Cora wears her hanbok!

This past Thursday, during elementary spirit week, Cora donned a traditional Korean dress (called a hanbok - pronounced han-bo) for the day. Many elementary girls were decked out in these colourful dresses, which are ornately embroidered and feature bright and beautiful fabrics.

More from Village of Peace...

Last weekend we spent the afternoon back at Village of Peace Orphanage. In these photos Hannah and her friend Becca (from Idaho) are pictured with one of our favourite little girls, Ka-Un. What an incredible smile she has! She brightens up our day whenever we are blessed to be able to go to Village of Peace, and last weekend was no exception.

Humorous tidbits...

We have to laugh sometimes at the English versions of signs in our neighbourhood. Here are two examples, one from the sign at an eyeglass store just down the street, and another from a bag of bread puchased from a neighbourhood store. The third photo is of a marketing ploy by a local pork restaurant. We find the giant pig to be quite humorous!

Neighbourhood street food...

Here are some shots of street food in our neighbourhood... fish waffles filled with a sweet red bean paste, deep-fried shrimp and vegetable patties, kim bab (rice, egg, ham and radish rolled in seaweed wrappers, kind of like California rolls). Very yummy.

Krispy Kreme has arrived...

Yes, we have succumbed to the marketing of Krispy Kreme doughnuts! A big new franchise just opened in Taejon (the first of its kind here in our city) and many TCIS staff members and students have been spotted carrying the white and green boxes around campus. Last Friday my newspaper crew decided to use their investigative abilities as journalists to visit the outlet and ensure the doughnuts were worthy of the Krispy Kreme name. We think it's safe to report to the rest of the community that, yes, these are legit doughnuts in the Krispy Kreme style!