So I let my wife go shopping with her sister and this is what she comes back with. Now, I have had many dogs and they all came with a natural way to keep warm. We call it fur, but hey, maybe she does need a little something to keep in fashion…yeah I don’t think so either.
Went to a little place called “Buda's Belly” in Itaewon tonight and had some wonderful Thai food. Other than that, there is little else to say so I will say goodnight and talk at you later…
More to come…
Thought some might get a kick out of this short movie of 미아 playing one of her new favorite games; Flick the Food!
As for the splattered paint. One of the wonderful teachers here at SCS had an epiphany for an activity to kick off Easter Break. PAINTBALL!!!
It was somewhat interesting to note that almost all the students disliked the idea of playing paintball. The opportunity to shoot your teacher with an exploding sphere of dyed glycerin propelled by a heavy *puff* of compressed air.
It was amazing to see the ferocity that arose in sweet student and teacher alike. The battle cry of one of the teachers as he stormed an “enemy” trench. The drawing of battle lines. The shots lucky to hit at a distance and the pain of the paint shot at close range.
While we all are probably still bearing the scars of the event, I believe that everyone had a wonderful time. I even think we maybe planning on doing this next year perhaps.
Now for the moment you may not have known everyone was waiting for…
While everyone has an April 1st, it seems that Koreans don’t place as much significance on the “Fools” part of that day. So one of the teachers here helped them learn the full meaning of April Fools. If you think that teacher was me, well, think again. I did some nice and easy April Fools jokes and basically had a good-natured laugh. Little did I know that my day would get…interesting.
I started the 9th grade class just like any other but halfway through—when I was writing something on the board—three of the boys stood up—turning over a desk in the process and creating a huge crash—and started posturing. This is an important juncture to point out that I probably outweighed all three of these boys and probably also outweighed any two of them combined.
When I took stock of the situation I immediately treated it as I would two dogs fighting—I went for the scare off. I slammed the ruler that I had in my hand down on a desk and proceeded to explain—in volumes none to quiet—that if one punch was thrown that I would be the one throwing the rest. Looking back, I am not sure that was the best action but live and learn… Two sentences in both boys had their tails between their legs. I then told them they both had detention for the next two class days.
As I went back to teaching, one of the girls raised her hand and told me “Mr. Moorehead, I am sorry, but you have just been punked!” Of course, there at the door was the other teacher laughing hysterically.
So consider this my bow to the fact that the other teacher spent her whole class period planning. :o)
I am sure there will be,
More to come.
Ok, for all of you dog/animal lovers out there…I know there are a few, I am devoting this short post to the diminutive defecator of all thing dear to Daniel. Yes you guessed it, I will be talking about that little, loveable, annoying animal Mia.
Don’t get me wrong, I will absolutely love this dog when it learns to use the facilities or learns to squelch her nocturnal whines.
She is cute though. It is sometimes hard to punish her for using the bathroom in the wrong place when she looks up with the large black eyes. *sigh* I suppose I shouldn’t expect too much when she is still only about 2.5 months old. She has been doing better now that we have a semi-solid routine of going to bed, waking up and getting fed, going outside (emphasis on the going) and finally coming home and waiting patiently till we return from school.
Speaking of school, I found out how to make Mia’s name phonetically in Korean. It is “미아,” which unfortunately means “Lost Child” in Korean…
Ok, I know you have been wanting to see some pics (or more pics) so here they are:
Ok, now you have seen her. Expect to hear little snippets about Mia peppered throughout this blog as she has become one of the family, but don’t expect her to take as much space as she has today.
I am thinking of doing a small ongoing series on foods, customs, mannerisms or places. Please vote in the poll towards the top of this page and I will see what we can do about getting more information out.
Lastly, I am going to attempt to post three times a week. Hopefully I will have a longer post over the weekend and then two small posts during the week. Please don’t hold me to it as I have been somewhat unlucky in having frequent or for that matter, consistent posts.
Thank you to all that are reading and:
More to come…
