Wednesday, April 29, 2009

It's a going to be a great day

The sun is back out after its week long sabbatical and its looking like its going to be a great day. I have some of the morning off so I am watching what I can of game 7 with the CAPS. unleash the fury and whatnot. I have been a bit behind on my posting but I will drop in a few things that I think are important.

First and foremost, watching movies in Korea is all kinds of fun! Just this past week I went and saw a movie called Banlieue 13 ultimatum. I had wanted to get out and see a movie for awhile and this was my first opportunity to do so, not wanting to see a Korean film, or anything with Nicholas cage in it I decided upon this movie that had a picture of a white dude and the Eiffel tower on it. Seemed like a surefire winner to me. So I am in the theatre in my assigned seat, when a thought occurs to me...what if this is a french movie. what will I do? I dismiss the thought thinking that France could not have a strong movie presence in Daejeon Korea, it must be some Hollywood concoction. Turns out I was wrong. The movie begins with 3 people speaking rapid french to each other and I am thinking aw crap, I will have no idea whats happening. I decide to stick it out anyways and I am very glad that I did. It was a pretty cool action movie, and the plot was straightforward enough that I could follow the action and piece together what was happening. In fact I will go out on a limb and say that I liked the movie more than I would have had it been in English, because it added a degree of difficulty and intrigue in what most certainly would've been explicit and apparent in English.

Secondly, I have fallen in love with a local coffee shop. The have couches, good coffee, amazing hot chocolate, cute coffee girls, and they give you a dandelion tea if you are having your beverage in shop. Plus they have etchings of Hayao Miyazaki on the windows, really whats not to love.

Thirdly, I love my bike. I love it with my whole heart. Just thought everyone should know that. OK off to work again, but it is a short week this week so I am going to shoot up to Seoul for the weekend! Should be exciting.

Will out.

p.s. I should let you know that I do have a cell phone here, as well as my American one. Sadly Verizon doesn't work out here, best coverage my ass! But maybe I'll post the new cell# and get a text message or something. Oh and also I have found out that Korea tragically does not have Doritos. Its a sad day to live in Asia. Also no swine flu for me so yay!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Dentist's visit

So I finally got up and went to the dentist office this past Thursday, and let me tell you what an interesting experience. I had decided that I should go to the dentist because I had been told I had a cavity, and I should have it fixed, luckily for me there is a dentists office on every corner of this city, including two in my building. Really Korea should not be the land of the morning calm but rather the land of Hagwans and Dentists. I talk to my boss about setting up an appointment with the A+ Smile Dentist office and she explains to me that appointments are not necessary but that she will accompany me through the initial paperwork.

We head down and ask the receptionist to see if I can get my teeth fixed, and we are on our way. The good thing about being a foreigner is that everything I do is really simple, I just wave my ARCard (similar to SmarTrip) and I'm on my way. Except this time there is a problem. It appears that I don't have insurance! This is a problem because I do have insurance, but hell if I know with who or where my card might have been sent. They ask me to take a seat and begin to comb the Korean insurance database for one William Charles Dunkel. After a few minutes it has been determined that my insurance has been filed under my Korean name, Wii lii yam Dun ka ul. Mystery solved! My boss leaves me and I am taken back for xrays, and my check up.

I pass my Xray with flying colors, I do have teeth after all! It is now for my exciting time with the doctor...or not. I am led into the back and given a remarkably comfortable seat in a space age dentist chair. I am then told by the attending girl to wait for the Dentist, but that I have 3 cavities. I am surprised, I did not think that I had three but trust the experts right? What is interesting is that while I am waiting they have put up my xray on the monitor so I can see how cool my mouth looks, its a nifty screen saver, I'll tell you that. After a little while waiting the dentist shows up and explains that his English is bad and that I have gums. Now I understand that I have gums but he thinks it is important that he tells me. He also explains that we need to do a scaling. Now I am a little concerned because I have no idea what scaling is and I ask him what it will entail. He frowns, and once again explains that his English is poor but that he needs to scaling. He then asks me if I understand Korean, which I don't, then frowns in dismay. I offer to call my boss and have her act as translator to which he greatly accepts. When my boss shows up they start talking in rapid Korean, and she then tells me that I need a scaling. I ask her what it is and she finally explains to me that in Korea they call teeth cleaning scaling, and that also they want fix my cavities with resin that looks the same as normal teeth. After asking how much this will cost, and being told that I can get a discount it will be about 60,000 won for whole deal. Now that is a bargain! I am ready and raring to go.

