This photographer, Joseph Christopher Buchman, will have his work on display in Daegu this December. I particularly like this portrait of men on the subway.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Dearth is a funny word. It's too close to death for me.
I truly apologize for the lack of writing lately. I'm not about to be that person who starts to neglect their blog just because she gets a little busy - I'll be back in true form after the holidays. The reasons for my shortage of quality posts lately (yes, there are a few) are as follows:
Sick: I've been affected by 3 different physical conditions in the past 2 months, 2 of which I had to see the doctor for.
Happy: My bf has moved in with me! After a tough run of arguements, we managed to come to a good place in our relationship. He got a job with a local hotel and moved to my little apartment in Busan.
Famous: Word of my Korean sauna blog has been spreading, and recently I was asked to review the biggest spa in Asia, Hurshimchung in Busan for the foreigner magazine in Daegu, Daegu Pockets. I had been wanting to go there anyway, so I took the challenge; a more-famous photog Simon Bond (his photos on flickr) accompanied to capture the place. You'll see my article in the January issue.
This little bit of work instantly led to more. I was then asked to revise another article introducing the Korean spa experience which will be printed in February. Next, a project for an overnight trip to Busan featuring the Haeundae area restaurants and bars along with Battle of the Bands. That article will also go out in January. So, basically, I have been writing, you just can't see it yet! ^^
I lovingly fed and nurtered my article, which then was told it needed to lose some serious weight: 1600 words down to 1000 or less. So, that's what I'm doing now. I'll be back later!
Sick: I've been affected by 3 different physical conditions in the past 2 months, 2 of which I had to see the doctor for.
Happy: My bf has moved in with me! After a tough run of arguements, we managed to come to a good place in our relationship. He got a job with a local hotel and moved to my little apartment in Busan.
Famous: Word of my Korean sauna blog has been spreading, and recently I was asked to review the biggest spa in Asia, Hurshimchung in Busan for the foreigner magazine in Daegu, Daegu Pockets. I had been wanting to go there anyway, so I took the challenge; a more-famous photog Simon Bond (his photos on flickr) accompanied to capture the place. You'll see my article in the January issue.
This little bit of work instantly led to more. I was then asked to revise another article introducing the Korean spa experience which will be printed in February. Next, a project for an overnight trip to Busan featuring the Haeundae area restaurants and bars along with Battle of the Bands. That article will also go out in January. So, basically, I have been writing, you just can't see it yet! ^^
Photos of the 5 bands to play in the finals of Battle of the Bands
I lovingly fed and nurtered my article, which then was told it needed to lose some serious weight: 1600 words down to 1000 or less. So, that's what I'm doing now. I'll be back later!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Halloween In School
I worked so hard that week! Planning, preparing for, and throwing Halloween parties in school turns out to be much more work than teaching a regular lesson. I have 3 different classes that I plan lessons for (aside from all my regular set-curriculum classes). One group is ten 1st & 2nd grade monsters, another is a nice quiet set of eleven remedial 4th graders, and finally a great 5th & 6th grade high-level class of fifteen.
I made a Halloween coloring and vocabulary book for the little monsters, but I was really sick on Friday so I didn't even get to teach it to them. My 4th graders learned some new words and we also colored pictures for the classroom wall. My high-level class is my most enjoyable group of students at my school. I see them 3 days a week and they are really great kids. They all work really hard on English, so I went all out for them. There were 5 stations in the room with different activities:
1. Mask-making. I got all kinds of crafts and even snagged a hot glue gun so they could get creative.
2. Art table. I had colored construction paper, crayons, markers, scissors, glue and rulers so they could make something to take home or put up in their classrooms.
3. Mystery bags. I had 6 bags that the students could reach into and guess what was in them. They were all creepy-feeling of course! Pistachio shells felt like fingernails, a fuzzy stuffed animal that they thought was real, string with water and lotion rubbed into it like nasty oily hair, a different furry thing, flattened orange peel also with lotion to feel like skin, and finally peeled grapes felt like icky eyeballs!
4. Halloween quiz board game. Had to have a little English in there ^^
5. Candy and soda table. I had cute little bags of assorted candies, and one student's mom heard we'd have a party so she brought candy and some soda for us!
I had two students help me get the room decorated a little, and 4 girls stayed after to help me clean up. It went by so fast I even forgot to put on the Halloween music video playlist I had spend an afternoon making on YouTube! But nonetheless, it went very well. All the kids had something to take home with them and they actually had fun playing the board game. Luckily the director of English for our school had the foresight to bring her camera down for us!
I made a Halloween coloring and vocabulary book for the little monsters, but I was really sick on Friday so I didn't even get to teach it to them. My 4th graders learned some new words and we also colored pictures for the classroom wall. My high-level class is my most enjoyable group of students at my school. I see them 3 days a week and they are really great kids. They all work really hard on English, so I went all out for them. There were 5 stations in the room with different activities:
1. Mask-making. I got all kinds of crafts and even snagged a hot glue gun so they could get creative.
2. Art table. I had colored construction paper, crayons, markers, scissors, glue and rulers so they could make something to take home or put up in their classrooms.
3. Mystery bags. I had 6 bags that the students could reach into and guess what was in them. They were all creepy-feeling of course! Pistachio shells felt like fingernails, a fuzzy stuffed animal that they thought was real, string with water and lotion rubbed into it like nasty oily hair, a different furry thing, flattened orange peel also with lotion to feel like skin, and finally peeled grapes felt like icky eyeballs!
4. Halloween quiz board game. Had to have a little English in there ^^
5. Candy and soda table. I had cute little bags of assorted candies, and one student's mom heard we'd have a party so she brought candy and some soda for us!
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