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OUR THAILAND ITINERARY

1. December 22, 2007 Flying from Seoul to Bangkok

2. December 23, 2007 Bangkok

3. December 24, 2007 Bangkok, Flying from Bangkok to Surathani. Taking a ferry to Koh Samui.

4. December 25, 2007 Koh Samui, Koh Phangnan

5. December 26, 2007 Flying from Koh Samui to Phuket

6. December 26-30, 2007 Traveling the islands around Phuket, Phi Phi Island, Krabi, and Coral Island.

7. December 30, 2007 Fly from Phuket to Seoul.

Today, we thought we’d give you a little taste of our school’s talent and let you see what we’ve been cultivating over here in the Far East. Happy Holidays to everyone!

Now presenting, Iris, Irene, Jessica and Ellie singing “Jingle Bells”!

“We Wish You A Merry Christmas”

Kate and Evan . . .

Check back tomorrow for more updates!

I am not a big fan of posting my adventures on travel sites like Travelpod.com, or Yahoo! Travel, or even posting a lot of stuff on my Facebook profile. I like the side of the Web where people custom tailor their pages (even if it is made automatically for me with iWeb). But in my constant nerdery and cool-hounding I stumbled upon something today that is a lot of fun, and I wanted to share it with you guys!

It is called the Traveler IQ Challenge (http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq). It’s fun to test your hand at, and gives you interesting facts about each place you have to pin on the map. For example, did you know that Oslo, Norway was called "Christiania" from 1624 to the 1924?

You can see how smart you are right now and see if you really know where South Korea is on the map! You might be surprised!

Yesterday, Jay and I spent another Saturday in Seoul. We went with some of our co-workers to a technology mart where you can barter for tech gadgets and gizmos. It was definitely Jay’s kind of place. He was even able to find his first Apple products in Korea! I think we will be going back there often. After a day of guys trying to convince us to buy cameras, computers, cell phones, and bootlegged DVDs we all felt like we could use a drink. We decided to have “a few” drinks with our co-workers and their friend Chris. In Korea it is legal to drink pretty much anywhere. People drink in bars, on the streets, while taking public transportation, you name a place and Koreans will drink there. So we grabbed a drink for the cab ride to the bar. The teachers introduced me to a favorite drink of theirs, Soju and Blue Powerade. “I just want to say that Powerade is delicious, it cools you off on a hot summer day, and we’re all looking forward to the release of Powerade’s new flavor, Mystic Mountain Blueberry.” Jay wasn’t down for the Soju Powerade, so he opted to start the night with a 1.6 liter plastic bottle of good ol’ Cass Ice. Jay said, “Plastic bottle? A rescrewable cap?! Genius!!”

Dublins, the bar we went to was full of foreigners, many of which our co-workers knew. The guys played some pool while Katie, Danielle and myself were entertained by the bartenders. I don’t know if it was just the bartenders at this bar or if all bars in Korea are this way but I have never seen such entertainment from bartenders. I am not talking about bottle throwing tricks and slick drink pouring moves. These bar tenders broke out magic tricks and balloon animals! I kid you not, I had magic foam bunnies reproducing in my palm and I left with a balloon poodle. And the best part, in Korea you don’t tip! This show was absolutely free. I tried to give the bartender a couple bucks anyways and he refused to take it. All the bartenders also had iPod Touchs for you to play with while sitting at the bar. Jay would have loved this but he was too busy pissing off Canadians by asking them what kind of Indians they were. (FYI: “Native” doesn’t always mean Native American)

After the bar we were somehow convinced that it was a good idea to go to a club in Seoul for a concert. Somehow we must have missed the part about the concert being Basement Jaxx and the club being a Techno club. Sorry for all you Techno fans out there but it’s just not our thing.

The cab ride to the club was probably the highlight of the night. The cab driver spoke a little bit of English and was probably equally entertained by us as we were by him. When we first got in the cab, he said “Soju”. He was trying to ask if we had been out drinking. Chris took it as the cab driver was asking him for some Soju and offered him a bottle. Good thing he did not take it because Korean cab drivers drive bad enough sober. The cab driver then got a phone call which he informed us was his “boyfriend”. After some explaining of English terms, we found he actually had a “girlfriend” and it was his “friend” calling him. It was a funny ride but you might have had to be there and had some Soju. In Korea you also don’t tip cab drivers so I left him with my balloon animal as a thanks for his entertainment.

