Found! Art store found! After trying to talk with the Jeonju English help line people, another art teacher who lives in Jeonju, searching the web in Korean and English, and getting no information about the location of an art store, I said, “F-it, I am going to find one on my own.” See, it’s possible [...]
As the ol’ saying goes, “another day, another temple”. Geumsansa [Gum-sahn-sah], one of the larger and more known temples in the Jeollabukdo Province, is about 45 kilometers east of Buan (I know this means nothing to those not in Korea. One of these days I will add a map). In other words, it’s a doable [...]
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The Temple Tour went into OT today. Gaeamsa [Gay-ahm-sa] was the one temple, located less than 20 kilometers southeast of Buan. I removed the month of dust off the seat, pumped the tires to 35psi, and took off for Gaeamsa. It wasn’t a beautiful day. It was overcast and the air was damp. (Yep, I [...]
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I found these icons the other day on JeonjuHub.com done by designer, Liu Young. She was born in China and raised in Germany. Some argue these are China meets Germany icons. I don’t know, I guess they could be. They’re stereotypes anyway and simplifications of diverse groups. I thought they were clever and interesting. They [...]
Getting bored with my camera , I gave it a makeover. If you own a Canon Rebel Xti/400 camera and would like to give it a similar makeover visit my instructional tutorial at eHow (will be posted soon). Pictures, parts sheets and pictures are also provided. *Warning: You must love the thrill of risk (of [...]
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It’s bricante season in France. I guess you could say its when France cleans out its closets. Townspeople get together and have a huge sale. I can’t say if its all over France but at least in the northern part, there were bricantes going on each weekend. (There’s a regional guide book for this.) This [...]
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