Comments on: Sollal: Chaesa, Saybay, and Yootnori: My First Lunar New Year in a Korean Family

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:45:15 +0000

Thank you, Sewing, and good to see you commenting again!

By: Sewing

Sewing — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:59:01 +0000

Nathan:

사진을 보면, 네가 절을 잘 했다!

(Judging by the pix, you bowed well!)

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:48:11 +0000

That’s quite odd…on occassion my website doesn’t like it when I type in 한글. Better go and fix such things.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:50:54 +0000

Thanks for your kind words, Wyatt. I’m glad you liked this post. By the way, may I direct you to the preceding commenter and “new” blogger, Sumiyoshi Pilgrim? He also did say-bay, so that makes three of us, now . He is, by the way, a veteran blogger whom you and I have both read in the past. By the way, I tried to leave a comment on your post about your own sollal holiday, but it said “no such page exists.”

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:50:22 +0000

Well done Nathan! This post was extremely well-written and through, much more than can be said for the stream of conciousness nonsense that I composed about the same holiday. Futhermore, kudos to your wife for being able to take pictures that I was too afraid to even ask about taking (it seemed kind of like a private affair…like praying). Also I am happy to learn that I was not the only person over the age of 13 to recieve money for doing 새배. Once more, great post!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:35:26 +0000

Thank you for your kind words, Ploufe. I’m sure if you will come here if you want to.

Sumiyosipilgrim, thank you for your link and your comment–I’m delighted! As far as the holiday went, actually, there was quite a bit of TV watching and sleeping with the in-laws (we were there for three days), in addition to all the more interesting stuff that I blogged about. Yes, my in-laws are Buddhists. Chae Young is a nominal Buddhist. How about your inlaws? If they are Buddhist, maybe you can attend a chaesa ceremony at a relative’s house in the next year. As you likely know, chaesa ceremonies are done in some families several times a year, not only at Choosuck and Sollal.

By: sumiyoshipilgrim

sumiyoshipilgrim — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:03:25 +0000

Sounds like a great holiday with the in-laws. In a way it makes me wish mine were a little more traditional sometimes. My holiday was pretty laid back: movies, talking, and eating. Still though, a pretty good time. I would really like to see the ceremony from beginning to end. Are you in-laws Buddhists?

By: Plouffe

Plouffe — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:02:59 +0000

always thought your blog was an interesting read. I find all this korean culture all soo fascinating!!! Lucky guy !!! Hopefully i get to experience the culture first hand sometime down the line. I have no plans to teach english in korea but hopefully i get to go there in a few years.