School Festival

Yesterday at my second school, a mixed middle school, was their annual school festival.

This is a HUGE deal for the kids as it gives them a chance to show off their talents and compete against other classes for prizes.

I was able to leave my boys school early yesterday to watch part of the festival.

Talent included, classes performing plays such as Cinderella and Grease, singing and playing instruments, Korean drumming on traditional instruments and made up ones such as water cooler bottles, desks etc. And of course, dancing.

My personal favorite. Not just dancing dancing. Sexy dancing. VERY sexy dancing performed by girls between 12 and 14.

We had pelvic thrusting, booty shaking, shoulder/booby shaking, slapping body parts, you name it.

It reminded me of the time in grade 6 when some friends and I did a lip synch to Madonna's Papa Don't Preach, much to my mother's dismay. Now I know what we must have looked like! Although I don't think we were as sexy or talented as some of these girls.

Some North American songs made their way into the line up including JT's Sexy Back, the unedited version with includes "Mother Fucker" and Missy Elliot made the cut with a brief interlude which also included "Fuck".

The funny thing is that my Korean co-teachers would say "oh, so cute". Hahhahaa. That's not how I would describe their dancing but whatever.

Overall the performances were awesome and there were some very talented kids there.

Another bonus, I get today and tomorrow off for the sports day portion of the festival. Yes!

I posted 2 dance videos from the festival on Facebook.

Smoke anyone?

At my boys school, in the photocopy room, sits this.

A big old nasty jar of cigarette butts. It is so disgusting.

Whenever one of the male teachers feels the urge to have a smoke, this is where they come. They bullshit and hang out.

So when I want to do some photcopying or laminate stuff, I always check to see if anyone is having a smoke. So gross.

A big F U!

Goes out to the jerk who stole my bike last night.

After leaving a friends house I go to unlock my bike to find that it's not there. The bike lock that has been ripped off is there though.

Uhhhhh, I thought I got away from the thieves when I left Winnipeg!

Jerks!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving with their friends, family or whomever.

This weekend I had to make a trip to Seoul to re-new my passport and had a quick visit with Darren's mom Arlene. Who has a great view from her apartment. I'm jealous. Come on Arlene, you don't want to trade your beautiful hills, trees and birds for my concrete, garbage, men horking up phlegm and kids screaming!?

Highlights were:

* new books

* oatmeal, Dentyne gum, chocolate bar I like, Kashi Go Lean cereal, chick peas.

* taking the subway all by myself. Whoohooo!
* seeing races other than white and Korean!

* oh yeah, and Arlene's pink bathroom

Unfortunately I missed the big waygook T-giving dinner here in Mokpo but had a little vegetarian Thanksgiving of my own and invited my friend Nicola over, a fellow veggie.

This is a lame blog entry. Mostly I'm excited about making a kick ass veggie meal for my Thanksgiving. It was so good!

What massage therapists look like in Canada

While back home during the summer I pampered myself to as many "real" massages as I could afford.

While in B.C. with my folks I visited moms therapist.

This is what he looks like.

I'm not really sure which one he is but he's bad ass and he gives really good massages.

Half a dozen

Yep, tonight I ate half a dozen butter tarts! so gross!!!

They are the first butter tarts I've made in Korea, and possible ever, and they were delicious!

Now they must leave the house or I'll eat the rest of them.