Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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.