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5/31/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Subway Salesmen
One of the best parts of riding the subway is watching a subway salesman in action. On this particular day a man was selling sticky balls. No, nothing perverted. The toy ball, when thrown against a surface, will stick to it. (I had taken an exciting video of the man in action, throwing the ball hard against the subway doors, the indifferent reaction of most passengers...but unfortunately I forgot to change a setting and it didn't come out right, of course.) At times like these I wish I could understand Korean. This man went on and on about his sticky balls...what exactly he could say for so long about them I'm not sure, but his salespitch worked. He sold 2 or 3 of them in our subway car alone.
There have been a few interesting items that I've seen for sale, though I don't ride the subway all that often. Ones that I can remember are souls for shoes, shoe polish (one lucky rider gets a free shoeshine), 1000 song cd sets for 10,000 won, and my all time favorite though I haven't seen it since, a garlic dicing thumb ring. See the relevant story on this page.
Please, if you can recall, comment about an item you have seen for sale on subways in Korea. There must be a lot of interesting items I haven't seen.
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written by shawn matthews
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5/27/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Namchi, the South Bastion and Aliens
While looking around for sam gae tang in Suwon we noticed people walking up into the distance. I talked Julie into having a look. Turns out it was this: Namchi, the South Bastion, an old fortress.
The firt person we noticed was this oddball standing there wearing a UFO poster. What's going on here? we wondered.
Oh my...what is that? Holy crap, it's a real alien! The aliens are really here. They've come to take over the Bastion!
And holy shit! They've spotted me taking their picture. Oh my God, run!!!!!!!!! What's this? Julie's not even scared? Oh, I see. Turns out these guys are from the Raelian religious group...you know, the one Julie donated money to before on the subway. Amyway, look closely at the two photos, you can see that alien has long black hair like a Korean girl wow.
Rather than capturing and taking me back to his spaceship, this guy explained to me they are having a big meeting somewhere this week. Julie really wanted to go, but I talked her out of it, hehe.
Looks more like a sci-fi movie poster than a call to religion. Anybody remember that show Mystery Science Theater 3000 in which the puppets and that guy watch really bad sci-fi flicks and make fun of them? I love that show. Maybe I'll download a few off the net for old times sake.
There's the photo of the Raelian cult leader himself. He may be a nice guy and make a lot of sense, but what's up with that hair?
Lot of framed displays set out. I guess the one on the left is a rendering of the Alien embassy needed to be built before the aliens will come...hence the need for donations. I think the picture to the right is depicting the aliens when they came and visted ancient humans. Why is it all the major religious happenings occured so long ago?
More "evidence"...I though all those crop circles were made by people swing kaiser blades around or something. (some folks call them a slingblade, mm hmm).
There goes the gang out into Suwon to spread the holy word of the Aliens. I can't imagine what an old ajumma or halmony would think seeing this.
OK, here we go. Julie is not at all pleased by the site of stairs. She hates stairs with a passion - so much so she'll walk way out of her way or wait for ages at a crosswalk to avoid them.
You can't tell but on the way up she started getting angry at me. "You're so selfish," she said. "I don't want to go up. What are we doing?"
"Oh my God...more stairs? What's going on? Don't do this to me."
At last we made it. Almost the second she saw there were no more stairs, she cheered right up and even allowed me to snap this picture of her and approved it for the web. Click for full size!
There really wasn't much to the place. Just a long wall (which reconfirmed for me the fact I have absolutely no interest in seeing the Great Wall of China) and this nice guard post, though not so impressive considering the amount of stair climbing required to see it.
Look closely, there's an actual guard on duty. Wow, I know I feel safe, how about you?
That's about it. Nothing too special but we did work up an appetite climbing all those stairs at least...
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5/25/2004
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Korea Life Blog - KOBA 2004
Here are the photos of the broadcasting/recording and lighting equipment show Julie and I went to on Saturday.
The event was held on the third floor of Coex super mall in Samseong-dong. There were several "halls" full of the latest technologies. A massive showcase with at least a millions of dollars worth of equipment. This would not be the time for an earthquake.
Hey can someday show me how to work this thing? Does anybody know how to work this thing? Hello?
