January 11th: Where you sleep

Like I said in one of my earlier posts, being in a moving vehicle puts me to sleep. I guess it's similar to taking the baby out for a drive.

Here is a picture of your typical Korean bus seat, one of the places that I often sleep.

Gamsahapnida for reading,

Bus narcoleptic

January 10th: Childhood

Here in Korea, children seem to have a fascination with angry birds. They come as teddies, as erasers, on socks, and I've used pictures of them plenty of times in classes and it's gone down a treat. This is something I won in an arcade grabby machine. I was actually hoping for the red one but winning this was a fluke as it got stuck on the mechanical hand. Me: 1, Arcade Overlord: 0.

At some point I hope to utilise this little bird in my classes, I have no doubt in my mind that it will excite the children. Some of them might even faint.

Gamsahapnida for reading,

#1 target of the arcade mafia.

January 9th: Daily Routine

This is the three locks on my front door. I'm grateful for my safety, but every time I do these three locks before I go to bed, I feel a bit like Will Smith getting ready for a night in 'I am legend', except I don't sleep in my bath with a gun. I don't have a bath (ever).

Gamsahapnida for reading,

Ready for the zombies.

January 8th: Your sky

Surprise! The sky in Korea is the same as the sky in wherever you are, perhaps Korea (I can hardly believe that the sky in Korea is the same as the sky in Korea either).

Tonight I went to see The Hobbit in 4D. It included moving seats, scents, flashing lights for lightning and blasts of air whenever anything moved or did something which made for lots of air blasts. Korean 3D glasses are snazzier too, but to be honest I expected nothing less. Then I put egg on my face. Nothing more on that, I'll leave you to wonder why in your free time.

Until March I'm teaching mornings. It's a test for me waking up early as teaching afternoons paved the way for some glorious lie-ins. This morning I woke up at exactly the time I was supposed to leave the house and made it out of my door in three minutes. Bed head: check. Flies undone: check. Trousers tucked into my socks: check.

Gamsahapnida for reading,

Johnny Egghead

January 7th: Favourite

Maybe you remember, maybe you don't, but since living in Korea I have tended to opt towards more nautical themed mugs. The mug above is my favourite of the three nautical mugs I own. Big, good handle and a nice pattern.

What a lovely mug.

Gamsahapnida for reading,

Not a very good pirate.