Nowhereman83

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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Cuteness Overload!




In the past two days, I think that I've experienced about as much cuteness as I have in the past couple of years combined. First of all, the WM class of '05 Korea Reunion finally happened on Saturday! It was great to see Lauren, Ruth, Ben, and Mi Young all at once (my Canadian friend Helena also made an appearance, despite not having had the privilege of attending good old WM). We went ice skating at this public outdoor rink in front of City Hall, and then hung out at Dunkin Doughnuts for a long time. I know what you're thinking- Dunkin Doughnuts? But while in the US Dunkin Doughnuts doesn't usually bring to mind the words "cleanliness" and a "classy atmosphere", it does in Korea! I'm pretty sure couples even go on dates there. These are the photos I took there of Ruth and Ben, who have both been infected by the Korean cuteness bug.

Then today I went to the kindergarten end-of-the-school-year performance, which was mandatory for all teachers at my school. The kids did all these plays, songs, and dances (in English), which was almost too cute for us to bear- one, because kindergarten plays are always cute, but even more so when it's Korean kids doing it in English. I didn't get many quality pictures because we had to sit all the way in the back, but here's one of the "5 Little Monkeys" skit, and a close one I got of one of the dances.
P.S. I tried sleeping in two different jjimjilbangs (public bathhouses/saunas) these past two nights. While I love going to the jjimjilbang, through those experiences I've learned that I'm not good at sleeping on the hard, crowded wooden floor there surrounded by talking/sleeping/snoring Koreans. I guess I still am attached to my western comforts of beds to sleep on and chairs to sit on while eating.

2 Comments:

At 2/28/2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

why do people sleep in those places? i dont get it. its not cute.

 
At 3/09/2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey michael! we miss you! i just saw daniel when i was home this past weekend--that was cool. i think joel is going to costa rica for his spring break to hang out with daniel and adam... anyways, good to hear/see that you are thriving!

 

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