I came here specifically to check out the Fostex section, which unfortunately was very small. I was hoping to see one of those multi track recording/effects machines with the built in cd-burners.
They did have one model, but this one is the bare basic version and uses compact flash memory instead of a hard drive. I ended up trying this out later at the Nakwon music center which I dragged Julie to again. Luckily they let me try it out. Turns out the effects sounded really bad, though I'm not 100% sure if that was because of the speaker he connected it too. Still, I didn't want to take a chance. Also, the price for this is $150 more than in the states. Needless to say, I decided not to get it. I'll bring Julie back there this weekend and see else what I can look at for an hour and not buy.
"We are the world, we are the children..." Quick, how do I press record?
Lots and lots of mixing and recording equipment to oggle at. I guess this would be any producer's heaven on earth.
A couple of Korean dudes hanging out, one playing a bass, engaged in some thought provoking conversation it seemed. There was also a lot of amplifier/speaker equipment here but the pic I took came out all blurry. You can see some in the background in this pic at least.
Look there! It's an apple iMac. I almost bought one of those before. Julie was excited. She wants a Mac now and there was an Apple show going on.
Here's the Apple booth with somebody giving a live tutorial of Apple video production software.
A beautiful Apple flatscreen display showing easy to use recording software. I almost want to buy a Mac just to use GarageBand.
Julie was fascinated. She's here checking out the mouse and wondering where the scroll wheel and right buttons are.
Oooh, ahhh...the insides of a powerful G5 computer. It's these kinds of systems that are used in much of Hollywood movie productions and every other kind of productions for that matter. I used to have an iBook, back when OSX first came out. I really liked it. My friend has been using his for 4 years now and not a single virus or other problem. The only reason I sold mine was because at the time I was into games, and a lot of games weren't available in Mac versions...wish I still had that computer now though.
Lots of tutorials and demonstrations going on everywhere. It would have been more exciting if I could understand what they were saying. I wanted to watch the Adobe software show.
I was trying to get a picture of that huge, crystal clear display there but people kept walking by. Finally I gave up and ended up with this shot. I want one of those screens in my apartment.
There was also lighting equipment displays, but I did a horrible job of photographing any of the actual equipment. On the wall you can see some of the lighting effects they were modelling anyway.
One last shot. Yay, more mixing equipment. Each unit in it's own right is pretty damn amazing, but all together it's overwhelming. One thing though - I just can't believe technology. I can't even figure out how to use things like these, let alone comprehend how people engineer them.
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5/23/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Weekend Update
Julie and I had a great weekend. We went to a broadcasting/recording equipment show at Coex which was just fantastic and which I have a lot of pictures of coming soon. Then I dragged poor Julie to Nakwon Sang Ka music center once again where I drove her crazy testing out equipment, having her haggle with the store clerks, pondering whether or not to shell out 120,000 won on a distortion peddle or just getting a more expensive all-in-one effect unit, then finally giving up and not getting anything. (For anyone interested: I have software on the computer which I can add effects to the guitar, but only after the recording, not real time. It's also not much fun jamming along to Iron Maiden with no distortion.)
That was Saturday. Today's adventure included climbing a lot of stairs to look at an old fortress, an encounter with aliens (pictures to come soon), beating Julie at wrestling at a Playstation bang, and a delicious sam gae tang(me) and bimim bap(Julie) dinner.
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5/21/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Bonnie
I've been so busy with the guitar, there's nothing much new to write about. If anyone's interested I may upload some of the guitar tracks I've recorded. I have no idea what I'm doing with the recording software yet though, so don't expect much...
For now, here's a drawing by Bonnie, my new favorite little girl. She's only 9 years old (Korean age) and so adorable. Look at her drawing talent. I can't even draw this well, and I'm an ajushi.
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5/19/2004
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Korea Life Blog - My New Fake Fender Stratocaster!
After looking at this website the other day I got excited. They have Fender Strats listed for 135,000 won. That's a price that can't be beat. I got my ass out of bed today and made the 90 minute trip to the Nakwon music center (again) where the shop is. To my surprise, the guitar is pretty damn good - especially for the money.
