The Ongoing Adventures of Not Failing
The Korea Effect
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There’s an odd phenomenon that happens here in Korea, I’ve been noticing, which makes me really question my desire to stay here the full one year stay. I’ve tentitevly named it the “Korean Effect.”
Symptoms include, but are not limited to: Increased alcohol consumption, increased smoking, increased usage of illegal drugs (which is all sorts of dumb), increased in group awareness, decreased empathy for out groups, increase in general douchebaggery, reduction of/revoking of previously stated morals, increased lying, general contempt for other westerners, xenophobia (I shit you not), mock racism, irrational fear of being overheard being mock racist, more general douchebaggery, and being a general fuck wit.
Causes: Unknown. Suspect drinking water. Or idiot westerners.
Please, if you’re succumbing to the Korea Effect leave Korea immediately and seek medical attention.
-Snow
Woah, money.
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I spent about… 1.15 million won over the Lunar New Year. WHOOPS.
Let me explain.
Friday, we went out to some bars and had some drinks and I was feeling good but not drunk. Okay. (30,000 KWN)
Saturday we went to Seoul, picked up a hotel room. I generously paid for Matthew’s share. (100,000KWN) Then we went out and got food at an excellent Thai place in which I also paid for Matthew’s meal. (40,000KWN) Then we started drinking. I didn’t spend too much at the first bar, since Matthew bought most of my whiskey, but Matthew and I also finished off two bottles of Jameson and I bought a round for a girl a was very poorly and drunkenly hitting on. (40,000KWN) We then moved to Hard Rock Cafe where I bought some Glenfiddich (40,000KWN) for Matthew and I, and after we rocked that place out- pun! – we went to KFC. (10,000KWN)
Then Norebang happened (Korean Karaoke) and I was pretty much exhausted by that time, not to mention quite sober, so I sat in the back and listened to them. Tara got pissed off at me in her Irish way for some bullshit reason (really, the next day she said it was pure bullshit on her part) and then Allen and I went home to sleep.
We got up, groggily, and got food at an all American diner. (OMYGODWAFFLESHASBROWNSANDBACONOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG 20,000KWN) then left and headed back to Suwon. I decided I wanted a camera from the local E-Mart, and I ended up getting a Nikon D-70 with a tripod, battery, memory card, spare battery, carrying case, and lens. (800,000KWN)
Then we went home, and didn’t do a damn thing until the next day. Where we went to Outback. (25,000KWN) The steak was good, so then we decided to get booze! After five rounds, I decided that I was far too bored, far too tired, and not nearly drunk enough to go clubbing so I went home. (50,000KWN)
Now, I am saving money for Japan and not hanging out with my alchy friends as much. Or, if I do, I will remain quite sober.
WOOO NEW YEAR’S!
-Snow
Tags: drunk, drunken piss, I do, I like cows, Marie is pie, Michelle is a Cow, MOOO, piss, who likes cows?
Really, a really real post of real things for real people. Really.
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After the past two updates I suppose I owe you people a real post in which I don’t pretend like I am A) Insane B) A good author.
Not too much going on in the world of Joshua Snow at the moment, Michelle and I are ironing out plans for our trip to Japan (A.K.A. The Great Seduction of Michelle), and the crew and I are making plans to go to Busan (southern port town) this weekend for our four day break to make out with the cake and eat some ladies. Or something along those lines, I think I crossed a euphasim somewhere along the line.
As ever the students alternate being massive pains in the ass with bouts of sheer amazingly awesomeness, but it mostly falls on the pain in the ass part. This is also why I’ve started carrying a mace. Literally, a mace. JOSH SMASH! I’m kidding, really, really, but sometimes I do wish that the parents would at least consider their children may not be the ultra saints they think they are.
James and Tek are stupid/insane/and disturbing. All in one nice package.
-Snow
Holy crap, a new year!
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Why hello everyone! I figured I should actually inform you about my New Year’s Eve! I think you all wanted to see pictures. YOU WILL HAVE PICTURES. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Let us begin. We decided to start the festivities in downtown Suwon with a meal at Mr. Pizza home of the “Well of Being Pizza for Women. MR. PIZZA LOVES WOMEN.”
