May 25, 2013

  • weekend

    Did a templestay. Got to meet some of the newer gen talks. I feel old. :P . Anyway. We got there saturday, ate bibimbap, had a hike up a mountain (with some meditation), had kimchi, veggies, rice and japchae for dinner. And then, we uhhhh went for some buddha prayer and then made a beaded necklace. U had a choiceto do the chants with buddha or just sit in the back. I mean, i cant even say the korean right so whatever. (Option for people of other religions). With the beaded necklace we had the choice to do a bow with each bead we put on. It was like 108 bows. :P .

    Then, we wrote wishes on paper lanterns and had some snacks. And went to bed. Had to get up at 4am -_-;;~

    So, we just woke up, did a morning prayer at the same temple, morning meditation, and a breakfast ceremony thing and tea with a monk.

    I swear i fell asleep 4 times cuz i was so effing tired. I was trying to hide behind kayla so nobody would see me but im pretty obvious.

    Thennn we mad pottery at a place and had lunch.. 닭볶음탕 (spicy chicken stew) and went to volunteer at an orphanage with kids.

    Kids didn't wanna be my partner lol. I thinkthey said i was ugly or something.
    Anyway, i got paired with this 17 year old (korean age) little person. She's pretty kewl. We all went on a scavenger hunt to find papers with english on them. The kids had to then explain what was on the card to the other teachers and if the teacher got it right, the kid got a prize.

    I wanna visit that orphanage again. It was a pretty new building too.

    Now kayla and i are on our way to daejeon to drink and club :P