OMG SNOW!

The title of this post is what everyone was saying two nights ago when this happened:



There is about twice as much now as there is in this photo. All the foreigners are going absolutely nuts. The only ones here who have had a real winters are the two Canadians.

I don't get excited because this is what I think of when people say "Winter":



And sometimes this:



The snow certainly jolts me into a certain state of mind. Several days ago, before the onset of the snow, I received uncomfortable looks from my Korean and Western co-teachers when would grab them forcefully by the shoulders and get real close to their faces and whisper intensley:

"Do you smell it!? DO YOU SMELL IT (insert korean or western name)!?!? SNOW IS COMING!"

The snow is fine, but I am now realizing fully that I was born and raised to generate body heat. On average it is about 5-10 degrees F .

I just started to wear my winter coat and still don't use the heat in my apartment. Everyone is seriously getting disturbed. This is a double-edged sword mind you. They like to keep in about 78 degrees in the school and most of the Koreans wear sweaters, some even still wear their coats.
My students are appaled when I tell them : " I just talked to my dad last night and it is -20 degrees in my home town.

Korea will be showing two of the movies I have been pretty excited for, Avatar and The Princess and the Frog.



There is an IMAX screen in my city, which is awesome. However, the subtitles may be an issue. For example, when we went to go see Inglorious Basterds we could understand everything fine....until they were speaking German, Italian or French. There were no english subtitles for those sections, only Korean.

District 9 however, worked out very well, because when the aliens spoke in their insect-bug tongue, english subtitles remained, and the Korean subtitles were moved to the side.

I can only hope to be so lucky with Avatar.





The Princess and the Frog is the first hand drawn theatrical release for Disney since Home on the Range (...that cow movie with Roseane the cow voicing the cow...)

I hope it takes me away! I still remember that every Christmas mom and dad would give Becky and me the yearly Disney movie on VHS.

We are having our staff Holiday party this weekend, so there will most certainly be some fun (and dignified) photos of the event!