Rock and Roll Ju-SI-O

Today was the festival/sports tournament at my school. The festival was more like a talent show. The kids seemed to enjoy my portion, especially the screeching little girls, haha. Our songs went fine, pretty fun stuff. The other students had some pretty interesting talents:

Boring:
Traditional Korean Drums
Traditional Korean Poem
Traditional Korean song
Recorder songs

Strange:
Dude's in drag singing "So Hot" by the Wonder Girls"
13 year old belly dancers
2 separate Cha Cha groups (why???)

Rad:
Magician with emphasis on fire and throwing things
BREAKDANCERS
My Band

One of my co-teachers took pictures so I will try to get a hold of them.

Also,

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Tonight I'm finally gonna dress as David Lee Roth. I got a wig and tights last night. Should be fun.

New Life Direction

I might be putting Dubai on the back burner, or taking it completely off of the stove. After quite a bit of soul searching I've realized that if I work as an Engineer in Dubai I'll just end up in an office hating myself again. This is still an option if the pay and benefits end up being too great too pass up.

Here's the new idea:

I will work as a deckhand on a luxury yacht. The Pay is decent, there are 0 expenses, I would get to live at sea for a bit, and I will learn the ways of the sea.

Season starts in late spring next year in the Mediterranean south of France.

Here's a good article about it:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS153088+18-Jun-2008+MW20080618

Here's what my blog will look like when I do it:

http://www.travelingbev.blogspot.com/

Don't Hassle the Hoff

I had my first celebrity sighting yesterday. I was sitting in the lobby area of a building at the beach when David Hasselhoff came floating down the escalator. I stared in disbelief until he noticed me. He then exclaimed "DUDE", gave me a thumbs up and went on his merry way. No joke. Seriously.

Of all of the celebrities to see in Korea, David Hasselhoff?????

Korean Koncert

I was informed yesterday that I will be performing with a school band in an upcoming festival. I will be singing the Green Day song Basket-case (inappropriate??) and playing guitar for 2 other Korean songs. One of the songs I kind of like, it's a little like Andrew WK

Here the other one:



Should be fun/funny.

Asian Fireworks

Are much better than American fireworks. These cell camera pictures don't do them justice.



There were over one million people at Gwangali beach to see this fireworks show. It was like a mosh pit full of families and old people for 5 miles.

Here's a better shot of the action

Badminton Tournament

I'll try to sidestep the whole US economy issue since that's depressing,instead I'll talk about Korea's national past time, BADMINTON!!

We had our teacher's tournament yesterday after school. I was excited to dominate but it turns out it was a team thing. Three teams per dept and 2 of them had to win to move on in the tournament. My partner (the vice principal) and I were unstoppable, but we only got to play 2 games. We did our part but the other 2 teams were not that great. We didn't know we needed 3 teams until we got there so we had to throw another team together with the spectators from our dept. That game was comedy. They played against another sub-par team and pulled off one W in a 2 of 3 series. It was not pretty but it was funny. The other teachers were cheering like crazy and singing weird songs. I had a good time and won an embroidered towel.

I think I'll start playing regularly after school. It's a decent workout, fun,and builds camaraderie with the other teachers. When in rome . . . .

In other sporting news my sailing club has a 22 foot Catalina sloop that I've been training on. After a few times out with our instructor I will be able to take it out on my own (probably with friends). I never remember how much I miss being on the water until I'm out there. Sailing is like meditation. They are always trying to get me to do races but I'm not into that. Not sure if I mentioned this here before but I am a soul sailor. I'm not out there to beat someone to a buoy, I'm out there to enjoy the sea. I've been checking out boats online. The great thing about sailboats is that they're a luxury item that is often sold after or during divorces for fairly cheap prices.

I SHOULD BUY A BOAT!!!

Belated Blog

Tony updates.

I lost about 25% of my retirement . That sucks. It's probably more by now but I'm afraid to check. Trickle down greed sucks.

I'm registered independent. I really don't fully endorse Obama or McCain. They both have their good and bad points. I mainly lean left because I hate military spending. I really don't like the 2 party system. It leads to corruption. There is legislation that prevents any 3rd party candidates from the debates. Not awesome. I think that lobbying should be illegal. Too many conflicts of interest. That's how I see it. Ron Paul knows what I'm talking about:

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhT3wYeuY8c&feature=related

Dubai: I've submitted my Curriculum Vitae (international resume) to an Engineering recruiter out of Australia. I told him I would be able to start in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai around April. Now I will sit around and wait for the offers. With the way things are going in the US I'm in no hurry to move back. I miss friends and family, I miss Oregon, but if living in over 25-30 houses has taught me anything it's how to adapt to new surroundings and situations. I make friends easily, I learn my way around quickly, I adjust to local customs well. I am AWESOME!!!! Hahaha.

Dave clued me into "National Novel Writing Month".

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

The gist is that you have to write a 175 page novel in November. 1st draft, no editing,just writing. I'm gonna write an emo novel about my songwriting alter ego "Anthony".