Amanda Takes Off...

"하나, 둘, 셋, 통일!"

Cocky Guy came up with some sort of Tongil Thumbs Up gesture about a week ago. He counts, "One, two, three, Tongil!" and upon saying "Tongil," he goes into a thumbs-up horse-riding stance. He's gotten some of the other boys to do it, too, and he taught me how. "Amanda, Amanda, OK, OK...good, good!"

Tonight we played basketball and soccer at the elementary school field and when he showed up I called out to him, "Cocky Guy, "하나, 둘, 셋, 통일!" and we faced each other in stance. After class I intended to just get a picture of him doing it, but he made most of the other boys help him out.

Back row, left to right, is a guy who doesn't have a nickname but the boys always tell me he's "Black, Amanda, Black!", Powerful, Cocky Guy, Brave, Studious and Tired Guy.

Had some realizations/frustrations about learning Korean today and studying with my studio, will post tomorrow. Must get sleep. Big news should be forthcoming soon...