does everyone really know neve campell? i know that spelling can't be right but if i hadnt seen her picture i wouldn't have known. we're watching a bio of THE kevin bacon. man i love him. and I KNEW there were dance doubles in footloose--we proved it with the toggle on jen's remote back in the day.
tomorrow we're on our way out on the bike again. this time to gyeongju. it's a much longer ride but we're giving ourselves much more time. and beard will remember to get gas more often this time. this time will will have joan on the back. its her first long ride. i hope shes not too nervous and i hope will rides slower for her. i'm sure he will.
im excited to go. its a cheap way to see the country. and it's MUCH nicer than the train, you can stop wherever you want, whenever you want to take pictures or whatnot.
as soon as i get my computer up, or beard's off his long enough, i'll post some pictures here.
patience people.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
meh
I'm not a very happy camper. Odd b/c its FRIDAY, but 2 not good things have happened this week.
1. My computer refuses to work. It turns on for a sec and then clicks off. Called Toshiba--grounding or motherboard. grounding they'll fix for free, motherboard not so much. I purchased an extended warrantee but they don't have that on file and the receipt is in any number of boxes at my parents house on the other side of the world. I saved the websites in "my favorites" BUT my computer WON'T TURN ON, so I can't get to that. I have to send it to a service center in Seoul. I'm going there tomorrow but unlike all other Koreans, the folks at the service center will not be working. So I'll be shipping it. However, I found out from my friend JiHae that I can take the computer to the post office and they'll pack it for me. SWEET.
2. I messed up my right hip somehow. I was walking home and it started hurting really bad with each step. OW. I assumed it would feel better in the morning but NOPE. Eungyung went with me to the doctor and i had some physical therapy done on it. feels A LOT better today. I'm staying off it as much as possible and taking it slow. taking ibuprofen. if it hurts on monday ill go back to the physical therapist.
It's probably just a pinched nerve or something.
The head teacher at my school is trying very hard to get me to commit to next year. She said my boss would let me take a 3 month vacation and pay for my flight back la la la and i would get a raise. He even offered to find Beard a job with the same hours. But beard would still be going into an unknown situation, just like last year. At the school we want to work at we know hte people who work there now. we know exactly what they have to do and what hours they work and how the director is. and we know what the apartment is like. and we'd be done earlier, which is what we want. i've explained this over and over--2 times to Kate and now 2 times to Annie. Yesterday Annie said "because you make this director will have very hard time" translation---because I'm leaving, it will be difficult for the director to find another teacher. I don't think that's true. There are tons of people looking for jobs in Korea. My hogwan is great. If the hours were earlier, I'd stay on.
Tomorrow AM we're going to Seoul with a bunch of friends to the horsetrack and then splitting up--some to krista's for a cookout, some to the casino, and probably a couple to itaewon. We're opting for cookout and then who knows where that will lead. Sunday we're going to the Picasso exhibit at the seoul museum of art and to the electronics market to get beard a hard drive.
I hope everyone has a good weekend.
1. My computer refuses to work. It turns on for a sec and then clicks off. Called Toshiba--grounding or motherboard. grounding they'll fix for free, motherboard not so much. I purchased an extended warrantee but they don't have that on file and the receipt is in any number of boxes at my parents house on the other side of the world. I saved the websites in "my favorites" BUT my computer WON'T TURN ON, so I can't get to that. I have to send it to a service center in Seoul. I'm going there tomorrow but unlike all other Koreans, the folks at the service center will not be working. So I'll be shipping it. However, I found out from my friend JiHae that I can take the computer to the post office and they'll pack it for me. SWEET.
2. I messed up my right hip somehow. I was walking home and it started hurting really bad with each step. OW. I assumed it would feel better in the morning but NOPE. Eungyung went with me to the doctor and i had some physical therapy done on it. feels A LOT better today. I'm staying off it as much as possible and taking it slow. taking ibuprofen. if it hurts on monday ill go back to the physical therapist.
It's probably just a pinched nerve or something.