Now that I am ready to begin the cleaning I am struck by a few things. First off the staff of the Dentist is all females from age 23-35 except the male dentist. Secondly all the assistants wear gloves while working with me, while the Dentist is sans gloves, even when he sticks his hands in my mouth. And finally, they like to cover the patients face with a blanket that only has a hole over the mouth, in a manner dehumanizing the whole operation, it was kinda freaky. I suppose all of this is the norm at a Korean dentists but it still seemed odd.

I managed to survive the entire ordeal and I have all my teeth so that's good. I will note that during the second portion of the cleaning cavity removal they took off the sheet so that I could see whats going on, and it was during this time that I noticed just how close you are the dentist and assistants. It is a strange sight having three heads staring intensely at you while not making eye contact, and as I was staring back at them I noticed just how dark their eyes are, its almost impossible to notice the shift from iris to pupil, but its there. That and that they all have very thin eyebrows. I suppose these are things you think when you are in situations like this. I am happy that I underwent the treatment and look forward to my next "scaling" if only my re-occurring nightmare of me losing all my teeth would stop. Oh well.

Until next time past timers,
Will out

It's raining in Daejeon

So it has been raining in Daejeon the past few days which has been a nice change from the summery weather we had been having. This week has been more of the same at work with me still attempting to figure out how to connect with these children. I've been trying to remember what my experience as a kindergartner was and I can't remember being yelled at, or even my teacher being upset. What I do remember is that we played restaurant and I made a plate with lobster on it and that one day a little girl named Ann took off her shirt because she was hot. Perhaps I wasn't yelled at as a child but what is more likely is I don't remember any of it. It has been a good two months with my little kids and I have really grown fond of them, except little johnny, I don't like him. I have been teaching the kids about words like love and "you look good" and I am only now understanding the scope of my interaction with them. I am one of the most important people in these little ones lives, and in their understanding of the term, they love me. I find it profound that these children can be so thoughtful and bizarre at the same time, for instance I was singing the hug song and my kids ran up and hug attacked me, true to Mr. Silversteins sage words of wisdom. Now they still wont listen to me about not speaking Korean, but I am trying to be more lenient with them, for after all they are only kids, and it is their second language. Except for Johnny, he'll receive no quarter from me.

Until later,
Will "not really completing statements" Dunkel

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

But that wasn't the astounding thing. The astounding thing was that after all of it he came back.

So let me give you a quick update about whats happening over here in Daejeon. April has been a relatively easy month with many breaks, holidays, and early releases. It's really been all kinds of awesome. What has not been so good has my attempts to learn the language as I have missed my past three Korean classes! Now these have been for various different reasons, first time I was attempting to be healthy and frugal and was riding my bike to class. The only problem was that I got lost and took a wrong turn that had me traverse around a mountain, and by the time I found out where I was I too physically drained to deal with mental activity that learning a foreign language is.

The second time I missed class was because of a teaching seminar that explained to me many different facets of teaching in Korea. On the whole it was incredibly valuable to a half-wit teacher such as myself, and I feel much more comfortable now that I have had it.

Now today was supposed to be my glorious return to class after a 2 week absence, but it seemed like other things were in store for me. I got off work early and was excited to return home and change before heading off to class. Once again I decided that it would be a better idea for me bike to class rather than ride the subway. I thought it would be a good for me to go the longer route, but the way that I knew to the lesson, turns out this was not good, not good at all.

I am making pretty good time downtown and I see myself being a few minutes early, (I have thoroughly tried to shake the nowlan syndrome, an inability to arrive anywhere on time, and have had mixed results.), things are looking good. About 25 minutes into the bike ride, right after Chungnam University things go to hell. I am on the bike path crossing a small side street when a scooter comes whipping around the corner. I am about a half second away from clearing the street, but I was just not fast enough. He plows into me and knocks both of us over. Now I am fine, I don't even hit the pavement, but my bike wasn't as lucky. Now a few seconds after the collision both of us get up and make sure the other is OK, unfortunately he speaks English a little bit better than I speak Korean, so its more hand gestures and bows. He speeds off and I try to gauge the damage done to my poor bike. At first glance it seems as if my bike is fine, but upon further examination I notice that the rear wheel is shot to hell, and looks more like U than a circle. I am livid, I just was trying to be good and go to class to learn the native tongue all while being conscientious about my health and energy usage. Well all that gets me is 100,000 Won down for a bike that can't be used until I find a bike shop that can repair it.

