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baskin robbins in korea is weird. we actually had a waiter

2009-08-22T07:35:00.000-07:00

reading statue

2009-08-21T07:33:00.000-07:00

is this in the states? seems weird to me

2009-08-20T07:32:00.000-07:00

i love this building in gangnam

2009-08-19T07:30:00.000-07:00

women police as human wall

2009-08-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

police shields

2009-08-17T07:27:00.000-07:00

great view from a wine bar

2009-08-16T07:21:00.000-07:00

hmmm bla

delicious mandu and the mandu couple

2009-08-15T07:17:00.000-07:00

small stairs

2009-08-14T07:15:00.000-07:00

string tree

2009-08-13T07:12:00.001-07:00

all the branches are held down by ropes. was brian jobe here?

flower couple/flower carpet

2009-08-12T07:09:00.000-07:00

view from my window

2009-08-11T06:56:00.000-07:00

first a yogurt drink, now this!

2009-08-10T07:05:00.000-07:00

man peeing on eiffle tower; yongsan

2009-08-09T07:03:00.000-07:00

movie theatre in yeongdongpo

2009-08-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

itaewon from tom and toms coffe. during a korean lesson with ben

2009-08-07T07:01:00.000-07:00

god is back

2009-08-06T06:59:00.000-07:00

view from my other subway platform

2009-08-05T06:58:00.000-07:00

view from my subway station platform

2009-08-04T07:08:00.000-07:00

sun during eclipse

2009-08-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

media pole

2009-08-02T06:42:00.000-07:00

there are some monoliths in gangnam where you can take a picture and email it to yourself. its a great idea.

last dinner

2009-07-22T00:58:00.000-07:00

this was really great. a restaurant right on the river

roasted eel!
this guy is one of the maintenance men. he weirds me out.
flooded han

THIS guy talks to me sometimes about how he is learning english. yet whenever we talk, he is always really shy and quiet. at dinner he told me he wanted to draw a picture of my face. i said to myself, hmmmmm what a strange thing to say or want to do. and thought that was the end of it. 2 days later, he gave me this.

last teachers outing (2/3)

2009-07-20T00:46:00.000-07:00

this place is weird. it burns garbage, creates energy, has several sports fields, and a rotating restaurant on the smoke stack.
this was awesome. trucks dump trash in there
and a huge claw continuously picks it up and drops it. (video below)
the control room. im pretty sure this is all fake
these guys (supposedly) watch fire all day long. or at least whenever there are people watching
i dont think these computers were real either
that's the fakest thing ever. looks like 'Mr Coffee' from spaceballs

view from the top.
restaurang!

last spaghetti/teachers outing (1/3)

2009-07-18T00:06:00.001-07:00

Wednesday was my last wednesday meal at my school. I'm moving on after this year. After I gorged myself we went on my last teachers trip. I had no idea what we were doing so i asked a teacher and she said we were going to "the cleaning place where eating the citizens". So I didnt really know where we were going until we got to the... water treatment facility!!!!

the principal gives lots of announcements on the bus

during the 30 minute video about how drinking tap water is safer than bottled water, they gave us all free... bottled tap water!
then there was the 68 slide long power point presentation

in 'the lab'
i had a strange feeling that these 'scientists' were actors

clean water/dirty water

it wasn't even sunny. but still the umbrellas
this is how we ride
next time.....

video

2009-07-17T00:32:00.000-07:00

look how dirty that bottled water is!!!
i'l believe anything if there's sciency music in the background

undercover

2009-07-16T00:38:00.000-07:00

korean tv loves going undercover, blurring out everything, and making voices sqeaky. the water company did the same thing and went to a purifier machine company to show the seedy side of water.

famous korean comedian in apgujeong

2009-06-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

pics of what?

2009-06-22T05:33:00.001-07:00

Korean World Trade Center

2009-04-10T07:42:00.000-07:00

there

2009-04-10T02:53:00.000-07:00

ok. this was one of the weirder things ive seen before. as you can see.

zoom in on the carvings above the door. and that's a dragon on the stone in the stairs.

well worth a read
i looked up GPS on the internet but couldnt find much.
thats one a peculiarly placed piccolo!
lots of nubile, naked bodies are apparently the cornerstone of pax united nations.

to the cathedral thing-y

2009-04-09T02:47:00.000-07:00

ive been waiting for a warm day to find out what the heck a cathedral-like building out my window was doing in seoul. i had never heard of this before. i knew there was a big catholic church in seoul. but this wasn't it.
close up. so i decided to take a trip with my camera and see what it is.
behind my building. church with cross-bar crosses.
getting closer. its big
dog with broken leg. awwwwwwwwwwww
hey i found a market near my house! now i know where to get dried fish and bundles of twigs

nefalim pig restaurant

Next time: the shocking conclusion!!!

kids notebooks

2009-04-08T07:40:00.000-07:00

Trade Incubator

2009-04-06T07:39:00.000-07:00

Men's Beauty Shop

2009-04-04T07:38:00.000-07:00

The PPFM Times

2009-04-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

The Anarchist Services Daily

buildings.