I don’t think Eminem visited Seoul before saying “nobody listens to techno” because when we arrived at the club there was a line of people wrapping around the building. Not being fans of techno ourselves, we really didn’t see a point to waiting in line. However, our friends (hardcore techno fans) were determined to get in. Our friend Chris decided to go up to the bouncer and inform him we were friends of the band. And since we were white, he bought it. So we bypassed the crowds and got in. Jay and I didn’t stay long because the combination of the music, lasers, and previously drank Soju were making me feel ill. Nevertheless, it was an interesting night and we got some great pictures out it.

Last weekend, Megan and I were happy for Friday to come and decided we’d get up early to travel the subway into the heart of Seoul. Getting outside our little neighborhood had its highs and lows but it is an amazing city! Very big, very clean and very beautiful (the vistas we saw from the Metro line included the whole city).

You never see one police officer, yet being in the city is very safe. In crowded areas, I usually travel with my wallet in a front pocket, and I still did, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t need to take that precaution.

Riding the subway is very clean and fast. Koreans may be known to be a little pushy but I really don’t mind. Maybe it is just that nobody is pushing the tall American boy but they sure don’t mind bumping into Megan. When the train stops and the doors open, you will be face-to-face (or face-to-waist depending on conditions) with Koreans who expect to get in just as fast as you get out if not faster. In truth, they are supposed to form two lines so you can escape through the hole in the middle. There are some nice things to say about the subway rides though; if you are standing and someone is sitting down, they may offer to hold your bag for you. Being unfamiliar with this custom, Megan thought an eighty-year-old woman was trying to steal her purse.

We started out from our apartment in the morning and headed over to an area called Itaewon. It is near an American Army base, so there are a lot of Americans and foreigners. Itaewon has a lot of merchants selling clothing both fake, new and/or stolen. Good place to get some deals. We had some breaky at Burger King and called the whole thing American as apple pie.

From there we moved on to the center of Seoul; Seoul Station and City Hall. Here we actually ran into another teacher from our school by accident. He advised us to head over to the 24-hour Namdaemun Market. We did, and while it was cool to see, it was just a much more crowded version of the same type of wares we found in Itaewon. You can only take so many cheap shoe stores that stop at size 8.

The City Hall district was next. It was very nice and included the ice skating rink that Megan was talking about a few days ago. We walked around a palace and had dinner waiting for the city to light up with Christmas lights. Then we had had just about enough and retired to our 120-square-foot mansion to recuperate from the cold.

In all, we covered two very small areas of the city, but despite what we’ve seen from our apartment to school (about three miles of outlet shopping) we have been impressed with Seoul. The people can be pushy and laugh at you, or very helpful and funny. Every once in a while though, we get someone in a crowd who randomly yells out “HI!” or “HELLO!” after we’ve past them so we don’t confuse them with someone who wants to talk. They just want to show off their English skills.

Go to our new Photos page to check out our latest album of our 1st trip touring Seoul.

These little rugrats may look sweet and innocent but trust me they are far from it. I’m just kidding, I love my students but they do give me a headache daily. The top photo is my homeroom class, Seattle (each class is named after a U.S. city), where I spend the majority of my day. They are four-years-old and come to English school from 10 am until 2 pm Monday through Friday. I would say I am teaching them the same material you would teach a 2nd grader in the United States. They are so smart and I love seeing them increase their knowledge of English. I don’t, however, love seeing them all pick their noses all day. The week before I came to teach at the Welton School my class learned what a “magnet” was. I don’t think they took too much interest in the concept of magnetics, but they do find it hilarious to call me “Magnet Teacher” instead of “Megan Teacher”. One of the other teachers at our school is Ryan and the kids always call him “Lion Teacher”. However, I don’t think that one is intentional (damn those “R’s” and “L’s”). Imagine trying to teach a four-year-old Korean kid the vocabulary word “ruler”. That was one of the moments when I hated my job. For the most part I love it though!