I begin to call my friends and boss to see how I should get my bike home, as I am a few miles from my apartment. No one seems to know if I can take it in a taxi or on the bus and I am still standing 10 feet from where the accident happened. I'm there for about 15 minutes when low and behold the man who hit me comes back. He starts talking to me in rapid Korean, and I am just lost. I call my boss and hand him the phone to talk to her. Turns out this man wants to take me to a bike shop to get my bike fixed! So he turns out to be a standout guy who wanted to make up for his mistake by fixing what broke. What a lovely idea. We end up spending the next hour together walking through the streets of Gungdong looking for a bike shop to repair my bike. He ended up paying for all the repairs and even walked me back to the main street, also he left me his number with instructions to call him if anything else is wrong with the bike. What a nice, guy. So yeah, I missed Korean class tonight, but I had quite the experience, and now an increased drive to improve my skill so that should this situation occur again, I can be more assertive. Well now I'm off to the movies I think? Late start tomorrow.

Until later yesterdayers.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

A lack of effort.




Hey there so I have been lacking in the posts department of this blog, and it is not entirely because of a hectic schedule. Really it is a cross between exhaustion from dealing with little tykes all day and not wanting to stay in and type on my computer. Well I am going to be more vigilante about my postings from this day forward. Well not tonight, I feel a cold coming on and want to rest up, but from this week on I will redouble my efforts. Anyways I feel lightheaded so I am going to bed, I need to stop waking up at dawn to watch playoff hockey, but I digress, easier to stop the sun from coming up, (not really). Well I leave you with these lovely photos of me on top of Mt. Wolchusan I wish I could caption them, but I haven't figured out blogger completely yet.







I think that the Captain might have had a wee bit too much Soju,otherwise he might have noticed the ISLAND!






Warning! If you read nothing else check out this notice board. (how is babby formed?)













Ah lovely Wolchusan National Park, a superb choice for an Easter Sunday.








This image brought to you by a nice Korean couple eager to help a Waeguk. This suspension bridge spanned a 140 meter ravine to a waterfall, but not really inconspicuous, oh well at least it held.


Until next time kiddos.

Friday, April 17, 2009

One Love Mokpo

So this past weekend I finally got up and out of Daejeon and began to check out the lovely countryside of Korea. My destination was Mokpo a small port city on the southeast coast of the peninsula. My excursion was aided by having the Friday off from kiddie training, and I was accompanied by some of my co-workers, namely Lindsay and Lauren. We woke up at dawn on Friday and headed to the train station. Now like any good journey it must be filled with pitfalls, false leads, and adventure, and this was no exception. We first woke up and convened on the subway, and headed to the Daejeon train station to catch the first train to Mokpo. We arrived at the station with just enough time to get our tickets and board the train, but there was one problem...we were at the wrong station. So we race back to Seodaejeon station (I think it means south but who knows) and finally find our train to glorious freedom.

Upon arriving in Mokpo we began to head up towards Mt. Yudalsan, the small mountainside park that overlooks the town and the sea. As we were walking up towards the entrance we were eager to find a lunch site, unfortunately for us Mokpo was sadly missing eateries. Not to be discouraged we found a small mom and pop store where I am certain we were the first white people to shop there. After an extremely nutritious lunch, we continued out trek up the mountain. A short distance from our lunch site we were awarded our first views of the city as well as some Korean relics.










After checking out the bell and the first of many views we began our ascent of Mt. Yudalsan. The trip up the mountain was a beautiful sight, with Korean pagodas, and Japanese cherry blossoms dotting the landscape, all of that coupled with a fantastic view of the ocean. The trip up the mountain really set up what would be a fantastic weekend. Here are some of the great views from the mountain.




Here is a quartet of shots displaying some of the beauty, and oddities of Korean mountainsides.


You just can't find this in America.

Well I will be back soon with more about my trip down south, but as always I'm off to work, but hey at least I didn't have Kindy classes this morning, so its a reverse half day! Plus I got to see the Bruins trounce the habs, so its a good day.

Until later past timers

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I made it!

