Suh-bi-suh

English accent that means "service." That's what was whispered to my ear at Dos Tacos as Mallory, Emily and I were recognized for our coolness while the server had just placed an "on the house" plate of chili cheese fries. We spotted our picture again on the wall. I actually ate a burrito and it was MASHEETDA! (delicious)

I can't speak Korean but I could tell the server said I looked pretty bc I actually wore make-up this time...Koreans are really fond of speaking up when you wear make-up.

Pickup was fun today even though it was about freezing temperature. Was a bit outta shape for the first 30 min and thought "how in the world am I going to make it in the Taipei tourney next weekend????" But then as I played I remembered that my body is good at endurance...it usually takes me 2 hours to warm up to be really good as I observed during our 3 hour pickup games at Florida.

SEC championship game: Florida 31 Alabama 20

Must I remind you...IT'S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!!!!!!!!

And tonight it snowed...like for real. Like for more than an hour. It's cold when it hits your face...teehee...I don't like that.

KUPA Fall League 2008

Funny how for the most part people are still by their teammates.

Jihoon takes good pictures. Everyone in Korea has a nice camera...expensive but sweet takes.

Love my friends. A good support system is solid.

Mmm...barely even half of the Black Holes (take 2...same name and color from my Orlando Summer League...wonder who suggested it in Korea?)

And I leave you with a big hoorah!

It snowed a lot today...but it was not sticking to the ground. Was nice to see through the 3rd floor window. I just heard a song called "Elvis ain't dead." Sounds like a decent band. I'll look them up.

Snow flurries!!!

So complaining about the cold was swiped away from my prefrontal cortex as I waited for my bus after school. I saw furry white things blowing near my head and hoped it wasn't ashes...like I'll see in Florida. Then I thought maybe that a kid who lived in one of the high apts near the bus stop had some white fluffy things they threw out the window. After about 7 minutes I saw another gust of white stuff and scrupulously watched one fall to the ground and disappear super fast! Then I looked at my black coat and saw one up close in a crazy formation that was undeniably a snow flurry-flake! I looked over my shoulder and saw a whole array of those little flurries all about! I had a huge grin as my bus came towards me. How wonderful! Then I texted like 5 people of my discovery.

Florida weather is frozen out of my memory.

Still in the 80's in Florida my dad says...so weather.com says that it's about 30 degrees here but it feels like 22. Nice...in Celsius Florida is 27 degrees and here it's about -1/-4. Where's my swimsuit and sun?

It's only thick coats, duck down jackets and scarfs/mittens for the next few months. Aaagh...it's not even official winter yet! *Crying* heeeeeeelp meeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! It's only bad when I have to wait for the bus...otherwise...wait, I take that back. It's bad when I freeze in my office...but other than that my home is comfortable.

jampacked recap of last month

Here's a delightful card written in Korean English...a couple of you had this mailed home to you.

This is my stash of goodies I got when I felt a bit homesick. Went to a nearby store called E-mart and got stationary and stickers and pens! Send me your address if you want one!

During a talent festival in October. These are the Kindergartners...so cute! Wish I had them on video. Currently working on uploading some other talent videos on facebook.

Here's a close up of the little cuties!

This isn't the Tae Kwon Do folks but it's something like it. They did flips, too! Reminded me of my short lived gymnastic days...and that one time I did backhandsprings...on my mattress.

I found a template to make bags that the students could decorate with Halloween pictures. I made a demo. One class had a group that used my exact layout. They were glued to the board when my bag was on display and drew theirs like it. I felt so honored.

So in American advertisement women are used for their appeal in picture ads. In Korea they are used in person. The special occasion? It was a bbq buffet restaurant...was it new or just a special discount? I dunno but we ended up eating there. It was safe...a lot of males but a couple families with kids so it was okay.

Emily a bit exhausted from our full day of work and having visited Mallory (pictured above) at her airport island. Now back home on the expensive subway.

Some $4 food midway through a hat tournament in Daejeon. It was right by our motel room.

Daejeon Hat tourney. Erin is gorgeous and it was fun to meet experienced girls. Her and Turbo (another bad A ulti) both live in Daejeon so I rarely get to play with them.

This is the most adorable little baby boy. His dad got a picture of us cracking up because he was eating a cracker and dropped in way in his shirt and whenever I tried to grab it the cracker would further sink but we finally got it so he could finish snacking.

My friends, Eupil and Linda, visited me. Eupil got a couple funny shots. I'm excited to play but I'm not focused on running fast on the D cuz this is our consulation game during finals at Fall League. We won this one! I helped by catching 6 out of 9 points in the end zone.

So too bad this is before the D but it was an easy hammer coming straignt towards me as I was positioned in front of her...so anyone who can read the disc a little woulda done the same. But it felt good to hit the disc outta bounds!

we famous

Mallory, Emily and I are on the wall in Hongdae at Dos Tacos. The workers loved us while we sang to Big Bang and danced during dinner. One worker had a cool polaroid but it took 2X3 photos. He took two pics...one for us to keep. Look for us on their bulletin board.

webcamz

I finally got a webcam today so all my lovelies can see me while I speak to them. So let's Skype soon!

I miss Dragonfly's apricot sauce with their wontons, the beach, being poolside, tanning oil, my bible study ladies, sand volleyball, the Gators, wearing orange and blue in The Swamp, and Monday night ultimate pickup on Flavet.

Last night my sickness was so bad that I was crying cold in bed with my blanket and sleeping bag. I cried because of the pain...like my whole body was aching. My co-teacher could tell I wasn't well even though I tried to play off that I could help teach the other classes. She made me go sleep in the nurse's office. Best sleep ever! She has two beds in there and there was a nice heated mat on top of the mattress. I slept so well.

It's Pepero Day! So the pretzel sticks covered in chocolate were passed out. I didn't see any kids do it but I gave some to my Principal, Vice-principal, office staff and 4 co-teachers. Pepero is so fun! I used to eat them when I was a little kid...dunno if it was Korea or Germany but that was one thing that I was happy to have when I got to Korea. HAPPY PEPERO DAY!