The unthinkable has happened. My lifeline (my laptop) is experiencing some technical difficulties. I have to order a new battery charger from the U.S. so it may be a week or two before I blog again. For some unknown reason Blogger does not work at my school, so the only way I can blog is if I brave the stale cigarette smoke, pubescent boys, fake palm trees, and blue lights that is the PC Bang right by my apartment. That is where I am right now (yes, on a Friday night, because I know how to party).
The broken computer is quite a traumatic event in my life. It serves many functions in my apartment. I use it to watch DVDs and stream television shows, listen to music and stream the Current from home, skype with my parents and friends, and waste countless hours on the internet. Now the only thing I can do in my apartment is clean or read. Guess which I'm opting for. I'll give you one hint: it's not cleaning. As the good English major that I am, I should be happy about this gift of extra reading time. But my charger has been broken since Monday night and I've already gone through two books. At this rate I will go through my books in about a week. I should consider myself lucky, my poor friend Andrew lived without a computer for two months, so I should be able to manage a week or two. Either way I have newfound respect for him.
Hopefully I will continue to write blogposts and maybe I will post them if I happen to brave the PC Bang or you may just have to wait until my charger arrives from the States. I haven't been the best about blogging lately anyway, so I can't make any promises. The next time you're enjoying your internet from the comfort of your own home, just think of me huddled in my apartment reading book number 98. Consider yourself blessed.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The students make it all worth it.
| This is what I love about teaching. I can be in a foul mood and then something will happen that will pull me out of my funk. Today Peter was on my case (when isn't he?--more on that later) and so I was in a bad mood. My next class was with a loveable group of eleventh graders. It was their first time having class in the new English Zone. Now I will upload video soon to show you my classroom, but it's pretty sweet. Anyway, I was using powerpoint, and when I touch the screen it switches to the next slide (is this smartboard? I'm not really sure). Well, one of my students apparently decided it was "suck up to Anna day" because each time I touched the screen to switch slides he yelled out, "Oh Anna, you are so beautiful, you are so pretty, you are so wonderful." Ok, so maybe it's not so funny unless you hear it with a Korean accent, but it was comical. And as any good joke, it was funny about the first five times, but then each time I switched a slide, I had to tell him to stop. But it still made my day. |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Stephen Colbert is a god among men
Alright, for those of you not well-versed on your Korean pop culture, Rain is one of the biggest-selling and most recognizable Korean pop stars. He kind of takes after Michael Jackson with his dancing abilities, as you can see here:
Well, I wasn't aware of this, but awhile ago, Stephen Colbert had a rivalry going with Rain on his show "The Colbert Report" as you can see here:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| He's Singin' In Korean | ||||
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And then Rain visits his show and they have a dance-off. Now I don't know if people who aren't familiar with Rain can appreciate this as much, but it is still hilarious. Colbert and Rain's dance-off:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Rain Dance-Off | ||||
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My newest K-pop obsession
Okay, so Super Junior has 13 members which may be a bit excessive, but I dare you not to dance to this song. It's impossible.
Oasis
I've been digging the band Oasis since I was in seventh grade. For some reason I've never seen them live. Most bands I've liked for that long I've seen in concert. Well luckily that changed on Wednesday. Oasis came to Seoul and me and a few friends were able to go to the concert. It was a good show and they played all of my favorites. Here's a clip of "Wonderwall". Liam's voice was not the best on Wednesday, but it was still a quality show. Awww it brings me back to those angsty seventh grade years...
Oasis on stage
Oasis concert poster in Hangul
Me and Chrissy at the concert
Anna Rickert Minnesota
Seoul Fashion Week
Although I may not look it, due to lack of funds, I enjoy fashion. A lot. I am a Project Runway devotee. I don't think there is a better reality TV character than Tim Gunn. And Michael Kors and his M.O.B. (mother of the bride) references? Come on, it doesn't get any better. So anyway, when I heard that Seoul had a fashion week I knew I had to go. Really, I was hoping to see some famous Koreans, i.e. the F4 from Boys Before Flowers, and they were there, just not at the same time as me unfortunately.
Last Saturday some friends and I made the long subway trek to where the fashion week was being held. We got tickets to a fashion show on Saturday afternoon. We got the tickets two days before the show, so needless to say, it was not the biggest designer in the world, but it was still great to see an actual fashion show in person. The clothes were alright, although most did looked frumpy on the models because they did not seem to be tailored properly.
Here are a few photos from the show, and also a video of the runway. Check my Flickr account for more pictures I took. I also stole some pics from my friends who are much better photographers than me. For some reason I did not think to use the zoom on my camera at the show, so the pictures are not of the best quality. The woman towards the end of the video is the designer.
On the way to the show in the subway.
On the runway.
Me, Chrissy and Julie posing.
Me and Chrissy on the runway after the show.
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