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Mom practice

So far, I've spent my morning constructing a "butterfly bank" out of a recycled aloe juice bottle, some construction paper, googly eyes and pipe cleaners in order to teach my science class the value of recycling. A little background: I teach 15 classes, twice a week, with students ranging in...

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alli_ockinga on June 25, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Just like Donatello

We trained with bow staffs in hapkido today. Actually, Ellen has been training with the staff for more than a month now, and as part of the ongoing cultivation of Master’s dream to have two white girl ninjas, he’s got me following in her path once again. I am forever six months behind Ellen on...

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alli_ockinga on June 11, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Things are amiss.

Things are amiss in Korea. I should probably be grading the stack of diaries my T6 class just handed in, but my dinner will arrive in a few minutes, so I’m taking advantage of the for-once quiet teacher’s room to sit back and think. It’s eighty five and humid as a greenhouse today, which...

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alli_ockinga on May 27, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

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Jeonju International Film Festival

Get this--May 5 is a national holiday in Korea, meaning that there's no school, no work, and only play. The holiday's name? Children's Day. Not to be confused with Parent's Day or Teacher's Day, both which follow a few days behind, but neither warranting a day free from school. But I'm...

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Rachel in Korea! on May 17, 2009 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Wading through Hangul

“Adios,” I say to the traveling melon man in my parking lot. Thursday is market day, when I stock up my fridge with all sorts of freshly grown delights. “I mean, ahnyung-hee…” Curses. What is the second half? “Um…bye bye,” I finish lamely, packing my cantaloupes home in shame. This is...

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alli_ockinga on May 7, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Heading Out

It's May Day, 2009 and I'm less than 24 hours from boarding a plane to Ho Chi Minh City. This is why I'm here: travel. After seven months of grueling work, I'm off. I decided to break my contract five months early to travel the world and eventually make it back to friends and family...

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Nomadic Movements Of An Itinerant on May 1, 2009 from Pusan, South Korea

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Black Belt Test

Ellen has convinced me to become a ninja, and so I am taking hapkido with her. Hapkido is a Korean martial art that's kind of like akido plus judo (I think. You might want to wikipedia that.) Anyway, it combines both attack and defensive techniques, utilizing hand-to-hand combat and weapons,...

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alli_ockinga on April 29, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Gyeongju

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2545020&id=8605141&l=f82d59082c The link above is for my album on Facebook that has pictures of the two trips I took down to Gyeongju, waaaay down south in Korea. What great adventures! The first was with Mom and Audrey, to get some extra bang for...

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Rachel in Korea! on April 15, 2009 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Korean Baseball

What with Opening Day this week, it’s time to say a few words about the globalization of America’s National Pastime. I’ll say this for Koreans: they love their baseball. My first week, upon learning that I was American, several of the boys I teach asked if I had ever met Chan Ho Park. ...

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alli_ockinga on April 7, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

International Pick-up Lines

Love is supposed to be the international language, and to some extent I guess that’s true. Kisses are kisses. But still, getting to the point where kissing is not only a likely activity, but an acceptable one, takes some work. What I’m saying is international pick-up lines are...

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alli_ockinga on March 31, 2009 from Seoul, South Korea

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