Friday, November 26, 2010

hangul stickers

I finally got stickers for my computer keyboard showing the Korean characters. Now I can type in Korean on my computer.

new iPod Touch

I finally got a 32 GB iPod Touch 4G today. The iPod Touch is my favorite toy cause it's pretty much a pocket sized computer. I just wish I had an iPhone cause the iPod's functionality is limited when there's no wifi connection.

I ordered it from Amazon in the US and had it sent to my parents house and had them send it to me because it's about $100 cheaper than buying it in Korea. Most electronics seem to be cheaper in the US.



My old iPod 2G on the left, and the 4G on the right:


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

1st Kumdo tournament

Last Sunday (Nov. 21) I participated in my first kumdo tournament. There were 5 kumdo schools in Paju participating.

I lost my first match in the individual competition, won my next match in the team competition, then lost my next 2 matches in the team competitions.

It was fun, but too long. I was picked up at 8:30am, went to the kumdo school for a while, got to the high school where the tournament was at around 9am. Tournament started at around 10am. My first match wasn't till the afternoon. I didn't get home till around 8pm. I don't like all day events like that.















Thursday, November 11, 2010

Kumdo

Here are some photos of me at my kumdo class Wednesday night....












One of the instructors took some video of my training, but I haven't seen it yet.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Kumdo armor

Monday I got my kumdo armor. I don't have any photos of me wearing it yet. The pic below shows how it is stored.
I had them put my name on it in Korean characters. The top line of writing is the name/location of the school. The big character in the center is Jon. Below that is my last name "Ra i eon" (Ryan)


The blue armor stains the white dobok (uniform). I don't like it, but everyone's gets stained.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

sports day

Last Friday (10/29) was sports day at my school. There were no classes, all the homeroom classes just competed with each other at various sports. There were a lot of things going on, I didn't photograph everything.


Running:



Korean wrestling:









This was some kind of race where people kneeled down and someone had to run on their backs:



Tug of war:



More running:





My co-teacher and I took pictures all day:



Random melee on the sidelines:



...still going during the closing ceremony:



Finished:


The rest of my photos from sports day are in this set on Flickr.