More random crap

It was Buddha's birthday yesterday. Don't want to brag, but Christ's birthday is a bit more fun. I didn't get any presents yesterday.

My boss asked me the other day if I wanted any crack. She meant crackers. I didn't correct her. I might have some fun with this one.

Went to Busan this weekend. No joke, just wanted to mention that.

I've always wanted to be in a situation where I had to synchronize my watch with someone. I mean, I've done it before, just there was never a valid reason behind it.

I have a student who curses like a sailor in English. I did not teach him any of it. I will be blamed for it surely. "Ryan Teacher, what's 'horsesh*t' mean?"

Don't like kimchi, but I really like kimchi jjigae (kimchi soup). I absolutely hate the spicy fish-head soup that Grand Master makes me eat. It is good for health, though.

Good for health is the way Koreans describe anything that is strange or tastes bad.

I watched a giant soju bottle dance in a baseball jersey with other soju bottles on the street, and I wasn't high. A bit drunk, maybe.

My favorite hotel in Busan was booked up for the holiday weekend, so I ended up just finding a 'love motel'. My room had a circle bed and a large collection of porn, on VHS. I didn't know anyone still had VHS.

Have you ever woken up and been freaked out because you momentarily don't know where you are? If you've gone drinking with me you have. Well, imagine my reaction this morning waking up in a circle bed in a love motel in Busan, the maid pounding on the door and shouting something in Korean.

I still have 2 days left in my 4 day weekend. Wish I got paid the week before and not the week after all this time off.

Friday my boss invited me to Yongsan Elementary's sports day for all the students to do all sorts of crazy things. I remember having similar things back in school, but this was all out. My boss was on some committee and was helping in the first aid area. I counted 4 bloody noses, several sprains and maybe a broken finger. There was a fight between some fifth-graders, and one kid GOT DROPPED! Blasted in the face. It was like POW!!! (okay, you can't see me but imagine me hitting my hand with my fist and making that noise!) I shouldn't have been laughing, but it was pretty cool. If I had a video camera it would have gotten like a million hits on youtube before it was taken down.

While on the subject of fights, I was riding with Wu-Shu master a few weeks back and we drove through this little area of town and I see all these old guys on the side of the street arguing. I mean like great-grandfather old. It was getting good, as these two started trading blows, but I couldn't get Wu-Shu master to stop so I could watch. Again, internet viral video gold.

I may have had swine flu. The embassy sent me a letter saying that it was probably only H1N1 Influenza. Whew. What a relief.

Do we really need to still spell 'knife' with a 'k'? Really? It's not like nife is a different word.

I really like my business cards, but I want another set of blanks cards with only one word: see. That way I can tell people I own a business card printing company and then pull it out and be like 'see'.

Okay, I stole that last joke from some comedian. Maybe he preemptively stole it from me, though.

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