No Pedals

My coworker Daniel recently made a fantastic purchase:

He allowed me to borrow it:

It was very cold. But I also borrowed his very fashion-forward helmet/goggle combination, so at least I looked super-hip.

Here's what I saw:


It was so cold, in fact, that it was hours after my ride before I felt comfortable again. However, tons of fun. I'll do it again, provided Daniel lets me.

Rockin' the English Festival

The day after my birthday party we had a gig at a public middle/high school English festival. There were hundreds of Korean teenagers milling about the place, taking part in English-themed games and activities, including a very impressive talent show. We were the special "native speaker" entertainment: a real-live foreigner band (not to be confused with the real-live band Foreigner). Our bassist Dave's wife Dawn took these pictures. Dave and I both wore red shirts, not by design but by chance. Honestly.

This is the venue, which was pretty full when we played:

They had us at the back of the stage because of all the other acts; when it was our turn to play, the huge screen you see above us went up, revealing The Jordan Emmans Band in all its rock-n-rollness:Leading the crowd in clapping:

Birthday Bash

Yes, I know it's been many moons since I've posted...and I regret to say, I don't have a good excuse. But, regardless, here at last are some pictures. It was my birthday last month, and we had a big party that was a rollicking good time. Around 30 or so people attended, mostly students of mine (mostly female...funny how that happened). First was dinner, then karaoke and drinks.

I didn't have my fancy camera, so these very poor quality pictures, taken on my cellphone camera, are all I have. Here's my coworker Eric and student Sei Hee trying to figure out her camera:

Taking a picture of Eric taking my picture (my student Do Hae is to the right of Sei Hee):

Very blurry, but that's Daniel and Dina, two of my other coworkers, singing U2's "With or Without You":

Fun times, until 3am. And now I'm 30...

My apologies for the blogging silence. I haven't really been inspired to blog; living in Korea is pretty normal for me now. Teaching is still going really well, I love my job most of the time, my students are great. The CD is getting very close to done. We're looking at finishing by January, which is exciting. I will, of course, let you know when that wonderful day comes.