Teacher's Day =)

So in May, Korea has Children's Day (5th), Parents' Day (8th - they don't have each parents' day separated like us), Teacher's Day (15th) and I think there's a Black Day or something too for single people.  Needless to say, a crap load of celebrations.  On Teacher's Day, students bring letters, flowers, gifts and even cake for their teachers.  I was very sad when I didn't receive any cake, being the fatty that I am, but no teachers at my school did either.  I wasn't sure why this was, until my co-teacher informed me today, that our VP announced in a meeting, for homeroom teachers to not allow (more like discourage) students to bring gifts for teachers.  Apparently only letters were allowed.

Dobongsan

Koreans LOVE to hike.  My co-teacher pretty much goes hiking every weekend.  All the ahjummas and ahjusshis are always decked out in their hiking gear on the subways, streets, restaurants, you name it.  Since living in Korea, I've always wanted to try hiking, but I was always a little nervous.  Also, I didn't always have time and the weather wasn't really on our side until recently.  Since Michelle is here visiting with Sabrina, we thought what better time to go hiking.  I could show them a little bit of Korean culture and check an item of the list.