I survived Mokpo and the treacherous Wolchulsan National Park, but not completely unscathed. I will be relaying the entire endeavor shortly, but this is another busy week at school (surprise). My body also appears to be under assault from a Korean pathogen known only as the common cold, so sleep and its trappings have been my main desire. I do understand that Baseball season has commenced and the Nationals are a stellar 0-7 which is about where I expected them to be. The Boston Terriers, whose mascot's name is Rhett, (don't ask me how I know these things) came into the Capital and won the Frozen four so good on them, and NHL playoffs start this week! With most of my favorite teams in good standing and what looks like the possibility of deep playoff runs and glorious beards ahead of them. I look forward to following the Bruins and Caps from the future and I will give you all the betting advice you need to make a delightful profit. I am going to have to cut this post short because I must go to work but I will do my best to bait you into returning, so I will recount a short tale of danger that involved me.

It was a bright a bright and sunny day, when I was leaving Wolchulsan. Fortune must not have been with me, for as I was leaving the park trail I was a little lost and unsure of where I was supposed to go. I was walking down a path near a babbling brook, and just as I understood that I was a mere 15 minutes from the trail head disaster struck! I slipped and skidded out on the gravel pathway and did a number on my leg. I carved a pretty decent chunk out of my knee, but I can walk still, albeit very slowly because I am sore. So the lesson I learned is, 8 hour hikes are more tiring than an anticipated 4 hour hike. I am sure everyone else already knew that and was keeping it a secret.



Until next time.
Will ouch

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Bike rides and Short weeks.

So where did we leave off? I think I had just finished leaving Chungnam University's Cherry blossom festival and was heading downtown to the river and a lovely bike ride. Here are some of the sights that I saw.


Just love what this image implies


And some local wildlife, cranes mostly...

That sums up the sights for my sunday bike ride, but before all was said and done I realized that I had biked 18 miles. A lot more than I had originally planned for but hey it was a fun 3 hours. So much fun that I have since decided to stop using public transportation in lieu of my bike, I wonder how long that will last. One excellent side effect of my incessant bike riding is that I have stumbled upon some incredible sights that I would not have seen otherwise. Take a look at a stunning sunset, and a large temple complex in the hills.


This temple was located behind some kind of jet propulsion laboratory...odd

Ah a shot of the elusive Dunkel Koreanatta a rare specimen!

Another shot of the temple, which now that
I think about it may have been made of concrete


Mountains on their own are pretty, couple that
with a sunset over a field of cherry blossoms
c'est magnifique.


A few more for good measure...

Look at the pretty building off on the right, they make missiles!

Signs of spring can't get enough of them really.

And one last shot because I have little to say except wow.

So hopefully these pictures are indicative of the lovely spring I am having, I am have a 3 day weekend and I am heading south to the sea for my maiden foray into Korea. Wish me luck in Mokpo, and Wolchusan mountain with the 8 m. stone Buddha...

will out

Sunday Funday

So Saturday night and Sunday were a hoot! A hoot I tell you. Saturday was rounded out with a trip to South Daejeon to visit this coffee house that was displaying local art. Now I'm no art critic but I know what I like...and I will say I didn't like it too much. There was one interesting charcoal etching of Korean playing Mob boss, but other than that nah. What was exciting about it was the fact that of all the foreigners were at this giant table with a Pilgrims Pooh. In addition to the table decorations, the Canadians, (2 of every 3 foreigners I meet are Canadians) are in love with the card game of Skip-Bo, so in addition to art, wine, and pretzels we had a rousing game of Skip-bo. What can I say other than Korea is an interesting place with a strange idea of what a night out is.

Sunday was an absolutely beautiful day, I had originally planned on going hiking through the northern hills but opted instead to go on a bike ride to Chungnam University and its Cherry Blossom Festival. At Chungnam there was a sculpture garden with an odd collection of sculptures, my three favorites were these.




Yes this is sculpture of the world controlled
by George W. Bush


Upon closer examination we see that those are WMDS...

Here we have a tricked out cyclist

And possibly my favorite, little girl approaching Metal Dinosaur

What this all teaches us is that Art is interesting no matter where you are. From the sculpture garden I meandered through the mountain streets soaking up the Cherry Blossoms.







While it isn't the same as seeing them on the tidal basin with JeffMe in the background it is stunning in its own distinct way. So I was walking through the campus just looking around I stumbled upon this gem.


