Palace Seoul

... Once at school the students arrived in a few at a time. There were princesses, good spider mans (to which I would have web wars in the hall ways with), transformers, vampires, soldiers, and all kinds of little ones dressed up. I told stories to each of the 5 and 6 year old classes while my colleagues ran games. I took my students through the haunted house in the gym we made the night prior. I ended up carry little Losa and holding ...

... waitress to recommend some dishes for us. The first dish was this soup with what seemed like rice crackers and mushrooms and other things. Ming really loved it, Xian and I on the other hand found it very similar in taste to the Nong Shim instant noodles we get at home. The second dish was just kimchi and roast pork, so nothing special. She also recommended a drink that was Melon and Banana (I actually read the Hangul characters, so proud!), but we couldn't ...

The day of 9/11<br><br>Catalyst for sending many to heaven<br><br>Stirred up Muslim extremists doing damage on the run<br><br>Is that a worthy price to have the cold war done?<br><br><br>Is this a clean up job of the USA?<br><br>Pulling NATO into the fray<br><br>Dropping bombs and invading lands<br><br>Blood spilling all over Afghanistan sands<br><br><br>Not so nice the Taliban seems<br><br>Denying women's educational dreams <br><br>But be aware that because of the USA they exist ...

... I wanted&#8230; (maybe that biased my view!) So still stuck with my old one.<br><br>Arrived in Prague on Tuesday evening, I had booked a shuttle to get me to my hotel which made it all really easy. On the plane I was sitting next to a girl (girl/female, about my age) from Prague who had moved to Sydney 5 years ago &#8211; she was coming back for a best friends wedding. So we had a good chat about all things Czech ...

... security. You just totter on, enjoy the ride, and totter off. The tickets were about 35 USD (roundtrip). The distance was about 150 miles (just a guess). The festival was rainy in its entirety, but the objective was to be muddy, so no problem. The hotel room was quite nice. We all played card games in slightly elevated spirits. I am at the Sunday terminus of my summer break right now. Silvia and I visited Seoul Grand Park (a zoo) on this past ...

... pincho frito de algo, al final me di cuenta que era una mezcla de fideos con mariscos revuelto y frito, basta decir que estaba un poco picante pero le faltaba un poquillo de sabor, asi que decidi robarme un salsa roja de otro puestillo y ponerselo a mi pincho. Fue lo peor que pude haber hecho, la salsa era DEMASIADO picante, casi me muero, empeze a sudar, llorar y no podia hacer nada porque como no hablo coreano no podia pedir agua ni nada, bueno ya se que rojo=picante...

... everyday of the trip. I found a hop on - hop off type of bus and decided on that as I had such a short time and it was so cold and I was feeling pretty miserable and tired. I really wished I had chosen to come back home through Japan instead of Korea.....next time. The hop on - hop off bus Seoul style has much to be desired and is in dire need of updating. Rather surprising as the last time (long, long time ago) I was in Seoul, it was pretty metropolitan ...

... We went out for another barbecue after work, even though I had to wake up early on Saturday morning. I'd decided to get out of Seoul for the first time, and mark my birthday by doing something special. So accompanied by Eun ju, we took the train to Suwon, a city about half an hour away from Seoul. My students had warned me not to go as it was "boring," but Juli had insisted that it was one of her favourite trips - the kids were probably bored ...

... do not wait! And the motor cycles ride on the sidewalks and in the crosswalks! I met some more Western teachers today. They are getting more interested in us, so we might have more friends within a few weeks. Keep your fingers crossed! So, I am in Gwanak-Gu. It's not the prettiest part of the city, but in a city of 11 million people it is impossible to find a really nice area that is also affordable. I am south of the Han River on Line 2 at a stop called Seoul ...

... go ahead with it, because I have to take it 2 weeks prior to entering Cambodia. I'm scared of the probable side-effects of the pills. On Travelpod, I've read that Vietnamese cab drivers rip you off really hard and take you to unrelated places. The underdevelopment of Vietnam will be difficult to get used to after spending so much time in Korea and Japan. I got paranoid as I was trying to sleep. Couldn't sleep for more than a few hours.