Seoul National University Hospital

One of my friends here in South Korea is, unfortunately, very ill, and I visited him and his wife at SNUH today.  I have never really been in a hospital before, other than for background medical checks, so I took a few pics of part of the medical complex:

A map of the SNUH complex

Inside the main hospital entrance/lobby

Outside the main hospital entrance

The main hospital

Same

The emergency room entrance

Classroom Laughter

Last week one of my classes--6th grade--was reading a unit about rocks.  One of their vocabulary words was "chisel", as in I use a chisel and a hammer to carve a statue.

However, whenever I said the word "chisel" they laughed a bit, so (this kind of thing has happened before) I asked a Korean teacher if the pronunciation of "chisel" was similar to a Korean word.

The answer: yes, it sounds like the Korean word for "piles", but not "piles of things", but rather "piles", a bowel/toilet problem.

Laughter understood.

Veggies, etc.

A picture of lunch at a Vietnamese chain:

Subtle is Not the Name

The name of this singing room/bar (karaoke place) is "Apple".

That might not surprise you, given the logo.

Guess somebody got ripped off . . .

Spring Weather

Today was a nice day to sit outside at a sidewalk cafe

and to go for a walk in a park:

It was sunny, breezy, and a little warm . . . my kind of spring weather:)

Newest Evian Commercial

Featuring "baby Spiderman":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyV57QlGUGI

Flower Pictures

Not mine . . . these are from the Smithsonian Magazine, courtesy of California's nature:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/california-poppies-pop-color-outside-los-angeles-180951243/