This "Information" sign. The only word in English is information...why bother telling me at all Korea? It also appears that I walked into Dr. Seuess's own personal garden.



But that is all I have time for today kiddos...until next time

Will "Cherry blossom connoisseur" out

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The weekend a welcome respite...

So the weekend has come and gone and it really could not have arrived at a better time. This week has been very stressful and I have felt like I have lost a step or two in my game. It really seemed as if everything that I did backfired or blew up in my face leaving me largely lost and confused about what I should do. Thankfully the week ended and I could get back up on my feet. So what I decided to do to pick myself up was get out of my apartment and get the old blood flowing.

On Saturday I went with some co-workers out to lunch downtown to have barbecued pork, octopus, ans apples followed by cold noodles and pears. It was a pretty interesting experience, especially when they cut the noodles with a pair of scissors because teeth can't do the job. After lunch we went exploring through the city on the way to Expo park and Kumdori land! On the way there we found a crane game that had various prizes; the craziest being a real American two dollar bill. Unfortunately we did not win the money. We finally found the 93' Expo park and the land of the future! It is really funny what we thought the future was going to look like, kind of like a cross between the Jetsons and Star Wars. Ultimately though the trip to Expo park was a surreal and saddening one, as much of the park is abandoned and run-down. Interestingly enough one of the main attractions was a 7 piece section of the Berlin Wall, that was still out in the elements (take that Newseum!), but this section of the wall has been covered in Hangul grafitti. We then travelled from Expo park to Kumdori land a saddening amusement park with very little fun. There was a giant Kiwi though, and that is kind of cool. After leaving disenchanted from the park my group was still together and decided to hike the hills behind the park, which was a much better use of our time as it afforded excellent views and a pagoda! Plus an interesting look into how Koreans are traditionally buried. Really it made the entire trip worthwhile. And that's not even going into what I did that night and Sunday!

but I must go teach my class...until later past dwellers!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Child Psychology

Hey everybody so it was an interesting day today. Teaching is a rather draining activity and I really feel like I never gave my teachers enough credit for the difficulties they endured due to my behavior. It is the whole walk a mile in my shoes dilemma, only problem is that I am tired enough dealing with my own problems that I don't have time to deal with these other issues I've got plenty of my own. So let's give a quick recap of Wednesday, April fool's day, I should have known something was up but hey I'm not always quick on my feet. Wednesday begins with yet another change to my schedule and a few additions to my classes. I am now teaching about 60 kids of various ages so you would assume a few more or less would not really cause too much trouble, well you would be wrong. It seems that the delicate balance of my Kindergarten classes was tipped with the addition of three boys, 2 of which are very intelligent if quiet, and the third who well maybe he is bright but I'm just not asking the right questions.
My morning begins with a new student in my class and my first issue arises, this new boy doesn't have a name. Now he has a name don't be fooled, but its more of the problem that he has 3 names, his Korean name, his class name, and the name his classmates call him. The kicker is he doesn't respond to any of them, and it's not that he doesn't know he just doesn't respond out of sheer spite I think. He is really just a wrench in my classroom design, and my lesson plan is out the window within minutes of my arrival. I pretty much spend most of the class period making sure that he doesn't get out of his seat and bother the other kids. I have been thinking about instructing him not to move from his seat under any circumstances, even should the building catch fire. I would want him to stay seated until I came to get him, but I think that is overly ambitious of me, seeing as he doesn't listen to his own name. So my other kindergarten class is much better compared to my first ones, except that my kids begin to cry. Now when I say my kids begin to cry I am not saying they are tearing up or sniffling but usually full on wails and sobs that leave a lot to the imagination about their cause. Take for instance Rachel this adorable little girl (who my colleague says has a triangular head) who is incredibly bright and talented, only she has this penchant for breaking down into tears at any point what so ever. I have "made" her cry by saying she couldn't go to the bathroom, when she answered a question incorrectly pretty much you name it can set her off. So Wednesday she is holding tough and I am talking to this other girl Karen. Karen is a small flight space cadet of a child but is nonetheless very sweet. This day I have been asking her to stop playing with her back pack and sit forward and pay attention. After about 5 or so warnings I finally go and take the backpack from her chair. Apparently this was not to be advised, as what unfolded was not a proportionate response. So I take her bag from her and she begins to tense up and latches onto the bag. I manage to pry her loose and set the bag on the counter out of her reach and head back to teaching. She follows me and jumps up on the counter to get back her book bag and runs back to her seat with her prized possession. Me not to be bested by a 4 yr old go and take the bag from her again. This time she latches onto my legs in an attempt to immobilize me, now really she might be accomplishing something if she wasn't the size of chopsticks, but A+ for effort right? So she is wrapped around my legs and I begin to walk to the door to put her bag out of the room. She disengages my legs and rushes to the door and is forcibly trying to keep it shut off from me, now once again good effort but ultimately a losing battle, I manage to wrestle the door open and place the bag outside the room. All the while telling her that she will get it back at the end of class. Now once the door is closed and her bag is out of her sight, it all goes to hell. She begins to stutter/hiccup/cry/convulse all at once, and rather loudly might I add. This would be pretty terrible in its own right but it is at this point that my other students begin to laugh at poor Karen and start to point.

