By popular demand, my mother’s, here is Brendan’s 1st post:

I work at Hwibong Elementary teaching 5^th & 6^th graders. I live in Hoegi (pronounced Hweggy). Why the difference in spelling? No clue.

 

   It’s fun walking through the halls because everyone wants to say hi. I now know what the cool kids felt like in school. Plus, I can’t understand their insults.

  After 3 weeks, I decided today to make an effort and learn student’s names by learning/assigning English names. It’s hard to come up with names on the spot, but in my last class, with 10 or so students needing names, I decided to just use Simpsons characters (of course). I didn’t have the gall to name anyone Milhouse, but we’ll see if that changes tomorrow. I did name a dumb kid Ralph.

 

Random Notes:

·      Kimchi might be the greatest food in the world. I eat it at least once a day, and always have 2-3 servings.

·      T-shirt I saw last week:

FEED UP

          To Go Swim

·      Korean Honey Bunches of Oats is good, but not as good as the original

·      I was told that unlike what I heard, Koreans don’t think men with facial hair are dirty or homeless, just that they aren’t attractive. I think Kelly is secretly Asian.

·      What should taste good is gross; what looks disgusting is awesome.

o      Pizza! But with bacon, pork, pineapple, BBQ sauce, cheese flavored sour cream, and mashed sweet potatoes=nauseating

o      Most pasta, at least red sauces, have a nasty hint of sweetness

o      The sweetness applies to most food-not good

• On the flip side, if you can get over the texture and consistency there is some awesome food to be eaten
• Hot tofu the consistency of flan dipped in seasoned soy sauce-AMAZING!
• Basically gray, non-sweet Jello mixed with onions, peppers, etc.-still working on this one
• Whatever is in the soups I eat for lunch daily. I never ask what I am eating anymore until I at least try it. The salty, translucent blue anchovies the size of needles mixed with a few peanuts was especially interesting
• The driving abilities here are as expected…