If you like random pictures this post is for you! Part 1

Alright so since Amanda has done a picture dump a few times I feel it is within my power to begin the deluge of random phone pictures I have taken while here in South Korealand.

I prefer him asleep

I had never had a student fall asleep in my class until I had my first casualty here.  Luke was sleeping pretty hard too.  The kindergarten kids are pretty merciless when it comes to when another student is sleeping.  They poke tickle and generally be jerks when they notice one of their peers has drifted off into slumber.  

The height of class

I felt that I looked particularly sexy one day so I thought what better way to celebrate than take a classy bathroom mirror shot at my adult teaching school.  See that hand on the hip, that is what we call sassy.  If you say have a number and think you might be acting a little crazy I would call you.  Maybe. 

Nune DDine

On the search to find snacks that are actually tasty we picked these things up.  I honestly don't remember if they were good, but I haven't bought them since so maybe they weren't good?  Heck if I know.  I actually only really stick to two main snacks here, the Korean version of Pocky and a honeycomb snack thing that is delicious.

Make a wish it will last longer.

Sometimes when I think I do a particularly cool lesson (and or I draw something) I like to take pictures of it to preserve what I did.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 it is Sight Words time, that week the word was wish.  It was a fun lesson which none of the students cared in the least about.

My favorite animal is seal. because seal is very cute and very intimacy

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What can I say?  I have the maturity of a child.

The best paragraph I've ever read.

I posted this on facebook and my melanin sufficient friends got a pretty good kick out of it.

Election, number one won the election, the first female president of South Korea

Burninator

It is like Strong Bad's crappy drawing came to life in Asia

Left to right back row: Kate, Monica, Susan, Aiden, Luke, Anna
Front row: The back of Chris's head, Shirley

During the winter break I have like 11 kids in a classroom that barely fits 7, so for lunch I make a giant table so they can all sit together.  It works....ok?

Look at those shades

COOL SUN NEEDS NO EXPLANATION

Oh Chrimmitree

Christmas time in Homeplus!  God these pictures are old.

Ha, internet reference

Seriously though that kid looks like super happy to be in that puffy cloud land.  

Home for Confused Photos

Not all pictures are lost, some are just confused or otherwise don't really know where to go. So in this case we'll call it a home for confused photos, but it's all the usual here. Looking above though, this was on a timer for our food when we went to eat at Lotteria one of the first times we got here. The picture and the text says it all. This is the Lady Burger we're talking about here. "Sorry, Boys! Only for Ladies!" Clearly it's a "MUST-EAT" Hahaha. We got a giggle out of that one.

Speaking of food, what is this even? This is a bacon cheese donut from Dunkin Donuts that's down the road from us. They have some delicious things, but this is not one of them. I do like the fact that pretty much every place you go (that is fast food or something like DD) tells you the basic nutritional value and the kcal count.

Speaking of food, and things that are not food, another perk of living here is that they love to give you free things. This cereal has free small cereal packs attached and you see this pretty frequently. HomePlus likes to give you free things by way of their 1+1 sales too. You see the free attached things everywhere though, whether it's feminine products, frozen foods, or other miscellaneous products.

We first saw this amazing car when we started traveling down near the hub of the bus station. I love the pumpkin and I wish I could be cool and have a pumpkin like this one. It's worth noting that the road that the car is on in the direction it is facing is the local market.

Speaking of transportation, advertising comes in many shapes and forms and this is just one ad for an English school that was on the side of a bus. I like how the school can make kids into English speaking superheroes.

It's not uncommon to see ads inside the local buses advertising for various drawing and animation schools. This is similar. They're ads that are posted downtown (Shinae) near this little craft/youth hub that is next to a Dunkin Donuts. Sometimes there is singing or dancing and quite a few people gather in the general area. These are the ads for the school you want if you're looking to specialize in anime girls apparently.

Speaking of Shinae, the other day we were downtown just roaming around as usual and we ran into this event happening. There was singing, dancing, cameras, you name it. It kind of seemed like a Cheongju's Got Talent sort of thing. Yes, those are backup singers.

We were advised to also check out this underground mall downtown because it has this cool fish tank and is generally kind of interesting. There are so many tiny businesses, a lot of which sell clothing or shoes. Speaking of clothing, the Engrish (or Konglish for here specifically) can make for some very interesting apparel and signs. They're sometimes very logical mistakes considering the fact that there are some sounds that Koreans don't distinguish between. Others are just grammatical mistakes.

