It was a nice weekend and a good time to travel. So we did. I really just want everyone to see a picture of my first fire in Korea. It works the same here, but we have the added luxury of bamboo. (it burns like paper but for a good 5-7 minutes) Four of us took the bus to a port on the southwest corner of Korea. We caught a ferry to an island the size of Messiah College. Nothing can speak to the joy of a fire in Korea on a near vacant island on a brisk and quiet Saturday night. The weeks continue to give me just enough exhaustion to recover from in two days. So fires are all the more in order, whether in my apartment or out. I find scent to be quite rejuvenating. I hope all is well with everyone. Enjoy the spring.

It is spring. As you can see the cherry blossom trees are in blossom. Its a wonderful thing to have weekends to go outside. Weekdays have been a long and tiresome with classes till 7:20 every day now. I feel much more prone to dancing...to shake off the stress of a day. And thus much of this weekend has been that...a birthday party and soccer dances. For me about 10 kids in every class is about as much as I can take. There's a lot to manage both in and out of class. Other stress relievers have been doing the dishes, folding clothes and watching Jackie Chan in Drunken Master.

It is a difficult time but a worthy challenge at this point in my life...to remain present in each moment and not let my attachment to class efficiency or well behaved classes get the best of me, and create a dependency on the future ie weekends, night. And kids have a great a ability to bring you back to where you are and enjoy the present moment. Even when they're throwing up on the floor or slamming their heads into walls.

I miss my kids from last year. Don't get to see too much of them as they are on the 4th floor and I am up on the 5th. At least Joy is their teacher, so she keeps me up to date on their recent sayings and activities.

The weather has been very nice. And the rain has been coming back slowly. I truly enjoy rainy days in Korea. Ill be traveling more soon hopefully. So hopefully I remember my camera and get some pictures. Ill just say Im sorry for those places I have missed recently by forgetting my camera. But enjoy the views of spring at the resevoir. And I leave you with this reminder of my face for those forgetting.