Korean Folk Village

On Saturday I went to a traditional Korean folk village sponsored by the chapel here on post. It was really cool to see the lifestyle and the way that Koreans lived.

A view of part of the park from a hilltop.

This was over the path leading up to the sculpture park.

One of many sculptures. Things like this are huge in Korea. You see them and places to buy statues everywhere as you are driving.

Pots to store Kimchi in. Kimchi is a sort of steam cabbage that is served with almost every meal. These pots where everywhere.

 

Masks are also very popular in Korea.

These pavilions were extremely ornate.

  Close up of the pavilion.

Look Laura, It was hosta land here too.

Can any one guess what this plant is?

Here's the answer . . .

Yes indeed. They were growing hemp here.

And here is another short video I put together of what I filmed in the park.

 

Have a great day. Andy

The Moment You've All Been Waiting For

Here it is. The video that gave me so much trouble. It would have been sooner but due to some laziness on my part and some other circumstances (see previous post) it has taken longer then I thought. And Laura, sorry there is no Michael Scott or Dwight Shrute tag team. Hope it works. Enjoy. And as always, Have a great day. Andy

Hello

Once again it has been almost a week since I posted last. I'm sorry. I have been working a ton lately. Last weekend we had a gunnery which is were the pilots fly down to a range and shoot some rockets and their 30mm cannon for practice. So most of the company went out to the field but I was one of those that got to stay back. Because of that I would go into the shop around noon and we would fix anything that was broken when a helicopter came back. Often I wouldn't get back in my room till 10-11:00 at night. But it wasn't to bad, and I learned some good stuff.

I have to say thank you first of all to my wonderful family over at just another day in paradise and terri and her talk for a wonderful package I received in the mail. Lots of things to keep me entertained. Thank you very much.

  

I also have to say thank you to whoever sent me this

I am assuming it was someone who reads my blog because it came from Washington and I don't know anyone from Washington personally. So whoever it was thank you very much. It looks like a really good book. I can't wait to read it.

Have a great day. Andy

Army of the One

This is a picture of a t-shirt I ordered online that just arrived to day. I thought it was awesome. It is signed by Matt Hughes who fights in the UFC and is one of my favorite fighters.

Here is the back of the shirt. The verse is 1st Timothy 1:13,15-16 and is Matt's favorite verse.

In other news there really isn't a whole lot going on over here. I haven't done anything but work relax so I don't have much to say.

I got some more videos of apaches and jets that I am working on editing together but it takes some motivation to do and often I don't have that. But I'm trying. Other then that. 

Have a great day. Andy

Sorry Ma, I Joined the Infantry

A few weeks ago I had to go over to Camp Humphrey's to CIF or Central Issue Facility. This is where I get most of my equipment issued to me. Stuff like my body armor, helmet, knee and elbow protectors, entrenching tool, rucksack, etc. You get the idea. We had to put it all in our rucksack and another big bag and take it all on the bus back to Camp Eagle.

To get to the bus stop we had to carry the two bags up a hill to the bus stop. I think they did it like that on purpose. The two bags loaded with equipment weighed about a ton and I thought that my shoulders were going to tear off trying to get up the hill. It was not very fun.

Here is some of my equipment. That is mostly the main items. I have a lot of other little pouches that all get hooked onto the body armor. I also have several cold weather items, and two sleeping bags. All in all I really felt like I had joined the infantry.

Have a great day. Andy