Comments from Phillip and Sean

Today's blog is written by Phillip and Sean. Sean is a student from Seoul who is thirteen years old. Phillip Lunn has come to Korea with me. He is going into his sophomore year at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago.

Phllip has noticed that Seoul is a cleaner than Chicago. People seem friendly. People in Korea seem to eat much healthier. There are lots of vegetables. Sean says his favorite food is kimchi. He told us that Thanksgiving in Korea is in the fall. During Thanksgiving people eat songpyawn which is made from rice meal, honey, water, and sometimes beans. It is delicious. The Korean word for delicious is masheda. We get together with family for tradition. Thanksgiving is a holiday with no school and on the road there are many cars. Many people are traveling to see their family which includes aunts, uncles and grandfathers. In respect for the elders according to Sean, it is courtesy to bow 45 degrees and to say anyonghaseo. After Sean ate everyone socialized.


In America Thanksgiving Tradition is very important and different than in Korea. People eat vast amounts of food including turkey, stuffing and apple pie. Afterwards people lounge about watching football games and soon fall into a deep sleep.