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New Camera?

My old Canon PowerShot G3 held almost 7 years. Then it finally broke after so many thousand pictures. I'm still very happy about this camera even though it was so old. It had many features that are missing in other cameras of the same class.

Julia

Julia Ji-hye Mendelson
1983.5.29 - 2008.5.31

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Want to Learn Ceramics in Korea

If you are looking for something a little different to do in Korea, maybe you might be interested in learning Ceramics. I am currently teaching wheel-based (pottery) ceramics to english speakers during the weekends in the Hong-Ik area. Seating is limited so please contact me if you are interested: Joseph Lee - joe@clayative.net - 010.4704.8350

IKAA Gathering 2007

The IKAA Gathering 2007 took place from July 31, 2007 until August 5, 2007. I uploaded my pictures to the PhotoGallery on this site. If you'd like to upload your pictures, too, please send them to daewon.wenger@gmail.com

Photo-Gallery updated

After a long hibernating period I decided to update my pictures in the Photo-Gallery. Please enjoy and leave some comments...

Update

I was busy this month with travelling around. I flew to Europe, visited Paris during the IKAA LSM and managed also to do a day of sightseeing. Visited the ones I really had to, unfortunately didn't have enough time to visit all other friends and others in Switzerland (sorry Heeji, WonWook, M.A. & Baby, C.N., TdH in Lausanne etc. etc.).

Trip to Europe

Once again I'm preparing my trip to Europe. This time I'll be visiting Switzerland, France and Germany. Of course one part will be to visit my parents in Switzerland. But there are other parts where I'll be joining the planning committee of the upcoming IKAA Gathering 2007 in Paris.

Happy New (Lunar) Year

I wish you all a happy new (lunar) year. Korea is preparing the lunar new year and so are we. This time we have a special Seolnal Party at Koroot planned. It's going to be an interesting event, especially for those who have never been to a Seolnal event. Of course those who have found their birthfamilies won't probably be able to participate.

Korean Adoptee Community, Seoul

The Korean Adoptee Community here in Seoul has constantly changed since I came to Korea. Back in 2003 there were some groups, mostly Americans and Europeans who tended to hang out separately. After the Gathering 2004 many adoptees decided to stay longer and during fall/winter that year we had a development into one large group of adoptees.

Grief

For the mother I never had. Even though I have two. Isn't that ironic? Grief is hard work. It hurts. And it's there all your life. Most of the time it's all good, sometimes it's overwhelming. Everytime it comes your way you cuddle, you cry, you feel sad. A part of my life in solitude. Just a part.