It came with every thing you see here: plug-in cable, computer input adapter, an extra set of strings and the carrying bag. 125,000 won. It's fake, of course, but better than I thought it would be. I've been playing it all night and it's stayed pretty much in tune. The only things (besides the price) that gives it away as an imitation is the lightness. Also it's hard to bend the strings over the high frets, but that may improve when the frets wear in. The guitar does feel pretty cheap, yet the pickups are good. I played it through a Marshal amp at the shop and it sound sharp and crisp. What a bargain. I'll see how it holds up. If for nothing else, it'll get me back into shape playing and hold me over until I get a real one, at which time I'll be sure to rave about how much better the real thing is.
I stopped short of buying a sound card as the ones there were a little pricey...almost 3xs the price of the guitar! I can play it through the sound card I have for now, though only with a clean sound. This weekend I'm going to an electronics/ music equipment show at Coex where I hope to pick up a nice little recording/ effects machine.
Here's a shot of the real Fender, same model that goes for around $800. Pretty good likeness. Click here!
I just noticed another giveaway that it's a fake. Notice the spelling of Stratocast
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5/18/2004
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Korea Life Blog - The Champion
This past weekend Julie and I played pool, or pocket ball as they call it in Korea. It's a fairly popular game with a place to play pretty much everywhere. They aren't too cheap though - generally charging 1000 won per 10 minute increments per person. In other words, if 2 people play for an hour, it'll run 12,000 won.
My friend John from Australia who I used to hang out with in Ulsan was probably the best player in town. He'd take me on as a partner to give the other teams a chance. I hated playing with him though as he took it so seriously, and I always missed key shots. We had a falling out for awhile when, during a small tournament at the local foreigner bar, I missed an easy shot which caused us to lose. I swear John never forgave me for that despite the fact the prize was under 50,000 won. Now that I remember, he was always getting angry when he played, especially when against Koreans. There are a few differences in the rules between countries apparently. The one that John would fly into a rage over was the luck shot, when the ball aimed at fails to sink but another unintended one does. It would crack me up watching our opponents joyful surprise by their luck and John flipping out as they moved in for another shot. In his Australian accent: "No, no, no. Raaack off, you caaaan't taaaiike thaaaat! Are you bloody pissed?" and the clueless look on the Koreans' faces.
Maybe I should be a nice guy and let her win...
(completely horrible photo of myself deleted...how could I have let that sit here for 2 years!)
Not a chance, baby! After 20 long minutes of missing almost every shot, I finally won the first game! Whoo hoo! We are the champions, my friend. Who's your daddy? I hate to brag again, but even with her luck shot handicap, I ended up winning 3/4 games (the one I lost was by sinking the 8-ball by mistake. I'll give her credit though...she has a mean break! She sunk two balls off one. Hey, did I lose weight? Where's my belt?
Later we went to a board game cafe. I love these toy hammers they give you to bash the loser with. I sometimes use one of these on the students, playfully. John could have used one for whacking wankers who take luck shots.
Julie lost at UNO, but she won 5 out of 7 games of Connect-4 which means I got 5 whacks on my head...
I had some pictures posted here of Julie, but she asked me to remove them and I don't blame her. Though she always looks beautiful to me, she feels she doesn't photograph well and she was embarrassed.
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5/16/2004
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Korea Life Blog - The Recycling Haraboji
There's a little old man in town who year round, night after night, into the early morning, goes around town collecting recyclables: cardboard, plastics, glass, metal, etc.
He looks to be in his seventies. I don't know how he does it. I used to see him out there in the middle of the winter when it was freezing cold and windy, tugging his heavy cart. One night I stopped him and gave him a few thousand won. He seemed so taken back and surprised, not so much by the money it seemed to me, but rather by the fact somebody stopped to talk to him.
Now and again I see him around and I always bow and greet him with the formal, Anyong hashimnika, and he smiles brightly and waves to me. You would expect him to be a grouchy old man bitter about his fate but he acts so kind and nice.
He used to pile his take in the lot behind the hagwon. Then whoever owned the land kicked him out. Next he started to pile the goods on the land behind my apartment. Then they kicked him out too.
The old guy now piles everything up in the small area here, on the little side road that runs next to my building. Look at how hard he's been working.There are a couple good things about this, I guess. He's getting a lot of exercise and he's doing a great job keeping all this from being put in a landfill.
