More pics update

WEll i bought a camera today.... but haven't taken it anywhere so no pictures from that yet.. tho i'im assured by the salesperson that this Fuji camera is WAAAY better than that Canon 960 is that i was about to waste my money on... he also asked if i'd teach him english :P hahahaha and hey i figure money's money so i said yeah... wrote my details down and so we'll see how that goes.
anyhoo i'll just post up random pictures of stuff including pics near my area that i forgot to add before as well pics of my students.... and i dunno what else..
i'm sure i'll get around to an "only in korea" post at some point... maybe tomorrow if i'm feeling ... bored :P


so here they are ... PICS!!!

The arrow pointing right is where i live :)
Geumnam Market or when i tell the taxi to take me home it's "keumnam si jiang " ;)

here's a pic of what the boys in blue look like over 'ere...... took the picture to remind myself who to run to...or from depending on what i've been doing.....



and a small market that's held at the carpark of the apartment buildings near our school... every tuesday.. fresh produce.... just in cash you couldn't find fresh produce like... at EVERY OTHER SHOP


The fishies here i took a pic of..... bink knows why


Here's the first meal that i ordered out...... with a simple yet effective point at the menu and saying "igo juseyo" :P



How our company keeps tabs on us at work, ye olde time clock method




And here...... is a bucket full of eels........... pretty disturbing to watch actually :S



My Canadian workmate took me to Hannam to eat "Galbi" which is just like flavoured pork and here's a picture of your steaming side dish ..... it's like steamed egg but i took a pic cos it was shooting out steam :P which is pretty cool :P



and here's osme pics of the main street in Hannam.... horrid quality i know... but i was walking across the 8 lane street so didn't really have time to dally :P


One thing i really like about Korea is that a LOT of lil food places do takeaway doesn't matter what it is.... Ryu ordered me this and it arrived at the office about 20mins later, other things like Beef soup actually come in a stonework bowl or plates to a split bowl (for my Tang pok bap aka sweet and sour pork with rice) all the stuff is taken via big metal crates on a scooter to the delivery location.. and it all happens FAST! generally cheap too generally around 5-7$ mark (5-7000... which in reality would be closer to $5.50 and $7.70 for aussies)



The school near us has been reduced to rubble and they're rebuilding it from the foundations up so the kids have to live with large shipping containers as classrooms naturally it's only temporary...



Here's where i go everyday...... this is the office....... a total of 8 people sit in the area you see right now



and that table in the corner next to the wall is my desk :)



THIS is basically what i had for breakfast (2 of them actually) for pretty much 2 weeks... along with a 'mochaccino milk'
this is a "sam gok kim bap" literally meaning "3 cornered seaweed rice"
aka 'onigiri' in Jap






And NOW the moment you've ALL been waiting for........



My kids


This is my Genki 2 Class
Judy, Amy, Talli and Julia.



This is my Conversation class
Christina, Justin, Jack and Jin

Jack was the original culprit of the attempted "sack whacking" but thankfully has since decided that it's far more fun to just poke me with the marker pen *sigh*

you'll all be happy to know that Justin was poking me in the butt again ... and even went so far as crack me in the nuts........ this lil devil (cute tho) trundled up to me and stuck his hand out.. and being the good fella i am immediately shook his hand..... to which he responded with a swift and thankfully slightly pulled "tiger strike" to my crotch area..... he got me pretty good actually.....
then of course he runs off laughing -.-"



Here's my good Safari 2 class... these kids are cute... hard working and generally good fun to be with. The boy of the left is Tom.........or maybe it's David....... his twin.... thing is i can tell them apart with this amazingly simple detail....... David always sits in front of Tom.... and seeing as they always tend to wear the same thing (or if not the same then the complementary colours) it makes it quite hard..... the do act a lot different tho... David comes over with his book and gets into my lap while i'm marking his work..... Hella cute right? and if not he'll walk over after he's finished and take a look at what i'm writing then leans on my shoulder and gives me a hug... what a great kid :P

Next guy is Jack, he's pretty cool too, tho nothing really worth commenting about, there's another kid behind Jack and his name's Paul. Paul is a super bright kid... understands a fair bit of English considering the level these kids are at. Then the girl is Slen, she's damn cute as well... doesn't say much... doesn't do that much work either comparable :p
but she's cute.. :P




and here's my NOT so good Safari 2 class. This is the class that jumps all over me when i'm around.. though i've since controlled this activity.
so it's Julia (my 'enforcer' and bully, if the other kids are doing something she knows i don't like... she'll step in and 'fix' the offender :P),
Daniel (this kid is smart, cute, hyperactive.... insane.... and just good fun),
then June... tho he prefers Jin nowadays (this kid... is cute too... and also sulky and a lil too liberal about where he puts his fingers........in the ass....... MY ass :S *sighs again*
then Sally (pretty surly most of the time, and she's currently in Vietnam),
then Big ...... yes.... Big (this guy is a whiney lil... bi- boy.... :P always bit- eerr complaining about SOMETHING, one time he was grabbing something that i didn't want him to grab.. so i smacked his fingers :P...... then made him cry... which i just shrugged at and ignored ... mainly cos he deserved it :P)
then there's Nate.... annoying that he's affectionate and has the death grip..... he grips his own hands then won't let go... he thinks it'shilarious that he's strangling me -.- i'm gonna give it to this kid at some point too.... give him a swat.
All of these kids have THE highest pitch voices........ usually set my ears ringing by the end of class they almost get to the "i want to commit suicidal" frequency



My Safari 4 class....also a nightmare class cept for... Sopia (this is the class that had me thinking about leaping out of the building the other day for those in the know
Will (good kid, quiet and studious... slowly starting to appreciate him) originally thought he was being whipped by ....
Sunny this girl is pretty dense i have to say..... only good at parroting, has the initiative of a rock and hsa the same English skills *shakes head*
Jung Jae.... this kid is seriously a misfit.... i've finally gotten him to do work in class tho generally he'll just go insane.... paradoxically he likes me :S i don't get why... in the first 2 -3 weeks i threw him out of the class the majority of the time nowadays he doesn't pick on me just the other kids in the class, what's even more insane is the fact that his English is actually pretty good :S
Gyung Don.....i don't like this kid.... happy to give it ... but can't take it.... and his English sucks cept when he's trying to dob somebody in.
Peter is just annoying and has a high pitched voice good for shattering 24y.o ear drums.
Sopia... this girl is the saving grace of this class. She's cute and smart and her English is pretty damn good... what's better is that i use her to translate my instructions to the class for the more dimwitted of those among them
Richard.. this kid gets offended that when i say his name it sounds like "Rich`ed" he likes it more articulated.... screw him :P i pity him more nowadays cos he's usually the target of Jung Jaes antics.
Kevin...... possibly one of the aforementioned dimwits... either that or he's been harrassed and he's totally retreated on himself
ah well



and VERY lastly for your viewing pleasure is a vid of me flipping a seafood pancake.... why?
cos i could.