There has been torrential rain the past couple of days here in Korea. Here is a video from CNN.
Now, I must try to get to work!
My student Robert showing me his taekwondo moves!
Matching Couples, Volume II:
Additional photos since the last matching couples post several months ago. Enjoy!
The Grand Narrative: Korean Sociology Through Gender, Advertising, and Pop Culture
My friend Emma shared this blog with me and I found it really interesting. And I think that you would too, especially if you do or have lived in Korea. Some of his articles have even been mentioned in TIME Magazine.
Posted July 13, 2011 at 10:52pm
Yesterday was a day of animal cafes! First was The Old Tea House in Insadong which has birds flying around and second was the Dog Cafe in Myeongdong. The bird cafe was really cool! It was beautiful and relaxing, and no… I didn’t get any bird poop in my pear tea. Then we went to the dog cafe and it was really weird. We didn’t actually stay there long because we thought that the $8 entrance fee was too much and the dog smell was over powering! It reminded me of my fourth grade flute teacher’s house, enough said!
Posted July 10, 2011 at 11:25am
I wanted to share a few pictures of my students from our last two field trips! I am starting to get a bit sentimental since I only have two months left with them. Yep, only two months!
Posted June 21, 2011 at 9:46pm
Hi it’s John again! I think we had a great time. When we met at the club. So I can feel you want to contact with me as well. If you don’t want to contact with me, please let me know. Because I can think you have a bad accident.
— So I went out with my girlfriends for a ladies’ night on Saturday. I met this Korean guy named John, and somehow ended up giving him my phone number. When I didn’t reply to the three phone calls and five text messages I received in three days, I got this gem of a text. Of course the reason I am not replying is because I had a bad accident and I am comatose, unable to get to my phone… of course!
Posted June 17, 2011 at 9:09pm
“I have a pactory in China”
Today my boss interrupted my class to tell me that he has a “pactory” (‘factory’ with a Korean accent) in China. He wants to sell a “commodity,” such as clothing, to “young American women and men” via Ebay. He asked me to brainstorm and make a list of things he should make in his “pactory” in China. Sometimes I wonder… where do I work?
Posted June 8, 2011 at 8:40pm
I bathed with fifty Korean women
Yep, I finally made it to a jimjilbang, which is a Korean bathhouse. I went with my friend Emma and her Korean teacher Sally. I was thankful for Emma’s extreme confidence, which helped me get over the curious stares at our naked bodies by the other women. And it was great to go with Sally who could show us the routine and etiquette of being in a place like this.
We made our way to the women’s side of the spa where we showered, bathed in hot tubs, and sat on stools while scrubbing our bodies for forty minutes. Koreans really like seeing the dead skin, or “dae,” peel off their bodies, which was cool/gross seeing it come off of your own skin. Then we put on our uniform, that looked like my jr. high gym clothes, and headed towards the coed area where the possibilities are endless. People can lay around watching soap operas, surf the net in the PC bang, workout in the gym, eat food, go in a sauna or take a nap.
It was a great experience and I wish that I had gone sooner. I will have to find one in LA when I move back home!
Posted June 6, 2011 at 9:31pm