2009-03-29T07:34:00.000-07:00

i like alot of the buildins here

dobongsan

2009-03-25T03:53:00.000-07:00

longest line ive ever seen

2009-03-24T03:44:00.000-07:00

check that top one, it goes on like an mc escher painting

makin mandu (dixon style)

2009-03-23T03:48:00.000-07:00

freaky

2009-03-22T03:41:00.000-07:00

function made it belf

2009-03-21T03:39:00.000-07:00

hair shop

2009-03-20T03:38:00.000-07:00

hey kids! who wants a smoky treat?

2009-03-19T03:33:00.000-07:00

chicken feet. be careful. they look spicy

2009-03-18T03:35:00.000-07:00

bk

2009-03-17T03:31:00.000-07:00

bars

2009-03-16T03:28:00.000-07:00

2009-01-19T06:51:00.000-08:00

2009-01-19T00:16:00.000-08:00

2009-01-18T06:49:00.000-08:00

dont laugh

2009-01-17T06:46:00.000-08:00

i was actually diagnosed with this a few years ago

unfortunately, i think they knew what they were doing

2009-01-16T06:43:00.000-08:00

to you or from you?

2009-01-15T06:41:00.000-08:00

please, for the love of bob, don't touch the dog

2008-12-23T04:22:00.000-08:00

mario?

2008-12-22T04:21:00.000-08:00

christmas comes early this year

2008-12-09T23:01:00.000-08:00

2 presents came today.

1 from a teacher: apples and a banana on a plate, in a bag....wait for it..... in a big envelope. (bananas and apples not pictured because i threw them in her face)

and one from a student. i dont know what she's trying to pull here. i don't grade anything. must be after my candy... they're all after my candy. and there's NO WAY my face is that big
(ps. if you're reading this stateside you wouldn't understand how little the phrase 'i love you' means here. please keep this in mind gentle reader)

syobon

2008-12-03T22:51:00.000-08:00

i posted a while ago about soyobon, but now you can play the game in browser. good luck.

elections

2008-12-03T13:27:00.000-08:00

land

2008-12-02T01:05:00.000-08:00

fish/food

2008-12-01T00:55:00.000-08:00

the bait. these things were scary. they looked like the monsters from tremors, and were really strong and kept coming around to bite my fingers while i was hooking them
the principal
the food
the waiting

gone fishing/sea

2008-11-30T01:18:00.000-08:00

in lieu of an overnight hiking trip, for this semester my teachers and i went fishing in the yellow sea, west of incheon.

3 parts

sea
fish/food
land

-sea
those aren't AT-AT frames, but huge cranes. i was hoping that i would see the world's biggest crane, but it was actually in ulsan, korea.

heavy cargo ship laden, no doubt, with face masks, couple sweaters, and soju.

ouch. this game is painful

2008-11-28T23:21:00.000-08:00

pizza hut: korea style

2008-11-27T23:13:00.000-08:00

big beers with pat/jungmi (do not try at home)

2008-11-26T17:09:00.000-08:00

if there's one thing i need after a long day of saying 'let's play soccer' over and over, its a cold beer from an oversized novelty glass.maybe oversized flute is a better word
too ostentatious for jungmi
i think its impossible to look suave while drinking a big beer
maybe not

cow feet? really?

2008-11-25T23:07:00.000-08:00

thats quite a big purse you have, sir

2008-11-24T23:06:00.000-08:00

i love these beards

2008-11-23T23:02:00.000-08:00

i hate this couch

2008-11-22T23:01:00.000-08:00

beer + tower bread

2008-11-21T22:58:00.000-08:00

to the pizza school!

2008-11-21T04:07:00.000-08:00

a few months ago i moved to a bigger apt farther away from the center of town. plus side: bigger apt. not as busy. more 'residential' area... at least compared to the last place i lived. down side: friends dont live in the same apt anymore. 30 minutes from center of seoul.

out the window
my destination is behind that bridge
it is actually a bit noisy here. ive got the subway right out my window, which is really nice for when i am going anywhere. but the trains coming through late at night can be annoying.
front desk. looks like they love christmas as much as i do

street vendors. every once in a while i get some dukkboki to go

under the highway
my arch nemesis, o-deng: fish cake on a stick, dipped delicately in fish water
almost there!

no pizza here!
somethin for the ladies

mission accomplished. now just have to walk home
no time for sexy sports massagee!
my building is the one in the background behind the prominent building. my light is on on the fifth floor
godspeed my friend...

the most sri lankans ive ever seen at one time

2008-11-19T22:54:00.000-08:00

tomato cake

2008-11-17T22:52:00.000-08:00

to blog again

2008-11-15T22:45:00.000-08:00

im gonna try and post regularly for the next couple of weeks. maybe every other day. i have some pics and movies saved up.

