Cirque de Soleil

This past Wednesday Saejin and I went to the Olympic Stadium in search of the big top and Cirque du Soleil performance of Alegria. I have always wanted to see a show by Cirque du Soleil and so forked out a good chunk of change to sit right up near the front. It was definitely well worth it. I enjoyed almost every performance and the singer and music that went along with the show were fantastic. I am so tempted to break into the tent to play around on the trampolines, trapezes and swinging ropes one of these nights. What I won't be doing anytime soon (or ever) is folding my body in half. It's wrong. This part of the show left me feeling very, very frightened as body parts moved into places (I assume) you only see in photos of car crashes.

The Evolution of Dance

Heidi sent me this link some time ago and because it was a forward en mass I took my time getting round to watching it. I finally did put in the six minutes this week and loved the whole thing. Seeing as today is Rachel Lynn's birthday I thought I'd post it in honour of her dancing skills.

Where's Uranus?

Wednesday afternoon all the Elementary Schools in Gwangmyeong converged on an outdoor park and set up tents to have an English Festival. Each school had to come up with a mini lesson to teach to kids as they wandered around using their English in hopes of getting some candy. I know it cost the school board a good chunk of change and I'm not 100 percent sure of the effectiveness of this but the kids that did come had fun. This is what I love about Korea, kids will actually stick around and practice their English on foreigners instead of running off ten minutes after the opening ceremony to hang out in front of convenience stores scaring old people.

Our tent was a space themed tent where kids had to give directions. We first played a game of Simon Says to go over turning left, right and going straight. The kids then had to come up to our map of the universe, select a piece of paper from a box and then guide their rocket ship using the target language to the planet their paper told them to go. I of course had to suppress my third grade chuckles each and every time I was given a slip of paper where I had to ask, "Where's Uranus?" Good times.