Seoul, the R.O.K.

Trip during Korean Thanksgiving...


Who's this brunette? A Korean?


Royal Gyeongbok Palace...

Just 2 regular Koreans.


Awesome, by walking through this thing, I just got eternal youth.



Changing of the guard. There were way less ninjas than I expected... or maybe they were ninjas in disguise...



This is at Lotte World, an indoor/outdoor amusement park. With ice skating.


Our new camera is cool.


Yes, those ARE prostitutes beckoning us to "Come to pah-ty"


Rodeo-Western-Military-Bar... Lotsa soldiers.


Where should we go to drink? We have ALL OF SEOUL to chose from! ...


... And... somehow we ended up drinking HERE??????


The next morning...



Myeong-Dong


Me lookin at all these hot bags.

Social Club, Dongtan, the R.O.K.

TWO RANDOM EVENTS: PARTY AND NORAE-BANG


Editor's comment: this is a cool picture.

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A PARTY.
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(Judging solely on these pictures, it looks like only 5 people were there. I SWEAR there were more people... I just don't care enough about the other partygoers to include them in the first place. Just kidding. The pictures of them were all ugly.)



Everyone's lookin sassy. Guest stars of the party for a taste of Prague: Mike and GB.


Who's that awesome dude in the background? He totally made the picture hot.


Looks like Allie's cheating on me with everyone. Why else would she have a picture with them?
(Allie & Mike / Allie & Alex)


Newest craze: Peanut wine?

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AND NOW... KARAOKE AT THE NORAE-BANG
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Why isn't anyone cheering? It's the final countdown!


Me: "YEAH, TAMBOURINES ARE SO COOL!"
John: "OK!"


They accidentally forgot to give me a microphone. I don't really seem to notice though, huh?
(L-to-R: Alex, me, Patrick)


Thomas with the Korean Pose, Billy with the gang sign


You can't see the screen, but some hacker put a nude picture of himself on the karaoke screen.
And by "some hacker," I mean "I."
Katie is obviously flattered. John seems to be impressed... or at least intrigued. Thanks, guys.


Barry & Thomas ready to rip it up


Barry & I on invisible guitars (they have those in Korea)


Jeez lady, lay off the sauce!


Is there a carbon monoxide leak or something?
(L-to-R: John, Katie, Patrick, Alex)

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AND NOW, A TRIBUTE TO MY FAVORITE KOREAN TOURISTS
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Escape from Korea!

Dongtan, Hwaseong City, R.O.K.

So this is Dongtan, Part 1... just a brief overview of the city chronicled one day while I was walking to work.


My apartment mega-complex. There are about 22 buildings here.


This is the site (apparently) of the future tallest building in Korea. And it'll also be a movie theater and a mall and a really cool coffee shop. It'll be the ultimate hang-zone! However, it won't be ready till 2010, and they didn't mention that nugget to me until after I came here.


Our two mascots of Hwaseong City (more like a county)... Mr. Fine is my personal hero because looking at him, you know he has his shit together. If you can't tell, Mr. Fine is a triangle and he's holding a flag that says "Fine City," which is Hwaseong City's motto. Miss fine is all arms.


Bus number 17 what up


This is one of the 4 main commercial plaza areas in the city... I live nearest this one and work here too. Notice they put businesses on the upper floors. Isn't that interesting?


My favorite restaurant, PIZZA SCHOOL. Every day, they school me in the art of awesome pizza. Cowabunga!


And finally, we finish with my classroom. Well, here it is. I couldn't fit the back of the classroom into the picture, but that's where I keep the cages for the naughty boys and girls.

Anyway, I hope you find this place to be a truly Fine City.