Commodore Busan

... into the musical rather than trying to take on the song in English which didn't resonate nearly as well due to the fact that she was struggling more with pronunciation, etc.

The film "Sisters" was wonderful! I can't say enough great things about this movie. The plot kept you involved and charmed the entire way through.

... a doctor and they vacation a lot!" that lady also said about d "wow, he's really big!". no cover up needed for that one i suppose.

anyway, aside from hanging out fully clothed at the beach, we did a lot of fun eating. busan is famous for it's fresh fish and sashimi. all the seafood restaurants there have huge fish tanks swimming with all kinds of live seafood for you to choose from. you just pick one out and the ...

... expensive. In fact it's just as expensive as at home. What did we expect?

In a word: this was llike a standard European department Store.
And that is the thing with Korea, which I had not realized before coming: it is a first-world country, it has the same development level than Europe, nothing is cheaper, the services are the same, it's just that the people look different and you can't read half of the things cause they translate in Chinese rather than in English.
Ulsan, Korea Rep. peacefrog

... knowing th*t I h*ve been trying to come see him, *nd th*t for the p*st few weekends, it h*s never worked out. I give it *bout 2.5 seconds of contempl*tion *nd *gree inst*ntly. Next we decide how it will best work out. He is t*king * 5-hour tr*in ride down *t 0700 S******y morning, *nd *sks me if I could meet him *round noon in Bus*n. I run over to the help desk *t the community center th*t I *m sitting in, *nd get * quick piece of *dvice. Kuns*n ...

... m on this side of the planet. I really want to go to Southeast Asia, and see what that's all about. A lot of fellow English teachers here--South Korea (heh), go there on their vacations, and I'd like to check out what all the fuss is about...



Well, sorry.... Kind of a boring entry, but I just wanted to let everyone know what I'm up to, and how optimistic I am about this new year. My home has been South Korea for nearly a year now, and I'm ...

... dinner with one of my Korean co-teachers and her friends. The Seaman's Club usually only serves to the U.S. Military, their families, or those who pay $250/year to be a member. On Thanksgiving, they open it to the public, and have a Thanksgiving buffet. It was pretty decent. Of course, I can't eat the gravy, stuffing, rolls, or the green bean casserole due to being glutarded... Still getting used to that... I can ...

... neon lights on the ceiling. That first day, she took us to the Jagalchi market where all these fishmarket women are selling fish, eels, squid, whale, and just about every other seafood you can imagine. That's where we saw the poor squiggly fish getting skinned alive. From there, we went to Yongdusan Park, which has a big tower that looks over all of Pusan. That night we stayed at the Novotel, which is the fanciest ...

... vedors set up tents with tables and chairs, and you can eat a meal in them. We just had pork bbq again. (I'm still learning the names for everything.) I'm lovin' the bbq here. It's what I eat mostly... Your meat is cooked over coals on your own table. Usually, you wrap the meat in a variety of lettuces, and put onions, garlic, herbs, sauces, etc in the wrap, and eat! Depending on the restaurant, the ...

... without any Koreans fussing over us, just waiting for the week to end so we could report back to Yangji for the final week, week 8, of our KE camp. What there is to report from our 4 night (total) stay in Busan can be adequately covered in the accompanying pictures (there I go again, shamelessly diverting you to the pictures... sorry). Day 96, 97, 101, 102 & 103 Observations (November 17th, 18th, 22nd ...

... a former Confucian school house and the Kim's had clearly paid every attention to detail - the paper that covered our room was hand made for example. No, there was no denying the beauty of the place. It was just so.......weird. We felt the need to talk in whispers, worried about our shoes (should we take them off? keep them on?)and generally fretted about insulting someone by accident. It was just that kind of place. But nothing could have prepared us for the dinner ...