seokmo-do

4th October 2009:

During the Chuseok(Korean thanksgiving festival) holidays we made a short trip to an island called Seokmo do,a tiny island within a 10 minute ferry ride from Ganghwa island which is reachable from downtown Seoul in an hour's time by car via the Ganghwa bridge.The island boasts of beautiful scenery,the Bomunsa temple and breathtaking sunset views.

on the way to the Wephoree ferry terminal

the ten minute long ferry ride..don't miss the seagulls flying about and snatching the snacks offered by people

N simply refused to go out to see the seagulls

a view of the island from our pension house

at the Bomunsa temple

sights at seokmo do

a view of the sea




dad and son relax

the pension house we stayed in

enjoying some barbecued meat!

lady selling grains and fresh vegetables

spectacular sunset shots at minmoru beach

it was a good chuseok weekend!

42 months

1st october 2009:



happy three and a half years N!time just flies with a kid around!with each passing day i realise what a treasure i have at hand...inspite of all the hiccups a parent has to endure through this amazing journey with a child...it's all worth it!


KJ and N...the other day he told me that it was just a tiff(and that's why he said Ebony was his new babe)...KJ is his forever girl!


the other day,N bought this bike with his pocket money(oh yes,that has started!)...later in the day we had this convo:
N:"my girl and i will ride this bike"
Me:"who?"
N:"my girl KJ will sit here(the pillion seat) and i'll sit here(the rider's seat)"
Me:"last week you said Ebony is your girl"
N:"no...it's KJ"
Me:"where will you go?"
N:"to the market"
Me:"what will you buy?"
N:"i'll buy toys for KJ because she doesn't have many toys"


every wednesday we get together with other indian kids and do some fun activity(sometimes it's serious studying coupled with play)...to end the activity all the kids take turns to sing songs or recite poems etc...N usually tends to shy away when it's his turn to sing in the group but of late he's been opening up a bit!he's been going up to sing/recite...and yesterday his voice was kind of heard!he says he'll be louder next time around!



yummy kimbap making session at school....that's N's BFF Junu

couldn't locate N's kimbap pic...


the other day i got a big shock in the morning...N called out to me "ya sekkiya!" with a big grin on his face...sekkiya is a korean slang word which literally translates to "son of a bitch" but it's not really easy to translate this particular word in exact terms as it can mean so much more depending on the context!
anyways i asked him where he heard that word(without displaying any signs of amazement or anger)...and he said that some of his friends at school use it to call each other...oh well,this is bound to happen...i'm just wondering if it's happening a little too soon!

(and of course i asked him not to use it on me ever again!)


indian boys!cool huh!!!there's this korean pop song called "indian boy" by mc mong which is quite popular these days...N and his friends at school had a good time dancing to it!

happy 42 months lil' guy!enjoy life!