It goes on...

The past few weeks have flown by! I’ve finally become accustomed to my classes and the routine of the day. I’m still working on trying to learn all my students’ names but I’m sure that will come with time. There are SO many students. I have six classes a day with 2-13 students (usually 13) so it makes it very hard to remember all of their names. I’m still waiting on my Alien Card and I can’t really do anything until I get it. It’s so frustrating but I know there’s nothing I can do about it.

I’ve been hanging out a lot with Nick, Robert and Jessica which has been very fun. We’ve gone out to eat a lot and it’s been nice to just relax. I also went to Ulsan last weekend for Eugene Festival (it’s a Moonkkang thing). It was great fun though the water was FREEZING. I like cold water but this was bitterly cold. So instead I played Ultimate and ran around the beach. From that I met a lot of really nice people one of whom invited me out to play Frisbee on Sunday.

I conquered the postal system here! I won’t go into too much detail here but I sent my cousin Katherine a birthday present. I was so good expect that I forgot to bring my own address with me. So I used my HR manager’s. I hope it gets there in one piece. I’ll be so unhappy if it’s broken!

Sunday was amazing. I had so much fun playing Frisbee. It really reminds me that I want to get back into a shape that doesn’t resemble a circle. I’m still bruised and cut up from the game though. I dove/slipped around a lot on the turf field but it was worth it in the end.

This weekend should prove to be entertaining. Saturday morning I’m going out with at least Nick, maybe a really cool girl named Melissa, to the market. Apparently there’s a Sock Ally. I’m super excited about running around the city more. Saturday night a bunch of people are going to the Rain concert (google Ninja Assassin for the main character, he’s also a singer). I’m going to most likely run around the city or maybe just have a quiet night in. Sunday there’s a body painting festival somewhere in the city though I haven’t figured out where and then there’s Frisbee as well. So many choices. I’ll try to be more timely from now on!

Enjoy!

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The Highway sign for Chilgok

Waiting for the bus

From now on it's country photos!

Walking around the man made pond thing.

Man made waterfall

More to come!

My life so far

School:

It’s been a long time since I last wrote here. My classes have been going well. On Monday we start the next session (number 8). This is the last session until we start over again. My classes range just like they did at home. Some classes are like pulling teeth, trying to get the students to answer questions and such. Other classes are noisy and talkative, which I much prefer. The school is pretty nice and my manager seems nice as well. I teach Story Presentation where students have to memorize poem like paragraphs and then present them in class. The idea is to get them to memorize phrases and such. The next class is Workbook, it’s exactly as it sounds, it’s for little kids and beginners. There’s also Reading, which is self-explanatory. Listening, where we have to use possessed CD players to play small conversations and then ask questions about it. Wednesdays are completely different; it’s more low key and shorter classes. Overall I’m having a good time; the classes are all idiot proof and explained out. All I have to do is manage the students and create questions and also figure out how to make the lessons fun!

Life:

It’s been a whirlwind of an adventure so far. Last Friday I went out with Angie (Rachel’s and now my friend). We went down town to a Mexican bar. We were joined by a girl named Michelle from South Africa. Then we met up with Yun Jung, such a sweet girl! I loved hanging out with them all. The bar/food was pretty good, and we all shared a pitcher of Mojitos. By the time we left there it was about 1am. We went over to a bar called FB (Friendly Bar? Or something). I had two beers and we just talked and talked and talked. By the time we left the bar it was 3am. We got some really tasty dumplings for “breakfast” then took a cab home. By the time I got into bed it was around 5am. I was SOOO tired but it was well worth it.

Downtown

I’ve gone out to dinner a lot with the gang from work so I’ve been able to experience a ton of foods from many places. I went to the market today and bought grapes, carrots and tomatoes. I didn’t spend a whole lot. Maybe one day I’ll tackle fish and sea food dinners but not for a while. I’m not sure what I’m doing this weekend. I was going to Busan this weekend but I think I’ll stay in Daegu instead and try to find more cool places and temples etc. I’ll post pictures and such later.

Cold Noodle Soup

"Nasty Guys"

I see what you're going for there dude. Yeah no.