Links to my youtube videos of the parade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKK4Wh4M8Xo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwzuLlcsZo
Monday, April 27, 2009
Explanation of the two slide shows below
Since the slide shows mess up if I try to also enter text in the posts, I will explain them here.
The first slide show was from the Seoul International Motor Show. It's not a major car show, with the big draws being the Korean car companies, i.e. Kia, Samsung, SsangYong, and Hyundai. It was interesting to see the cars, but there weren't many concept cars other than the new hybrids and electric cars. The girls modeling with the cars were pretty cool. Most of the cars were on rotating platforms where the girls would pose for each camera taking pictures. Most of the time I was too impatient to wait for the girls to look into my camera. It was the last day of the car show, so there weren't too many freebies. I managed to get the program for the car show for 2000 won instead of 10000 and a free bag from Hankook tires.
The second slide show I uploaded was from the Buddhist Lantern Parade in Jongno. The parade is part of the festivities leading up to Buddha's birthday. It was amazing to see the amount of people participating in the parade. Each temple had their monks in the parade, along with their followers. There are apparently over a million lanterns used in the parade. It's not hard to imagine since I was at the parade for two and a half hours and it wasn't even over. Right before I left a monk in the parade came up to me and gave me his lantern. I'll try and take a picture of it, since I don't think it will make it back home in one piece. It's made with paper and wires and probably won't survive a plane ride.
At both of the events I was accompanied by SulHee. Those of you that have spoken to me recently may know her better by her English name, Kat. She's my new girlfriend. She's an English teacher in the far south part of Seoul. I met her through my Korean friend Vickie, who she used to work with. I'll work on getting some pictures of her up here.
The first slide show was from the Seoul International Motor Show. It's not a major car show, with the big draws being the Korean car companies, i.e. Kia, Samsung, SsangYong, and Hyundai. It was interesting to see the cars, but there weren't many concept cars other than the new hybrids and electric cars. The girls modeling with the cars were pretty cool. Most of the cars were on rotating platforms where the girls would pose for each camera taking pictures. Most of the time I was too impatient to wait for the girls to look into my camera. It was the last day of the car show, so there weren't too many freebies. I managed to get the program for the car show for 2000 won instead of 10000 and a free bag from Hankook tires.
The second slide show I uploaded was from the Buddhist Lantern Parade in Jongno. The parade is part of the festivities leading up to Buddha's birthday. It was amazing to see the amount of people participating in the parade. Each temple had their monks in the parade, along with their followers. There are apparently over a million lanterns used in the parade. It's not hard to imagine since I was at the parade for two and a half hours and it wasn't even over. Right before I left a monk in the parade came up to me and gave me his lantern. I'll try and take a picture of it, since I don't think it will make it back home in one piece. It's made with paper and wires and probably won't survive a plane ride.
At both of the events I was accompanied by SulHee. Those of you that have spoken to me recently may know her better by her English name, Kat. She's my new girlfriend. She's an English teacher in the far south part of Seoul. I met her through my Korean friend Vickie, who she used to work with. I'll work on getting some pictures of her up here.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Update and Photos
I figured it was time for another update. I am teaching less hours at school than last semester, but it seems as though I have been doing more work. The new Korean English teacher likes to do a lot of planning and I end up doing all the work for her plans. I don't think I have used scissors and glue sticks this much at any other point in my life. Some of our recent activities have included a trip to a park, some animals brought in to the school, and the creation of lapbooks to go along with all of my story lessons. The Korean teachers have started talking to me a lot more, which is nice because they are all cool girls. And then there is Shimson.
Shimson is one of the new students this semester. His father is a cartoonist who runs a website called ToonEnglish. His mother is a businesswoman who works a lot. This has somehow translated into Shimson not liking women that much. As a result, he does not listen to the teachers at school. The only person he will listen to is me. He follows me around the school and won't go to class unless I walk him there. All of the other teachers call me "daddy teacher" now.
His father recently created a cartoon about me on his website's blog. Here is the link: http://www.toonenglish.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=game&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=173
The cartoon basically talks about how his son likes things that are big and strong, like trains. It then goes on to explain that Shimson doesn't like his teachers and the teachers cry because he doesn't listen in class. One day, Shimson slept in and his dad had to bring him to school. Shimson loves his dad and didn't want him to go. But then I come to see him and he tells his dad to leave. When Shimson gets home, his dad asks him who he likes more, him or me. Shimson says he likes me more. Shimson's mother makes fun of his dad, and the cartoon ends with him being angry. I think it is hilarious.
Beyond that, I haven't been doing too much lately. The weather is getting much nicer, but the Yellow Dust from China is starting to show up. Today was nice enough to go out and catch a baseball game. I saw the Doosan Bears play the Kia Tigers at the baseball stadium in Jamsil. The atmosphere was amazing and the fans really get into the game. They have all sorts of cheers made up involving the thundersticks they all have. I met some nice Korean people there that I will be meeting up with in two weeks to go to another game.
Last night we went to a bar that had some bands playing, one of which has a person in it that is a friend of Matt's. Dan decided to dress up and the picture is posted below to show you how crazy it was.
On tap for the near future is more baseball games, possibly a trip to an amusement park, the Seoul International Car Show, a laser show near city hall, trivia night at the Wolfhound Pub, and other shenanigans. Posted below are the pictures from some recent events.
We were doing some activity in the gym.
Me and Shimson at the park.
This is why the other teachers make fun of me.
Looking at some fish in the pond.
A day at the park
Shimson picked up this skink at school. He was the only one not scared of it.
The baseball game.
A closer view.
Dan in all his glory.
Shimson is one of the new students this semester. His father is a cartoonist who runs a website called ToonEnglish. His mother is a businesswoman who works a lot. This has somehow translated into Shimson not liking women that much. As a result, he does not listen to the teachers at school. The only person he will listen to is me. He follows me around the school and won't go to class unless I walk him there. All of the other teachers call me "daddy teacher" now.
His father recently created a cartoon about me on his website's blog. Here is the link: http://www.toonenglish.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=game&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=173
The cartoon basically talks about how his son likes things that are big and strong, like trains. It then goes on to explain that Shimson doesn't like his teachers and the teachers cry because he doesn't listen in class. One day, Shimson slept in and his dad had to bring him to school. Shimson loves his dad and didn't want him to go. But then I come to see him and he tells his dad to leave. When Shimson gets home, his dad asks him who he likes more, him or me. Shimson says he likes me more. Shimson's mother makes fun of his dad, and the cartoon ends with him being angry. I think it is hilarious.
Beyond that, I haven't been doing too much lately. The weather is getting much nicer, but the Yellow Dust from China is starting to show up. Today was nice enough to go out and catch a baseball game. I saw the Doosan Bears play the Kia Tigers at the baseball stadium in Jamsil. The atmosphere was amazing and the fans really get into the game. They have all sorts of cheers made up involving the thundersticks they all have. I met some nice Korean people there that I will be meeting up with in two weeks to go to another game.
Last night we went to a bar that had some bands playing, one of which has a person in it that is a friend of Matt's. Dan decided to dress up and the picture is posted below to show you how crazy it was.
On tap for the near future is more baseball games, possibly a trip to an amusement park, the Seoul International Car Show, a laser show near city hall, trivia night at the Wolfhound Pub, and other shenanigans. Posted below are the pictures from some recent events.
We were doing some activity in the gym.
Me and Shimson at the park.
This is why the other teachers make fun of me.
Looking at some fish in the pond.
A day at the park
Shimson picked up this skink at school. He was the only one not scared of it.
The baseball game.
A closer view.
Dan in all his glory.
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