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In my most advanced class, the material called for a review of body parts. I drew upa silhouette on the board so that we could label it, and the whole class erupted in laughter. Apparently my silhouette was wearing no clothing. I drew underwear on it, but it didn't stop them laughing. Whatever you think, Simon is about to add an arrow and label it 'underpants'.
Korea seems to have a lot of old Capitals. I visited another one of them. It was a good little day out, if alittle grey.
The view from my balcony at night. We have lots of Korean neon. Koreans seem to like bright colours.
I went to Seoul for the weekend. I partied with beautiful Irish girls, toured a palace, visited the biggest shopping mall dedicated to electronics I've ever seen, ate steak, swapped jokes with a crazy German bar owner, navigated the Seoul subway and slept on a train.
Incheon airport is really beautiful. I've heard rumors that it was built for the world cup, but I can neither confirm nor deny that with any confidence. I took a couple of shots while waiting for my flight to China.
Thanks to a public holiday, we got a rare two day weekend, which I'm happy to say we made the most of. We visited Gyong-Ju, a very historic city on the first day. We visited the beach and looked upon the East sea on the second.
For a few days I'd noticed some guys playing some kind of game in the car park by the bakery at which I buy breakfast. It involved throwing sticks into a square painted in the tarmac. I was vociferously invited to join in the game, and had a throw myself before heading on to school. The sticks are not perfectly cylindrical, having a flat side to them. The number ofpoints scored depends on how many sticks land flat side down as opposed to 'rounded side' down. I'm not aware of which is preferable. According to Maria this is a special game for the new year.
The Kindergarten put on (in Glen's words) an extravaganza. They had the stage for almost two hours and performed wonderfully for their parents.
What I've been doing in the evenings. Baggy trousers, padded floors and wooden swords.
The latest addition to the Daejon music scene. The Bad Apple never went through a barrel of Cass so fast. Paul told me, so it must be true.
We got five days off for the Lunar New Year. I spent four of them in China. I had a great time. I was blown away by the culture and beauty of it all.
After getting up late one Sunday, I went with Stacey and Jen to a different town to go to the market. The Ginseng Market.
I take a day trip, leaving Daejon for the first time by myself. Where too, you ask. Why to the beach, and lovely weather for it ofcourse.
In one of my classes, four children of about 7 years old drew pictures of people and named as many body parts as they could. The boys drew boys and the girls drew girls. It's just the way things are.
The season of goodwill, presents and family, as experienced by a group of people all thousands of miles away from where they usually celebrate the season of goodwill, presents and family.
On a wet and dreary Sunday, the teachers of ECC went off to have a fine meal and a glass of wine at a post hotel for reasons even we can't quite fathom.
Halloween at ECC. Pictures of staff and kids dressing up.
What went on in the Zoo approximately a week before Halloween? Some of the publicly consumable stuff is reported on right here, on the Adam in Korea website.
The Hanaro posse climbed a mountain, then Marc and I returned a week later. Includes pictures of the first snow of the year.
A new restaurant opened just across from ECC. They did the standard Korean thing and hired some dancing girls to hang out outside. The girls dance to really loud dance music while they shoutedpraise for the eatery adressed in their 'just off a flying saucer' outfits.
I've been playing with Photoshop, and am sort of happy with this picture, and this seems an appropriateforum in which to publish it. It was taken on the ECC kindergarten zoo trip. Mr Choi, my boss, had seen me taking pictures with my digital camera, so asked me along on the trip. Yaay, free trip to the zoo.
We had a tennis tournament on a national holiday to settle once and for all the question "Just who is the best tennis player at ECC?"
Ourfirst time out of the city in Korea. The most popular mountain to climb in Daejon. Check out the view of the city and the fortress on top of the mountain.
A group of English teachers take on a five hour hike over two peaks and down to a temple.Along the way they receive and give an unwanted gift, meet a large group of Buddhist nuns and see a very beautiful little girl in a very beautiful dress.
Impressive and imposing, and set in a couple of blocks of parkland to set them aside from all else, the government buildings of Daejon provide a beautiful sight walking home while the sun sets. The Government of Korea is decentralised, and Daejon, being the third biggest city, gets a healthy share of the bureaucracy.
The story of how Jen and Stacey acquired their cat.. Guest writing by Steve.
A day of pictures taken at ECC. See pictures of all my classes for a day, as well as a bit of running commentary.
Adam and Marc's apartment. What does it look like? How many rooms does it have? How big is their TV? How clean is their toilet? How much washing up is there to do? These questions and more answered, right here, on the Adam in Korea website.
Follow the ECC crowd as they go out for a meal, a few drinks and a sing at Noribung.
Overview of a few days spent in Japan. A visit to Nara, a day at Osakabeach, a visit to a sushi bar, a day wondering around Osaka centre and nights in youth hostels and a capsule hotels.