I'd like to kick off this installment of photos from Korea by saying "Booby". This is embroidered into a kid's shoe at school. Look at the dog. "Yeah, you'd BETTER be embarassed, puppy". Anyway, it's just another example of how translations can sometimes go awry. 

Jo, taking a picture on her camera phone of her daring Risk campaign. We went to a game-bang to play games, and turns out they now have Risk 2210! Yay! My favorite game in the whole world. I simply had to teach Jo. 

This picture is taken exclusively for my Risk playing buddies. Notice how I haphazardly stormed through North America, forgetting to take Canada? Yeah... It's been a while since I've played... *sigh* 

Don on the left and Daniel on the right.  

Three of my newest students in Venus class. From left to right, there's Candy (aptly named because every day she is demanding candy from the teachers), Julia (the newest addition to Venus), and Cindy (a real sweetheart). In the background, growing out of Cindy's head is Kathy. Susanna didn't want her picture taken. 

The kids can't really stand still long enough to take a sharp photo. They are generally squirming all over the place and excited to have their picture taken. 

Here is Daniel (formerly Dominique). Peace, brother. 

Migeum Station, late at night. 

Here is Migeum station late late at night - I was waiting for the last train, and the platform was completely deserted.  

Although it's not much, I think the river is the center for birds in the area. You can't really see that much for wildlife anywhere else in Seoul (barring the zoo, of course).  

The reflections on the river were what struck me on that particular day, so I have several pictures of that.  

The ripples under a low-rising bridge/footpath.  

This is my attempt at an artsy photo. Ponder the deep significance. :-) 

I kinda liked how the reflection of the buildings "fit" into the dip in brush. Kinda... 

You can cross the river at any of these weirs by stepping on the concrete blocks. When you cross, you get that sensation where you feel for a brief moment like jumping in, or falling. That's why you should always walk on the row furthest from the undertill. 

The magpies congregate at the river to scavenge. There are large groups of them, but as soon as you try to take their picture, only the photogenic ones stay around. The other ones are too shy, I guess. 

Ducks. Quack quack. 

A white heron. 

Here is a picture of the skyline near my house. This is probably close to Migeum station. It's funny, the river is so completely different from the concrete jungle only a few hundred yards away. This picture almost gives you a sense of open space!  

The large blurry white splotch in the middle of this picture is a white heron. They wade in the river without really noticing the pedestrians nearby. Although, I must say, as soon as you want to take their picture, they cross over to the other side of the river and pout. 

Here is a picture closer to Sunae - probably around Jeongja or so.  

The parabolas on this bridge were really cool, and I had to take a picture. 

Here is an underpass nearing the end of my river hike. Don't ask why I took a picture of it. 

Here's one of my afternoon classes. It is the last class of the day, and they're little angels... (*bites tongue*) mostly. 

This is what we deal with at school. Scary, huh?