Wicked, wicked

The Kindergarten Krew get back to their musical roots...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-IcKbq85ns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzmUFlUnzso

Mildly amusing street signs part 2

As with many Koreans, our students' English is good, but it could be butter.

When I said, 'Ok, this week, we have to drink 11,000 cartons of milk to make an enormous peacock!' they thought I was crazy. But just look at what we achieved! This, ladies and gentlemen, is an Art Attack!

Look at me Daddy, I'm a farmer!

Now I know how Pharrell or Timbaland must feel! Mere days after producing the aforementioned hit single by The Kindergarten Krew, I'm mobbed in Hamyang by more adoring fans!

Pass the Courvoisier!

Kindergarten Krew debut single!

The cover we made for the CD we recorded with our kindergarten kids. They sing and play xylophone on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with a knowingly clever segue into the alphabet song, lovingly murdering both!

'Simply Breathtaking' - NME
'Better than the entire musical output of Korea, ever (which isn't saying much!) - Q Magazine

As well as these wacky lanterns, Jinju is also famous for bullfighting (i.e. one bull scrapping against another!)

(Note the attention to detail in the closely observed cock and balls on this prizefighter!)

Jinju Lantern Fest

They were going to name this cool, exclusive sky-lounge bar with awesome views of Jinju after me, but not having an equivalent 'Ph' sound in the language, 'Bar Pillip' was eventually outvoted. Shame.

Look what I found!

Actually this picture is making me sad because since taking it I've drank all the blessed Broon we picked up in Japan a few weeks ago.

I haven't been able to find it in Korea yet and all this nuclear testing business is making me kinda thirsty! (we're fine by the way!)

Kara and I dressed as the Korean Romeo and Juliet in Namwon.

The story goes he saw her swinging on a giant swing and fell in love. Then later she had her legs chopped off by an evil army officer/would-be suitor. Or maybe Romeo rescued her before that happened, I'm not sure.

This is how they really looked (well, kind of. I don't think they were actually made of wax...)

Corporal punishment gone mad!

Octobear!

...August, September, Octobear!

Yesterday I ate some kind of weird sea slug that was chopped up into tubes, but the tubes were still breathing and wriggling around! Followed by fish-brain soup. Yum! Then later on I tried to eat a bowl of super-hot squid pieces in 15 minutes for money. I failed.

Mildly amusing street signs part 1

Despite the explicit rock n' roll grandeur of this picture, I think I may have actually been singing 'Under the Sea' from Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'...