The head teacher at my school is trying very hard to get me to commit to next year. She said my boss would let me take a 3 month vacation and pay for my flight back la la la and i would get a raise. He even offered to find Beard a job with the same hours. But beard would still be going into an unknown situation, just like last year. At the school we want to work at we know hte people who work there now. we know exactly what they have to do and what hours they work and how the director is. and we know what the apartment is like. and we'd be done earlier, which is what we want. i've explained this over and over--2 times to Kate and now 2 times to Annie. Yesterday Annie said "because you make this director will have very hard time" translation---because I'm leaving, it will be difficult for the director to find another teacher. I don't think that's true. There are tons of people looking for jobs in Korea. My hogwan is great. If the hours were earlier, I'd stay on.
Tomorrow AM we're going to Seoul with a bunch of friends to the horsetrack and then splitting up--some to krista's for a cookout, some to the casino, and probably a couple to itaewon. We're opting for cookout and then who knows where that will lead. Sunday we're going to the Picasso exhibit at the seoul museum of art and to the electronics market to get beard a hard drive.
I hope everyone has a good weekend.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
why do i do 8 things at once
I'm a bit scatterbrained. Beard and i were talking today and we've come to the conclusion that that is the reason why we can't keep our apartment clean. We both go from starting one project, then anohter, then another without cleaning up after or finishing the first. Right now I am cutting out pictures from a magazine to use in my class. Just before that I was going to take off eye make up but only got so far as to get the cleanser and the cotton doodads over to the table. I sat on my bed and saw my computer so I turned it on. Instead of taking the time it takes to start to continue with the makeup taking offing, my little eye spied the magazine, which led to me needing to find hte scissors which led me to put half hte dishes away in the kitchen. Upon finding the scissors, I came back to the computer, opened my email and in the 2 seconds it took to open that I started cutting. I have one picture so far.
I don't know how the blogging started.
Even while typing that I had the urge to cut out anohter picture. Perhaps it's ADD...
PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE WEEKEND.
1. tomorrow am-- go to gym and then to lotte mart.
2. buy crap we need, try to find short pants.
3. meet angie and see her exhibit, eat lunch.
4. teach children the ins and outs of the english language.
5. this where it's fuzzy. we might eat in bongguk or maybe not...
SATURDAY
1. go for long ride on motorcycle.
2. hopefully find mountain we are looking for.
3. eat lunch
4. HAVE FUN
5. get back to Gumi around 5 to go to new Ariana buffet in Gong dan.
6. drink a lot of brewery beer and eat some random food they have on buffet.
7. this could lead to anything really.
SUNDAY
1. sssslllleeeepppp in.
2. order pizza to cures what ails us.
3. possibly find a soccer game if one is going on.
4. chill til the next episode.
We got pictures of ROSALIE today!! For those that don't know we have the cutest god child in the WHOLE WORLD. and now we also have her 2 yr pictures. Her bday was in Dec but there's been some craziness happening in their neck of the woods.
Jen, Suzie, and I are putting hte finishing touches on their upcoming trip. So far we're going to go to Busan, Jeju-do, Gyeongju, and then up to Seoul for Vince's wedding. We even put in a "free" day in case we/they get too overwhelmed. It'll be my first time doing a trip without Beard here in Korea. I ain't squared, guido.
That's whats going on here. What about there in webworld? Anyone doing anything? Hmm?
I don't know how the blogging started.
Even while typing that I had the urge to cut out anohter picture. Perhaps it's ADD...
PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE WEEKEND.
1. tomorrow am-- go to gym and then to lotte mart.
2. buy crap we need, try to find short pants.
3. meet angie and see her exhibit, eat lunch.
4. teach children the ins and outs of the english language.
5. this where it's fuzzy. we might eat in bongguk or maybe not...
SATURDAY
1. go for long ride on motorcycle.
2. hopefully find mountain we are looking for.
3. eat lunch
4. HAVE FUN
5. get back to Gumi around 5 to go to new Ariana buffet in Gong dan.
6. drink a lot of brewery beer and eat some random food they have on buffet.
7. this could lead to anything really.
SUNDAY
1. sssslllleeeepppp in.
