GRE, then, let's go get a haircut and food.

So, I go to Seoul, never in a million years thought I'd take this test in the third largest city in the world. On my walk there, more nervous about finding the damn place than taking the test. Ran into this on my way, preeeety awesome.

Had a cup a coppee before I took it. p=f in korea ;)

After the test, I was hungry...let's find a restaurant.

That was not food, i should have known, this means beer.

I'm got thirsty...

If I get bored, there's always Luxe Bar.......

I can kinda read it, the bottom one for 6,000 = donkas - the most amazing food ever.

The 'Majestic' Yongson trains station...hahah

Crap - i need a haircut....let's go get a haircut

Homeboy showed me where the 'hair shoppe' was...

...sigh thats better.

I'm hungry still...

Homegirl gave me a few free fishey thingeys

...whoops - thats a whore house.

...do ya now?

THE best outlet EVER!

Ajema toast is the SHIT

Finally, chicken, that shall work.

Now back to mokpo.

By the way, its like 60 here right now. COMBEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Provided by website-hit-counters.com site.

Little Munchkins: mike teacher, what? (little girl points at photo booth).

...little munchkins. god they crack me up

So its been a qhile since I've blogged it, but here are a few things that have been going on...

Me: No, no, its I haven't seen you in a while.
Little 4th grade muchkin: I haven't seen you in a qwhile.
Me: ...cringe. Not 'qwuile' While....get it?
Little 4th grade muchkin: Qwhile
Me: WWWWWAAA, WAAA, Waaahile
Little 4th grade muchkin: Qwhile

...ugh

ANNND, this is goin on. Got the writing portion of the GRE may 7th in Seoul, then the Verbal and Math on June 12 in Kwangju. It was quite annoying signing up for it, but its all good now, just gotta do REALLY good.

PROTRACTED (choose the antonym)

A. expeditious
B. extenuated
C. egalitarian
D. temporal
E. engendered

In a class of 78 students 41 are taking French, 22 are taking German and 9 students are taking both French and German. How many students are not enrolled in either course?

A. 6
B. 15
C. 24
D. 33
E. 54

Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.


"Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time."

...barf. (it's saturday, and thats literally what I did all week for 3 hrs a day).

...anyway

The semester started on March 1st after my gorgeous month and a half vacation. I went in fully expecting hunni (homegirl) to be my co-teacher, and homeboy (kwon) to be the other one. Instead, I walked into an empty teacher room, and sat there for 3 hrs until someone showed up. I called EVERYONE associated with the school and they just told me to stay in the teacher room.

...haha - not like I need to know whats up.

Then finally she (below) walks in, Hannah, aka one of the sweetest people in the entire UNIVERSE. She and I are teaching 3rd and 4th graders.




Bahha, this is S.V. He's my boy, I took him into Moes the other night and he had WAY too much...haha, we taught him all about guy code and how not right it is to talk in the bathroom. Korean's like to pee in the urinal, with the person they're in the bathroom with. the. same. urinal. hahah.

Oh and that's called Mandu, Korean dumplings, those had tuna in them. So, so good.

Haha, it took me like 5 minutes to convience these ladies to take pictures with me. Its not because of my ugly mug, its cause of their insecurties that are the same with EVERY lady here...haha, its funny.

Anyway, this is Jane Austen, (her english name, man I wish i could have chose an 'english name')...but, shes also one of the nicest people in the world who gave me the BEST present EVER. You'll hear about that later...We teach 6th graders only and she is a HUGE baseball fan, and knows MUCH better English than homeboy did.

Seriously, these ladies are awesome. But I've got one more co-teacher that is not pictured as she was too busy for me. I really feel for them, they work REALLY hard all week and I just sit there and study. It's an interesting professional relationship, I understand that its their class and i'm their co-teacher. When it comes to bills, buying groceries that i cannot pronounce or fixing my internet, thats when they're my co-teacher.

This is...the gym teacher. I don't know his name and he doesn't know English. Somehow though, we are able to communicate and make each other laugh. Things like, loosing my phone in my back pocket, sighing exhaustively after studying all day. Rubbing my stomach and saying, good, GOD that was good. He doesn't know what I say, but he knows what I mean.



Anyway, back to the best present ever.

What happens when ya add this (below)

with this....???

...this happens (BAHAH)

Vietnam

Holy freaking crap - what a month. Ya know when ya do something like this, its always a good idea to write down goals. Specific stuff ya wanna laugh at over a beer with someone way down the line. Maybe its this beer with the pops on a Vietnamese beach called Vung Tau.

...absolutly amazing.



Maybe its crawling around in this - as laughter no longer fits, rather a nostalgic cheers to all the crazy kids who would crawl into this. With a pistol, and a flashlight...looking for their Vietgong counterpart.

Looking for something like this:


Then...do this:

Crawl into this:

Without a flash on your camera...

While you're in this obnoxious debacle, don't get caught in one of these:

...usually covered with a piece of paper masked with dirt.

...dont get whiplash:

I’ve been here for 5 months as of today. I’ve been humbled everyday in many different situations, regardless if I am in Asia. A Texas State basketball camp, or in most cases a cute girl at a bar…haha. Most cases – psh. But the fun thing, laughing about it over a few drinks at the REX Hotel in Ho Chi Minh where a majority of the big brass used to stay during the war. The guys sending young men to die for their indecision and probably even ego.

I really think it takes a lot to humble yourself and realize that every day for the next 7 months, you’ll be waking up in a country where you’re not only a ‘waygook’ (fingre quote it)…you’re also a deaf and blind white dude trying really hard to get into graduate school or even find an ellusive bar in Gwangju. As was the case last evening.

Yeah its freaking bad the hell ass that I’ve been to 6 countries before I’m 24. But according to Korea (as I was born in 86) - I'm 24 as of January 1st. But, I've still got a GRE to deal with on June 12th.

It took me a boat in the Mekong Delta, to stop worrying about grad school.

Haha, watch Dad try to find the toothpicks - and me try to get that damn piece of fruit on my toothpick...

The Great Wall - hm, the brought latters guys, not that great now huh?!?!?

(it took us 3 times to get Dad to open his eyes to take this picture...haha)

About 15 minutes outside Beijing, Dad and I did the Badaling section of the Great (freaking) Wall. We kept saying - never in a million years did we expect to do something like this. It was the off season for tourism, so the wall wasnt PACKED as it normally is during the summer or spring.

Bit of a hike too!

garful old man: Haha, Oct. 1st 1949 the People's Republic of China took over, and Communist China was born - the China we know today. Oct. 1st 1947 my father was born - MY DAD IS OLDER THAN CHINA!!!! (we got a kick out of that)

That's our tour guide Brian: "we can keep walking along - but its just more wall"

Ok, so I totally had a plan to be super productive on my days off, but the tempeture just dropped like 40 degrees in the last 10 minutes. Its going to be 70 tomorrow, so I'll be out and about to blog somemore....for now -

목포에서 환호!!!!!!!

(compey mokpo)

(cheers from mokpo)