Cherry Blossom Saturday!

Today, we went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Pusan!  The cherry blossom trees are in full bloom all around the city and the streets are filled with white and pink blossoms!  Spring is finally here! :)

Here are some pictures from our amazing day!

Me and Jessica

2 darling Korean girls who let me take their picture smelling the cherry blossom flower!

I took this picture of Kevin and loved it!   I'm always thankful to be able to practice my photography on my own husband!  

I think I was laughing at some of the kids playing in the street.

I loved the bright blue wall...

Who would have known I'd become such a kid lover over here in Korea!  I just can't get enough of the Korean babies!  They are all so beautiful!

Another great pic of Kevin... 

Jess is a budding photographer!  She takes amazing pictures with her point and shoot!

The students from the photography club at Carlos's school were at the festival taking pictures too!   (Carlos is the tall one in the back)

Me and my balloon sword fighting friends! 

This may not look like it, but this was a serious sword fight!

There was an elementary class having a field trip to the festival.  When I walked by and waved at them, this was the reaction I got!   ADORABLE!

Jess was thirsty, so we both tried to drink out of this fountain!  The water kept shooting straight up, so we were getting our whole faces drenched!  After a couple minutes of everyone laughing at us, a nice young Korean guy walked over and handed us 2 water bottles and motioned that this particular fountain was for washing your hands, not for drinking!  :)

Kev has fans EVERYWHERE he goes!  We couldn't believe that on a day when he's wearing basketball shorts and looking frumpy, the girls STILL want their picture with him!  Go figure?!

Some of Kevin's fans!   They all want pictures of him!  We joke that we're going to try to sell pictures of Kevin on the subway for 1,000 won one day! 

The Festival!  (Double click for a more detailed picture.)

The goregous Cherry Blossoms (This pic was taken by Jess!)

Dinner date with the girls!

Last Tuesday night, Stella and the music teacher, who I named "April" took me to dinner at a restaurant overlooking the ocean and harbor! It was a magical view, and a really fun dinner date! Stella is on the left of me, and April is on the right!

At nearly every Korean restaurant, there's a "call button" at one of the corners of every table!  So, anytime you need the waiter, you hit the call button and they come right over!  It's awesome, except for when you accidently lean on it, which I've done a number of times.  

This call button is special though.  I can't remember which button is for what, but there are 4 buttons for distinctly different purposes.  One button is for more soju (alcohol).  One is for more water.  Another is for the server to come over... and lastly and more importantly, one button is for a taxi... for all the drunk people who eat here!  :)

Shhh, it's our little secret!

At lunch today, I got asked to go to dinner with my Vice Principal! He told me, "Sshh, it's our secret!" I thought it was hilarious, because typically that phrase is used in more than shady situations. In acuality, it was completely innocent... He's 60 years old and I'm going to dinner with his family and my co-teacher. He said, "Ssssh, it's our secret" because he didn't want the other teachers to be jealous that he was taking me to dinner, but I love when Koreans say stuff that has really sexual or vulgar connotations! It's hilarious!

Funny pin

One of my 6th grade girls was wearing a pin today on her sweatshirt. I saw that there was English printed on it, so I took a closer look. Her pin said,

"Make love with TBJ"

I figured she had no idea what "Make love" meant, but I was still curious who TBJ was, so I asked Stella. She said TBJ is a store in Korea. Imagine if I wore a "Make Love With Target" pin! HILARIOUS!

My favorite Korean songs!

THE WONDER GIRLS 원더걸스 - "Nobody"
This song is so darn catchy, and it plays all the time, everywhere we are! My students all LOVE the Wonder Girls. I was just looking for this song on youtube, and some of my 4th grade boys came in and were singing it with me!


GIRLS GENERATION 소녀시대 - "Gee"
When we go out dancing, all of the Koreans scream if this song comes on, and they do all the dance moves from this video! It's amazing!