Well, congrats. For those of you who've been actually reading this thing, you've reached the milestone of 100 pages of time well wasted.
For those of you looking here for cultural differences, I have two reasons why the number 100 is quite important to Koreans.
The number 100 is actually written as 백 pronounced "Bek"
At the beginning of Korea's rise to dominance, a definite lack of health care was a continuing struggle. If you were lucky enough to have a child, great. However, many children died not long after birth, for a number of reasons. If your child lived for 100 days, then it was considered a blessing, and so a large party was thrown to celebrate that milestone. Today, these parties are still held - compare it to a baby shower; only in Korea, its held after the baby's born.
The other significant number involves dating couples; when a couple has been dating for 100 days, its expected of the male to make a special note of the occasion. However, nowadays, this is becoming a less and less important occasion as Korean dating styles become more similar to Western styles - of many relationships before you finally settle on that "perfect" someone...
Onto less accomplished news....
Last week, a few friends of mine and I went on a trip to a southern province to see some cherry blossom's in bloom, and to climb up a rather strange looking mountain.....any guesses which animal this rock looks like?

Now, my Korean friends told me that it was the tail of the Elephant that your looking at (from this angle) - I didn't like that- I didn't appreciate staring for a while at an elephant's ass....I like it better my way. The weather was beautiful spring weather for Korea, and my favourite season of the year was making me feel all fresh and clean. I love this time of year. Too bad that in less than a week, all of the cherry blossoms will fall off, and make fresh "snow" on the ground - too bad. As for right now, I'm enjoying the sweet smell of blossoms each time I walk past the trees....
take care all, and God bless,
me