Only in Korea

The things that exist here, can only be believed with photo evidence:

Christians are extremely creative here. This is a steeple of a Church near Sungsin University Station with, yes that's right, the Messiah climbing a ladder to the top. Everybody, wave to Jesus!

This cake was given to me from a student. I gotta love the signature.

I saved the best for last. On a bus headed out by Dangsan station on line 5, Aaron spied this piece of artistry:

I wonder if they pour beer with head or without...

One Month Countdown

Today is now one month left until I take the plane back home to Canada. I will have been living and travelling in Asia for 2 years 3 months when I go. I'm beginning to feel the crunch to finish everything on time. Like going on paperwork things, finishing my student loan application as well as banking paperwork here. Also, I have like stuff to buy some good souvieners and things that are just easier to buy here, pack and ship home, not to mention make sure I "see" everything that I've been putting off. Lots to do. I don't intend to waste any time.

Korea Places 25 Out of 30 in a Global Happiness Index

From a kids newspaper my school subscribes to:

Switzerland Is the World’s Happiest Country (30-10-2009)

According to this year’s OECD’s NIW (National Index of Well-being)국가행복지수, Switzerland is the happiest country. The data was released on October 22, after studying 30 OECD경제협력개발기구 member countries in many different areas such as economy, social networking, and general well-being. According to the results, Switzerland ranked top.

Other European countries including Norway, Sweden, and Austria followed next. In North America, Canada was named the happiest country. The U.S. ranked 20th on the list. In Asia, Japan appeared to be the happiest country - it ranked 18th place in the list.

Sadly, however, Korea ranked 25th among the 30 member countries. The other 5 unhappy countries after Korea were Poland, Slovakia, Mexico, Hungary and Turkey.

Educational Materials

As quoted from a Korean-based English textbook:

"When you turn me on, I make a loud noise."

Gotta love when things get overlooked...

BTW: I totally had a kid spell six S-E-X today! Heehee