Endless Adventures

I have a hard time keeping up with the blog when new adventures are occruing daily. This weekend started off with my school taking all of us to the countryside (see facebook photos). Its Autumn here and trees are beautiful orange, yellow and red colors - it reminds me of Minnesota. We take the 4-wheels up into the mountains and visit a sheep farm where I purchase a small little purse that looks like a sheep stuff animal -cute :)


**** Halloween is coming up and the school goes all out with decorations, costumes, and activities. You will be proud to know that I am dressing up as " AMERICA " .... stay tune for details! ****

Spinning Konglish

One of my goals when I came to Korea was to get of a path of leading a healthier lifestyle. So I joined this very high tech gym 1 block down from my school. As a new customer at the gym, they offer three free personal trainer sessions. They give me, Iron (quite the name, right?) and he speaks enough English to tell me what to do. "Up", " Down" , " Building Muscle", "Push", and my personal favorite, "Touch me here" - yes, my trainer asked me to touch the muscle in which we are working out so that I understand what muscle to force on. Iron is very handsome and I feel my face turn red when I touch his 'gluteus maximus' while he does a lunge. Iron text me yesterday, "You come to spin class 9pm, walk 20mins before". I read it and think "SHIT". I was hoping to have the night off (i have gone to the gym every night after work) but if Iron says I must come, then I must go. - - - cut to me in a spinning class on the roof top of the gym over looking Seoul's nightly glow - - -4 Korean men, 3 Korean women, and me. The mirror in front of me says it all - - - my big blond pony tail bounces in the air making the comparison of color even more obvious. Three - very long - songs have played and my tank top has turned into a sweat rag. I am proud of myself for finishing and can't wait to hit the shower... awww, wait...did I say finish? I guess the correct word would be START. the sweat on my tank top is a sprinkle compared to what I was about to endure. "See your future" - Iron says to me, as we are in 'race mode' of the class. OH, i see my future, and my future is getting off this bike! But the stern athletic Koreans, Iron's sweaty body and my ego to not look out of shape keeps me on that bike until song number 10!! Iron pats me on the back after class and says, "Eat Tomato" - i have no idea why.. but on my walk home I stop at a vegetable cart and bite into a Tomato as if its an apple. I fall asleep thinking ' i better look like Beyonce when all this is over with'.

- I am going to leave you with some of my favorite KONGLISH (that's what we call Korean & English) I have seen around the city.

* A lady in her 60s wearing a t-shirt with a big cat on it and on the back it says, " I love pussy" (she has no idea what this means, but im sure she just saw the cat and thought it was a great shirt, haha)

* A 6 year old student learning time. Writes: "3 a cock" , " 4 a cock" , "5 a cock" ..... on his paper

* In the grocery store, I'm wearing a skirt. A man points to my exposed legs and says "OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA" - - - - your guess is as good as mine on this one.

* A little girl on the street wearing a t-shirt that says "Skinny Bitch" ( this is a perfect example of how Koreans love the English words so they just buy random English tshirts but have no idea of the meaning)

..... this part of the blog is 'to be continued'

Chuseok - Tuna & Panties

This weekend was the Chuseok celebration in Korea. On Thursday, the kids and teachers dressed up in the traditional Korean clothing known as the, Hambok. The kids looked adorable and I, myself look like .... well ....like a foreigner in a Korean outfit. I was glad to have the experience though. Chuseok is a day of giving gifts to your boss and teachers. I was given panties by one of my student's mother, and my school gave us all a large gift set of Tuna. (I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried- haha)