Here will be all the pictures I take while in South Korea
So my face here says it all, actually after taking this picture I had to laugh at the sheer rediculousness (is that a word?). This picture was taken July 12th 2011 in NYC after I left the Korean Embassy where I spent 3 1/2 hours walking around Manhatten in 95* weather looking for a post office, ATM and 54th st. On the plus side I was talked into opening a CHASE Banking Account and received 125 dollars for opening it. Good start to this journey (sarcasm). I can't wait to land 13 hours into the future.
This is the farewell dinner a week before I left... Not a bad picture
4:00am Incheon International Airport, nobody in sight... I thought there was supposed to be 50 million people?
First meal in SoKo, had it with a friend I met in the airport, PLUS first chance to show off my sweet chopstick skills
Beautiful day at Incheon International Airport, I have no idea what that is, probably just another terminal.
opening ceremony with traditional drums and dance, reminded me of that scene in "Old School" where Frank the Tank had the ribbon routine.
SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS... EVERYBODY!!!!
Opening Dinner, pretty cool watermelon, very few black people... (kidding, actually im not, only maybe 4 black people)
Byramid, found my friends. And no mom, I didn't build it by myself.
Little Taekwondo action... these guys were good but of course I had to try to show them up.
A look from where our orientation at the University of Jeonju
A little brighter picture from Jeonju University
Bar we went to where the world was made from pictures of people who have been there, pretty cool place, underground.
Liverpool vs. Arsenal game where the owner ordered the service for us over the internet... pretty sweet place.
SoJu and "FishBalls" pretty much taste like they sound, bought them off a street vendor... so good.
Last night out, picture quality not the greatest, but you get the idea
Field Trip to a traditional Korean village
Traditional Korean Dance at the Traditional Korean Village
All the cool traditional Korean masks
Making some sweet Traditional Korean Fans (How many times can I say traditional?) Its like arts and crafts time at the old folks home.
conductor of the sweet symphany we created.
our class orchestra
FOOOOOOD at the Korean village
Bibimbap... yummy, basically mixed veggies and you add rice and all sorts of stuff.
Huge Buddhist Temple
turn your head away from the computer Jessie
Another Temple Picture
Meeting our Co-Teachers, this is the truck they rented for all our shit.
First impression of my new city... Didn't know I traveled back to 1940s Poland...
Opera house within walking distance of my Apartment/School
Gyeongju City baby!!! These monuments are all over the place
Yup, just astonished they didn't spell Rings with an "L"
Poor Man's Surf and Turf... Egg sandwich, Tuna and flanksteak with of course a 40oz of Hite.
outside of my apartment
Gyeongju Stadium
Outside of Gyeongju Stadium
Monument in the park where I run
the new Vice Principal (holding hands guy)
Mr. Lee, one of the Engerish teachers
Herb Hillz, Daegu
My Bar in Daegu
There is a typo in Jessie's Bar, and we are not in New York, we are in Daegu, crazy
Koreans looking down on us as we take care of this drunk Russian girl who we later find out is a prostitute, I caught them staring, so I had them wave.
The band! Super Night Club Zeus
That guy... they said no flash photography... but I had flash photography, this is before I started saying "Jesus Christ."
We aren't supposed to play favorites, but you know we all do, can you pick me out of the crowd? Korean boys love to touch eachother, I have no idea why
So, A lot of pictures have been taken since a month or so ago when I uploaded these... These give you a taste of what I'm living...
If you can't tell, those are burger sliders that John and I made for our friends Richelle and Marlene, one night. Traditional american sliders with all the acutremua (spelling)... they were delicious, sauteed onions, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and homemade homefries... delicious.
This one's for you J.
Part of the lantern festival
Sweeeeet view from the lantern festival...
All the lanterns in this HUGGGGGGGEEEEEE tunnel
First time in Busan... and on our way to Jinju... which took the 7 hours as mentioned in my anecdotes
FIELD TRIPPPPPP with my boys to the culture expo... most random culture... Slovakia (yeah I know, what the hell is a Slovakia?)
we rode that all the way to the top, its basically an elevator with a small museum on the top floor...
Mrs. Gwak's home room class (my main co teacher), good kids.
Some of my favorites (they are such smart asses)
the vending machine at John and I's love motel in Daegu... yeah thats what you think they are...
International fireworks festival Busan, taken from the bee-yatch... so many people
The bridge they shoot the fireworks from, too bad my battery died... I'll have to snag some from other people's facebooks.
Our crew... it was halloween weekend guys...
Yeah I know...
Gyeongju FC bringing home the "ship" baby!
Sunset in Gyeongju... little late I guess
chillen on the roof with Pinger (John)