Archive | June, 2004

Dano and a day off

22. June 2004

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Today is officially Dano, and I, along with most elementary and middle school students, had the day off. It was a lazy day spent at the Folklore Festival. There were SO many people there! Out of the 6 or 7 times I’ve been there, this was the most people I’ve seen. It was such a [...]

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Pictures from Kate’s Party

21. June 2004

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Kate’s good-by party was Saturday, and here’s are pictures from that night.  She’ll be flying out Saturday morning, June 26th, to Thailand.  Click on the picture below to view the album.

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Folklore Festival - Opening Day

13. June 2004

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I’ll have to say this, I was really impressed by the Folklore Festival. I wasn’t sure how "international" it would be, but the event was really enjoyable. You could easily find a volunteer that spoke English, and P.A. announcements were made in English, Chinese, and Japanese, as well as Korean. I was there at 10am [...]

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Preview of the Danoe festivities

10. June 2004

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I wanted to go see the grounds for the Folklore Festival before it opens tomorrow, so Ras and I scooted along the river from downtown. I was a little disappointed to learn that this year, the Danoee Festival would be held all the way out in Ponam-dong, along the river behind Emart. I had looked [...]

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Yang Yang River Par-tay

5. June 2004

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On Friday, Kiran, Kate, GLYN, and I took a bus to Yang Yang, because Kiran emailed some people earlier in the day that there would be a "river party" as he called it. In his informational email, he is quoted as saying, There’ll be a fire (True)and hiking (stumbling) through the bush drunk (True, stumbling [...]

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