Cody Singing "MaMa"

So I didn't know Jake was taking a video of me. He always acts like he's taking a picture so I sit there and pose for a long time doing nothing. It's one way he amuses himself. This time he wanted an "action shot" and again, hid the fact that he was taking a video. Jake even has one or two incriminating videos that could get me in a fist fight with a couple of people. Here's me embarrassing myself singing a song that Jake listened to a million times in two days. The song is called "ma ma" and it's done by a foreign guy with a thick accent so I was trying to make fun of the song. It was a cold day with nothing much to do. Why do I post some embarrassing video of me, you ask? Well, what is a blog good for if you don't get a laugh in once in a while?!

Suwon World Cup Stadium

That's right, we live in the same town as this thing! It's ginormous! Just like the rest of the world (America excluded) these people are CRAZY about soccer. AND they think the word "crazy" is a really big deal-- or even something bad to say about somebody. Whenever I want to get a students' attention I just tell them that they're crazy and they laugh a lot then give me their undivided attention for about 30 seconds longer.So here's a picture of Jake and me on our way to becoming pro bicycle kickers. All those blue and white guys by the door are our home team.

In response to the Duck Face post....

I received some great comments about the infamous Duck Face and I think people wanted a closer picture of the beard! We were riding our bikes around one day and his beard looked so RED that I had to take a picture. Yes, I let him get away with a pretty nasty look for a while but he is now shaved. He's my sexy hot stuff! Am I allowed to use the word sexy on a blog?

Duck Face

Jake has this terrible face that he makes sometimes. I tell him that he looks like a duck and then I try to mirror and show him what he looks like. Well we were waiting for a pizza the other day and he made the face. I took a picture and went on to copy him.
Little did we know that the place called "Seven Pizza" from which we were purchasing our pizza only cuts their pizza into 7 pieces. We didn't realize it until we got down to the last piece. "Did I eat 3 pieces or four?" "I think I only had three..." It took us a minute to put it all together.

Taekwondo/Taegwando

This is something I see everyday. These little guys show up in groups of two everywhere! The cutest thing happened with one of my students last week. We were learning "What are you doing?" And the students would have to answer "I am ______" using verbs. One said, "I''m playing soccer." Another said, "I'm jumping." They went on to say "I'm studying, I'm playing the piano, I'm watching TV, I'm eating." The cutest answer I got was this, "I'm taegwandoeing!"

MONKS and MT. SORAK

We paid 20,000 won and rode a bus four hours to get to the east coast of South Korea, to a city called Sokcho. It was absolutely beautiful and it was sooo nice to get out of the city. I think deep down in our hearts Jake and I are kinda country folk. Kinda.



We hiked up this mountain where only monks used to come and worship and do their thing. Now it's a tourist attraction, so we took pictures. The hike ended up being pretty long, but it was one of the prettiest views imaginable .... too bad the camera batteries were dead for that picture!

Some friends had come with us so after replacing our shoes and lighting a candle we made our way over to the Korea Motel Hotel that was so nicely cozied right up next to the base of the mountain.




















They looked very deep in conversation, drawing in the dirt and stuff. What they don't know is that I peeked into one of their little house things and saw a nice big couch in front of a huge flatscreen, with a computer and fax machine on the desk in the corner. Later on that day I saw one of them taking a break from all of the tourists-- sitting in his jeep parked so secretly behind a tree and eating a sandwich. Maybe I just don't understand the life of a monk....
Their clothes look really comfy though.