Hahahaha this is one of the first things I ever posted on Tumblr. Shout out to all the girls of Covington, except you Ashley White.
The Sun Unleashed
Explanation: On June 7, the Sun unleashed only a medium sized solar flare as rotation carried active regions of sunpots toward the solar limb. But that flare was followed by an astounding gush of magnetized plasma seen erupting at the Sun’s edge in this extreme ultraviolet image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Spectacular movies of the event follow the darker, cooler plasma over a period of hours as it rains down across a broad area of the Sun’s surface, arcing along otherwise invisible magnetic field lines. An associated coronal mass ejection, a massive cloud of high energy particles, was blasted in the general direction of the Earth and may have already triggered auroral activity after a glancing blow to Earth’s magnetosphere.
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“Smoke bombs explode near a South Korean army K-1 tank during a South Korea and U.S. joint military exercise against possible North Korean attacks in Paju, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.”
Mandu. Korean food. Yum.
Last weekend (June 4th - 6th) was a national holiday in Korea (yay!), Memorial day! It’s their version of May 2 - 4. We got the Monday off school, so Jenna and I decided to head to Jeju island with our friends Jenna and Julia. Jeju is often described as the Korean Hawaii. I’m not sure if it’s on quite the same level as Hawaii, but it was beautiful! It’s an island off the southern coast of South Korea (still part of SoKo) and is almost as far south as you can go while still being in Korea.
We went with a tour group and I really think it was a good choice. Other than the sleeping situation (mats on the floor, okay then), it was worth it. We saw a ton of stuff over the course of three days and didn’t have to worry about food or transportation and met some awesome people. We walked a fair bit over the weekend, which was lovely. We saw a number of beautiful areas on Jeju and the surrounding islands. We got really lucky with the weather, and it only rained right before we left on Monday. We went on safari in a green tea farm (in a golf cart!), rode a ferry to Udo island, rode horses, visited gorgeous botanical gardens, saw Jeongbang waterfall (a fresh water waterfall that falls directly into the ocean), trekked around two other small islands, spent an amazing afternoon on the beach, visited love land and climbed a volcanic crater (Sunrise peak).
The hike up the crater was an interesting one. It was only an hour hike, round trip, but did provide a stunning view of the ocean surrounding and the two flat islands that are the most southern point in South Korea. The morning before we left Julia mentioned that we were going to a waterfall and it was beautiful so we should look cute for pictures. I didn’t really think about the rest of the day and threw on a sundress and birks. Whoops. The hike up the crater, in sandals, however supportive they might be, was interesting. I only slipped twice which is pretty good, considering. The dress made those falls…interesting. I managed to make it through and no one saw my bum (seriously, hiking in a dress?), but had incredibly dirty feet by the end. All four of us were wearing birks (crazy Canadians) but I was the only one who did it in a dress. Well done, Meredith.
Before we left the island (and just as the rain came in) we headed to Love Land. If you’re really curious, you can look it up online (not at work or with someone who is easily offended) to find out exactly what it is. It was such an odd experience, because Korean culture is so conservative and against showing your COLLAR bone in public. So being in the park was really odd. Seeing Ajummas (Korean grandmothers) there made me even more uncomfortable. It was an experience though, and good for a laugh.
This past week has been a blur of lesson planning and prepping for the open class I had on Thursday and the one I have Monday. Open classes are for parents/other teachers/the VP and Principal to watch you teach a class and grade you. A little nerve racking but Kate and I aced it on Thursday and I hope Rose and I will tomorrow as well. This weekend was one to relax, attempt to catch up on sleep, organize the disaster that my apartment was and skype some people I love. Here’s to another great week!
Xoxo.
Now,this is funny!
Korean variety show called Family Outing with Kim Hyun Joong as the guest family member with Seungri of Big Bang as one of the family members.
It’s really entertaining how the family members compare Seungri with Kim Hyun Joong.
Just watch the succeeding parts on YouTube.
Here’s the next episode where Kim Hyun Joong is still the guest family member.
