The spring semester just ended which means that it was time for my school to go all out and bus somewhere for some sightseeing and getting drunk and doing noraebang (karaoke). It was awesome. I suppose I'll have a write-up and explanation of things later but for now check out my pictures by clicking on the panorama up there or on the link down here.
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One of my favorite Korea photos of one of my favorite baseball players, Lee Dae-hyeong of the LG Twins, (out)standing in his field.
Temporally Closed Door. Taken in Gangam, Seoul, South Korea, at Butterfinger Pancakes.
It's like wading through water
Except,
The water is made of children
Little Korean children
And the surface
Of the water
Is a collide-o-scope
Of multicolored umbrellas
And sometimes (always)
It pokes you
But sometimes
It's nice
Head above water
Where no one can see
And no one can stare
Because they're drowning
In umbrellas
In Busan, one of Samuel's former students led us to the top of a mountain where we could see about 70% of Busan he said. I snapped this photo of the Gwanganli bridge on our way down.
Day 16 of my 365 project (1 pic/day for a year). Neon sign with moon in the sky, Guri-si. Taken December 25, 2009.
View from the Renaissance hotel between Gangnam and Yeoksam stations. Taken December 16, 2009.
A tractor I found in a parking lot near my apartment. Taken on December 31, 2009.
1st grade (7th grade) students playing Bingo in the English cafe during lunch. Taken 12/10/2009.
I suppose I should mention, before moving on, that on the Monday before GEPIK Orientation, we had a half day due to exams and a large group of teachers went out to Gapyeong where we went for a walk in the woods, and out to dinner. Pictured above is Hye-hyun, my coteacher, in the back, and her two best friends.
There's not much to be said about the hike, but if you're interested take a look at the photos on Flickr and see the most ridiculously meaty dinner I've ever seen.
Elise & John in the roof garden at Coex Mall, Samseong-dong, Seoul.
View The Paths in a larger map
I just finished putting together this Google Map, a small collection of geographic points of interest in Korea. It starts zoomed in on my town, Maseok/Hwado-eub, of which I have a more specific guide. Zoom out to start seeing other places and to get an idea of where I am in Korea. Hopefully, if you've followed along so far, this will give you a bit more perspective on my life.
View The Paths on my site, or click the link under the map above to view it in Google.
So, I guess I should try to say something about last week, although I can't really remember what happened. I remember Monday night I slept for about 12 hours recovering from the birthday weekend, and at school I actually had a productive meeting with the head English teacher in which I was given some suggestions for teaching third grade, which is about the closest I've come to getting actual training yet.
Nothing really interesting happened the rest of the week at school, and after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I met up with various of the other guys from around town to eat and drink and then I think most of those days we ended up at Tim's place to watch Louis Theroux documentaries, Tony Jaa, or various British comedies. If you have a chance, I would strongly recommend taking a look at some Louis Theroux, he's a filmmaker for the BBC and he does documentaries about all sorts of fringe groups and weird people.
Again, not a very interesting post probably, and I apologize.
Korean fast food is a million times better than American fast food. For one, this delicious roll of tuna kimbap cost me roughly USD1.90. For two, it's delicious. Third and finally, it's healthy. American fast food on the other hand is merely delicious and sometimes cheap, but the cheaper it is the less healthy it gets.