2. order pizza to cures what ails us.
3. possibly find a soccer game if one is going on.
4. chill til the next episode.
We got pictures of ROSALIE today!! For those that don't know we have the cutest god child in the WHOLE WORLD. and now we also have her 2 yr pictures. Her bday was in Dec but there's been some craziness happening in their neck of the woods.
Jen, Suzie, and I are putting hte finishing touches on their upcoming trip. So far we're going to go to Busan, Jeju-do, Gyeongju, and then up to Seoul for Vince's wedding. We even put in a "free" day in case we/they get too overwhelmed. It'll be my first time doing a trip without Beard here in Korea. I ain't squared, guido.
That's whats going on here. What about there in webworld? Anyone doing anything? Hmm?
Monday, May 15, 2006
notes from my schedule book
* kids eating flavor (i.e. MSG) packets straight. 11-16
* Ron informed me his house had a loo loo (fancy schmancy toilet lid)
* 13 year old doesnt know what drugs are 11-17
* crosswords=quiet
* there are probably many koreans who cannot tie their shoes 11-18
*teeth are pulled out and kids are sent to school with bloody gauze hanging out of their mouths immediately after. "teacher, robin talk no" 11-21
* tissue? no thanks. i prefer to suck my snot. 11-22
* i think he was "hit by a car" 11-23
* open window before NY 4:20, everyone eats kimchi at 4:15
* copyright? copyright, what? 11-24
*tic tac toe--i say word (clothes, food, etc) they ask question about it correctly, team gets to put x or o. 11-29
*silly sentences--phonics words switched around with other units. easy way to review words and switch up sounds 11-30
*1st time didnt bow to a student who bowed to me, felt pretentious
*slighted by stupid calendar guy 12-1
*quote from school supplies "Make some one happy--make just one someone happy"
*qfss "everything in the world is funny"
*at my wits end screamed "give me the god damned card!" i love teaching here 12-2
*qfss "would you like some cloud" 12-6
*realized my kids keep me informed more than the other teachers do
*getting paid late and only ONE day fo winter 'vacation'? WTF
*took paper out of garbage for girl w/o notebook, she'll never forget again 12-7
*here are your report cards--oh youre having class. im sure this wont disrupt things at all
*qfss "lovely gangster matoda fall from the heaven with mission but this mission is so, so difficult." 12-13
*styrofoam on a string--new fav toy
*slipped in asshole instead of students name--no prob. 12-15
*qfss--"it's always nice to meet a new world" 12-16
*student quote "i don't like waegookin" super 12-20
*James falls--grabs his butt "oooh, my head!' ha 12-23
*on a 10 yr old girls jacket "roem girls--easy and pretty"
*qfss--"I'd leave the place where the sunshine neve" 12-28
*qfss "I'm happy everyday because you make me fun" 1-3
*time for me to shoot myself 1-5
*new chair? fixed chair? 1-18
*qfss--"do you what chocolate cooky" 1-24
*qfss--"you and i have to love long long puppy momo" 1-25
*on cake box parent brought in; "the most gentel, fluid delicate of fabrice, lace enjoys a romantic repufation Being fresh is everything to nice cake, however fresh taste and scent are easily affected" 1-27
*qfss "thee play a more beautiful language than sounds" 2-20
*qfss--"dreams are my reality A wondrous world where I'd like to be" 3-23
* saw soldiers walking down the street in camo w/ large guns. last one bopping to his mp3, slapping his legs 3-29
*qfss--"so happy for serach a sunny day" 4-7
*qfss--"the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself has rest" 4-11
* make your own test (brillant idea) 4-27
* qfss--"Fragrant time: In this morning with you I open my eyes for the around."
There you have it. This is just want appears at my school. The Engrish is everywhere.
