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I thought that you guys that are my true loyal readers might get a kick out of this site that another blogger posted. I stole it...that's right I stole it.


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let me know what you think of it.

Sorak-San trip Labor day 2006

This labor day, just like other ones we go as a group of teachers to a place around Korea to spend our four days together. This year we went to the East side of Korea and spent the weekend at a ski resort. Usually during the winter it is a snow ski place. During the summer, they have a water park at the complex that has slides and golf, and actually now that I remember it that was the very funniest thing about this trip. There was of course no snow and but does that stop the Korean from playing golf? Not a chance. We stayed on the 8th floor of the hotel (out of 20) and from our window we could watch them playing golf on a real course all the way down the regular ski slopes. We never played, but we joked about putting just a tad too hard and watching the ball roll all the way down the mountain. Crazy stuff. The water park was cool but here is the kicker. Which by the way is another thing that I am VERY grateful to my parents for. We went in to this place and we HAD to wear a ski cap. I figured that we would have to so I brought mine. Tad Mark and Jake all had to buy one there for 3,000 won. (3 bucks) Tad bought a hot neon pink one. Was stared at all day. They had a wave/current pool, really cool place but to get into the current you had to have a life jacket. I was saying..."Are you kidding me?" I have take years of swim classes, even taught them. I even subbed as a lifeguard in California for a summer. But in Korea, the main population can not swim and so I think it is more along the lines of, if we were to be in there without life jackets on, I think the Koreans would be doing it too or at least wanting to do it and then everyone would start to drown and guess who would be to blame...Little ol' me. But I only have a couple of pictures from both the resort and the trip to the beach. I'll post some more once other people send them to me.

Kool-Aid is getting bigger

I have one more set of pictures that I would like to post before I go home today. I have been really blessed to have a dog here in Korea. She is a puppy and while I was gone Kim Wadsworth came over and fed her and took her out. She is still a puppy and has so much energy. I have built her a dog house out of used metal from school. But I think my eyes were a little big while picking them out. I now have a dog house that we call "Chateau de Kay Go Gee" which translates roughly into "house of fried dog". We joke about putting in a basement and maybe a patio. Possibly a little pond or swimming pool. Or at the very least an attic. You be the judge but here are some new pictures of my dog "Kool-Aid" and her new house. (or at least almost finished house).

Okay New year, new toys.

Well it is the first month of school and we are having a blast so far...it's hard to believe that I am the top man on the pole. I think there are only 2 or 3 teachers here that have been here longer than I have.

This summer while I was back in the states I figured that I needed to get a few things to brighten up my office, so I bought a Kansas Flag, and a nice little window covering that has golf on it. I was also looking for a wall mural that had a sports theme to it. When I lived in California, I had a nice one of a minor league baseball park, that was taken from center field, during a game. You could see the shortstop and the second baseman along with the pitcher, catcher and the umpire. Then it wrapped around the wall and had most of the stands in it. It actually covered my closet and the knob for the door was in the catchers glove...SO COOL. I really loved it because when I would be sent to my room I would go through it and look at all the little things that you might not catch. Like a guy bending over to pick up his wallet or whatever. And this was caught on film, and people have this in rooms all over the world. While I was looking for something like that to add a little spice to my office or room. I thought it would be really cool if I were to get a shot of Arrowhead, like during game day from midfield. And then 360 degrees around and put that on my walls in my gym, wouldn't that be cool to be in that room with 77,000 fans cheering you on. However, I don't think something like that exists. So I got the next best thing. However, it wasn't available to be brought back with me and so my parents were awesome enough to send it over to Korea so that I could put it on my office wall. below you will see the transition from nothing to full wall. By the way, mom and dad, you have no idea how grateful I am that you sent this one and after I was done putting this one up I couldn't imagine the pain and trials that you had putting the baseball one up and I don't think I thanked you enough for that. I hope you guys enjoy.


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forgot to take one after 5 so this is (5&6 of 8)
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And here are just a couple o m being a little goofy. Tell me what you think...I think it is really cool. Now I am looking for a ceiling fan that has palm branches and then I'll just have constant beach music being played all day long. I think I might stay here some night and pretend that I am on vacation.