Changing gears this time, this is the rice field that we walk by when we come and go from the school. It's all been gathered up and placed very nicely, it's so pretty. By now it's been taken elsewhere and the field is just empty, but it still looks neatly trimmed.

And last, but certainly not least, this time around is this adorable chocolate whale cake that I saw today at Tous les Jours which is a local bakery. They have the prettiest cakes for sale and this one just looks so cute and pleased. Maybe I'll get a cute cake for myself as a treat, hopefully it'll be as cute as this one!

That's all for now though, I'll post another round of pictures in the near future. You never know what you'll find here and I like to appreciate the little things and I hope you do too. ^.^

Home For Lost Photos

Siblings with matching outfits. There are also couples with matching clothing that's a popular thing.

So sometimes you take pictures and you just aren't sure where they should reside. They have some immediate value and you want to share them, but the hard part is figuring out where. Thus, I am making this into a small home for (current) pictures that deserve some sort of acknowledgement due to their sheer awesomeness. That or they're pretty neat, or vaguely interesting. You get the idea.

Everything over here is cute! This is paper clay for our art project.

So we get these interesting Dream Science kits which are of varying interest to our kids. Mostly due to their current fine motor skills or lack thereof.

So I have the big green yogurt bank, now I just need to get the adorable teeny ones to go with it. 

Playing my adapted Scrabble game in class with the older girls. They're surprisingly not being super lazy.

This stuff is delicious. Dried, seasoned seaweed is so good.

Not the best shot ever, but I caught a really pretty sunset.

Korean versions of familiar board games! Pretty cool.

Stella made these since she has a tendency to make many things rainbow, but I'm not sure what they are. At first I thought caterpillars, but I really have no idea.

I think I explained pepperoni penguin a couple posts prior to this one. But everyone should love pepperoni penguin, so here you go. Even if it is an anatomically deficient penguin.

Aren't we cute? Here we are sitting waiting for the 105 bus at the bus stop near our school!

The view of the exit doors for the bus.

We visited this rundown arcade in Cheongju near the bus terminal, it was cute.

The sign for the arcade, isn't it interesting? The Engrish makes it even more fun.

Chance of Victory with by Good Game

Some of these things are not like the others... 

Koreans and their clothing... it's so cute though.

My class of older girls? Yeah, they're kind of weird.

You see Gangnam Style references everywhere. Written with dry erase markers on boards in front of stores, on huge signs, everywhere.

I will play you when I get home, just you wait Viva Pinata.

This is the flower that was started before I got here. It's a cute little marigold.

This is adorable. Sarah is so cute and animated and she is, of course, talking to the daydreamer Evelyn.

Ellena has this thing for writing/talking about magic ddong powder and Lily which just sounds awkward and I really don't know what it means.

Aiden made robots because he is just that cool. He apparently drew these freehand too.

I have no idea what this is, but it's from the kitchen and I sometimes see it sitting out in the sun. I'm not sure I want to know and want to live in blissful ignorance. Also, what I think is Julia's hand.

These are crushed up seeds (that you crush yourself) that you get at Saboten. You pour this delicious dark sauce on it and mix it up and dip your food into it. It's so amazing.

Aiden made a bee without wings. We are kindred spirits as I have drawn wingless bees in my time too.

Speaking of bees, this is the packaging for baby wipes that are around the school.

Who knew Snoopy was a chef?

This is the tissue box for HomePlus tissues. Why is everything so cute here?

I wish I had gotten a picture of this earlier, but I'm not sure what these are. Previously there was an older woman sitting on the tarp whacking them with a stick. 

They cut down the rice field near us, but now it looks really neat.

At first I got these because the whale is adorably smug. Then I tried them and they were delicious. Also crunchy, which is good sensory input.

This snack was dumplings! They were so good.

I don't remember why I took this picture. I think they saw me taking a picture of my snack and wanted to pose. This is Daniel, Evelyn, and Stella.

Attack of the sticker monster, on my Kindle case!

Me with two of my favorite little girls, Sarah and Evelyn.

I wasn't aware that Tomas was into the confederacy, who knew?

In which sleepy Sarah fell asleep in my lap, which seems to be a trend.

I found this butterfly in the middle of the road in the middle of the night (on our walk back from the bar). Poor thing was so cold, but it's so gorgeous!

Dunkin Donuts has these fun Halloween donuts! I should have grabbed one of the chocolate ones, they look so good. I guess there's always tomorrow.

Pokemon snack! An odd chocolately snack, but the packaging is cute.

You get this little logo thing at the bottom and then a little hologram prize too. Fun stuff. :)