My life so far...

My life as of late, is pretty boring, to be honest. It doesn't even really feel like I'm living across the world (with the exception of everyone speaking Korean). Basically, I've just been teaching, sleeping, and then occasionally hanging out with people. But I'll see if I can find some fun things for ya ^_^

Hmm, finally got an Alien Registration Card! And I went on Tuesday to get a phone.... but they can't activate it until Friday because of the holidays.

Right now, it's Chuseok, which is the Korean Thanksgiving. It's pretty sweet. I have three days off of work (Tuesday through Thursday), then I work manana and then I have the weekend off!! It's going to feel weird working a full week next week haha.

Saturday.... went downtown with the girls. We met up at this international beer bar, then we moved onto cocktails in a bag, and then ate some delicious pizza in a cup. And THEN we went dancing. It was a fun night.. surprisingly early, too. We ended up home around 2 am (much better than the other times we've gone out). Sunday, Diana, Natalia, and I went to go have dinner with some of the girl teachers at another campus. Rachel made some traditional Korean noodles that were absolutely delicious, and we just talked for hours. I definitely like having more cool girls around :)

Then... nothing happened until Tuesday. On Tuesday, I hosted a Chuseok potluck at my apartment. I bought a little dining table, borrowed Natalia's DVD player, and made chicken fettuccine alfredo... on top of all the dishes everyone made! It was a delicious, fun filled night. We ended up talking the whole night, completely ignoring my Wii and the DVD player! We also ended up on my building's roof, which is a nice little hang out spot.

Yesterday, Diana, Natalia, Keith, and I went over to a Korean teacher's (Hoon) house for a traditional Korean meal. One word, DELICIOUS!!! His mom is an AMAZING cook. She kept feeding us. I even ate shrimp! Shocking, I know. It actually wasn't that bad. Maybe I'll come out of Korea eating actual seafood, haha. We had sanpyoon, which is traditional rice dumplings filled with bean paste (the only non-homemade thing that was served). Hoon's mother just kept giving us more and more food. We were too full to move by the end of the night, so we just watched the Blind Side, which was such a good movie. Hoon eventually drove us home, and I had a sleepover at Diana's house.

Hmmm, currently, I'm working on lesson plans and watching Lost in Austen. The movie makes me want to smack Amanda Price upside the head, so I'm having conflicted feelings about the movie haha. I guess I'll decide when the movie is over. My internet is finally back! It went on a little vacation for Chuseok, so I am immensely happy that it's back.

Long post, but it's been a while. I'll post some pictures in a bit. I've been a bit lazy about taking them. And I swear, I'll update at least once a week. Even if my life is boring haha

XOXO

Brain is frazzled

Yup, pretty much describes me right now. A late night out with the Korean teachers and the assistants (yay for actual Koreans!) plus a sleepover with Diana, definitely meant less sleep and brain functioning. It was pretty fun though. I'm glad that the work crew is gradually expanding our ways through the cliques.

Hmmm, quick funny updates:
~ One of my girl told me that I look like a bug monster, because I have HUGE eyes, a small head, and I'm scary. This was also the class that said that I was uglier than Michelangelo AND Pablo Casals. But I still love them

~ I started making phone consultation calls, which basically means that we're just chitchatting with the kids on the phone for a few minutes. It's sometimes fun, sometimes painful as you try to think of things to fill up the 3 minutes you need.

~ I got shoes!! They are so pretty! Pictures of them later (when I actually take pictures haha).

That's it for now. A real update later... maybe tomorrow night.

Love you all <3

And we'll have fun fun fun until Daddy takes the T-Bird away...

Yea, I just have that song stuck in my head for some reason. Hmm, work this week was definitely a LOT better. It helps that the kids are doing prep work for the classes, so the majority of my classes don't all stare at my with a "wha?" face. I think my kids are starting to enjoy dancing at the front of the class though. Definitely need to think of a new punishment for them.

We got another girl! That makes FOUR girls at our campus!! We are becoming more balanced! haha. She's very cool and fun. I'm glad that there isn't girl drama at our campus yet and that we all get along :)

Yesterday, I went to a Korean nightclub for the first time! Also, it was my first time hanging out with a Korean teacher (Hoon came with us). It's not like Chicago nightclubs. The nightclub that we went to was a LOT smaller, and packed full of people, who were mostly just bouncing and bobbing to the music. Not at all dancing like back home. It was probably because of the lack of room to move. It was a lot of fun though. I forgot how good dancing is as an exercise, and it definitely relieved some work stress. We also walked around downtown at night (definitely different than daylight downtown). I was soooo tempted to go shopping, but luckily, I restrained myself.

Hmmm, not much else to say. I was supposed to go to a temple today, but I decided a full day of recovery and also a day of cleaning/laundry was needed way more than that. Also, it's way hot. I think Kelly, Diana, and I are just going to go in a few weeks when it's a bit cooler. And on a Saturday, so we can have Sunday to recover from the pain of walking so much haha.

I'll put up some more pictures on my shutterfly account, so go see! Especially if you haven't seen my pictures from the Body Painting festival :)

Much love