One thing about KoC that we have a love/hate relationship with is their desire to thoroughly photograph and document certain events like cooking class, field trips, and birthday parties. It’s kind of a pain when they barge into class with a camera and want every kid to pose (and I mean every kid, so their parents have proof), but on the other hand, they load some of the photos up on the staff computer so we get some great shots of our cute kids.

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Following our recent tendency to write about “last” weekend one week later, I wanted to tell everyone about our venture out to Suwon last Sunday.

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I’ve finally got the laptop all back up and running again, and the upside of that is that we can finally post new pictures! The first set is from our trip into Seoul on Chuseok a couple weeks back.

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At work today, my coworkers and I were talking about how to define certain classes of animals and whatnot (for a vocabulary test, of course), and in the process of discussing insects, vertebrates, and invertebrates, this little idea popped into my head: (Please excuse the terrible illustration)

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So, Greg and I have been in Korea almost a month now and I think we’ve covered most of the basics—the good, the bad, and the ugly—in terms of things that can induce culture shock here. One thing we haven’t discussed, and which definitely deserves it’s own post, is the music. From what we can tell, 1999 is alive and well here.  Yes, Koreans LOVE their pop music. Every time we are at Lotte Mart, or walking past a small shop with its doors open, it seems like we hear the same four songs. Lately, even in school, our kids have been singing and mimicking the choreography from a few of these songs. For example: 

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