camping

I went to the students’ voluntary service for rural communities during the summer vacation when I was in university. I helped farmers to work out in the fields and weed a rice paddy for three days. When my friend and I were working in a rice field, we got some problem with leeches. And the fierce sunshine tortured us. But we were having fun with working in a rural community, which we never had done before. And at night, we could see many stars in the sky, and we were having fun with a campfire. And we could talk to each other a lot, because the cell phone was not working so we had to spend our time with friends. It was a really good experience, because usually we spent our time with computer, MP3 player or sell phone. It made us closer than at any other moment. I recommend it for friendship.

holiday

In Korea, we celebrate the New Years Day; it is called ‘Sul’. Actually we have two New Years Days. One is according to the solar calendar system, and another is according to the lunar calendar system. Sul is the second one according to lunar calendar system. We can take three days off. During the Sul we usually visit our relatives and eat many delicious foods. The most important food that we have to eat is rice cake soup. A bowl soup means one year that we are getting new. And we play some traditional games. It helps the family reunion.