Remote, TV, and stellar mood lighting

Ok so this remote controls everything in our hotel room. The lights (6 to be exact, including the bathroom), the air conditioner, and the tv. This sounds really sweet ass, except that it is ALL IN KOREAN which is a little hard to read when you don't know the language.

This giant television is WAAAYYYY SWEEEEET!!!!

And of course the mood lighting that is found in the ceilings of thehallways and the rooms.

That Subway

I took a look at the pics on your photobucket page... The subway in South Korea looks a lot like the subway in New York, except for a lot cleaner. I didn't see any homless people lying on the subway train stinking up the place... but then again, you can't really smell stuff from pictures. I digress. Hope you guys are having a good time over there. You look like your having a blast.

Our Pictures

We have created an account on Photobucket.com to keep all our photos on. This can be veiwed by anyone and there is no need to create a membership account or anything like that. We will repost the link every now and then so that you can constantly find it on this blog site.

The site:
www.photobucket.com/kmsk

Shopping.... Holy Shit

Saturday we decided that we wanted to check out the inner city of Seoul, so we hit up a market/mall called Dongdaemun. Upon exiting the subway (only about a 30 min trip) we were bombarded with street vendors which were on both sides of the side walk. The market was not oly on the street but underground as well....streching under at least a couple of blocks. We found our way through the market into a high rise mall. The building as massive....with stores on 11 floors. The stores were categorized by floor according to what the sold....shoes, toys ect. The stores didn't have any walls or doors but were set up in a market style, but the stores still had really nice expensive stuff. The food vendors sold some interesting stuff, like dried fish that looked like jerky and soemthing that looked like a corn dog except with french fries around it instead of corn bread. We wondered around for most of the day. Later we found out that we were in one of 4 high rise malls at Dongdaemun.

just an fyi we are working on a photobucket site so that we can put all our pictures there and everyne can look at them.

Skyping...

Keith and Marie:

Mom's (Rose's) Skype is working just fine, we were able to talk back and forth normally tonight during the window when she was suppose to be talking with you. So the problem must be on your end. Neither of us show you as being connected to skype and it tells us that you have not shared your information with us. Mom said that you told her that Keith has been able to talk to people from there, so can you please try using his account to call her, and then figure out what is wrong with Marie's account when you have a chance. If I can help, let me know.

Thanks,

Jami

Hey remember that empty green bottle we had at the house? I think that might have been the same stuff you are talking about. It had no taste and i drank the whole thing in one night and was completely trashed. Hope you two are having fun.

Soju!!

We spent thursday and friday at our school with the directors and the teachers that we are replacing. The two guys, Todd and Paul, are really cool guys. They took us out thursday night for some korean food and some drinks. We ate at a place where you sit on the floor indian style and the table had a grill in the center so you can grill your own meat. Koreans love there side dishes alot, and so all we ordered was the meats we wanted and received about 7 or 8 sides as well. Todd and Paul ordered a few beers and a bottle of Soju. Soju is a korean alcohol somewhat similar to vodka. It is a clear drink that has no taste and is alot more potent then vodka as well. We had 2 bottles at the resturant and anothr one at the bar that is in the bottom of our apartment building (the one we are moving into in about a week or so anyway) and managed to get alot more drunk then we planned on. Friday morning was a long and extremely loud morning. We don't plan on doing that agian, especially on a week night.

hey guys,glad everything is going good,u 2 have fun and love ya aunt tam

So cool!

I'm so glad to hear that you guys made it ok. The school sounds really nice, and so far the city sounds amazing. Be sure and post up pictures here when you can!

When you guys are online and have skype running, keep an eye out for me, I'm on at weird times, but will always be logged in when I'm online at home. I told Mom to keep an eye out for me as well.

Oh and I got my promotion at work...so we'll actually be able to afford to visit you HAHA!

Love you guys.

-Jami

Thats Awesome !!

Hey Kids..

So glad everything is going Great !! Cant wait to hear how your classes go for ya, Glad your haven a Blast.. I miss & Love you both... Luv & Huggs x 2

Good!!!

It sounds so fun, can't wait to come visit. Im excited now, we were checking stuff online, it looks so fun.

Love you guys
Mom

1st Day!!!

Well....apparently we are staying at a "love motel" for the next two weeks, but it seems super nice to me. Everything is super high tech. We couldn't figure out how to turn off the lights the first night. Turns out it was on the tv remote, which was of course in Korean. It contraols all the lights in the room as wellas the tv and the air conditioning.
The school is really nice and completely brand new. Everyone is extremely friendly and really interesting, most having traveled all over. We toured our school today and then went to another branch of our school to observe classes. The classes look fun. They take their shoes off before entering the class room, which doesn't strike me as very sanitary but whatever. Going to the new school meant that we got to experience the subway....holy cow lots and lots of people times ten. But it is EXTREMELY clean and well lit. The streets are crazy busy and filled to the top with thousands and thousands of signs...everywhere you look.
For lunch today we tried our first Korean food....boiling tofu soup. You add raw egg at the table and the soup is so hot that it cooks the egg. It was very good....spicy though. The meal came with 5 community side dishes of kimchi (cabage salad). Interestingly our breakfast also came with salad. Luckily we found a close cheap pizzza and italian food place until we get used to the new food.
Alright that's all I have the engery for :)

Skype

Hey guys guess what i got Skype !!!!!!!!! so i will need to know your name so we can talk have a wonderful first couple of days and well be in touch soon !!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU TWO

I hope the flight went well. We miss you two like crazy and yes of course we are still crying...lol. You two please watch over each other and take care of yourselves. Can't wait to hear about everything. Post pics of everywhere. See everything you can. Have fun and please be careful. OH and Keith.....send pics of China, you little brat...lol. We love you both. Hope to talk to you guys very soon.

Love you
Mom & Connie

So I know you guys left about an hour or two ago and so I'm sure you won't be getting this message for a bit. I hope everything goes well in your long journey and I'll be thinking about you. I love you guys and I can't wait to hear about everything!

<3 Ashley

Have a wonderful trip!

Keith and Marie,

Good luck on your exciting adventure! We love you and look forward to reading your blog.

Love,
The Bryant compound

Thanks for joining!

I finally figured out how to invite people to join the blog. Sorry it took so long. Marie and I would like to thank everyone for joining, we really appreciate it. Everyone can get on this site and see what we have been up too, as well as talk to us. So please, don't be afraid to start a conversation. All you have to do is click the "new post" link at the top right corner of the page. Thank you all agian. Your support is greatly appreciated!!!
~Us~