Ironically enough, last week while the North Koreans were fizzling their rockets into the Pacific, South Korean science students were building model rockets for a science fair. I think theirs did far better than our neighbors to the north.

Danny

A few observations about life in South Korea ( Read more... )

You Are a Snow Leopard
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Okay, it's been while so I've got lots of catching up to do ( Read more... )

Kim and I are pretty much settled in by now. I'm not doing near as much walking to work as I thought I would. Actually I only only walk about 10 minutes on one day a week for work purposes. Since I live so far away from school, there is someone who gives me a ride every day. I could get a ride for that single ten minute walk if I wanted, but ( Read more... )

Lunch today was rather good. More boiled quail eggs, and if I understood one of the other teachers correctly, mermaid purses (shark eggs). I ate the shark eggs and left the quail eggs alone. I DID however eat the fried fish on my plate. There was also an excellent noodle and beansprout in pepper sauce dish that I DEVOURED ( Read more... )

Here is a pic of our apartment from Google EArth.

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My long days at Jusan Middle School are not quite as long as when I coaching three basketball teams, but it's close. Still, there's a lot of fun to be had, and I'm enjoying being in the classroom.

I'm teaching three extra classes a week at Jusan Middle School. Right now, we're learning to sing the Do-Re-Me Song from the Sound of Music . They are ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my first day at Julpo Elementary. The first two classes didn't go as well as I would have liked them to. They use a slightly different computer program to keep the lesson plans on and it took me a while to get up to speed on them. I also misheard a homeroom teacher about what time the class was over and left ten minutes too soon, ( Read more... )