My morning kids have five 40-minute classes a day. These classes vary from Phonics, Conversation, Reading, Math, Science, Cooking, Computers, Arts and Crafts, and P.E.(which is a favorite of most). We get to “enjoy” Snack Time and Lunch Time with the kids. Our school has a chef whose name is “Chef” (that is what I was told when I asked what his name was), who prepares all of our meals. One popular snack amongst the kids is white bread with mayo and jelly (I think I might be able to suggest something that would go a little better with that bread and jelly). My kids love that I refuse to eat the snacks because it’s just one more for them. Lunch is usually equally appetizing.  After our morning classes we have a “Teacher’s Prep” time for an hour. After our hour break we have a different set of students that come in the afternoon. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays we have four afternoon classes and Tuesdays and Thursdays we have two.

My favorite class of the day is my Tuesday/Thursday “Tiny Talk” class. This class has two students (the two pictured on the right) Kate and Evan (previously Leo, I guess he changed his English name this week). Kate and Evan are 3 year olds who started at the Welton School the same time I did (a week and a half ago) and who spoke no English. Evan actually cried on the first day of school because I was the first foreigner he had ever seen! Now he loves me though and I get hugs every time he sees me. Jay and I both teach Kate and Evan during the day. So far I have taught them “Hello, Goodbye, Please, Thank you”, colors, numbers, etc. Jay has been teaching them their ABC’s and desperately been trying to get them to say “Hip Hop Anonymous”. I think he should have been satisfied when they said “apple” and not pushed it.

Overall, I enjoy teaching and still want to have children someday.

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I added a picture page of our students so check it out!

Not long after graduating from University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Megan Glunz & Jay Robinson got a hare-brained scheme to head off to Europe. Inspired by friends, they would find an English academy and sign a one-year contract in order to fund their zany adventures. From their preferred location in northern Italy, they would venture out on weekends to see much of the European continent. Soon, they had paid for classes from Oxford Seminars, and headed off to complete the classes while staying with Megan's parents in Arizona.

We got our teaching certificates from Oxford Seminars, taking classes at ASU in Scottsdale, Arizona for 3 weeks. The classes took a lot of our time, but were worthwhile. As you now see, our plans to live in Italy for 2008 have turned to South Korea. Italy turned out to be a country in which it is very hard to find work; they much prefer EU citizens as English teachers. So instead of having to pay for tickets there, and then pay for our own place out of which we'd venture out to find illegal work, we tried to take a safer route! Hearing of the opportunities for teachers in South Korea, we began to seach Craigslist.org, of all places, for Want ads for English teachers. After a few failed attempts with various recruiters, provided to us by Oxford Seminars, who tried to place us directly in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, we found an ad by the director of The Welton School in Seoul, South Korea.

Not long after we were headed to Los Angeles to get our Korean Visas. We overnighted our passports from Phoenix and just had to pick them up there. Long trip, but no hassles. Then, we just had some time to kill in LA. We explored Manhattan Beach. A few days later we flew about 13 hours over the Pacific Rim and over the International Dateline to land in Incheon, South Korea, about an hour north of Seoul. Picked up by a taxi cab driver holding a sign horribly misspelling our names. After one day of orientation and several days of jet lag, we arrived at The Welton School and started teaching classes. Which brings us to where we are at today, with one week of teaching English to Korean kids under our belts.

CONTACTING US

We are always excited to see new and encouraging comments on our blog entries or pictures pages. We love to chat with people via AOL Instant Messenger, which is a free download for Macs or PCs, or iChat if you use a Mac. Just go to the first page by clicking the link at the top and tap on our names if we are online.

We also just received our first piece of snail mail. So we figure it takes about a week to get over here which is a lot better service than we are used to when we lived in Honolulu! We love to get mail, so if you'd like to send us some, send it to this address:

ABOUT NOPEANUTBUTTER.COM

The name NoPeanutButter.com represents Megan and I leaving behind all we've ever known and been comfortable with for places we've never seen. Megan is responsible for all the good writing-- I mostly just sit around and make fart jokes. We intend this website for not only family and friends, but for making new friends, so be sure to drop us a comment or iChat if you're a first time visitor! We hope to be able to provide the same kind of insightful information we were looking for when we would Google “Living in Seoul, South Korea” or “Teaching English in Seoul, South Korea”.

