#4-HOLIDAYS AND DAY TRIPS

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October 7th 2007

Published: October 11th 2007

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Well, I’ve been here over a month so far and still sort of settling in. I now realize that South Korea is a lot more modern than I expected. Of course, these are my much generalized, comparisons with Australia and my limited experiences in China. Everybody here seems to have a high standard of living. It is fairly clean with not much litter, unlike many Asian countries. The tr... Read Full Entry

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John Oroad

Epoch

FROM CHINA TO KOREA I have recently returned from two trips to China teaching English and I am about to start teaching again; this time in South Korea. I love travel, especially in Asia and by working there, feel I experience the country more than by just passing thru it. My previous travels before China were 15 months in North America and Europe in 1975-76 and many South East Asian countries in 1980-81 for another 9 months. After almost another quarter of a century living in Australia, I got the travel bug once again. This time I decided to do it slightly differently by working. I hear... full info

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Expo at Gyeongju

some of my fellow teachers

at Expo

Russian Ice Ballet

Expo at Gyeongju

B-Boyz doing rap-dancing

Expo at Gyeongju

Russian Electronic String Quartet

Expo at Gyeongju

Christian Nuns wearing habits with built-in sunshades- a great idea!

Fire Station

my students father at firstation

Fire Station

me, student and his father's workmates

Fire Station

Very modern command centre

International School

Entrance to US Army base and International School The guard did not like his photo being taken.

International school

teachers from my area at international school

International School

Some kind of Vehicle “Pop-Up” Barricade Machine at army base

Huge Gymnasium

Marching lessons

Class Room

Me showing people where Australia is

International School

A very well eqipped Music Room

International School

School Canteen Menu- the pictures on the side can be misleading.

International School

Spaghetti and meat sauce with melt-in-your-mouth-vegetables.

Outback Steakhouse

Before going for a meal

Outback Steakhouse

Part of the menu- 22,900Won is close to $A30

Outback Steakhouse

Inside- I couldn't resist this picture

15th October 2007

Epoch
John Oroad

Tomb mounds
I only found one tomb that was open to the public. They are a few hundred years old and don't go undeground. most are usually just one peson covered in wooden box, clay then earth. This one was just half escavated. John

15th October 2007

Sue
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Re "Genuine Australian Outback Steakhouse"
Heh John, sounds like you're having an interesting time in Korea! Had to laugh about the "genuine Aussie Steakhouse". You know with a name like that it has to be run by a foreigner- either American or Japanese! So funny. Have fun with your new colleagues and those oh- so-small classes. My new Business English Oral English freshmen number 58! Aaargh! . Hear from you soon. Sue

16th October 2007

Epoch
John Oroad

re "Outback Steakhouse"
Hi Sue, The name of the place is just "Outback Steakhouse". I added the the "genuine Australian" bit, just for effect- although, that was what they were implying. Some other co-workers want to go there with me again! Great! It's rather ironic that the total number of students in one of your CLASSES is 58 and the total number of students in my biggest SCHOOL is 58.

18th October 2007

Lee Dae-Hyung
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Aussie English words
when I heard "Aussie" for the first time, I misunderstood it as French word. after your explanation. I understood "Aussie"word. It means the shorten word of "Australian". In yesterday class, I learned various Aussi English words- "underdog", " tall-poppy syndrome"."bag of fruit","frog and toad"- they are all fresh to me. listening abc radio channel is difficult to me. I can't understand without script. but It was very useful to me listening http://accent.gmu.edu site. It can be that I can cmpare various English accents. It so good. I expect next your good class with excursion.

30th October 2007

anonymous
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getting through
am I getting through?

30th October 2007

Epoch
John Oroad

getting thru
Hi, Denise-I assume it is you. YES! success. The comment came thru as 'anonymous'. Don't forget to add your name at top of comment . I also forgot to check if you noticed at the bottom of story and photos on '#4 entry' that there are 2 more pages of photographs to click to. John

31st October 2007

Denise
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anon again
All good so far - I accessed the next two pages of photos - great! How do you do it! If I get through this time it probably means I will be o.k. with my replies. Showed Gordon all blogs up to date- it really is a bit like the blind leading the blind [our computer skills ,that is]. Great talking to you and thanks for the comp. lesson. Talk to you next blog - D.

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