Friday, April 25, 2014

Technical difficulty....can you help?


I haven't posted for a little while for two reasons---


1.  I can't find my camera battery charger (which also has my other camera battery in it) so my dead camera isn't working and I try to add pictures to every blog post I do.

2.  I had a really kind friend let me log into an account of hers to add a few things to an order she was placing through a company called iherb----SOMEHOW--after logging in and logging off my computer decided to keep her information a
nd made her gmail account the primary account name....


random picture of a drive we took during Cherry Blossom festival time!



AND you can not choose a non gmail account to be the primary account once a gmail account is added to the account...AND you can not change the primary gmail account to another gmail account (for some reason--I have NO IDEA why), so my poor friend is my primary account on my blog...and all my Google stuff... which is NOT good because ALL my Korea pictures/videos are on my google account.

So can anyone of my 5 readers know how to help me out?  I was told to delete my chrome account, but I am afraid I will loose all my pictures and videos.

Help please!!


Thursday, April 3, 2014

Seoul LDS Temple



A few weekends ago we were able to go to the Seoul Temple.

It was awesome.  

Some things about it---
There are bunk houses for people to stay the night in for a small fee because it is the temple for.

I heard once that Korea is the temple for parts of Japan, China, Russia, and many 

There is also a two story small house for kids/people to hang out in while adults go to the temple. It was a little bit of a mad house, but lucky for us we had a really nice Korean lady offer to stay with the kids so we could go.  Koreans are so laid back they have no problem letting their kids run wild in the house alone...us Westerners are a little more protective!


There is a cafeteria in the Temple, but we didn't eat there because I guess they only serve ramen, and real Korean ramen is to spicy for my kids. 

 Other than being able to attend the temple---We met another American family at the temple--who had four kids...See the blonde girl in the picture above---One is Pepper and the other is the daughter of the lady we met.  I kept getting them confused since they both have blond hair and purple coats.  

This is Sedona and their son Lucas.  Her four kids are about the same age as my kids so it was perfect and we are going to go and visit them next week.  We are so excited!!



The landscape is pretty, but don't touch it.  The bushes here are super poky and hurt to touch--but in that area behind the bushes was a small green yard surrounded by tree's.  It is a beautiful area. 


Lucas ran into an old mission friend while there.  The guy recognized Lucas and they were able to talk for a little bit.  Small world in the LDS world.


I thought this old man was interesting looking.  
The whole building was empty except these two guys.  

This is the bus that the church rented to take us to Seoul.  It was almost full and on the way home they pulled out the microphone and did a testimony meeting.  EVERYONE spoke, including me.




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So I went to the Church's Official Website and looked up some facts.

Like this temple is the 1st temple built on Mainland Asia.

IN 1955 Korea was open for missionary work.

The 1st institute building out side of North America was built where the Korean Temple is now built.

Koreans are awesome family historians and one Korean even has 'records' dating back to AD 927!!

The Korean people helped raise money to build a temple and they were able to enlarge it from the original plans because the Koreans had donated so much money.



Singing Rooms -- Nori Bongs



In America going to a Karaoke bar can be scary.  Getting up in front of a group of strangers and singing your heart out.

Korea has got this figured out!  In Korea you rent a room by the hour and you and your friends can go to sing.  Don't want to listen to some person sing/scream a horrible version of "I will always love you"--you don't have too...

You get your own private room with a few microphones, a large screen TV, some couches, and a coffee table.  You can bring in drinks or food, but you can also order from them (some places you are required to buy something).  Most places bring you a few drinks (water and pop) for free and maybe a few bowls of popcorn or something.

They do have CCTV's in each room so they aren't used as a 'Love room"--
My friend one time walked into the wrong room and two people were slow dancing--CUTE!

It is really fun and I have enjoyed it when I have gone.  I have gone with my work and another time with foreigner friends.

I love it and would go back again and again.

Sorry no pictures---I will try to go back and find some!!