Producing the website is incredibly easy. We plug the camera into the computer, iPhoto automatically organizes the pictures, and then we drag them into iWeb and type up a post. It couldn't be simpler. But don't take my word for it!, check out these sites from our friends and family made with iWeb and DotMac! Megan's mom maintains Fountain Hills Updateand her brother has a personal blog at JustinGlunz.com.

The site is built using Apple's DotMac service.

LINKS TO STATIC PAGES

About Why, this page right here!

Entries While the front page displays the latest entries to our blog, you can get a good look through all of our entries in the correct order on this page.

Food All our interesting food pictures in South Korea. Coming from Honolulu, Hawaii, I was anxious to get to the origins of Korean BBQ. But the food here is pretty different. Every time we order something it is always very spicy, usually burns our lips off!

All Pictures This is a constantly updated and unabridged stream of all the photos we've taken with our Canon PowerShot cameras.

One of the hardest parts about coming to Korea when we did, was the fact that we were going to be away from home on Christmas. It was especially hard at first because if you know anything about me you know I do love me some Christmas (so much so, that some have even jokingly dubbed me “the Christmas Nazi”). I’ve accepted the reality that I will be away for Christmas (and have dried my tears). I’m not going to lie, the fact that we just booked an eleven day trip to Thailand for Christmas made it a little easier. I’m not saying I won’t miss my family, hot cocoa, Zoo Lights, or a white Christmas but I am just going to have to settle for an ice cold bottled beverage, an elephant ride, and a white sand Christmas instead. It’s going to be rough, I know!

Since we will be in Thailand for Christmas, I’ve been trying to soak up the holiday spirit that is surprisingly all over Korea. We did have our first snowfall the other day, which was wonderful! If it is going to be this cold, I say bring on the snow. Snow always makes Christmas time that much better. For being a Buddhist country I have been thoroughly impressed with Korean’s Christmas decorating abilities. As you can see in the top picture on the left they don’t mess around here. When they decorate they go all out. Okay, I have to admit that is a Christmas Decorations store in Namdaemun Market in Seoul. There were several of these stores around the market, selling everything thing from life size reindeer to saxophone playing Santas.

Many of the buildings in Korea put up huge light displays that spread over 30 stories. All the shopping malls and retail stores put up decorations and play English Christmas Carols (I’ve heard way too much of Mariah Carey’s Christmas album!).

In school we are teaching our kids Christmas carols, which they are going to perform at the Christmas party. We each have to choose a song, teach it to our students, and have them ready to perform it by December 21st. This may sound easy, but let me tell you it is “bery” hard. My little four year olds have been given the task of learning “Jingle Bells”. They have the tune down so far but  I still can’t make out any of the words they are saying. Maybe I will have to shock the parents and just have my kids sing “U Can’t Touch This”.

P.S. Please send Fij for Christmas.

P.P.S. Justin, remember my list of things to do for Christmas and I will remember to get you those “happy pills” you wanted from Thailand.

This post is to give everyone a little idea of what is “cool” in Korea. As we continue to venture out around Korea we have found some interesting things that seem to be very common around Korea. For example, Koreans have taken the term “TV dinner” to a whole new level. Almost every restaurant in Korea has several TV’s for patrons to watch while eating. I guess this shouldn’t surprise me since Koreans watch TV while driving, while riding in the subway and pretty much everywhere else you can imagine. Many Koreans carry around wireless, handheld TV’s or have TV on their cell phones.

More than TV Koreans seem to love their cars! Car enthusiasts like Brother Clunz would find this funny when you look around the streets of Korea and the “coolest” car you see is a Tiberon!

Another aspect of Korea that I just do not understand is their concept of advertising. You cannot walk down the street or an isle in the grocery store without having someone barking at you to buy something. I have never seen so many grocery store employees in a store at one time. It seems like there is an employee around every corner trying to lure you down the isle to buy some random product. On Sunday, we saw this yellow fellow to the right in our local grocery store. It’s funny though because I looked all around him and could not figure out what he was trying to promote! Nevertheless, we got a good laugh (and picture) out of it.

