Katelyn and Gregory Haskins find their way through—and around—the world
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.
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.
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:
Last weekend we decided to break up the routine and venture out do something interesting. While we both agree that our jobs don’t really demand the kind of time and intellectual rigour we were used to in college, it is a 9-5 job (or 10-6 to be more specific) and by the time the final bell rings we are usually too tired and hungry to do anything but head for home or to the nearest cheap restaurant with co-workers for dinner. So after 3½ weeks, I hadn’t been out of Suji and was desperately wanting to explore. Thus, we were happy to learn that Sunday, September 14th was a major holiday in Korea and we would have Monday off as a result.
