Let the laws of acoustics quiver, let the foundations of music crumble
Nick and David cover White Winter Hymnal
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Inauguration!!!
Unable to catch ANY live streams of Obama's swearing in (IP nazis somewhere in the intertubes), Nick and I L33t hack-zored the system and watched THROUGH video chat on Nick's Mom's computer.
Here is an inspiring portrait of patriotism...two men maximizing stolen internet reception by standing in the hallway of a korean apartment in order to watch the inauguration of their new president.
Here is an inspiring portrait of patriotism...two men maximizing stolen internet reception by standing in the hallway of a korean apartment in order to watch the inauguration of their new president.
Around town
Mr. Nick and I did some city exploring around the city, and around our neighborhood.
Friday after work, two students invited Nick and I to pizza hut!!! Iris works for Pizza Hut and gets 50% off coupons every month...so naturally, we had a pizza party. Checkout the delicious cheesy crust in Korea
My favorite part of the hut was the salad bar stocked with plenty of strange fruits, coconut milk, and other things you wouldn't find at your standard pizza hut (accompanied by two other things you wouldn't find at an American Pizza Hut: service and non-creepy lighting)
We finally managed to meet a few friends to go out and socialize! Finally! Den (or so he is called in English) helped us to find all the places we needed to see but would have never found ourselves. Here are some pictures from that night.
Nick and I did some exploring around Taejon.
Hiking through the largest park in town
My favorite was the picture I took of ice in the stream...each crystal grain is about a millimeter in length
Hitting golf balls on top of "Home World"!!! It was excellent! They even serve you tea while you wack as many balls as possible in the alotted time (~$5 for 30 minutes).
We ended the day exploring the Chungnam University and having the best dinner/dessert/coffee combo since our arrival. We ate Sum Gyup Sa (Korean BBQ basically, with all sorts of side dishes), waffle/ice cream/whip cream uber creation at a nearby waffle dessert place, and finally...FINALLY....FINALLY.....
A coffee joint with character!
And jazz on the speakers!
And delicious beans!
And dark corners!
And did i mention character!
Nick and I worked on math here for several hours.
Things here are going pretty well I would say. Nick and I have found a routine, and we are tackling the challenges of teaching in the best ways we know how. As for myself, I have time for my reading, my running, my math, and my thoughts. Mom says I'm here to sow peace, so I do my best to focus on that.
-David
Friday after work, two students invited Nick and I to pizza hut!!! Iris works for Pizza Hut and gets 50% off coupons every month...so naturally, we had a pizza party. Checkout the delicious cheesy crust in Korea
My favorite part of the hut was the salad bar stocked with plenty of strange fruits, coconut milk, and other things you wouldn't find at your standard pizza hut (accompanied by two other things you wouldn't find at an American Pizza Hut: service and non-creepy lighting)
We finally managed to meet a few friends to go out and socialize! Finally! Den (or so he is called in English) helped us to find all the places we needed to see but would have never found ourselves. Here are some pictures from that night.
Nick and I did some exploring around Taejon.
Hiking through the largest park in town
My favorite was the picture I took of ice in the stream...each crystal grain is about a millimeter in length
Hitting golf balls on top of "Home World"!!! It was excellent! They even serve you tea while you wack as many balls as possible in the alotted time (~$5 for 30 minutes).
We ended the day exploring the Chungnam University and having the best dinner/dessert/coffee combo since our arrival. We ate Sum Gyup Sa (Korean BBQ basically, with all sorts of side dishes), waffle/ice cream/whip cream uber creation at a nearby waffle dessert place, and finally...FINALLY....FINALLY.....
A coffee joint with character!
And jazz on the speakers!
And delicious beans!
And dark corners!
And did i mention character!
Nick and I worked on math here for several hours.
Things here are going pretty well I would say. Nick and I have found a routine, and we are tackling the challenges of teaching in the best ways we know how. As for myself, I have time for my reading, my running, my math, and my thoughts. Mom says I'm here to sow peace, so I do my best to focus on that.
-David
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Your Seoul is Mine
Last weekend we visited our friend Tim in Seoul. He and his friend, Jessica, showed us around.
The Seoul Subway system is formidable
Kleeman's road less traveled
Kleeman enjoying some warmth in Bar Da, our favorite dive (so far) in Seoul.
At LotteWorld (the world's largest indoor theme park) has, among other things, a shooting range. Here, Tim and I don Kevlar vests to enter the range.
I decided to try an Australian Beef Big Bulgogi burger (korean equivalent of a Big Mac, with Australian Beef). I don't plan on repeating the experience.
Here I am after watching "Tuh-Ran-Su-Por-Ta: Lasu-tu Mis-syu-nu".
That would be "Transporter: Last Mission", written in my best interpretation of Konglish. This is when Koreans take English words and use their alphabet (Hangul) to spell the words. There is always some noticable error in the conversion, but they try pretty hard. Hangul is pretty cool. The alphabet always follows the rules.
The column is for consonants, the top row for vowels. The matrix entries are how to put'em all together! I'm sure you figured that out.
We've collected plenty of plants. I built the plant shelf and recently set up the ivy underneath this little tree someone in our apartment complex was giving away. I'm hoping the ivy goes crazy.
Hugs,
David
The Seoul Subway system is formidable
Kleeman's road less traveled
Kleeman enjoying some warmth in Bar Da, our favorite dive (so far) in Seoul.
At LotteWorld (the world's largest indoor theme park) has, among other things, a shooting range. Here, Tim and I don Kevlar vests to enter the range.
I decided to try an Australian Beef Big Bulgogi burger (korean equivalent of a Big Mac, with Australian Beef). I don't plan on repeating the experience.
Here I am after watching "Tuh-Ran-Su-Por-Ta: Lasu-tu Mis-syu-nu".
That would be "Transporter: Last Mission", written in my best interpretation of Konglish. This is when Koreans take English words and use their alphabet (Hangul) to spell the words. There is always some noticable error in the conversion, but they try pretty hard. Hangul is pretty cool. The alphabet always follows the rules.
The column is for consonants, the top row for vowels. The matrix entries are how to put'em all together! I'm sure you figured that out.
We've collected plenty of plants. I built the plant shelf and recently set up the ivy underneath this little tree someone in our apartment complex was giving away. I'm hoping the ivy goes crazy.
Hugs,
David
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