I apologize for the severe lack of updates lately. Though this blog hasn't been active, I assure you that I have been far from it. Lots of things have happened since December when I last posted. January was the new year and my winter break came and went.
February came and at the end of the month, I decided to invest in a DSLR camera, something I've always wanted to get into, but didn't expect to get into it so soon. But it happened since my previous Canon camera went kaput thanks to some battery acid leaking. It's been a great investment and has been a great avenue for my creativity lately.
I went to a teacher's conference in early March and picked up a few things that I'm using in my class. Below is my favorite shot from there with the bike rack. Some people in the community invited me to a biweekly chess meet up and I obliged since it is one of my favorite games to play in the last couple of years.
At the end of March was a sea parting festival. In Jindo, there is this body of water that gets so low during low tide that there is a land bridge you can cross to get to other islands by foot. People can do that or harvest seaweed that collects near the shore to dry and eat. I got to eat fresh octopus which was an interesting cultural experience.
At the beginning of April, cherry blossom trees (one of my favorites next to the jacaranda tree) started to bloom. They're a little more white than what I remember seeing in Japan which have this beautiful vibrant pink color. I see some of those pink cherry blossoms around, but the ones I've seen have been mostly whitish-pink. That meant cherry blossom festivals. I caught this fantastic drum group roaming the city.
Since winter is over and it's slowly getting warmer, night markets are starting to sprout up. I got to see this really cool artist at work that took glass and acrylic paint and, using his finger, created these awesome landscape portraits.
A few weeks ago I was asked to help a local band Malarkey (x) to play bass guitar and even help them record. I've had some experience singing, writing, and recording songs so it feels pretty nice to exercise that muscle again. In fact, this was such a cool experience that I have an idea to take my kids out here for a school field trip. That would be an awesome experience for them I think.
Finally, last week. the high schoolers went camping at some repurposed school to act as a lodging site. So we all had a camping trip there. I had recently bought a few new camera accessories including a shutter release control. With that newfound power, I went and took advantage of the clear skies and shot the stars for a few hours and came up with this.
So, that's been my life in Korea in a nutshell for the last four months. Now that I have a new camera, I hope to update this as much as possible. Well, maybe in a month or two since I'll be bogged down with preparation of a school spring concert then my summer trip to Europe.
Until then, check you later!
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