Planting rice/Picnic/Teacher's Day

Today was a very busy day, we went on a field trip to a farm compound thing were we planted rice and played in the mud...and yes I was in the mud along with the kids. After the romp in the mud, we had a picnic which was fun and yummy : ) When everything was cleaned up, we went across the street to a little museum where we got to see how they planted and harvested rice along long time ago. But the best part of the day was that it was also Teacher's Day. My students gave me: 2 small baskets of flowers, 1 glass thing of fake flowers, 1 bouquet, Aveda shampoo and conditioner, hand made soap, make-up from Lancome Paris, a parasol, a little key chain thing, and a bunch of cards. Then after we got back from our day's adventure we got 3 pizzas and 2 salads delivered, then 2 cakes, 2 pies, and a bunch of rices cakes were all sent to the school as gifts from parents...oh the joys of teaching rich kids : )

Hwacheon BBQ

This past Sunday I went with some people up to Hwacheon which is about 20 minutes from the DMZ, for a BBQ. However, because of bird flu and mad cow the BBQ was limited to pork. It was a lot of fun and the bus ride north was great. Everything was green, and the rice paddies were being planted and the bus was disinfected twice for bird flu. Since Hwacheon is so close to the DMZ there is a strong military presence, on the bus we passed several sections on the road that are rigged to explode if the North invades and about a stones throw away from where we were eating there was an old bunker with razor wire and an old helmet.

Jungdo Picnic

On the third, I went with a bunch of people to an island in a lake for a picnic. It was a lot of fun and really beautiful. The really fun part was play with people's dogs all day. : )

Field Trip to the Broadcasting Station

Last Friday we went on yet another field trip, this time to the local broadcasting station. It was kinda cool, they talked to the kids about some stuff but I didn't know what they were saying. The kids got to see themselves on screen which was cool...I guess.

Field Trip to the Animal Hospital

A couple weeks ago, we went on a field trip to the Veterinary teaching Hospital, which would have been find and dandy but we went the day after my dog, Pooky, died, which made it not so much fun. However, the kids seemed to enjoy it, they got to see some dogs, owls, a funny looking goat thing, and really big ugly birds, all of which I'm pretty sure were going to be dissected. After we got back to school, my class and another class went to the park down the street which was fun.