I am thinking what on earth have I just done?

So I bring the bag back inside and show Karen that the bag is OK, but I don't want to give it to her and teach her that you can cry and get what you want (I know that girls will learn this anyways, but I will have no part of it...) I am no consoling Karen when Stuart starts standing on the table. I escort Karen back to her seat with a fistful of tissues, and go and tackle the Stuart situation. I get Stuart off of the table and I am tickling him as punishment (I think it is punishment maybe fun punishment but still) when he trips. Since I am tickling him I don't realize he is falling until about mid-fall and I fail to catch him in time, his head thwacks pretty loudly upon the ground. He seems to be OK for all of about 3 seconds before he starts wailing, it is at this time that Rachel, who must be wanting to join in on the fun goes off like a roman candle and I am standing in a room with kids laughing at a poor kids misery, while another boy is half concussed from my misguided attempts to teach him not to stand on his chair or table, and another girl who wants to cry simply to see if she has tears. Definitely one of my more memorable classes.

So my afternoon classes are rolling around and my boss asks to see me, I of course say sure Michelle what can I do for you? She explains to me that she has just gotten off the phone with one of my students and that I have a problem. The problem is that one of my classes is basically just a den of swearing and she doesn't want her child submitted to such a moral less hell hole. Now these children have been swearing in Korean and yes it is OK that I haven't caught them at it but I am now supposed to have a new 3 strike your out policy. Speak Korean three times in class you get kicked out of class. Sounds good to me, so when the class in question rolls around I inform the children of the new policy and how I am going to be the law. Not five minutes into class I have some of my kids speaking Korean so I tell them that it was their first strike, now two of the kids are OK with it, but the third, Richard is not. He begins to cry and hide his face in his hands. Yay another instance where I have made a kid cry awesome! I want to bang my head into the door. I attempt to appease this child and explain to him that it is going to be alright and that I will not expel him from the class but it doesn't appear to be working, so he cries for another 10-15 minutes or so while I am just dumbfounded and really just dead to kids crying. I didn't sign up to be a monster and it appears initially that I am having a poor effect with these children, but hey good days bad days right?
So after that debacle in a day filled with them I head into my last class, which is a class with all teenage girls and one boy. The one boy who happens to be absent today. So I enter the class room with my usual bravado, well lets be honest 10% bravado and ask how the kids are doing. The response is the typical silence, so I begin having one of my many conversations with myself. "Oh me well my day is so-so a bunch of bad things happened but at least it will be over soon" once again silence or if not that muttered Korean. I begin to try to teach the kids but something is just missing. I give the kids an assignment and just sit at the head of the class attempting to figure out what has happened through the day. It is towards the end of class that I decide to ask the class what they think of me as a teacher and what they think that I should be doing to be better. They respond with this.

"Teacher is always angry, and we are scared of you."

Bloody brilliant.

Kids why are you scared and why do you think that I am always angry? Well as it turns out they think I am angry because my attempts at drama and fake indignation have always been taken at face value, while also my smile is not natural. They say that when I smile I am not smiling but am actually just putting a vicious grin on a malevolent act. So I try to showcase some of my smiles and see if any of them come off as non-threatening, it appears that some do, unfortunately they are all from pictures of me, and none are live-action. Oh well constructive criticism is what I asked for. Hopefully I can smile naturally with them tomorrow. :)

It's a real shame this all happened on April fool's day, but I get the joke now Korea. I get it.

Will "Child destroyer" Out