ENJOYING BEAUTIFUL WEATHER! HIHIHI... NOT REALLY, BUT HAVING A GOOD TIME
ONE OF MANY TEMPLES
A NIGHT AT JEJU ISLAND WITH THE KOREAN SALSEROS!- the girl on the right speaks spanish and she actually studied in mexico for 2 years or something like that. we had such a great time. this was our last night in jeju island
DELICIOUS HONEY BREAD- ate this at cafe fiore. delicious. simply delicious. i should seriously consider learning how to make this
IVANO AND I IN THE TROPICAL ISLAND OF JEJU- it was supposed to be a bit cold, but we ended up getting a snow storm and all. not necessarily what you think about when you think of going to an island
RABBIT-SITTING FOR THE WEEK. WE MISS YOU MR.BUNNY!- we rabbit sat for the week while jennyfer and nick were in thailand. Mr bunny for the most part behaved. Other than eating part of my paperwall, pooping everywhere and peeing on ivano's arm it was all ok. We do miss him though. he is just so cute! Jennyfer and nick... thanks for letting us take care of him. We really enjoyed the good company.
TRYING TO SOLVE MIND PUZZLES- this are sophia and stella. I have to give my kids English names otherwise i would never be able to memorize their Korean names. Korean names seriously all sound the same to me and I cannot differentiate between girl and boy names.
THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT MOVE- Sophia
MY STUDENTS PLAYING SCRABBLE- Sophia, billy, jimmy, stella
CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY WITH THE TEACHERS AND IVANO- Jacky, Nami, Cienna, Grace, Sohee teacher
IN CLASS
STUDENTS OF MINE FROM WINTER CAMP- GREAT KIDS!- Jane and Stella. I love my group of kids for this second session of winter camp. They are all more advanced level and are actually very interested in improving their english. Also, from this group, four of them were in my advanced class last semester so it's nice because i know what level they are at, and what kind of things I can do with them. Btw. Jane showed me a super cool magic trick today. I just could not figure out how she was doing it!
MY STUDENTS MINJI (in black) AND MINJU (in grey) They are sister. Both very good students. I usually go swimming with them on fridays- we always have a very good time. Also, i love their mom. She is super nice, always smiles, and gives me hugs!!!
THE YMCA TEAM!
TRYING ON TRADITIONAL KOREAN CLOTHING- TESSA AND I
AT THE KIMCHI FACTORY WITH PEOPLE FROM KOREAN CLASS
LUNCH WITH SOME TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS FROM MY KOREAN CLASS AT THE KIMCHI FACTORY- the woman closest to the camera is my Korean teacher MjongHee. She is super good and super nice. In maybe 2 weeks we will start getting together once or twice a week for an hour or two of conversation. She wants to improve her English and I my Korean so I will do what I did with Ula in Germany. That way we both benefit and no one has to pay extra for anything! Works super well. What I like about her is that she really cares about her students and you can tell she makes an effort to make sure we all have the best experience possible learning korean. Also, (though i find it a bit weird) she texts me every day telling me how her day is going, how the weather is, asking me what i am up to etc etc etc.... but I love it because I get a chance to practice Korean since the texts, of course, are always in Korean.
NOT BAD FOR A FIRST-TIMER CARVING A PUMPKIN- though it only lasted a bit inside my house as it started to grow green gross mold about a week afterwards
CARVING MY FIRST PUMPKIN EVER- THANKS SO MUCH DANA!- When Dana found out I had never carved a pumpkin she went and got one so we could carve it. It was so fun and i think we did a pretty good job.
THANKSGIVING DINNER
JINYOUNG AND SUK TEACHER- TEACHERS FROM MY SCHOOL- Jinyoung teacher is expecting a baby. I saw her a couple days ago and her belly has gotten so much bigger since last time I saw her (last day before winter break). She's looking just beautiful!
JACKY-MY LIFELINE SINCE I GOT TO KOREA. Jacky has taken care of me since day 1. Really dont know what I would do without her. Anything I need, she is always there for me. I would give you a list of all she has done for me, but it might take me a month to put it all together and at least 100 pages, so I am just not gonna go there. I think you get the picture. Btw. she just recently got a hair cut... looks super duper cute! - However, i insist that she should wear her hair in a pony tail, as it shows off her face and cute cheeks :-)
RINGING OF THE INDEPENDENCE BELL- This day was soooooo freakin cold! I seriously could not feel my toes or my fingers for that matter.
FIELD TRIP WITH ENGLISH TEACHERS FROM THE AREA
IN THE MILITARY SCHOOL WITH OTHER TEACHERS
FIELD TRIP
GEPIK FOREIGN TEACHER ORIENTATION- met lots of cool people and got many good ideas for lesson planing from this orientation.
MY NEW CUTE HELLO KITTY KEYBOARD- got it when I went out with Christy. Just could not resist buying it. Was really cute AND it also has the korean keyboard drawn into it.
CHRISTY- MOMS FRIEND FROM SEOUL
JACKY AND MIJONG WALKING AROUND- MiJong is Jacky's friend. She's super fun and really nice. SO far, I really like all of Jacky's friends that I have met. I like her type of crowd
SEOUL TOWER- JACKY AND I. Just could not resist the teddy bears. so cute!- This was the day Angela (jacky's friend), Jacky and I hug out, walked around for quite a bit, grabbed food, and went to Seoul Tower. Had a fantastic time. Angela is super nice!
ME
BRIDE'S DRESS- Jacky and Angela insisted I should try on the traditional dress.
SHOEMAKING
TYPICAL KOREAN CLOTHING- ANGELA, ME, JACKY
FOOD MARKET
PARADE- this is a huge parade in Suwon that takes place once a year. Went to see it with Jennyfer and Nick. Great time.- I uploaded I think one video from the parade on YouTube. Check it out.
NAMI AND I- This was after a good chunk of time of walking with Nami, Grace, and Jacky. From here, you can see the city of Suwon. Pretty nice view
GRACE, NAMI AND JACKY- TEACHERS FROM MY SCHOOL- Grace always treats me like her daughter. She has a son that is my age, but says she also always wanted to have a daughter. So she also takes super good care of me and every morning she gives me a hug and every afternoon before going home! She is also one of the calmest, most patient people i have ever met. I feel like the world could be falling apart and she would still remain calm and say "dont worry.... everything will be ok" seriously no joke. I have no idea how she manages to always be so...... ummmm.... at peace? anywho.....
HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS- this was my first weekend out to Seoul
WALKING AROUND THE STREETS OF KOREA
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Sorry i usually do not put pictures up or anything. I am just lazy because I hate having to wait for the pictures to upload. Guess i like just doing it all at once and get it over with! hihihi.... till next time
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