Touring with the prince of Korea

I have made a most excellent connection. Talk about knowing the right people. Yes that's right, I spent my Sunday hanging out with none other than the prince of Korea. Oh yeah.

Now you may be wondering, "Does Korea have royalty?" or "Is Kirin on crack?" or "WTF?" but I have it from the source himself. He told me that he was the prince of Korea. And who am I to question?

The prince of Korea is an unassuming fellow, and you would never know it to look at him that he is royalty. His subjects treat him no differently when they meet him on the streets but they do give him free meals that they seem to offer when I leave for the restroom. This, of course, is his proof that he is the prince of Korea.

Prince (who, in case you are uncertain, is not actually a prince- Korea does not have royalty), is actually a friend of a friend's that has kindly offered to show me and my friends around Seoul. Thus, this was how I found myself attempting to peer into the highest men's bathroom in all of Seoul on Sunday night.

Namsan tower is definitely a tourist spot I recommend. It isn't particularly impressive architecturally, or historically, but it has an absolutely fantastic view of Seoul at night. It offers a 360 view of the city at the highest point you can get to, a chain link fence to latch a lock to with your lover (this is an extremely common dating ritual in Korea- the flip side is that when you break up, the ultimate cut is to come back to Namsan tower with a pair of bolt cutters), a laser light show on the tower, a gondola ride up the hill for the lazy and/or broken (like myself and my friends) and urinals where you can metaphorically pee on Korea (they are urinals that stand in front of floor to ceiling windows that look out over Seoul). It is sweet.

Perhaps my favorite part of this place (besides the awesome urinals), is the fact that by the chain link fence there are a bunch of benches that are tilted in such a way to force you to sit next to whomever you are on the bench with. They bend in the middle and it is pretty much impossible to sit on opposite sides without sliding into the middle in an intimate shoulder bump.

So yes, if you come visit me in Korea, we will go to Namsan tower (unless you have already been). I love having Prince show me around- it's actually kinda hard to get in the tourist stuff when I am so busy fending off 3 year olds.

In other news- I have a request. During the month of April I have been given an assignment to teach two of my elementary classes a song that they will then perform with dance moves on the 30th. I have to give my supervisor the words by the 7th (this is soon since I am posting this about 24 hours before I need to have two songs chosen- so this will only be relevant for a little while).

Both classes are advanced enough to sing "real" songs (a quote from my coworker who is an old timer- has been here 7 months). However, I can't really give them hard songs since their English isn't great. So I need some songs that are fun for 6 and 7 year olds without too many hard words but fun for me to teach.

Any suggestions? Right now I've come up with "Larger than Life" from N'Sync (which would just be hilarious) and "YMCA".

Give me ideas!