It's definitely an eyesore, but it all gets picked up about once a month. I'm guessing he gets less than 100,000 won for his efforts. It's hard to believe a short, frail 70 year old man collected all this. To help him out, I separate my trash and give the reusables to him.
Nearby, where he used to put things, after kicking the poor old guy out they put up this friendly barbed wire fence.
They also put up this thoughtful reminder that says if you put your trash again here we're going to sue you. Is that really necessary? I think just asking the guy to move his recyclables would have been sufficient. Barbed wire? Threatening to sue? That's a little too much considering who they were dealing with. Old age leaves a lot to be desired in Nowhere-dong.
Don't forget to check The Windy Times for an update.
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5/12/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Greatest Warrior
I forgot to include this shot in yesterday's collection of great Koreans. This is Shawn, also known as 이원숭(I Won Sung), an honorific name given to him by his students. He's still alive actually. He's fighting for English in Korea. He's fighting for a better Korea. Just look at the expression of intense determination on his face. It's as if he is saying, "You can do it, Korea! Never stop trying!" So let's take a minute of silence and then sing songs about him and write write poems of admiration. After all he really deserves it.
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5/11/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Freedom Fighters
I thought these drawings were pretty cool. Julie told me these are famous people who fought against the Japanese, though she was unsure of when or how or what or why. The display is located on a wall in Insa-dong near the music center. I had gone over thinking someone was doing portraits and to see how much for mine. Maybe I'll hang mine along side of some of these, I thought. I wonder if anyone would even notice. Some of these people don't even look Korean to me.
Like this guy. Is he really Korean? He looks like my friend Bill's uncle George. I can almost hear him saying, "Bill, you no good lazy sonofabitch, get the hell out of here and take your long hair'd guitar toting hippy friend with you!"
Here's a group shot. Is it me, or do those two guys on the left look eerily similar?
I just thought of something. Put a wizard's hat on this guy and presto! You have a perfect Gandalf the Gray! "One Ring to rule them all and in the darknes bind them and blah blah!"
One more example. Like I said, maybe I've been in Korea just a little too long, but I don't see anything Asian about these faces. This guy could be my high school History teacher, Mr. Zakowski, just as well as any Korean freedom fighter.
Disclaimer: While I'm making light of the drawings, the fact is these were real people, brave courageous people who battled a cruel and overwhelming enemy. And that of course is no laughing matter. Please, no hate mail.
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5/9/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Weekend
Julie and I went to Nak Won Sang Ga again this weekend. I did a post on it awhile back here. You can't tell by looking at it, but this is the biggest place in Korea to buy musical intruments and equipment, though guitars are the most popular instruments to be had here. To get here go to Jonggak station exit 3. Walk to the main intersection (passing a Subway sandwich shop) and turn left towards Insa-dong. It's right there. It's easy to see because of the huge movie advertisements for the Hollywood Theater which is up top.
I started playing guitar when I was 13. My friend Jim could already play a lot of Iron Maiden songs and I wanted to be just like him. Eventually he taught me everything he knew. We played for hours un-end. I loved playing so much that it became an obsession that lasted pretty much until I went to college. I still remember sitting in the back of the my high school classes and writing out scales and riffs to try out when I got home. I had a huge binder full. The guitar was my best friend, really, at a time when my family life was not so great and I had difficulty fitting in with my friends who were mostly from well off homes.
I had the most in common with Jim, his family life was also in the rough, but soon he would fall in love with some Asian girl and we'd ended up losing touch for a long time. Also, at that time I wanted to play moody, Pink Floyd-ish meets metal kind of music, a result of the way I felt inside. My other friends who played instruments were into heavier thrash metal. I put an ad up in the local guitar shop and I did have a band, albeit briefly. The drummer wanted to play funk, the bass player blues, and the singer sounded like he worshipped satan. We had a couple of decent songs (minus the singing) but we just didn't click. I quit. Well, those guys went on to form the group known as Nirvana. Right, but imagine if that really happened...
When I went to college I played less and less and studied more and more and unfortunately computer games became my new hobby. MUDs, (text RPG games over telnet) for anyone who can remember those. I pretty much haven't played the guitar since I've been in Korea.