Peter, trying not to kill me for taking pictures.
Allen, is HOKAY.
Go fat Americans! (And Brit.)
After being mocked for eating SO MUCH pizza and generally being fat, we left Mr. Pizza and went to a local coffee shop.
Blurry coffee pictures!
After we drank our coffee (which I am getting addicted to, sigh) we took a cab ride back to Yeongtong. Peter and Allen were convinced we were going to die, the cab driver and I were laugh our asses off as we weaved through traffic. I think he went more insane with his driving because I was loving it so much. Oh well. We then decided to go to a local Beer Garden which turned out to be boring, as it only had one type of beer. But… well I’ll show you the pics.
THOSE BEERS ARE HUGE.
Well, they were big. But we needed champagne, so off we went to Home Plus (Wal-Mart) and we got that and some Hello Kitty cups and drank it in the food court.
Hello Kitty loves booze.
Yes, we're in a food court.
Go blurry pictures!
Cheers mate!
After that we ran off to Pavox to get more drunk, and ring in the new year! Hopefully these videos will embed right!
Hope yours were good too!
-Snow
(Edit: How do we like the new layout?)
My readership is at an all time high.
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Really, it is. I can only go down from here.
Well I missed the three month anniversary, I think, I’m not sure. But four months will soon be upon us! Wow, 1/3 of the way there, I can’t WAIT TO GO HOME OH MY GOD MY STUDENTS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME to experience all that Korea has to offer! Sad news though, I won’t be able to make it home for the holidays. But I am planning a trip to Japan, maybe, in my 5day vacation. Sweet.
(Pictures of something next time, I promise.)
I’ve lost too much weight, clothes I bought when I left America have become so baggy my students think I’m carrying a load around in my butt. So I am now called “poo pants” by one of my classes. It’s okay, they kept calling me that so I gave them all homework and made them stand for 35 minutes. With their books in hand. Because I AM THEIR GOD.
*ahem*
Not much else. Love all of you.
-Snow
Tags: I have a robot dog, I miss Marie, I miss Michelle, I'm going to buy a ps3, tag, tag tag
A car and a cd
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I really miss being able to hop in my car, drop some phat beats (Persona 3 OST!), roll the windows down and drive through the night with no where to go until my hands grow numb from the cold. It’s relaxing, liberating, fun, and exciting. I discovered mansions in Columbia I had never known existed and I would dirve up get out of my car and wander the grounds.
Sure, I can get to a lot of places in Korea but it’s all so… compact. I miss the massive open spaces of America and all the different ways you could get to the same place.
Sigh.
-Snow
A party!
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I am going to pretend like I had a regular update schedule. Yes.
So not only have I made it three months without killing anyone, YAY THREE MONTHS, but the first semester is drawing to a close… which means classes are too! Easy schedules make me happy. But this is also important because it means I get to reward the classes I like and mock the classes I dislike. I’m a great rolemodel, and available for parties too!
I had a pizza party in one of my classes today, and we had a fantastic time and all in all I really am going to miss that (one) particular class. The rest of them can rot. No really. I dislike pretty much all of my other classes, but love a lot of the students! But the pizza party was two fold win, because I gave the left over pizza (which happened to be a whole pizza) to the Korean teachers and they fell madly in love with me and I got married to 10 of them.
…Or that marriage part didn’t happen at all.
But the Korean teachers and staff seemed geniuenly surprised I gave them pizza, so maybe they will be nicer to me from now on. Here’s hoping!
-Snow
More asshattery.
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So apparently I am not allowed to assign my students homework. Let me count the ways of punishment I have at my disposal then.
1) Yelling.
2) Yelling.
3) Yelling.
4) Not letting students go early. (Since I can’t keep them late.)
5) Yelling.
And then let me see what I am supposed to do in class, aside from teach.
1) Prevent them from talking.
2) Prevent them from working on other material.
3) Keep them off their phones.
4) Make them write in their books.
5) Make them talk to me.
Yet all I can do is yell. And if they get used to the yelling, I can try other little mind tricks. But once they realize I am powerless, well, I become powerless.
Woo.
-Snow