These are just a few more of the random things we have found here in Korea. One of our coworkers says the slogan for Korea is “If it doesn’t make sense, that’s how it’s done in Korea!” We have found this to be quite true and quite entertaining.

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I added a lot of new pictures to our food page so check it out!

We know you all want more pictures everyday. So, we hope you enjoy our new photo gallery! Click here to go right to it. Click on a photo in an album and you can comment on it!

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We had a huge day in downtown Seoul yesterday, and while we are working on a big blog post for all of you, I'll leave you with a nerdy video, demonstrating the efficiency of South Korea.

On my Mac computer, I use Safari to surf the web, as it is the fastest web browser there is for Macs or PCs. Then, I clear my browsers memory so every webpage has to be reloaded. Watch as CNN.com loads up in about 5 seconds. Then, see as ESPN.com, a very plug-in intensive website, loads in about 2-3 seconds. (No sound is required for this video.)

That's nerdtastic!

My little kids love to say “bery good”...all the time! As hard as I try to get those “b’s” to become “v’s” it just isn’t happening. So for now all day I hear “bery goood”. Jay and I find ourselves talking like our little Korean kids after school. It is quite funny how English sounds with their little accents.

Before coming to Korea we read in one of our “Living in Korea” books that as Americans we would be gawked at a lot. Surprisingly, this has not been the case. We do get a random person here and there that says “HELLO!”, just so they can speak English but no gawking. It’s not that we don’t stand out here though. We rarely see other Americans or Canadians while we are out and about. Our boss Richard informed us that there are several other Americans living in our building but we have yet to see them. One of the other teachers lives in a high rise building a couple blocks from the bus stop and each morning he looks for my hair to know when he should head down to the bus. I guess I stick out that much.

Jay sticks out a lot here too, more for his height than anything else. Every time we get on the bus Jay has to duck so not to hit his head on the ceiling. The Korean teachers at our school (and I think many of the little girls too) find Jay very attractive. They told the other teachers they think he looks like Ashton Kutcher. I think there is more gawking going on at school than anywhere else.

If my blonde hair and Jay being tall doesn’t make us stick our behavior probably does. We are constantly taking pictures, talking, laughing, and having a good time. While most of the people here are very quiet and to themselves. That is until they get a little Soju in them. Soju is a distilled potato beverage native to Korea and Koreans love it!

Today Jay and I are off to explore Seoul. Check back later for pictures and a post about our adventure. We have to take the subway so you know it will be an adventure! Bery Gooood!

Expect a bigger blog post tomorrow (and remember that it’s the next day here), as we plan on having a little fun relaxing and getting to know Seoul this weekend. We had dinner and drinks with friends tonight. Enjoy some pictures of walking around our part of the city, and running into very drunk Koreans.

We are thinking of going to Thailand for our holiday break! Write us or iChat us!!

Koreans must feel that the sides of building need some flare because I have yet to see a bare side of a building. Every building around here is covered in signs. Top to bottom, they don’t want to leave an inch uncovered.

At night it looks like the Las Vegas strip because every single one of these signs lights up. I feel like I’m on an episode of Seinfeld because our apartment glows blue (not red but you get the point) at night because of the enormous sign from the Seafood Restaurant downstairs. Even churches here have red glowing crosses on their roofs. The best part (pick up on the sarcasm?) is that most places in Korea stay open 24 hours a day! That’s right! These signs never turn off. It is a bit overwhelming to the eye and I don’t think it is just because I can’t read the majority of them.

Occasionally my eye will catch some English signs here or there but I often wonder who translated the Korean to English for these sign makers. I think my four year old students could do a better job. Yesterday while walking through Home Ever (similar to a Big K or Super Walmart) we spotted the coffee shop pictured to the right. I found this quite funny because image is very important here in Korea. I don’t think many people would even be seen here if they knew what hussy meant, or maybe they do and that’s why it’s so busy!

While getting a pastry yesterday morning we spotted this festive sign outside of Paris Baguette. We were laughed at for taking the picture but I found it funny that this girl in the sign was not only wearing a bear hat but matching paws! I thought maybe it was a Christmas thing, like how people at the malls in the United States wear elf costumes to bring joy to the little tots visiting Santa. That seemed like a logical explanation, so I stuck with it. That is until I got to school yesterday and saw three of my students wearing bear hats and paws. I guess mittens and a beanie are just too boring, like bare buildings. Everything here needs flare!

