leading Bible studies, doing TYDs...I also felt just <i>bad</i> at other things [language school].</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I was a counselor in training at camp, the motto for CITs was "Learn by doing." During this year I have definitely learned by doing [and being, of course!], but I have realized something more important: no matter how prepared I am, </span><span style="font-size: small;">what I am doing, </span><span style="font-size: small;">where I am, </span><span style="font-size: small;">what my challenges are, </span><span style="font-size: small;">if things are going really well or really not so well,</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">how good or bad I am at something, </span><span style="font-size: small;">and even whether or not I am wearing deodorant - God is with me. Whether it is something just for fun, like a race, or something we tend to think of as more serious like...life - Immanuel: God with us</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also, my sunburn led to a lot of 'wows' from people here. Then when I started peeling, it became sort of a game for my students: "Who can collect the most of Anna 쌤's skin?" Are you grossed out? Sorry...I guess...but...</span><span style="font-size: small;">it only shows that God uses our <a href="http://annacurl.blogspot.kr/2012/03/v.html" target="_blank">vulnerabilities</a> and mistakes allow us to connect with each other in new ways. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
</div>Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-62450808551440299182012-07-04T19:04:00.000+09:002012-07-05T00:40:03.045+09:00Happy 4th of July<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY U.S.A. </span></div>
</div>Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-44268057063388479862012-06-13T23:48:00.000+09:002012-06-14T01:54:00.903+09:00Indonesia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Every three years PC(USA) mission co-workers serving in Asia and the Pacific gather together to visit and learn and worship. Three years ago it was right here at Hannam University, but this year it happened to be in Bali, Indonesia! I know I know, Thomas, Anna, and I are not mission co-workers, but we signed up as Haejung 이모 and Uncle Simon children and...they let us go! It was a great event - I am so glad I got to be a part of it! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Being a YAV, I had only been exposed to one part of World Mission. By attending this gathering I was able to learn more about PC(USA) World Mission as a whole, hear about what God is doing in this part of the world, meet some really great people, experience a quite nice </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">network of support</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">, and remember just how awesome it is that we are part of the <i>huge</i> body of Christ! We also had some fun and of course, ate delicious food! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We started in Seoul and saw typical touristy things and neighborhoods: Gyeongbokgung [Palace], Insadong, Myeongdong, Seoul Tower, Namdemun Market, Itaewon, Nanta [sort of like the show Stomp], and the DMZ. We also ate very well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then we rode the train to Daejeon, and I got to show them where I live and eat and work and shop. <span lang="ko-Hang"> We ate on food street, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="ko-Hang">visited</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="ko-Hang"> Eunhengdong and the bus terminal, took a campus tour with Reverend 최, washed dishes at 새나루, drank hot chocolate and got free soap at Natural Dew [a cute little coffee shop that just closed ㅠㅠ], taekwondoed, shopped at Costco, made bulgogi, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="ko-Hang">checked out the world's largest department store in Busan, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="ko-Hang">worshiped at University Church, had 샤브샤브, </span>celebrated Haejung 이모's birthday with bing su at Deli Roti, enjoyed dinner with a teacher from Korean language school [which ended with an invitation to her wedding-whoop whoop!], and watched The Hunger Games! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After about a week in Korea, we went to Japan and met up with my cousins. We stayed in Osaka and toured around Kyoto, Nara, Kurama</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="ko-Hang">, Hiroshima, and Miyajima. I really enjoy the food [not surprising] and thought noticing the similarities and differences between the country that has been my home for the past [at the time] 8 months and its neighbor was quite fascinating.</span></span><br />
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</div>Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-61681105744112298342012-06-11T23:45:00.000+09:002012-06-11T23:45:44.902+09:00It's been a while...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Okay...actually, drinkable yogurt - sometimes it comes taped to milk jugs, we have it for dessert at work, and the bank gives them out!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This snazzy thing lives in our kitchen. It is a water filter that dispenses both cold and hot water. It is quite convenient, and they can be found everywhere: homes, restaurants, school buildings, community centers, etc...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This year I have watched quite a few TED Talks. TED stands for technology, entertainment, design and "is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading." I have watched talks about everything from education to running to heart disease to </span><span style="font-size: small;">food to introverts to energy</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and even a prank by Improv Everywhere, but I wanted to share with you one by </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="notranslate" id="altHeadline">Brené Brown called <i><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html">The Power of Vulnerability</a>.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think the word <i>vulnerable</i> has always brought to mind an image of Achilles' heel rather than an opportunity to connect and live. I have begun to think of it differently. </span></div>
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<span class="body" style="font-size: small;">"There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can
