bottoms beware.

ok so literally SoKo is just like Tdot.

BUT

The kids have an ALARMING activity they enjoy which plagues teachers everywhere.

it is called.

Dong-chim.

Charmingly and loosely translated as "shit-needle" Dong chim is where the students place their hands together as if they're holding up a gun and come up behind you and try to poke you up your butt.

sometimes i run, sometimes i hold a book against my ass, sometimes i cry, but regardless...

no one is safe from the shit needle.

to show you an example of such a maneuver in action, the kindergartens had a puppet show in the gym on tuesday. it was super elaborate and amazing puppets, real lights, a huge stage. the works.

but it was in korean, so i asked one of my korean coteachers what the story was about and she said "the virus made it so the cook can't poo poo, so its up to poo poo man to fight the virus"

much different than your everyday puppet show but entertaining none the less.

so ok, a little boy and this virus puppet are fighting and all of a sudden the virus villain (looks like team edward style villain) comes out from behind the curtain as a life sized huge mascot in the same clothes as the puppet.

lo and behold, someone has to beat this super villain and the only person to beat him is poo poo man a superhero dressed character with a swirl of plastic shit on his head.

how does he beat the villian you ask?

with a good old dong-chim shit needle.

so once i get back, you bitches beware of your bottoms.

this is all a legitimate true story. 

hahahahah

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miss you crazies.

my blog turned korean. i cant read korean.

sorry for the haitus. i came back to my blog and it was all in korean and i was like

"eff this shit"

anyway! my kids did their pokemon song and a whole new world. the class that did a whole new world actually won! so on monday we get a pizza party! :)

pokemon song...

....

well.

its an e for effort. one kid was screaming like a banshee the whole time. ash ketchum would have not caught him if he were a pokemon i don't think.

yesterday my korean coteacher and jasmine went to a hookah bar. it was actually unreal. its 12 dollars for a hookah with a milllion options of flavoured tobacco. we got chocolate mint. and no mom, if you're reading this it isnt DRUGS. we sat in this wild decorated room with a dj and you had to climb up stairs and get to a loft/bunkbed/treehouse thing. unreal :)

will post a video of pokemon on facebook. for now its shopping time. but not in a mall... OHHH no.

the best shopping is in the subway station! shoes and dresses for 5 and 10 dollars. it is unreal.

:)

bye for now

white day is fricking awesome

here in korea they have a holiday today.

not a "don't go to school" kinda holiday.

just a plain old awesome holiday called WHITE DAY.

valentines day here is where girls give candy to boys. White day is where boys give to girls. and april 14th is BLACK DAY for singles. lol.

i will celebrate all of these.

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sneakers with a prom dress? absolutely.

So I knew the fashion in Kor-izzle would be different and I was so psyched for it.

They have all these little shops in the subway that sell shoes and bags and clothes for like 5 dollars. There's lots of high necked, like Sailor Moon collared things and 50's and 60's inspired stuff.

But the trend that is the most wonderful is that at the club, or even just out on the streets, the girls wear these tiny mini skirts with SNEAKERS!

Crazy coloured, high topped, velcro sneakers. Legit pumped up kicks.

I wonder why we never thought of this phenomenon before. Comfort. Strange.

People are usually hella dressed up here. I have never once seen track pants on a human outside. Not even when we had to go to the hospital for a health check.

So I guess what I've learned here is

Track pants: nay

Pumped up Kicks: yay

I'm LEARNING!

friendship in korea.

to give you an example of how to make friends in seoul:

step one: be lost in homeplus and not know where a cash register (korean walmart)

step two: see person who you are positive speaks english

step three: ask person about cash register. subsequently end up in 10 minute conversation about drunk festivities in seoul.

step four: person takes facebook account.

step five: make plans to get drunk with person you met for five minutes in homeplus on a friday night.

thats pretty much how it goes here. lol.

Just before I run to school...

I'm off to school soon but I just wanted to point out...

Teaching Kindergarten students the pokemon theme song is like trying to perform brain surgery on greys anatomy.

so far its been three days and i've gotten down "i wanna be the very best"

hahaha

updates slash video will follow.

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First Weekend in Seoul: Aka: Holy Shit.

Weekend finally arrives and I am pretty much the most psyched to see what kind of shenanegans I will get into in Seoul.

Jasmine and I get loaded off Soju (1.40cent booze) and go to an Irish pub with some of the other teachers at our school. I literally felt like I was in Wilfs singing Patio Lanterns.

Then we go to another district, Hongdae which is basically the most wild place I've ever been. Its all neon lights and alleyways that lead to other clubs. Clubs are open until like 7:00am and theres a 5:30 drunk train. I am in heaven.

We go into this club and literally it is like Step Up 3 the streets.

Everyone is break dancing, everyone knows the LMFAO dances, everything. Theres a giant break dance circle.

Naturally I think its a good idea to bust out my jazz routines.

I end up in the splits on the floor in the middle of the break dance circle. There was a fog machine and I dove into the fog and my co-teachers thought I broke something. hahahahha.

Some things never change :)

The next night we went to this club in the fancypants district, supposedly top 3 in Seoul because its in the Ritz Carleton called Eden. Crazy predrink with a bunch of super nice army guys and teachers...I met a girl from Ajax! Literally the smallest world!

They got bottles and a booth so from what I remember I had a wonderful time dancing to a whole lot of trance music. Korean girls poked me in the boobs and butt in the bathroom and hugged me. I am still not 100 percent sure why but I took it as either I look like a fatass or its a compliment. Will look into further.

Sunday was Hungover :)

I feel like I am going to lose 25 years off my life with this crazy 6am mornings! haha. Worth it I think!

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