May 2011
7 posts
Bukhansan
This mountain I climbed is part of the most visited national park in the world, with over 5 million visitors per year. Strangely, though, I found myself alone for most of the climb. There’s a big wall near the top that was part of an ancient fortress. It was kind of dangerous to climb because the rocks were slippery from the rain.
Above: The top is hidden by rainclouds. Below: The...
April 2011
15 posts
Xii Apartments
Since my school doesn’t have a building anymore, I have to walk over to an apartment complex every day to teach the kids in their homes. You don’t see places like this in the US, but they’re everywhere in Seoul. This one has about a dozen towers, 20 playgrounds, a school or three, supermarkets, restaurants, everything all in one little private community.
...
tuesday
You know the school lunches are great in Korea when the kids tell you that the meat “tastes like meat!”
radioactive showers →
March 2011
10 posts
Here we go again! (click here) →
Is it true that some people in the US are buying radiation poisoning medicine because they’re afraid of Japanese air wafting over?
February 2011
12 posts
kindergarten graduation part two
Not pictured: me. Sorry, but none of the Korean moms have facebook I guess.
Above: Lena Teacher, Jay, and his sister Julie
Below: I found one of me!
kindergarten graduation part one
really sick
I mean really really sick. I never learn my lesson after food poisoning
January 2011
22 posts
horses going real fast
I went with a few friends to the races today in 19 degree weather.
I bet a few dollars here and there on SUPER CLASS, JAGIYA, ADMIRAL PERFECT, and POWER IS KHAN. I have never done any kind of organized gambling before, so it was all very strange to me.
I won!
misconceptions
Sometimes I have to remember that while Korea isn’t perfect, nobody is.
A large chunk of the folks in this country think that sleeping at night with the fan on and the windows closed will kill you.
Between 20% - 24% of Americans believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim.
Don’t read every email you’re forwarded! Or, in my case, any.
1/29
Anonymous asked: Did the hedgehog have another baby?
No, but since mom and dad didn’t eat them, the babies are grown up! The best part is that you can pick them up with your bare hands. Maybe it’s because their quills aren’t developed yet, or because they’re used to being handled. I got to see them one last time before Wesley teacher put them in lunchbags and gave them...