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<span style="font-size: small;">가위, 바위, 보</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">[g/ka-wi, ba-wi, bo]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">scissors, </span><span style="font-size: small;">rock, paper</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes, it is pretty much the same as rock, paper, scissors in the United States but played much more frequently and a variety of ways [in a big group, with a song, etc...]. </span></div>
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</div>Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-89108945659557154462012-03-25T18:37:00.000+09:002012-03-25T18:37:11.462+09:00T<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last semester Mr. Hong, a University Church member, invited us to his taekwondo 장 to learn some moves while experiencing a part of Korean culture. We started out going every Friday, but around Christmas he asked if we would like to start coming 3 times a week during the next year...OF COURSE! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We were the tallest students in the class, yet started, like everyone does, at the bottom of the totem pole, with white belts:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Since then, we have moved up to green with a blue stripe and have a test in two weeks, where we will hopefully upgrade to blue with a brown stripe. The colors go white, yellow, green, blue, brown, red, and...BLACK!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For each test we usually have to do a form, a few kicks, some fitness activities, and </span><span style="font-size: small;"> break a board</span><span style="font-size: small;">. There are </span><span style="font-size: small;">8 태극 forms which are sort of like choreographed fighting dances and remind me just how bad I am at remembering dances...Maybe it's okay because I really enjoy the kicking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> 기합 </span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">N</span><span style="font-size: small;">icknames continue at</span><span style="font-size: small;"> taekwondo: glasses master, laughing master, </span><span style="font-size: small;">uni, bear & lemur [quite a dynamic duo], </span><span style="font-size: small;">lil mama, lil nugget, Harry Potter, and lady master.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Participating in taekwondo has led to a few enjoyable things outside of class too: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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to a an exhibition at Kyung Hee University [<i>the </i>#1 taekwondo school in Korea] where</span><span style="font-size: small;"> watched an
awesome performance by the students, ate lunch, wandered around the
campus, and then learned a few new tricks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have also created a list of things not to eat before taekwondo: anchovies, kim, dinner with Reverend 최...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Those foods aside, it has been an excellent experience to make new friends, spend time with a few youth group members, and practice 태권도. I am so thankful that Mr. Hong invited us! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At YAV orientation, the leader of my small group gave each of us a note card with this Pablo Picasso quote:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That has definitely been a big part of my year as a YAV. From teaching English to l</span><span style="font-size: small;">earning Korean</span><span style="font-size: small;"> to doing Time for Young Disciples to figuring out my way around to helping at 새나루 to leading Bible study with the hurdle of the language barrier, I am learning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">"Prayer leads you to see new paths and to hear new melodies in the air. Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land. Praying is not simply some necessary compartment in the daily schedule of a Christian or a source of support in time of need, nor is it restricted to Sunday morning or as a frame to surround mealtime. Praying is living."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Coming to Korean I never thought I would eat so much octopus, but it is quite popular!</span><br />
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</div>Anna Curlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284803151650578433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068866362930002981.post-76403865826459049602012-03-18T22:46:00.000+09:002012-04-01T13:52:04.612+09:00N<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The typical Korean name set up is three syllables. The first is family name, usually followed by two given names. I'm for it. Sometimes siblings or even cousins all have the same second or third syllable, in addition to the first. Two of my students are sisters; the older sister's name is 윤미, and the younger sister's name is </span><span style="font-size: small;">윤미</span><span style="font-size: small;">정. Some names can be directly translated to English, and it is more difficult to understand the meanings of others because of their Chinese roots. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thomas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">박믿음 - Park Mid Eum - Faith Park</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">박소망 - Park So Mang - Hope Park</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">name gourds in <a href="http://thomasinkorea.blogspot.com/2012/03/travelling-1-jeonju.html">Jeonju</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I really enjoy knowing people's names and calling them by name, but that isn't the Korean way. It is very impolite to call people older than you by their name unless it is their family name followed by their title. Most of the time though, just their title is used: teacher, director, pastor, elder, </span><span style="font-size: small;">mom</span><span style="font-size: small;">, older sister, </span><span style="font-size: small;">older brother... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This has led me [or really Thomas, Anna, and me] to have descriptive names for people and </span><span style="font-size: small;">occasionally </span><span style="font-size: small;">make up English names for them: the<i> </i>nice lady/Beth, the classy lady, happy camper, smiley guy, kim cutter, spunky/Ellen [because of her resemblance to the character in Mary Poppins], hipster, kitchen lady, nice new teacher, head honcho, Boston hat, Lorelai Gilmore, man teacher, glasses girl, and loud girl...just to name a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Many times I think that my life is quite similar to a game of <a href="http://www.playmadgabonline.com/">Mad Gab</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I feel like I'm playing when I [try to] speak Korean, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">when I am talking with my students, and...when I read signs. While I am trying to figure out what the Korean means, I realize that it sounds more like English:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">and sometimes it's because the English word and the Korean word are almost the same [tomato and internet] and sometimes it's totally random [chicken, style, sky...] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">It also seems like the titles of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">English </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">movies are usually just translated into Hangul [Korean letters] rather than actually translated into Korean. Most of the time it's pretty easy to figure out, but last night I went to see 존카터 with my children's center. Having not seen any previews for quite some time, I didn't realize that <i>jon-ka-teo</i> was actually <i>John Carter </i>until the movie started. I knew it was from the U.S. because the Disney logo, but I never would have guessed the title was a name! Also, it was quite funny when the martians [is that the right word?] were talking toward the beginning and there were both Korean and English subtitles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The English conversation group at Ansan Library started up again. I am excited to get to know the new folks! I also spent some time searching for English books and checked out </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">. Whoop whoop.</span></span><br />
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chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> And over all these virtues put on </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">love</i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">, which binds them all together in perfect unity. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kim is dried laver seaweed, bap is rice, and kimbap is a classic Korean snack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">A </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">jjimjilbang is a Korean public bathhouse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I had my first </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">jjimjilbang</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> experience last month, and it was stellar! I met up with some friends in Seoul, and we decided when in Korea...do as the Koreans do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">We spent the night at the oh so swanky </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dragon Hill Spa near Yongsan Station for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">12,000 </span><span style="font-size: small;">₩</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> [less than $12] each.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> To say that it is <i>just</i> a bathhouse is quite an understatement. It has</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> two restaurants, two snack stands [complete with bing-sus and baked eggs], an arcade, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">a cinema, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">a common room with TVs and tons of people and automatic massage chairs, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">a computer room,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">gym, a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">kiddie play place, a few </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">outdoor pools,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">putting green, and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">sleeping rooms. As far as the spa part goes there is a hair salon, a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">nail salon,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Emperor's Stiz Hip room,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> a facial thread shaving area [yes, like in the Auburn mall]</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">, rooms with their own temperature and ambiance [</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">charcoal kiln room, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">ice room,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> pine tree wood fire sweating room, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">pyramid room, salt room, and a Finnish sauna] </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> and places for facials and massages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Okay so...<i>public </i>bathhouse?? I must say I was rather nervous about that [naked] part when we were waiting in line to get in, but it really was not a big deal...or even awkward at all! The baths range from rather chilly to almost scalding [my favorite] and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">are</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> gender separated, attached to the men's or women's locker rooms. Then, to go into the co-ed area everyone puts on these snazzy green outfits:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That is a question I commonly step back and ask myself. Somehow the answer is always "Yes," yet it always surprises me and fills my heart with joy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">seeing two great friends from Auburn on this side of the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>this</i> being in the international food section</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nepal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">taking pictures of Uncle Simon and Haejung 이모</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Our first task in approaching </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another religion,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Is to take off our shoes </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For the place we are approaching is holy.<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Else we find ourselves treading on another's dream.<br /><br />More serious still, we may forget </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that God was present before our arrival."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">-Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[It's Korea: shoes are left in the entryway of homes, places like the community center </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”</span></div>
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