When I went to Japan last weekend, my friend took me to a guitar shop there. I sat down and played a Fender Strat. I was surprised. My fingers were little rusty, but I could still play fairly well. I could remember scales, arpeggios, all the chords, and a handful of songs, mostly the ones I wrote, and even a bunch of Maiden riffs. I couldn't put the thing down and I almost bought it. I should have. It was only 600,000 won and it was a Japanese made Fender Strat, a large step up from Mexican built, a very short step down from the much more expensive American Strat. I just didn't want to by it on impulse and than regret it, or perhaps find something wrong with it once back in Korea and then unable to return it. I thought perhaps I could find the same model in Korea. But I soon discovered they only carry the crappy Mexican versions or the really expensive American ones.
Maybe it's the fact I just turned 30 and I'm facing an I-Just-Turned-30 Crisis. However, I haven't been able to stop thinking about playing again since that time in Japan. So after not finding something I want in Korea, I searched online and I've decided I want this guitar from the states:
Here it is, the Fender American Telecaster HH. It's pretty much perfect, and it's only $830. I'm not sure how I will get it to Korea though and how much shipping will be. Probably quite a bit because of the size/weight. I'm also not sure about paying import tax on it. It's a shame I can't just get this model here. They seem to only carry really cheap basic models, or the high end expensive one. This model is just right, exactly in between. Perhaps if anyone is about to come to Korea from the states, they could pick one of these up and then I'd compensate you for your trouble when you arrive.
Anyway, once I finally get it, I'll be able to use the guitar software I "found" on the net which means I'll be able to record my music and add it to the net for all my readers. I know you can hardly contain your enthusiasm!
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written by shawn matthews
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5/7/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Update
In case you didn't notice, I added section 21 to Geoje-do Part 6 last night and since added several pics of the Geoje-do beaches. There is a surprising lack of quality photos on the web and the island really needs a new website. Then again, it's nice that the island is a semi-secret, though it does get much too crowded the first few weeks in August when everyone is on vacation. At the time I lived down there I had a regular camera, not digital. All those photos are in a shoe box back at my grandfather's place in New York State. One of these days I'll get down to the island with my digital camera and hopefully capture some of the true beauty.
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5/6/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Korean English Story Books
It's time to see what the Korean teachers are teaching at the hagwon again. It's story time. Let's have a look:
A little bully (with the ever prevalent runny nose) gets a taste of his own medicine when he runs into this dubious gang of thugs. The gang looks more like an 80's glamour band than bunch of tough street kids. So that's what happened to Warrant! The weirdo with the pink hair, earring and preppie Polo-ish shirt looks oh so tough.
The Greedy Baker. He's afraid. He's very afraid. His fever won't go down and he's got to make donuts in the morning. SARS!
Here's a friendly old grandmother cooking up some nice fresh wolf soup for dinner. There's some confusion about who is smart. Neither one of them looks too smart to me.
Lovely artwork. Another ugly kid with a mucus problem. I love how the old bowl has been stitched up. Even though the water has bug-eyed worms in it, the kid drinks it and gets sick. You can guess the lines: The boy is sick. The boy is very sick. All these books use the same sentence structure causing the students to say things all day like, "Teacher, I am hungry. Very hungry. Very, very, very hungry. Teacher you are bad. Very, very, very bad teacher. Game, teacher. Very, very very, let's game."
All the books are published of course by the hagwon franchise I work for. Every month the parents have to pay 5 -10,000 won ($4-8) for a new one. "Thank you, Mom! Very thank you Mom. Good book. Very good book. Very hungry mom. Very, very food please."
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5/4/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Children's Day (Eorini Nal)
Tomorrow is Children's Day in Korea and it is, believe it or not, a national holiday. While the idea of the holiday is as the name suggests, to celebrate the wonderful(?) gift of children, in reality the celebration is about having the day off. Thanks, kids! Julie's coming over and we're going to practice making children. Practice, practice, practice, for that far, far, far off day...
Yay, tomorrow's a holiday. Let's play game. Let's run around and scream and drive the foreign teacher bonkers. The little girl to the left is Windy's daughter, "Gina." She's really cute and just loves to call me ajushi (older man). The girl in the front never leaves me alone. She loves to grab my stomach and call me ddong bae (pot belly) teacher right before she jumps on me and/or punches me as hard as possible. The girl in he glasses is adorable, but her parents need to control her sugar intake. She can't sit still for a minute.
