Lake Park- Ilsan, South Korea

Lake Park is a park, around a lake. It is the main attraction in Ilsan. Here are some photos of it at night.

Changdoekgung

Changdoekgung! Here are some photos I took at Changdoekgung. It was really busy and very overcast so I didn't get as good of pictures as I wanted to and I'll most likely go back to get better ones. I hope you'll like these as they are.

Things You Don't See In Farwell

You know, I'm pretty sure no matter how hard the good people at Rice Tard try, a snack with that name just isn't going to be popular in the USA. (see Konglish, below)




Konglish (Korean: 콩글리시) is the use of English words (or words derived from English words) in a Korean context. The words, having initially been taken from English language, are either actual English words in Korean context, or are made from a combination of Korean and English words. (thanks wikipedia!)




SHINY SUITS!!!!!




The ubiquitous murse. That'd be a man-purse to those unaware of the term murse.




Shirts that don't make any sense.




This is from the toilet museum. It's a dog eating baby poo.

At 6:10 I realized that I was reading Siddhartha and listening to Blues Traveler and I had the sweet taste of iced chai and cheesecake in my mouth, and somehow I was in Seoul, and it was all real.

Random Photos

My new favorite place for a "good day."




A good day indeed!




Cool little place.




Interesting eh?




A cute little flower, does anyone know what kind is it?




The roof of the building across the way. I thought it looked cool.




The rather phallic Ilsan Police Station. Notice the testes as well? Just great...




This is roughly the area we call meat street. It's got a ton of bars and such. And, as you may be able to tell, a few churches too.




A view from the roof of my building, some of my co-workers live in that large building.

Fan Death

Yes, people in Korea really do believe this. Even the college educated.



Also, one of my students informed me that hamburgers are poison. If you eat more than one per year, you will die. She also has a message for all of you Americans who think squid is gross, "Americans are crazy. Squid is very very delicious."

Photos of the Kids!!!!