Monthly Archives: November 2009
Thanksgiving FEAST
There was no turkey to eat and no football to watch, but we still managed to throw together a nice little Thanksgiving. With the help of 3 Americans, 2 Canadians, 6 South Africans, and a Korean, we had a full feast and a great night. Beenish and I (the official “hosts”) were worried we were &hellip Continue reading
turkey day, minus the turkey
I know it’s not quite Thanksgiving in America yet, but it is here so I’m going to kick off the festivities. I have work today, since it’s obviously not recognized as a Korean holiday so I’ve been making all of the kids do Thanksgiving activities and talk about what they’re thankful for. I pulled the &hellip Continue reading
rotten milk, anyone?
Wednesdays are typically my busiest days, with six classes all right in a row (well lunch is in the middle) and no real breaks. However, Thanksgiving Miracle week continues, and half of them have been cancelled. This is realllly convenient, because my illness has not quite been overcome and I am low on energy/creativity/patience/speaking ability. &hellip Continue reading
sugar highs
Blehh I’m feeling ick today so my storying capabilities are like zilch. However, I do have some precious pictures of the day care kids for you. They are just sooo cute. I have a video of them too, but Korean law prohibits posting videos or something? So it won’t let me. Usually these kids are &hellip Continue reading
weekends are important
OK so I already broke the post-a-day promise, but I don’t have internet at my house yet so it’s hard. I needed an extra weekend day to catch up on sleep, but unfortunately it’s already Monday here. However, I really lucked out because English classes are cancelled today so I’m just hanging out in my &hellip Continue reading
party face
The school threw me a welcome party yesterday, true to their hospitable selves. Lots of bbq chicken, mandarin oranges, and this AMAZING cake. Also I met a bajillion other English teachers for dinner last night and they all seem super awesome. Most of them live within a few minutes of my house, so I am &hellip Continue reading
karaoke queen?
Oh my goodness I love it here. Last night was SO funny/awesome, I hope I never forget it. Unfortunately we lost the volleyball match, 3-2. Koreans play with 9 on each team, and you don’t rotate. They also do not mess around.. these games are intense. Every time back and forth was like hit, set, &hellip Continue reading
v-ball
That’s how I feel about the fact that I’m about to go play volleyball with a bunch of Korean teachers. We are playing against the teachers of another elementary school, and the prize is a bunch of money. If I screw this up, I’m toast. On the flip side, cool way to spend an afternoon &hellip Continue reading
the crew
These girls have been in and out of my office allllllllll day. During every break time they bust through the doors “CHRISSY TEACHER, CHRISSY TEACHER!!!”. They all took pictures of me with their cell phones (allll these kids have phones already. what?) and put it as their background so I’m glad they get to stare &hellip Continue reading
and it begins
First day of school = COMPLETE. I think this is going to be really awesome. This morning I walked into the school, was introduced to my co-teacher and the Principal, and then taken directly into what looked like a recording studio of some sort. On the way in, my COT (Cindy I’m copying you on &hellip Continue reading