• Like I said in the first post, there are more Hyundais, Daewoos, and Samsung cars than anything else. Also, the Hyundai we have been driving around in for the past few days, a Grandeur, is very nice. Doesn’t feel anything like the Hyundais in the States.



• Many parking garages have those automated parking machines that file your car for you like it is in a card catalog.
• Koreans watch TV while they drive.
• The lines in the road are merely suggestions.
• Walk/Don’t Walk signals in the crosswalk only hint at the possibility. It is not unusual to have a bus pull all the way through the crosswalk when the pedestrian cross signal is lit.



• Koreans run red lights if they want to.
• We have been around the city quite a bit and haven’t seen one cop, police car or official of any kind. Korea is a very safe country with no guns. You can walk around pretty much anywhere at any time, and major traffic accidents are relatively rare.

We ate out the first day at a restaurant near our house. We couldn’t communicate with them as they didn’t speak English, so we just pointed to pictures of food on the wall. The pictures you see on this page are of our first lunch in Seoul.

Yesterday, the director of our school gave us an orientation and also took us out to lunch. It was very good and a lot of food! We didn’t even need dinner! We ate stir fried chicken, cabbage, rice noodles, seaweed and chili sauce. You take the pieces of chicken out with your chop sticks and place them into a large leaf of lettuce. Then, add a bit of bean sauce, a garlic clove or green pepper and stuff the whole thing into your mouth! We had sides of kim chee, of course, and seaweed soup. It was delicious!

You can see all the food pictures in our food picture page. Click!!

...But here are some things that have really been helping:

1. an electronic picture frame from Tess. We have put many pictures of family and friends on it to remind us of them. However, we try to limit the Hawai‘ian scenic landscapes; we don’t want to make it worse! Thanks a lot, Tess!!
2. Papa John’s pizza is located on the bottom floor of our building! We ordered it for dinner last night. But we can’t order delivery as we can’t say our address!
3. Megan’s new camera, a Canon SD750, a Festivus present from her parents. It’s really great to be able to take pictures of the new strange food and us flashing peace signs.
4. iChat, iChat Theater and Video Chats! We enjoy talking to you guys online; we haven’t really found a reason to need to pay for Skype minutes yet! And, if need be, I can troubleshoot my Mom’s computer from afar! So, be online early and often! And don’t forget to check NoPeanutButter.com!!

We landed in Incheon, South Korea after a 12-hour flight from San Francisco. A driver was waiting to pick us up and I couldn’t resist taking a picture of a sign with our names on it! He drove us to the city of Seoul, which only took about an hour. It was very dark on the highway. but the first thing we noticed was lots of Hyundai and Daewoo cars.

When we arrived at our apartment building, the program director, Richard, was waiting to show us to our room. Our apartment is very nice. It comes with a view from the fourth floor (or F floor, as 4 is an unlucky number), a washer with drying rack, a microwave, a television, VCR (which we’ll probably never use), snappy internet, a heated floor and a small bathroom. It is very modern and compact. We are located very close to a subway line, a large grocery store, Papa Johns pizza and lots of outlet shopping stores.

So far we have been trying to get over jetlag, and done a little shopping to furnish the place. Thankfully we located a Starbucks about two miles away (a “very walkable” distance). We are told that is the distance we will have to walk to school each morning. We will find out more about that this morning, as Richard is taking us into the school for some orientation.

We miss you all very much and enjoy talking and video conferencing with you on iChat! It helps keep the phone bill down!

Though it doesn't look like much now, this site will soon be inundated with updates about Megan Glunz and Jay Robinson's journey to the heart of South Korea to teach English. Please bookmark this site and check back in a few weeks.

We leave for Los Angeles on November 27th, then fly out to Seoul, South Korea on the 29th!

UPDATE

We have landed and have our apartment in Seoul! Thank you for all your kind words of support! We love using iChat to communicate! That's jayrobinson83 and smidge372 on AIM.