Gooder, Bling Bling and Bowing

Here are a couple student stories. In a test preparation class today, I was teaching Paraphrasing.

Me: What's another word for "better"
Student 1: Gooder!
Student 2: More good!
Student 1: More better! Gooder! Bester! Like Buster the Dog!
Me: Honestly....
Student 1: I hope you know we're joking.

In another class, I was asking my students to tell me some different religions.

Me: Alright guys, what are some different religions.
Various answers: Christian! Islam! Catholic!
Student 1: The one where they live at a church and wear robes and have Bling Bling hair!
Student 2: No, they have no hair!
Student 1: Yes, the Bling Bling hair!
Me: Buddhist?

On Sunday, I went to dinner with a couple of women from my Korean class. There was a little boy who was absolutely fascinated by me. He kept staring at me. I waved at him and said hello, so he hid his face in his mother's shirt. Then, he continued looking, while still slightly hiding his face. I said "안녕" (annyeong, which means hello) and he said "안녕" (annyeong) put both hands on his stomach and bowed. Quite possibly the cutest thing I have seen in my entire life.

We ate this which was delicious:

Similar to chicken noodle soup, but no noodles. And yes, of course we waited until the chicken was fully cooked.

Diet Wars and Twilight

It's War and I am your fat!

Student: I'm reading Twilight in English right now.
Me: That story is based near my hometown
Student: Oh really!? Do you know Port Angeles?
Me: Umm Yes, of course I do.

Twilight--providing completely useless information to Korean students everywhere.

Also, I watched "The Three Musketeers." The one with the fairly promising cast, including my favorite Matthew Macfayden, aka Mr. Darcy.

Cheesiest. Movie. Ever. My friends and I laughed quite a bit at the ridiculous. At some point someone yelled, "I AM WEARING BLUE!" and there was a lot of Matrix style fighting where it was unnecessary. People didn't use contractions, so perhaps it was a movie made for me.