Fast Food in Korea

American fast food has infiltrated Korea and (good or bad) they’ve managed to take it to the next level. Here, there isn’t the same low class feeling and shamefullness that goes along with walking in/out of a McDonalds. It’s quite the opposite. A little less shame and a little more delight. It's clean. It's happy. It's delicious. I'm addicted and I'm not ashamed to say so :)

MENU at Taco Bell.

...and just in case you're having trouble deciding - jumbo flat screen displaying top picks to help encourage the decision-making process.

Our neatly wrapped lunch in a tray (btw the tray makes all the difference in the world)

You know me, can't ever pass up dessert! One of the few items on the taco bell dessert menu.

McDonalds in Korea delivers. Brilliant. Fleet of McDonalds delivery scooters.

GGGG-20

In other news, the G20 Summit is in 2 days. Obama has managed to make front page on a few of the major Korean publications here, which is weird to see I have to say. It’s like randomly seeing a family member or someone you know on t.v. and you suddenly get a burst of exhilaration and an urge to tell EVERYONE in the surrounding area that you TOTALLY KNOW THAT GUY!!!  As of late, the talk has mostly been all things G20.

I miss American politics. I miss the news. Being a teensy bit of a “news junkie” (hate that term btw), it’s hard being spoon fed your news for so long and having the assurance that you couldn't possibly miss anything because things don't get buried away in the "old news" cemetery until it's been recycled through every outlet (legit or not) at least a few times (even then, it may be exhumed to appear in a “Best of” montage) and now being here, it's not so effortless. I have to actually (with intent) search out "the news" and even then, the news that’s worthy there has little relevance anymore to me here (Sigh). So, I'm feeling a bit detached these days. However, being here has forced me to look at things more globally which I suppose is a good thing. Anywho, so this week, the hotspot is here for a change. SK is preparing for one of it’s biggest performances, which North Korea  ironically enough has prime balcony seating. Weird! In preparation, SK unveiled the official logo of “Seoul’s” G20 Summit, which bears a likeness to this. Maybe they hired Obama’s campaign manager/graphic designer. SK is expecting this pageant, I mean summit, to help it's standing in the international community. Hmmm I wonder if the big guy up North will let me borrow his all-access pass for a day.

Adorable

I had to share this video. A fellow English teacher is currently teaching the brother of this little boy. This is probably the cutest thing I've ever seen.

3-year old child star Here.

Confucius says, women are lacking men's capacities?

My JI2 class (I realize this means nothing to most of you reading this, so in short, the classes are categorized according to grade and English proficiency) is one of my favorites. They inspire me as much as I hope I inspire them and as cliché as that sounds, it’s true. HOWEVER (this is a big However), today I collected their books to do a quick progress check (I am supposed to assign “detention” to those that have incomplete pages – seems a little harsh to me but I don’t make the rules). As I'm flipping through one student’s book, I find this (her response to whether men's sports programs should get more money than women's programs). I think a little piece of me died just then.

I spent the entire class discussing Title IX and it's objective to provide equal opportunity within education programs for men and women - albeit a low level discussion; they got the gist (so I thought). Everyone is entitled to their own opinion (sigh).