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Rain and Terrorist Threat

Sorry, I haven’t written here in a while, but not much has been happening. The flowers are now in full bloom and the trees are greening up wonderfully. What kind of flowers? Hmm, can’t really say ‘cuz I’m not much of a flower person; there are red, purple, white and yellow flowers. Does that help? I’ll post some pictures on the main site soon so you can see for yourself.

During my last period class today we were struck with a hugh lightning and rain storm, a real downpour, the first torrent of spring. Rainy seasons begins in late June, I’m told, and continues through August, so the heavy shower today is just a forerunner of what’s to come.

Just read {{link http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2004/04/22/431331-ap.html online}} that a shadowy organization called the “Yello-Red Overseas Organization” is targeting U.S. allies, including S. Korea. Don’t know how much stock to place in this but I suppose any threat should be taken seriously.

I started going back to taekwando classes last night after sitting out almost a month with a soccer injury, a pulled upper leg muscle AND a knee injury–a double whammy. No more soccer for me. I was afraid that all the {{link http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/eng/ kicking and exercising}} that I do in tkw. would lead to a reinjury, but, despite a little soreness, everthing seems ok. More later.

Cherry Blossoms on Easter Sunday

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It was a beautiful day in Andong. The cherry blossoms are in bloom, but the petals are rapidly falling from the trees and in a few days there will be none left, I suspect. I went walking around town today and captured a few scenes. Check out the home page for links to more photos.

Opening Day and Korean Holidays

Opening Day of baseball season today. I was able to enjoy watching the Red Sox lose to Baltimore, but it should be a heated battle, to say the least, between Yanks and Sox all summer. The game was shown live here at 9am. Wow, how come I wasn’t in school teaching, you ask? Well, April 5th in Korea is Arbor Day, one of many {{link http://www.asia-pacific-connections.com/korean_holidays.html national holidays}} throughout the year. Plus, rumor has it that there are going to be no classes on Thursday due to a “sports day.” There was one of these last semester–most of my students were off playing sports around campus and the ones who were in class didn’t want to be there. Since most of their friends were out playing, I ended up cancelling a few classes. This year, though, it sounds like it may be an official day off. I hope to find out more tomorrow.