a good four months after taking my exams, my grades are finally out! well, unofficial grades and therefore subject to change (official grades are out nov. 30th). but nonetheless: it looks like i passed all my classes... with merit! i'm so excited. *happy dance*

Wow, I cannot believe that it's almost October. Where did September go? And, where did August go, for that matter? When I arrived in Korea in July, I always thought in the back of my mind that a 13-month contract sounded like a long time. But now I'm already more than two months into it. I guess two keys to time flying by in my life is satisfaction ( Read more... )

It was raining this Sunday morning, but I decided to go into work anyway to get some lesson planning done. Well, I was about 5 minutes into my 10 minute walk there, and I started to think it wasn't such a good idea. It was raining pretty hard, and my shoes and pants were starting to get quite wet. When I finally arrived, I was greeted by sandbags ( Read more... )

I just got back from a weekend in Seoul. What a fun time! I met friends, watched movies, ate good food, and even went to Costco and bought about 10 pounds of Kashi Crunch cereal! Hurray for finding bulk quantities of products that I otherwise can't get on the island. When I got home, I needed some things for dinner, so I rode my scooter down to the ( Read more... )

I'm the proud owner of a new (used) scooter! Actually, I don't know if it's technically a scooter or a bike. The scooter shop didn't have any scooters in the size and price range that I wanted, so I bought a delivery bike instead. Basically, in Korea, all the fast food delivery people use a certain type of red bike to make deliveries. They are good ( Read more... )

The students are learning about superlatives in my Elementary school English class. (Who is the tallest? Who is the youngest? Who is the quietest?) Well, it came time to figure out who was the strongest in the class, so I organized a quick arm wrestling competition to find out. One girl shone above the rest, creaming every other competitor. Just as ( Read more... )

I know I haven't posted in an exceptionally long time, but I have some great news today ( Read more... )

i had an enjoyable week with my mind off of school thanks to a very nice visit by katharine and evan. i finally had a good excuse to do lots of touristy things, and also had much fun celebrating my birthday with various friends over the course of several days. we also finally met up with devon, and had a good time catching up ( Read more... )

I've finally found my calling in life!!! http://www.guidehorse.org/index.htm

So, it's the third week of classes and I've finally racked up a few life anecdotes to warrant a post. Classes are going pretty well. I've joined a reading/study group for each class, so that's helping to keep me on track and motivated this semester. And, reading, writing, and turing in my weekly article summaries gives me the productive feeling ( Read more... )