Tuesday, August 30, 2011
I'm so Korean right now.
I have started buying kimchi to eat with the meals I cook at home. I'm going to have to figure out how to make this stuff if I ever come back to America.
Look how delicious it looks in this picture that I stole from the internet.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Blog? What blog?? Oooooh, THIS blog...
Hello. The biggest update and most recent self-realization is that I am a terrible blogger. Surprise, surprise.
There are a lot of other updates. I have a million vacation photos that are currently being uploaded to my computer. I had a great visit with my parents. We saw as much of Vietnam as we could without going crazy and mostly saw as much Korean food as possible. My coworkers did a FANTASTIC job of showing my parents Korea and making sure they had a great time. I couldn't have asked for more. Diane will be here a week! I've already got some stellar plans. Here's a preview of my pictures.
First of all, I should change the name of my blog. I believe to Soju and Noraebang. Although kimchi and k-pop are still important parts of my everyday life, soju and noraebang seem to be dominating my free time. What little free time I have left anyway.
Summer in Korea is hot. Everyone keeps telling me I got out easy and that it hasn't been as hot as usual. Well, thank god. I don't know if I would have survived it any hotter. Fortunately, the air conditioner in my apartment works like a dream. The one in my classroom works so well the children always complain about being cold. Teacher gets hot!! I'm really looking forward to fall weather and changing leaves and hot coffee.
Work is going well. Really well, actually. Starting next week, I will be Head Instructor. Mostly that means that I will help new teachers be great teachers. I'm really excited to work closely with my coworkers. I think it will be a lot of work, but it will also be really fun. At least I hope so. The best news is that it is actually something that will help me to get a better job when I come back to the U.S.
My students have been SO cute this term. One girl's mom called and said that she refuses to have any teacher other than me. Another had a huge smile when I told her I'll be her teacher next term. And my favorite class, the highest level at April, wrote me the sweetest notes yesterday. Please see attached photo. I'm going to miss my students from this term a lot, but I have a pretty great schedule next term too and I get to keep some of my favorite students. Turns out those snot-nosed Korean kids are actually really great.
I realize that after nearly three full months without a single blog, this isn't very thorough. I'm going to try to be better about this. I hope to put more vacation pictures up this weekend. We'll see.
Oooo! One more thing!! I have received 2 postcards since I've been in Korea, one from Casa Bonita (it was so worth it) and another from Sarah, the student in the Taekwondo gear above. I would love to put more postcards up in classroom, the students are really into it. They all want to go to Casa Bonita. They can't believe they have a cliff diver and a gun show. Send me more!! My mailing address is:
107-8 Bansong-dong
Jeil Plaza 6F
Gyeonggi-do, Hwaseong City 445-160
Korea
I also finally found some Korean postcards, so I'll be working on that in the near future. (Bryan and Carly: I've been looking for a tree you can drive through. So far it seems that aren't into that here. Fools.)
Farewell for now!
There are a lot of other updates. I have a million vacation photos that are currently being uploaded to my computer. I had a great visit with my parents. We saw as much of Vietnam as we could without going crazy and mostly saw as much Korean food as possible. My coworkers did a FANTASTIC job of showing my parents Korea and making sure they had a great time. I couldn't have asked for more. Diane will be here a week! I've already got some stellar plans. Here's a preview of my pictures.
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| Market in Saigon |
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| Sunrise over Saigon on my way back to Korea |
First of all, I should change the name of my blog. I believe to Soju and Noraebang. Although kimchi and k-pop are still important parts of my everyday life, soju and noraebang seem to be dominating my free time. What little free time I have left anyway.
Summer in Korea is hot. Everyone keeps telling me I got out easy and that it hasn't been as hot as usual. Well, thank god. I don't know if I would have survived it any hotter. Fortunately, the air conditioner in my apartment works like a dream. The one in my classroom works so well the children always complain about being cold. Teacher gets hot!! I'm really looking forward to fall weather and changing leaves and hot coffee.
Work is going well. Really well, actually. Starting next week, I will be Head Instructor. Mostly that means that I will help new teachers be great teachers. I'm really excited to work closely with my coworkers. I think it will be a lot of work, but it will also be really fun. At least I hope so. The best news is that it is actually something that will help me to get a better job when I come back to the U.S.
My students have been SO cute this term. One girl's mom called and said that she refuses to have any teacher other than me. Another had a huge smile when I told her I'll be her teacher next term. And my favorite class, the highest level at April, wrote me the sweetest notes yesterday. Please see attached photo. I'm going to miss my students from this term a lot, but I have a pretty great schedule next term too and I get to keep some of my favorite students. Turns out those snot-nosed Korean kids are actually really great.
I realize that after nearly three full months without a single blog, this isn't very thorough. I'm going to try to be better about this. I hope to put more vacation pictures up this weekend. We'll see.
Oooo! One more thing!! I have received 2 postcards since I've been in Korea, one from Casa Bonita (it was so worth it) and another from Sarah, the student in the Taekwondo gear above. I would love to put more postcards up in classroom, the students are really into it. They all want to go to Casa Bonita. They can't believe they have a cliff diver and a gun show. Send me more!! My mailing address is:
107-8 Bansong-dong
Jeil Plaza 6F
Gyeonggi-do, Hwaseong City 445-160
Korea
I also finally found some Korean postcards, so I'll be working on that in the near future. (Bryan and Carly: I've been looking for a tree you can drive through. So far it seems that aren't into that here. Fools.)
Farewell for now!
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