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I love Thank you very Good bye

askory — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:21:31 +0000

Tomorrow morning I will teach my last class ever in Gohan. After that I have two weeks in the English village, and then I’m done.

On my last day of regular classes at Gohan Elementary School the kids in grades 4, 5, and 6 made me some really awesome cards. Presenting the cards to me with their big puppydog eyes, they sure knew how to make a guy feel guilty for abandoning them!

I’ve scanned in the best of the cards which I now present to you in decreasing order of age, i.e. increasing order of cuteness.

Sixth Grade

A lot of the sixth grade letters were folded in fascinating ways. Here are two folds I liked.

The English on this one might be sweet, but the Korean says “China seems good for you, don’t come back.” I guess not everyone loves me.

Sixth grade, you see, is about 1.5 the size of the other classes, and all of them act very much like I would have at that age with a foreign teacher who wouldn’t punish me. My “coteacher” liked to show up 25 minutes late each time, rendering that class all but a waste of everyone’s time. Hence the exasperated stick figure of me.

The sixth grade girls have come up with their own creepy character.

Several other cards had it too. Some kind of magic gay pincushion?

Front.

Back. This girl always conspired to sit next to me at lunch time, so I think she really means it.

Yes, I hope to study many things in China.

It wouldn’t be a secret if I told you the secret he’s keeping, now would it?

Fifth Grade

Inside.

Outside

3D pop-up magic.

At least he didn’t draw a Vista GUI.

Tears?

Scary bird/clown tears?

The monkey’s evil shadow is about to make it’s move.

But “This” was right!

I’m labeled the smaller one.

Fourth Grade

Guess who that’s a picture of.

That looks a lot like the KangwonLand jester mascot.

The yellow’s a bit hard to read. The important part is the picture’s labeled “<-- Mr. Abam face".

A suppressed left-hander perhaps?

This is a card true to my heart. Unlike the other neatly cut and folded cards, this one has ripped edges and no folds. In other words, just the kind of card I would have made in 4th grade. And I still draw like he does. (I think that’s supposed to be my shaved head and not my exposed brain…)

I will miss you all too.

Cuteness

askory — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:03:30 +0000

The colors might not be blue and gold, but what it lacks in accuracy she makes up for in cuteness.

It took the third grade teacher at least a minute to get this shot with my cellphone. The special attention this young Bruins fan was getting for the picture was unacceptable to the other munchkins, who proceeded to variously dive, tumble, and bounce in front of her all at once.

While I’ve seen UCLA gear all over the place (even some Bruins underwear), I have yet to see one piece of U$C anything in Korea. This country does have something going for it after all.

Kongrishy

askory — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:04:28 +0000

Those of you who regularly view my pictures may have caught of few of these already, but I thought it was time for the first installment of what I hope will be a bountiful collection of all the Kongrishy I can point my camera at. In chronological order…

Maybe this was on purpose to avoid trademark lawyers? Hm… nope, not in Asia.

Yeah he is.

This is where you buy Whiteman.

OMG! Me too!

They spelled it wrong.

Golf isn’t on there. I guess Tiger Woods doesn’t count.
p.s. I’m starting my triletics training soon!

Yeah it is.

Yeah you do.

Ew. That’s gross. I don’t want to see those!

Finally a chocolate bar for the Lil Jon in every Korean child.

After eating your Crunky, you don’t have to worry about your mouth being too ghetto. This toothpaste should clear that right up. Available at White Marts everywhere.

And for the ancient Greek (or math major) in you, another excellent toothpaste option.