One last week

Well, it's been almost another month here and I wish I had extraordinary times to write about, but not so much. The best day was when Asim and I were out in the mountains just as the colours were peaking. We both got some stunning photos of the day.

As for school, same ol same ol. My afternoon classes seem to be in a constant state of flux. One class gets smaller, then larger, my other class loses students to the higher grade and fills up with other students. It's really hard to get used to new dynamics with all these new personalities. I much rather my morning kindergardners.

The kindergardners, Sarah and I took off to an aquarium this month for our field trip, thanks to Sarah. We did a lesson on Oceans for all of October and the kids were very excited to go to the aquarium, and so was I to be honest. Unfortunately, it was sooo small. We completed it in like a half hour. So we had to go back and do it again. The penguins were the best part but their 'sharks' are smaller than a Louisianna catfish, not impressive! But the kids had a good time, so cheers to that.

But, I have a guitar here now and I'm happy for it. I go to the gym 6 or 7 times a week, not the best idea but it kills time, so cheers to that. I tried to throw out this scrap guitar I found here and used for parts and our security guard (who's a pretty cool guy..I think?) was trying to tell me where to throw it out. We usually have a corner for big junk, so I thought I'd throw it there. Nope! I had to take it outside and smash it up to put in a different dumpster..then I thought I was done. After we both finish smashing it up, I try to place it in the dumpster so I can head back to the gym then he starts ranting about something in Korean, knowing full well I dont understand him, but it doesn't stop him. So, I had to go back up to my place to get a bag to put all the scraps that he and I made then I had to put it in another dumpster from another building, like we were being sneaky or something? It was rather random and took waaaay too long.

But some good news, I found Jim Beam Black here.. for $20! Ha! I have to go pick up more today. Okay, for the real good news... Shannon should be here in about 10 days :) Life will change in 10 days.

It's been a while..

I know I haven't written in a while but it's been for the best here haha. I hit a rough patch about two weeks ago and didn't feel like making this blog a whine fest, so I wanted to wait until my spirits were high again and I could keep the mood of all this a little more fun.

Now I'm told there's a method to foreign teachers moods here and I can't remember them all right now, but the first is fascination, then..something something..and somewhere along the way is Rock Bottom, and as Asim says, I hit rock bottom rather quickly hahah. But with some good news my mood has changed and I feel alot better here. My weight has stabilized and my diet/appetite have been getting better every week. So things are looking up here.

Another piece of great news is that Shannon signed a contract and is coming to Korea, very soon. And she'll be very close (Thats why my mood has changed;) haha.


We celebrated Halloween here at Maple Bear and the kids loved it. We had an array of activities for the children; from mask making, dance parties and a haunted house...where we were a little proud we made a couple of our 'tough' students scream..and cry..hahaha..sad I know..haha

It was alot of work decorating the night before for just one day, but Sarah (my teaching partner) spearheaded the whole thing and the day would not have been what it was without her, to say the least.

Another piece of news is that I found a competent hair cutter! Boo yah! haha, I walked into this posh hair salon and I thought I making a biiiig mistake haha. I sat down and they served me a latte (oooo fannccy) and then she started to cut (Sarah wrote me a note sayign what I wanted done to the hair) and she did great! I got a haircut, a wash, scalp massage, shoulder massage and a blow dry..oy...haha all for like $13..it was hilarious.




Oh yeah, Asim and Etaf convinced me to try on this traditional costume for a photo op. Well, I did and then this chick from Ottawa wanted to get her photo with me, so I made small talk and told her i'm from Cape Breton..then she didn't say another word..weeiirrd. But then some Korean chicks wanted their pictures with the weguks (sp?) Canadian foreigners, I think. So we got a laugh out of them.













As for weekends here, nothing tooo interesting is going on. Fall is finally arriving and I've been into some palaces, but they're getting old..to say the least! Oy! We're going hiking to Bukhansan again to try and get some fall foilage photos in the mountains this weekend so hopefully something will turn out from that. But I'm happy so far with what I've photographed.




























Trying to stay sane around here can be a bit of a challenge, sometimes you feel like a robot. Wake up, teach, eat, gym, sleep and then repeat the next day. I need to get out more in the evenings, to say the least!