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Tales of a Fat Dog... and more
Nothing much happening on this end of the world. I realize that everyone at home is up in arms over the new conservative minority government... but, atleast our north isn't communist!
So, for the sake of blog up keep, here's what's new with me. And, don't get your hopes up, because it's not exciting.

1. I cut all my hair off... viola!

2. As a Chinese New Years gift our school's head office gave us all a giant gift wrapped box of apples. Landom, but much appreciated.

3. I've decided that it is my new life ambition to become a hip hop dancer. Last weekend i went to go see a hip hop/break dancing show down town called 'The Ballerina that Fell in Love with a B-Boy"...
from there i've taken to watching the movie 'You Got Served' (staring B2K and IMx) every other night. I'm a loser. It my be the worst movie... that i ever loved. I can't get enough. Again, i'm a loser.

4. Today, purely for my own amusment, i showed my kids this picture (taken by jeff brez while in thailand)...
and told them to write a story about it. Here's a taste of what they were able to produce:
The dog many eat. It happen is at house. First, he likes food. Next, he is very very fat and his girlfriend is leave. He is want to die and is very sad. The End. - Andy

The dog is FAT. This happens in America. His mother was very fat, his father was very fat, too. He eats so much. He was very fat. The End. - Kevin

The dog much eat. He is eating many foods. His friends don't like him because he is very very fat. He is going home. He is sleeping. He must diet. - Alex

AND

The dog's stomache is blow up. It happened in the bathroom. First, the dog eat candy, chips, chocolate, ice cream, sandwich, fruit, juice. Next, the dog is very stomache ache, then he go to the bathroom. The dog's stomache is blow up. He is die. Die. BOOM. - Sophia

Rock and Roll Baby
Last night was a night of musical... hmmm... if not success, then at least competence. The company I work for hosted a New Years/Christmas party for all of it's staff at a posh hotel downtown Seoul. Althought the food was AMAZING... the program was boarderline making me want to end my life from boredom. However, the night did peak when our school campus won the grand prize for our poignant rendition of I will follow him, from the cinematic masterpiece, 'Sister Act I'.


Afterwards, to wake ourselves up from the dead, we headed down to Hongdae, the university bar and clubbing area, for some good times. It was only appropriate that we eventually ended up at a Norae Bong (or Karaoke Room, for you non-koreans) to finish off the night properly.

I heart Hong Kong
Well...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Although i'm already back to the tedious grind of teaching Korean children the magic of the english language ("no, it's actually called a L-obster... not a 'Robster'"), I had an amazing holiday in Hong Kong!

1.) Korea was -10 degrees... Hong Kong 20 degrees... Hong Kong wins.
2.) Everybody (EVERYBODY) speaks english in Hong Kong!! EVERYBODY. hmm... remember what it was like when things were easy? I'd almost forgotten.
3.) Hong Kong is probably the coolest city in asia... possibly the world.
It's pretty cool... It's basically a city right out of the future. Everything is super hightech and spotlessly clean... but there's still a little bit of dirty china town in there... yeah, it's pretty cool.

We (my co-worker/ friend Denise and I) arrived on the 24th and basically didn't stop till we left on the 30th. It was a crazy time. Lot's of eating, shopping, and partying. All the things we love best!!!

Here's us with some Christmas carollers in Causway Bay (where we were staying)

Happy New Years... er... I mean... christmas??? In Hong Kong, Christmas Eve is celebrated the same way as New Years... you name it. Party masks, noise makers, champaign, count down etc.

This is 'Isola', our favourite place in Hong Kong. A great Martini Bar on top of the International Finace Centre (IFC)... expensive drinks... but killer atmosphere and view

The Kow Loon Sky line from the 'Isola' patio

Here's us...

View of the IFC

This is the INSANE line up to get to 'Lon Kwai Fong' (the most popular clubbing/ bar scene on Hong Kong Island) on Christmas Eve

This is us foregoing the crowd and making our own party at 'Lush' a hole in the wall bar off of Hollywood Ave

And, here are some whole ducks, heads included, hanging in a storefront in Causway Bay... hungry?

Denise and I with some Weirdo Clowns in this crazy 11 story mall

Me at Isola

Oh, hi drunken Santa (Lan Kwai Fong)

Random Canadian Horse... Why wouldn't there be one?

Drinking Champaign at 'Sugar'... where the floors are actually covered in Sugar

So... you like meat?

.. then you'll LOVE these cooked ducks with heads...

This is in a Russian Bar where they give you these fur coats and hats so that you can go into a ice room and drink vodka... random... or 'Landom' as my students would say

Cheers to Hong Kong! our last night...