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May 23, 2005

Increasingly positive feedback from local people

Well,well the 42nd day of our occupation rolls on and 7days after our eviction notice we still go from strength to strength.

Whereas during the last few weeks we have felt our eviction or a culmination of aggression towards us to be eminent, we now feel the situation is relaxing. And our outreach to the local community is rewarded with growing positive feed back. In the baking heat of today locals gave us edible gifts and drinks in appreciation of our work.


It is interesting to see the lack of knowledge regarding whales
and whaling in Korean waters and to observe how quickly an
awareness of the critical situation can be evoked by passing on
information. Comments like we all need to protect these
magnificent gentle giants for our children to witness too,are
a very satisfying response and give us all a lot of hope.

Yet another culinary delight has been created here. A mind dazzling dish of incredibly hot°n spicy tofu covered with a golden crust of caramelized sugar combined the characteristics of what one
could believe to be the favored food in both heaven and hell.
So here goes the recipe of this delicious dish named "the jangsaenpo
donkey kick cajun fever dillusions":
- heat up way too much chili powder and black pepper in oil
- fry striped tofu in the mixture for too long
- pour small piles of brown sugar over the crispy contents of
the pan
- cover in a generous cloud of cinnamon
-keep frying
-me say keep it frying mon aaaaiiiighht!
enjoy,

also we would like thank everyone who helped support the record breaking cyber action,its probably one of the main reasons why we are still here in one piece!

check out http://whales.greenpeace.org for the cyber march as another way to continue the pressure to stop the resumption of commercial whaling. As japan government will to overthrow the current moratorium at the I.W.C(International whaling commission) meeting which is here in ulsan next month.

The Japanese government has been playing dirty and sending aid to
landlocked third world country's in exchange for their pro whaling votes at the I.W.C


Jan and Raoni

Posted by at May 23, 2005 02:40 AM

Comments


Spending another weekend with you all at the Whale Embassy has been amazing and I want to express to you all my gratitute for your success in Ulsan. The dome was so busy with curious locals and all the activist worked so hard all day with what seemed to be unending energy.
As I was leaving Ulsan to head back to Seoul I went for a walk through the fish markets and saw many platters of whale meat. It really opened my eyes to the importance of change in the local community.
Keep up the great work -- see you next weekend!!

Posted by: karen at May 23, 2005 07:04 AM

Kia Ora to all at the embassy, Glad to hear you are still in one piece and one place, keep up the efforts and the recipes. As ever you are in our thoughts and we hope that you have a few more weeks at least doing your bit to educate and entertain the locals.
Kia Kaha
Team Buches

Posted by: Buches[TypeKey Profile Page] [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2005 08:26 AM

the recipe is awsome...
i gave it a good shot and its rather hot.

keep up the good work

Posted by: mario at May 23, 2005 10:04 AM

Good luck to you - I hope you'll continue getting support from the locals!
Being an English teacher, I'll get my students to read about your action and experiences.
Uschi

Posted by: uschi kleinert-gentz at May 23, 2005 02:55 PM

Good to hear about your projects, especially with the children of Ulsan, the future generation,who will look after the whales.Amazing how you keep up with your energy,focus,stress and sheer hard work.
Raoni's activities with Greenpeace and the current action in Korea were in the local newspaper on the weekend and they are keeping an eye on the happenings.
Lots of love to you all
maike

Posted by: maike[TypeKey Profile Page] [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2005 09:18 PM