For everyone that didn't have wed-fri off, it was still a four day weekend as Children's Day and Buddha's birthday fell on Mon and Tues respectively. Being a Moonkkanger I had work but I did manage to get out to the arboretum and relax a bit.
I was happy to see so many kids didn't come on those days though. The weather was great and many of them took to travelling around Korea with their parents. Children's day is a largely state created red day, but the kids still love it.
Buddha's birthday is important to Korean Buddhists but since it is not a uniform holiday (Christians all celebrate Christ's birth on Dec 25th, regardless of the fact that that was probably not his actual birthday) and Buddha has numerous birthdays in various buddhist countries. Still, the temples were all decked out and a few kids went to go see them (though far more students were in school Tuesday than were on Monday.
Finally, this song seems appropriate for the occasion.
Anyway, I don't have another long weekend til June, which is too bad as the weather is great.
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