Monthly Archives: December 2008

I want nobody, nobody but you! -Wonder Girls

Yesterday was the last day of one of my favorite classes.  As a going away present, the 5th grade students performed the whole routine to “Nobody” by the Korean pop stars, Wonder Girls. It should have been videoed. It was awesome. Afterward we had my favorite meal of all time. Pizza. And it was pizza [...]

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Matt can’t go to school today…Why?…He has a backache.

Is it a coincidence that we’re discussing illness and pain in class right now? -my third cold and now a backache? I woke up with a slight pain in my shoulder. It was nothing to be concerned about. That was, until the elementary kids began attacking me and landing on my back. After that,  i [...]

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Muju Resort and another cold

Despite the lack of snow and ticket buying havoc, I had a nice weekend at Muju Resort with my friends. Hey, I snowboarded in Korea!! I should have taken a picture of the lift and rental options displayed at the purchasing counter. There were way too many combos in my opinion. 3 Minutes or less [...]

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Korean Language Learning

I thought I should dedicate a post to this subject. I hope to add more to this later. Here are some books that I have found very helpful. Elementary Korean, King and Yeon – This book has been the most helpful book so far. The first two chapters are much like a phrase book and in [...]

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Someone jacked my ride.

Well, almost jacked my ride.  I was in the store for 15 minutes. He (I have a good idea who the jacker is. ) managed to expose the cheapness of the lock. At this point, some wire cutters would be all it takes.  Now i have to buy a new lock. Damn…

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Liu Young’s East meets West icons

I found these icons the other day on JeonjuHub.com  done by designer, Liu Young. She was born in China and raised in Germany. Some argue these are China meets Germany icons. I don’t know, I guess they could be. They’re stereotypes anyway and simplifications of diverse groups. I thought they were clever and interesting. They [...]

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