I'm always amazed and baffled by the page hits I keep getting on this blog, almost 2000 to date and over 500 in November. I know the previous teacher was forwarding it to all his buddies posting crazy messages when I first got here. But I'm curious as to who and why all these people are that still keep having hits and on older entries??? I know its showing up on google searches so I have to be careful with keywords or phrases.Since I can no longer keep this blog ...

Ok, so North Korea decides to attack and starts firing a round of shells. You know its serious when not just CNN is making a live broadcast, but so are the Korean TV channels and even the Japanese channel we get. Initially sounds like something to be alarmed about. But it was on a remote border island, not the mainland, although it was a populated island. Unfortunately two south korean soldiers and two civilians have died so not a joking matter.In Daegu I dont th...

Thursday was Pepero Day. This is a slimmed down version of Cadbury's Fingers, or a pencil shaped biscuit dipped 3/4 in chocolate. I started noticing big boxes in the stores made up like valentines candy. A normal sized box just smaller than a DVD is .75 cents and has about a dozen sticks. So in anticipation, a 'special announcement' was made at the school that there is to be 'no pepero' on pepero day or the school would be littered with empty wrappers. However, k...

Last weekend decided to visit the Haeinsa Temple about an hour outside Daegu. This is one of the three most important temples in korea and forms the 'golden triangle' of these three temples. The temple is important as it houses the 'Tripitaka Koreana' wooden scrolls with writings from the 11th century. The originals were destroyed when the Mongols raided so replacements were created in the 13th century. The wood was soaked in seawater for three years, then cut an...

I was watching The Simpsons late one night.. dubbed in korean!.. also got my gas, electricity, and cable bills for Sept.. Gas $7, Electricity $15, Cable $7... guess I'll be investing in those big flashing neon signs to leave on all night! Kids are still playing up so I made one group stay behind to clean up the classroom.. then I hear a chorus of 'teacher I love you', 'teacher you are handsome', but it was too late to use the charm offensive!Last weekend stayed i...