* Ron informed me his house had a loo loo (fancy schmancy toilet lid)
* 13 year old doesnt know what drugs are 11-17
* crosswords=quiet
* there are probably many koreans who cannot tie their shoes 11-18
*teeth are pulled out and kids are sent to school with bloody gauze hanging out of their mouths immediately after. "teacher, robin talk no" 11-21
* tissue? no thanks. i prefer to suck my snot. 11-22
* i think he was "hit by a car" 11-23
* open window before NY 4:20, everyone eats kimchi at 4:15
* copyright? copyright, what? 11-24
*tic tac toe--i say word (clothes, food, etc) they ask question about it correctly, team gets to put x or o. 11-29
*silly sentences--phonics words switched around with other units. easy way to review words and switch up sounds 11-30
*1st time didnt bow to a student who bowed to me, felt pretentious
*slighted by stupid calendar guy 12-1
*quote from school supplies "Make some one happy--make just one someone happy"
*qfss "everything in the world is funny"
*at my wits end screamed "give me the god damned card!" i love teaching here 12-2
*qfss "would you like some cloud" 12-6
*realized my kids keep me informed more than the other teachers do
*getting paid late and only ONE day fo winter 'vacation'? WTF
*took paper out of garbage for girl w/o notebook, she'll never forget again 12-7
*here are your report cards--oh youre having class. im sure this wont disrupt things at all
*qfss "lovely gangster matoda fall from the heaven with mission but this mission is so, so difficult." 12-13
*styrofoam on a string--new fav toy
*slipped in asshole instead of students name--no prob. 12-15
*qfss--"it's always nice to meet a new world" 12-16
*student quote "i don't like waegookin" super 12-20
*James falls--grabs his butt "oooh, my head!' ha 12-23
*on a 10 yr old girls jacket "roem girls--easy and pretty"
*qfss--"I'd leave the place where the sunshine neve" 12-28
*qfss "I'm happy everyday because you make me fun" 1-3
*time for me to shoot myself 1-5
*new chair? fixed chair? 1-18
*qfss--"do you what chocolate cooky" 1-24
*qfss--"you and i have to love long long puppy momo" 1-25
*on cake box parent brought in; "the most gentel, fluid delicate of fabrice, lace enjoys a romantic repufation Being fresh is everything to nice cake, however fresh taste and scent are easily affected" 1-27
*qfss "thee play a more beautiful language than sounds" 2-20
*qfss--"dreams are my reality A wondrous world where I'd like to be" 3-23
* saw soldiers walking down the street in camo w/ large guns. last one bopping to his mp3, slapping his legs 3-29
*qfss--"so happy for serach a sunny day" 4-7
*qfss--"the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself has rest" 4-11
* make your own test (brillant idea) 4-27
* qfss--"Fragrant time: In this morning with you I open my eyes for the around."
There you have it. This is just want appears at my school. The Engrish is everywhere.
Monday, May 08, 2006
long weekend
we had a long weekend and it rained. of course. it would have been ok had we not decided to go a butterfly festival--butterflies do not like rain.
i sent a huge email about it and i dont feel like rehashing it here. perhaps ill edit and paste later.
i found out some shocking and tragic news from home and am not really in the typing mood...
maybe ill post some pictures.
my youngest class singing i have a car. it's sung to the tune of a jamacian song i think. perhaps youll recognize it. they werent big on the hand motions i gave them but they really belted out the song.
tried to load a pic from this weekend--wasnt happening. ill try again later.
i sent a huge email about it and i dont feel like rehashing it here. perhaps ill edit and paste later.
i found out some shocking and tragic news from home and am not really in the typing mood...
maybe ill post some pictures.
my youngest class singing i have a car. it's sung to the tune of a jamacian song i think. perhaps youll recognize it. they werent big on the hand motions i gave them but they really belted out the song.
tried to load a pic from this weekend--wasnt happening. ill try again later.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Lotus Lantern Festival 4-29/4-30 2006 Seoul
old men dancing--favorite part is the time check
winter dance
buddha mascot--gotta love the cartoon aspect of EVERYTHING
spring dance
dragon
dancing mascot in insadong, seoul. we walked by him and he danced awful close--warranting a video.
winter dance
buddha mascot--gotta love the cartoon aspect of EVERYTHING
spring dance
dragon
dancing mascot in insadong, seoul. we walked by him and he danced awful close--warranting a video.
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