While you were sleeping...

First of all, I want you to know that Tim just pushed me in a water puddle and I'm soaking wet from my knees down. Now that I got that out, here's the newest blog!

It's been awhile since we posted so we have lots of great stories built up! Without further ado, some humorous stories from Korea!!

1. Most of the Korean kids have English names when they arrive at camp. (Jon and Kristina understand this!). However, you always have your few that have no english name. One of these happened to be in my class so I asked him what he wanted his name to be and he muttered something I could not understand. So I handed him the nametag to write it down. He writes the name......Dorp. Dorp. To make it better, Koreans have a hard time pronouncing their p's so my korean teacher always calls him Dorf.

I would love to brag that this is the best name at the camp - but it has to take second place to the boy named....Mosquito.

2. My favorite story so far is one of confused English prepositions. One of our Korean teachers was talking to me and a British teacher to ask about different sayings in our respective countries. He asked me,
Korean teacher: when you want to wake someone up in the morning do you say, 'want me to knock you up in the morning?'"
Me: "ummmmmm, pardon me?"
Knock up, right? I say
Me: No, you definitely don't want to go around asking people if they want you to knock them up in the morning.

3. Ok... Tim here. Most of you know when I travel I typically do not shave. Well, I've continued the tradition here in Korea and it has earned me some interesting nicknames from my students. Children have never been described as tactful and this young Korean girl certainly wasn't. Last week, I had a great group of kids and the sweetest, kindest Korean girl would come up to me....point to my beard and make the most violent vomitting sound I have ever heard.

I know that my beard is getting to a good length when I asked one of my new students to say my name and he replied with "Santa". A+, kid.

A hit game while teaching is pictionary, kids go crazy for it everytime without fail. It was the first day so I was trying to get an accurate measure of how much English my students knew, so I figured I would give this girl an easy word. So I told her to draw a monkey. She proceeds to draw a picture of me, complete with beard and all. Better yet, the kids are all guessing "Tim Teacher!" So now all my students, indeed most students in the school, now refer to me as "Monkey Teacher."

Anyways, I just want to say a quick thank you to all the Korean children who have encouraged me to not shave, thus giving me plenty to blog about.


We have alot more to write about but are about to be asked to leave the computer lab. We'll try to put up more stories tomorrow. Including the importance of one letter and Tim's double life.

Love you all very much.

Tim and Alaina