YouTube - Wonder Girls- Nobody Dance

2008-11-05T20:31:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Wonder Girls- Nobody Dance

Craigslisting

2008-10-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

Craigslisting

thank you, t-shirt

2008-09-26T20:31:00.000-07:00

for real this time

2008-09-25T20:30:00.000-07:00

NO!

2008-09-24T20:28:00.000-07:00

things i thought korea was weird for but it turns out americans do it to...

2008-08-12T11:14:00.000-07:00

spend way too much time/energy on dogs.
repeatedly worry if you are hungry
discuss peoples weight
letting the media stoke their fears (mad cow disease vs. global warming)
little yogurt drinks (except in korea they're for digestion vs. health in US):

things i would have balked at and said to myself "only in korea" that i saw in the states...

2008-08-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

NEWT!!!

2008-08-11T18:36:00.000-07:00

i told him he needed to run for president in 4 years. he said maybe. if he looks make-upped its because he was going a commercial, if he looks scared, its because he probably thought i was going to throw a pie on him.

adventure: Mr. Pizza

2008-07-23T10:32:00.000-07:00

see my previous post on Mr. Pizza

Mr. Pizza: the magazine; sugar and salt edition.
Mrs. Pizza takes our order.
The salad bar. not as good as it looks.
baked SPAghetti and pizza.
Along with regular exercise, Ruda eats Mr. Pizza once a week to ease the symptoms of menopause.

do what cheese say

man on subway with shovel

2008-07-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

parking lot

2008-07-21T10:25:00.000-07:00

supreme master/evil dead the musical

2008-07-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

What do you think about love?

2008-07-20T10:14:00.000-07:00

so many questions....
why is the condom on the right 50 won more?
why is the pink guy carrying a shovel?
why are some of the condoms crying? etc...

I will by the beatles by korean 5th graders

2008-07-17T03:48:00.000-07:00

2008-07-16T03:45:00.000-07:00

Hey! i just live here and take pictures of things!

shoes/building

2008-07-15T03:40:00.000-07:00

i think with the right lighting i could have pulled of a pulitzer worthy pic of these shoes on windowsill in an alley. alas
nice building

and btw. tomorrow there is going to be a really disturbing picture of (part of) a certain animal that people dont eat in the states. you've been warned.

im running out of underspace

2008-07-14T03:37:00.000-07:00

saw these in the convenience store. unfortunately they didn't have the same effect on me as they did on this guy.

Oh, Come on Donny, they were threatening castration!

2008-07-13T03:31:00.000-07:00

BOW!

2008-07-12T03:28:00.000-07:00

cafe cara

2008-07-11T03:26:00.000-07:00

IV

2008-07-10T03:18:00.000-07:00

koreans love IV's. i went to a hospital once with a friend and the first thing they did before they even knew what was wrong with her was hook up an IV. everybody was wheeling them around all over the place. it was stupid.

almost as stupid as the fact that korea has never heard of firefox. and even stupider is how i cant get adobe flash to install on this computer so that i can watch tv shows at the pc bong because all normal websites have long ago thrown IE to the wasteside.

This concert was GAY!!

2008-07-09T03:15:00.000-07:00

cindelela!

2008-06-25T06:53:00.000-07:00

uzbekistani + new tshirts!

2008-06-24T06:48:00.000-07:00

they were nazis, dude?

2008-06-20T01:50:00.000-07:00

Green IS MY Religion

2008-06-19T01:46:00.000-07:00

no soap box today. these bags say it all.

school lunch

2008-06-18T01:42:00.000-07:00

couldn't get it to flip around. worth a close up of the red stewy thing. i arranged the tentacles to look as dramatic as possible.

tv

2008-06-17T04:49:00.000-07:00

I got on TV today. go here.

you have to bve in internet explorer :(

you need to sign in first.
sn is willcote
password is password

- you will see a a screen that scrolls through pictures with blue arrows on either side.

-click an arrow until you see "welcome to my school" click that

-u should see 6 blue tabs on the page. click on the second one from the left.

-it might change, but my video clip is number 8. it says "서울 가인초등학교" if that helps.

-click the orange button and it should redirect you to the video.

my main role comes on at 10:00 exactly. i didn't know i was going to have to act like an idiot until right before. so dont make fun of me to my face.

one of my favorite students is at 4:20

my coteacher jieun is at 3:20

the girl that called me watermelon face is at 8:18. behind the womans shoulder in the blue shirt. i'll let you decide who has a bigger face.

good luck