Sunday, August 28, 2005
A ferry ride...


I made a list of all the things I needed to do before I left Korea forever. First on my list was a trip to Yeoido to take the ferry ride along the Han River as well as a trip up Korea's tallest building, appropriately named "The 63 Building" after its 63 floors. Unfortunately, the 63 building was under construction and the boats was soooo full that we just sat inside and quietly drank our Hites. Here are a couple of the pics, though. Our group included Sam, Charles, Rachael, me and Greg. Oh, and Lori. But, she was busy.
Watch out! Preggers is on the loose!



Usually I try to avoid putting party and / or drunken photos on the blog. However, I feel exceptions should be made when it involves (a perfectly sober) pregnant woman pretending to go into labour while trying to flag down a taxi. You will also notice Elisa panicking as she watches. She later asked all the teachers to pray that the cops wouldn't pull us over for having 5 people in a taxi. I enjoyed that. And, I prayed.
After the Lashing...


The evening of the much anticipated musical began the way any evening should start... with our boss hysterically running up and down the halls screaming at anything that moved. Languages screamed included English, Korean, Pig-Latin and Gibberish. It was an awesome, awe-inspiring display. After being ignored by management for the remainder of the evening, the teachers did the only reasonable thing... we set out for an overly-expensive restaurant with the intention of drinking excessively, and then to a Noraebang (singing room). Here are some of the post-production party photos...
The Sound of Music
In yet another marketing ploy, Herald School attempted to showcase its talent in a musical called "Nol Boo and Heung Boo". It was magical... especially the part that included two certain handsome foreign teachers as the King's guards.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
This one's for you Sammy!
I was reprimanded for not having more / better pics of Sam on my blog. Despite the fact that these photos are boring, I'm posting them anyway so that everyone can see my fabulous friend. These are from her birthday.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Why didn't Old Yeller make it home?
Well, because I ate him. Please insert all Benji, Toto, Lassie jokes here, because Charles and I finally made good on our promise and ate dog soup (bo-shin-tang). It was smelly. It was stringy. And, it wasn't all that delicious. But, we did it and have the pics as proof. Bring on the live squid and paper-cup-o-bugs!
Roughing it in Yangpyon...
In a new ploy for our school to advertise and make money, we took forty kids camping for a weekend. We were prepared for rain. In fact, we had every *single* minute of the weekend planned. What we didn't anticipate was it being so incredibly hot that no one could function. We also didn't think we would lose electricity and running water... but, that was nothing compared to the heat. It was like nothing I have ever felt in my whole entire life. Sunscreen, shade even swimming had little to no effect. But, we did rough it, Suzie didn't go into labour and nobody was injured during our makeshift fireworks display. I deem the weekend a success!