Tuesday, August 09, 2005

more fun to come...

OK, just to show you all how cool the school is that I work at I wanted to post some pictures of my classroom, etc. I also took a bunch of photos from my trip to Chinatown in Incheon this past weekend and thought I'd include some pics of that as too (as well as a few other random shots from around town).

Oh! Also I found out yesterday that the Director of the school (my boss) is taking all of us teachers on a weekend getaway at the end of August. Apparently we're headed to this very popular tourist park about five or so hours away where they have hot springs to relax in and many beautiful mountains to climb. Sounds like it'll be wonderful! She had found out that none of us foreign teachers had gone anywhere over vacation and felt bad for us I guess, so she offered to take us on this all expenses paid mini-vacation. I am so looking forward to it!!! I've never been to any hot springs before... It's going to be great! :)

Anyway, onto the pics...


the view from my window on a beautiful clear day


the view from Mt. Inwangsan on that same day


an empty subway car (on the way to Incheon)


the gate at Chinatown, located in Incheon


a street in Chinatown


another gate leading to a park up on the hillside


the Korea-U.S.A. Centennial Monument


the Port of Incheon


another street in Chinatown


a dragon outside of the Chinese Cultural Center


the entrance to the Chinese Cultural Center


a random set of stairs nearby


the statue of Confucius


a daytime view of Seoul from Mt. Namsan


that same view at night


the door to my classroom ("T." stands for Teacher)


pics of my beautiful classroom




the kindergarten teachers' office


my school at night


I saw this on the way to the store tonight...
Be afraid, be very afraid.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

bad Konglish (installment #1)

So...What is exactly is Konglish?

Konglish
is the use of English words (or words derived from English words) in a Korean context or a Korean dialect mixed with English loanwords. It also includes the use of words that are perceived to be English, but are in fact not English words. These could be words that have a different meaning in Konglish than they have in English, words that merely look or sound English, or words that are a mixture of Korean and English. Koreans usually use the word exclusively in the latter sense.

Enjoy...


That's a pretty fancy toilet eh?


I find the strangest stuff on T-shirts here.


Clean pork? As opposed to dirty pork?


100% free! Yay!


The guy in Memento probably could have used one of these books.


It's voodoo I tell you, VOODOO!


Milk day is always a special day!


What kind of crazed freaky eggs do they have here??? Apparently they can talk.


What does cake have to do with a "cash book"?


sounds kinda weird to me...


Wow. These little note cards can do all that? Amazing!


That's pretty sad if someone has to wear one of these just to reaffirm themselves.


Not just good...addictive.


Yes, the hamburger will be with you...always.


Open up your mind and listen to your inner puppy...


"Stick on yours!" Is that an insult?


I wonder if this drug's of the illegal variety...


???


Thanks for sharing.


To quote my friend Erin: "I don't know that I want to drink a soda that has a new feeling."


And finally...this one was just so good, I had to post it again.

More to come!