Sometimes I hate being poor
I got 8 out of 18. Yes I’m Asian and I’m bad at this.
This website, which—for the record—was created by a Japanese man, has an online quiz that allows you to test your ability to differentiate between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean faces. The pictures used in the quiz are actually of people living in New York, so they’re not the most accurate representation of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean people (i.e., their body language and style of dress are perhaps more Americanized), but it’s a fun quiz nonetheless. There are also quizzes for traditional architecture, urban landscapes, and food. I’m not revealing my scores, but I will say that they have improved since I moved to Korea and visited Japan (I first took the quizzes several years ago). The site unfortunately requires you to register, but the upside is that it saves all of your scores.
A Google Maps of how many people were infected by influenza & died in each country. Neat!
--Tagged under: swine flu--
Korean Kid Praises Hitler - So I have a student who says that his idol is Hitler. Of course, I took it as a joke and laughed it off… a few months later, he makes this thing for one of his art classes. I had talked to several teachers to confirm that he was… “not joking”. Later on, I asked him if he was serious about the whole thing.
He doesn’t even blink to think, then says he doesn’t idolize Hitler anymore. Stalin is his new Idol.
--Tagged under: korea--
--Tagged under: hitler--
Moment of the Day
- Me: For Halloween, what is an example of something that scares you?
- Student: My Mom.
--Tagged under: korea--
--Tagged under: halloween--
Gates of Chinatown
Bev & Frank walking up the hill
It's not Chinatown w/out dragon dances!
Concrete dragon strewn on steps
Meow
Chinatown was fun. There is one in Seoul right beside Incheon station. The streets are sorta empty and it doesn’t have the same Chinatown feel as back in Toronto… A lot of the stores are owned by Koreans and the food isn’t authentic Chinese. However, with luck we found one restaurant owned by Chinese owners and had super good hot pot. My buddy Frank was also new to Korea, so we showed him around.
--Tagged under: korea--
--Tagged under: chinatown--
--Tagged under: seoul--
I have a feeling I will be doing this back home as well
(via roketship)
This website is funny, despite their terrible choice in typefaces.
I always wonder what will be weird for me and people around me when I go home in December, and this actually made me laugh. Out loud. I know that I’m going to be doing the Korean-arm-X all the time because it’s a simple way to say “no” here when I generally have no easy way to communicate with most people. I’m sure there will be many weird moments when I’m back (in about 9.5 weeks!).
Rosetta Stone - learning language the easy way
I just found out about this fantastic piece of software called Rosetta Stone, which utilizes a unique way of learning a new language. There is absolutely no translation in this program.
Think of yourself as being a baby again, you learn the language through association, not through any means of translation. Eventually this develops a core portion of the language, which branches into more difficult combination of words, grammar, etc.
A good video to look at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KtaT54dOxc
I’ve been thinking about installing this on the computers in my English Room for the kids to use. I think it’s refreshing and I can’t wait to use it to better my Korean… and Chinese as well hah.
--Tagged under: efl--
A hairy asian man is possible
I have no comments on this, other than holy shit he’s hairy.
moment of the day
- Me: So do you like your friend here?
- Student: No
- Me: Oh, that's so bad
- Student: Teacher, do you like him?
- Me: I like all students, I'm the English teacher for all of you
- Student: Teacher, you are a liar.
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