Well, with it being Children's day and all the boss's wife spends the day cooking up deok-boki (how can I explain what this is to somebody who doesn't know...impossible!).
Take a look for yourself. Now that I'm looking at it, I can only imagine what I would have thought of it had I never been to Korea and tasted it. It would look disgusting probably...yet now it looks so normal. Actually I never really liked dokbokki all that much. I mean, I enjoy it and it's pretty good, I just don't see what the national craze is. You can buy this outside at the street vendors pretty much anywhere. The boss's wife makes it exceptionally well and I ate quite a bit along with the kids.
Two little nightmares. You'd think it would be the one on the left, but it's the one on the right who has the biggest mouth in Korea. His voice screeches like nails across a chalkboard. He always comes from the kum-do (martial art form) school 30 minutes before class and loves to run around the halls and classrooms yelling and whacking people with that weapon in his hand. You'd think the Korean teachers would force him to leave that at the doorway, yet they just look on smiling as if he is so cute whacking the foreign teacher in the back. Hurray for kids, whoo hoo!
I'm a softy for little girls. I love the one in front. I was going to say the one in the ugly green outfit, but then I noticed four or five of them are wearing the same outfits. In fact, I've seen almost every kid one time or another wearing them and I'm not at all sure why. It must have something to do with elementary school. Anyway, back to the girl in front. Her English name is Bonnie. She's taken Fiona's place as my favorite student. The Korean teachers think Bonnie is ugly because of her nose which is a little flat. Sometimes I can't understand their thinking. To me she is utterly adorable and has increased my belief in people cloning.
These kids are pretty good. They are quiet. The one in the "perfect" shirt is a "perfect attendant". He's been so sick, practically gagging to death for the past week, yet he still comes, coughing all over me and the other kids. Of course, that's a societal problem. Either his parents don't want him to miss even a day of studying, or they have full time jobs in which, like most jobs in Korea, they can't miss work under any circumstance and they have nobody to watch their children. The girl to the right (in the ugly green outfit again) needs some help. She's too thin and always wanders off in daydreams sometimes to the point of drooling. I asked the Korean teachers about it, but they just shrug cluelessly. She attends several hagwons, so maybe she's stressed out from too much studying.
Anyway, that's it about Children's Day! Hey kids - thanks for existing. I have the day off because of you. Hurray!
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5/3/2004
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Korea Life Blog - Student Types
I did this post awhile back on one of the discussion forums but I thought I'd bring it here for my readers.
There are these types of students in a hagwon.
1. The Window Watcher - this student has arrived early and hangs out in the hallway staring into your classroom window and distracting your students. This student is always there and will not go away.
2. Late Jake - this student arrives late everyday and pops in just after you've painstakingly explained the days lesson/activity using konglish and all kinds of outrageous body language.
3. The Fastest Student in Korea - this student finishes everything you give him in record time no matter what it is, anywhere from 5-20 minutes before the other kids have finished. He has no idea what he's just done, his sole purpose was to finish and shout "da haeseyo!" (finished everything) Then he's bored and roams around the room causing trouble.
4. "I don't know" Joe - no matter how hard you try, this student nevers knows what you're saying, what you mean, how to do anything, how to breathe on his own...
5. The Perfect Attendant - this student comes to school no matter how sick he/she is. He/she also shows up when no other students do, i.e, public school picnic days, day before a major holiday, etc.
Some other people contributed with these types:
The questioner. Can't just sit quietly and wait for all to be revealed in good time--has to ask about everything imaginable. As soon as you hand him a paper, he asks, "What's this? What are we supposed to do? Do I start now? I don't understand how to do this. Do I start at the top? Do I have to write my name? In Korean, or in English? Teacher, I don't know how to write my name in English! *has a panic attack* Does anyone else know how to write their name in English? Can I start now? Should I use my pencil or a pen? Is it time to start yet?" ...usually all these questions are asked before you've even finished passing out the paper. Sometimes he asks some of them twice or three times for good measure.
The gamer - brings a game or toy to every class and will cry to the director if you try to take it away, refuses to do anything but play with his game.
Today I had each of these student types and is what reminded me of the topic. I'll post a few more later.
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