say hay boke-mahn he pah du say oh or Happy Lunar New Year. We are now entering the year of the fire dog and Alwyn and I, being born in the year of the metal monkey, are now 27, Korean age. This weekend saw folks from asian countries like China, Japan, Vietnam and of course Korea celebrate the lunar, or "chinese", new year. In Korea the holiday is known as Seol-nal and is a big family holiday. Its a very important day on the Korean calender, but for us foreigners it meant a nice long weekend of doing pretty much bugger all - which I think was very much needed.

For more info on the holiday you can check out http://www.clickasia.co.kr/about/h0101.htm, there is also some info on Wikipedia.

For those interested in their sign on the Chinese zodiac click here.

Friday saw the kindy kids at work get dressed up in there Han bok for New year celebrations. The day was very similar to the Chusok special day we had last spring. Australia day was also a fun little day. We spread the Aussie spirit around school by handing out aussie flags to the kids and I wore my green and gold windcheater that I bought especially for Australia day while we were in Bangkok and Alwyn wore here pink "AUSTRALIA" windcheater (thanks Aunty Norma).

Below are some photos of us sharing the aussie spririt with the children of Korea, thats it for now - back to work tomorrow.