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Not Brown Eyes. Not Beef.

01/04/08

Permalink 11:20:10 pm, by admin Email , 402 words   English (US)
Categories: ...and Takes On, Korea, Tae Kwon Do, Feats and Defeats (Language), 사랑?, Photography Class

Not Brown Eyes. Not Beef.

Good Man has these great brown eyes. His eyes are ringed with blue or green, depending a a few factors: lighting, how tired he is, if he's had any soju, and probably some I haven't figured out yet.

Last night I ended up taking some photos of him. If you look at this one too quickly, you'll miss what I did. (Sequence on the next page.) I love this picture because it shows the blue and green rings that his eyes can get.



Good Man's Eyes

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Tonight's taekwondo class was hilarious. We played soccer, Team Crazy vs Another Way To Say Team Crazy. I took some pictures of the kids playing soccer, but most of their heads are cut off because I didn't have anything other than my prime lens. I got a couple of goals, always nice.

However, a few weird language things have happened in class lately. Two days ago I needed to say "blood vessel" to Master. I don't know the word for that. What did I say? 비 길. Blood road. He understood.

Tonight...tonight I'm still laughing about. After class I was in the closet, waiting to change, while Crooked Teeth was trying to get something. I said, "소고기 필요해?"

He looked very confused. "아니요."

I was mad because I knew he needed the vacuum cleaner. They always use it! "소고기 필요해!" I yelled.

He just shook his head and left. Five seconds later I threw open the door, smacked the palm of my hand against my head, and said, "난 바보야!" I'm an idiot! " "청소기! 청소기!"

소고기, sogogi, beef. 청소기, cheongsogi, vacuum cleaner.

Of course he didn't need beef.



Team Crazy Scores a Goal!



Crybaby...



...Crying



Catching Action in the Mirror



A Goal Scored, Seen Through The Mirror

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2 comments

Comment from: Katie [Visitor] Email · http://stagestitches.blogspot.com
Hey Amanda,
I just downloaded the Human Weapon episode on taekwondo. I don't know if you've seen it yet, but if you want it, I can try to figure out how to send it to you. They filmed it mostly in Seoul, I think, and show some of the National team. I thought it was interesting, anyway =)

kt
01/06/08 @ 09:04
Comment from: admin [Member] Email
Hey Katie,

I'll ask Good Man if he can download it for me. Thanks for the info!
01/06/08 @ 09:21

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An American educator moves to Korea, presumably to teach English. Instead she discovers that learning Korean one taekwondo class at a time is a more captivating activity.

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