9/29/2008
Clothes Shopping
Have you ever been unsure whether you are looking at men's or women's clothing? Pink is a man color here and men's underwear are called panties.
9/24/2008
Things that get on my nerves
Kids who only know how to say one thing and cause trouble in class.
"Hello, Hi. How are you. I'm fine"...."No, you're not, you're a little punk loser with no future."
The same kids who grow up to be taxi drivers and honk at me while I'm walking home. "Does it look like I want a ride, dummy? Am I standing on the side of the road waving my hand in the air?"
Stares followed by someone yelling, "Hey, it's a foreigner!" Sometimes I yell back, "Hey it's an ignorant moron."
Coteachers telling me what to do.
Everyone asking me what I eat for breakfast. "Rice." "How do you cook it?" "In a rice cooker, Einstein."
The lady at the store who made sure to explain to me that what I was buying was a rice cooker. "Oh really, I thought it was a mini washing machine for socks."
8th grade students who are at the same level as my 3rd graders.
Shady business practices, and cocky businessmen.
Being proselyted to by my friends.
People who run red lights several seconds after the light has turned red when pedestrians are wating to cross.
And that's about everything....
"Hello, Hi. How are you. I'm fine"...."No, you're not, you're a little punk loser with no future."
The same kids who grow up to be taxi drivers and honk at me while I'm walking home. "Does it look like I want a ride, dummy? Am I standing on the side of the road waving my hand in the air?"
Stares followed by someone yelling, "Hey, it's a foreigner!" Sometimes I yell back, "Hey it's an ignorant moron."
Coteachers telling me what to do.
Everyone asking me what I eat for breakfast. "Rice." "How do you cook it?" "In a rice cooker, Einstein."
The lady at the store who made sure to explain to me that what I was buying was a rice cooker. "Oh really, I thought it was a mini washing machine for socks."
8th grade students who are at the same level as my 3rd graders.
Shady business practices, and cocky businessmen.
Being proselyted to by my friends.
People who run red lights several seconds after the light has turned red when pedestrians are wating to cross.
And that's about everything....
9/14/2008
With nothing else to do with most of the stores closed for the Korean Chuseok holiday, I took a bike ride out east of Jeonju.
This dam is how I was able to cross one of the many rivers in the area. There are bridges, but it is a little dangerous because of the drivers.
The smaller roads were lined with these flowers for most of the way. Most were purple or pink.
The rice fields are really beautiful right now.
The rice fields are really beautiful right now.9/06/2008
New Swim Suit
These are from my Friday school, which is way out somewhere in the Wanju area. The kids are mostly from poor families. One of my students told me he father sells corn for a living.
The school has one teacher for each grade level with about 10 students each. My Thursday school is similar, with only 47 students in the whole school.The last picture is some foreigner in a Speedo. Wanna Race?
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