Well, July is coming to a close and tomorrow I hop on a plane to America!
We've been pretty busy this past month and I can't believe our vacation is here already.
The past two weekends were a blast and we had the chance to spend some really fun times with our neighbors in Globalville.
We went to the Color Me Rad run at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul which turned out to be quite an interesting experience.
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| Look how clean we are! |
Throughout the 5k, there were occasional stations where staff would essentially hurl mounds of colored powder into us. (Don't worry, it's nontoxic and "washable"!) The goal was to become so colorful you looked like unicorn poop. I believe we accomplished this goal.
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| Our strapping young men. |
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| Picture perfect timing! |
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| One of our besties, Mindy! <3 |
We were all so excited about this experience that none of us considered what we would do when it came time to... you know, get on the bus for the 1 1/2 hour ride home. As much fun as it was to be covered in colorful powder, we were all pretty gross by the end of it. All of the bathroom facilities at the stadium were packed, so we opted to go a few subway stops down the line to find a bathroom and try to wash off enough color to be relatively presentable. Needless to say, we were given plenty of strange looks, including one from a man in a pristine suit who seemed disgusted as we stood on the subway... so disgusted that he got right off at the next stop! (I can't blame him, I was feeling pretty icky myself :-O)
About an hour later, we were as clean as we could be so we went for some burgers at Johnny Rockets and called it a night.
As if we wanted to prove that one grimy weekend wasn't enough, we spent last weekend at the Boryeong Mud Festival. The event was essentially a fenced off area not quite as large as a football field with about 7 or 8 water rides/blow up pools filled with mud. That being said, we still had a great time getting muddy and swimming in the sea.
My students have been on summer vacation for the past two weeks which means it's English Camp time! I went for an Ocean theme this semester and I've been really happy with the results. My students seemed to love the activities and I have successfully tricked them into using English for fun!
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| My scary sharks! |
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| Putting a "jellyfish" into his bottle aquarium |
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| It's hard to see but there is an awesome plastic bag jellyfish floating in that water. |
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| Preparing the "rice" for candy sushi! |
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| Worms, because swedish fish are nonexistent! |
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| Yummy! |
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| Shaina Teacher went all out for the treasure hunt! Homemade treasure chests! |
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| Check out these treasure maps! (Awesome coloring and burn marks courtesy of Andrew) |
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| Aha! X marks the spot! |
I've really been enjoying our summer fun, but it's really strange to realize that in about 24 hours we'll be on our way home to see the family and friends we've missed so much. I'm looking forward to plenty of bear hugs and stuffing my face with good ole' American home cookin'.
