Friday, October 30, 2009

Trying to Get by in Yeosu

You may remember a while back I posted a video of a few guys dancing and singing around a Korean town named Gumcheon (Kicking it in Gumcheon--youtube it).

Well now Yeosu has a song and video all of its own. It was made by two guys who live here, obviously, and well its another way to get a quick snap shot of what life is like in Yeosu. Plus you finally get to see the city!

Enjoy!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Whoo-hooo!! #100


So this is my 100th post! Usually not a big deal to big time bloggers, but for me, its a big deal. That means that there are 100 experiences on here that Ed and I have shared with you all. And trust me when I say that there are about 1000 more that we haven't written about.



Anyways, quick update: I still can't get the pictures to load, so you guys might be out of luck for our bigger albums. I'll upload some of the highlights, don't worry. Above and below are pictures from our trip to Boseong Tea Fields (world renowned).


I got the flu shot. I know not really huge news, however the process that it took to get one was amazing. Korea has been dealing with a shortage of flu shots (even the regular kind). I've been playing a "Yes we have it. No we don't" game with the local clinic. Fortunately my co-teacher, Mr. Joo rocks, and was able to get us two private shots (meaning instead of joining the cattle herd to get the shots--literally imagine a cattle herd and thats what it was like--he got us a private seating with 'saved' shots). I have to give a shout out to him. After we got the shots he turned and said to me "Now call your mother and tell her you won't get the flu." Haha!

Halloween is coming up. Yeosu's waygooks are getting costumed out. Yeosu's youth is getting more and more confused (although they definitely have the concept of "give me candy" down). I carved up a Jack o' Lantern with my extra class students yesterday, and well they loved it! It has been a hit with all the kids in every class thus far. I just wish I could afford to buy 22 pumpkins for every class, but well that might be too much!

Anyways thats about all the news on our end for now. Be sure to stay tuned for the Halloween photos and re-cap!

(seriously--this is how the dog was dressed up--we were stunned when we saw him. And yes that is a backpack on him, and shoes, and a diaper, and a hat, and dyed orange ears).

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Frustrations

So I've been trying to update the blog with some pictures that we have taken (even pictures from the Europe trip). Thus far, I've experienced some difficulty trying to upload these things. Just thought I'd let you know that I haven't abandoned you all...I'm just having difficulties. I hope to have them worked out sooner rather than later, but I'm not sure if thats going to happen.

Please stay tuned...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Rain update..

RAIN. WAS. AWESOME. Yup, as far as concerts go, the boy sure put on a good show.

2 and 1/2 hours of non-stop dance and song. Of course, we couldn't understand really any of the songs (because they were in Korean) but we did recognize a few of them. The hords of girls that were there were very excited to see him (the girl next to me was shaking when he came on stage).

There were neat-o glow sticks, close seats, and surprisingly a fair amount of us waygooks. And Rain even took off his shirt!!!!! Overall I would rate this Korean experience a solid 8 (minus two points for lack of English songs and for the concert being 5 hours away--but I'm not holding a huge grudge). And just so you can see how awesome the concert really was, we will be posting a video that Ed made about the event!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

K-Pop!!

Something pretty big is happening this Saturday.

Can you guess what it is?

I'll give you some hints:
1. We are going to Seoul.
2. It will be a first for both Ed and I.
3. Stephen Colbert
4. 'Biggest Korean Pop Star" EVER!!!
5. Time's Top 100: Are They Worthy


Did you guess?

Well if not, let me tell you! Ed and I are going to see RAIN (aka Bi) on Saturday!!!

I know, I know. You must be just as excited as we are, right? I mean come on: RAIN?!!!!?

Say what?
Wait a minute.
You don't know who or what Rain is??

Okay, I forgot. You're not in South Korea, so maybe you don't know Rain. Don't worry. I'll give you a quick bio (of course none of which is researched or cited--this is my own knowledge).

Basically in Korea you have something called K-Pop. These are young musical "geniuses" who hypnotize the Korean population with their catchy tunes, English catch phrases (remember "I want Nobody but you" by the Wondergirls??), and overall crazy, sexy, and surprisingly easy dance moves to emulate. Rain just happens to be one of the top Korean performers. He's considered an international star, and by all rights he is. Except he just can't seem to break 100% into the American music scene. However, he is still trying. Just in case you really want to know what kind of AWESOMENESS we will be seeing on Saturday, here is his video for Rainism:



Ed and I are super excited to be going to our first Korean K-Pop concert and way more excited that it is Rain that we will be able to see. Trust me when I say that there maybe lots of videos, pictures and overall joy from this event. And, of course, I will share it all with you!

Oh, and just in case you want to know why Steven Colbert is on the "hint list" here's why: