No Accidents Tally!

I just noticed this, on the board, this morning of the 4th grade classroom next to our English class. It means that there have been no accidents (fights, broken bones, broken desks, broken windows, etc...) for 4 days in their class! This is a HUGE accomplishment for this class! They are crazy! If they make it 10 days in a row, they get a prize!

Gmarket.com

There's about to be trouble, and my nice little pile of savings is not gonna be too happy about it! This afternoon, Stella helped me create a Gmarket.com account, which is the Korean equivalent of a discounted amazon or ebay maybe, but 100 times better! You can buy anything and everything you could possibly imagine and have it delivered right to your door, or in my case, right to my school's front office! Everytime Stella has on a cute dress or shirt, I ask her where she bought it and she smiles and says, "Gmarket!"

My first purchase will be a much needed flash drive to replace the one that died on me last week... and maybe a pair of shoes, or a winter scarf. This is all pending whether or not I can navigate my way through all the Korean writing! Guess that just gives me another reason to keep studying!

www.gmarket.com

Ouch!!!

This is hilarious! All of the teachers from my school went to the country this weekend for a teacher training. One of the male teachers got really drunk and ended up passing out on one of these electronic heating mats that had been turned up to the highest setting. (By the way, getting drunk at teacher outings is not only acceptable... It's encouraged!)  Talk about a culture difference...

FYI: You always lay something over these so they don't burn you... you don't just lay on them. In the morning, he woke up with a gigantic burn / blister on his calf, about the side of an adult hand! He's had to go to the hospital to receive burn treatments. This morning, he's limping around like a gimp, and everyone is making fun of him! That's what you get for getting drunk cool guy!

"Umm, Thank you."

I was just given this vegetable, or root maybe... by a co-worker. She said it's not a potato! What the heck is it?! It's huge!

Korean Church

The Che's invited me to their church last weekend for a special service. It was their church's 60th birthday, and an orchestra/choir performed famous hymns throughout the service. It was an interesting experience, as it was my first experience at an all Korean speaking church service. I had no idea what the pastor was saying, but I stood when everyone else stood, clapped when everyone else clapped, and laughed when everyone else laughed. I didn't want to seem out of place, you know?!


The choir sang 7 hymns. I knew most of them, not by their lyrics, since they were sung completely in Korea, but by their rythm. I loved it!