My first time spending my birthday in a foreign country, far away from home and family and friends, but I still had a really good time ( Read more... )

So I might've mentioned in an earlier post that one of the sixth grade boys has a crush on me. On Friday, we were teaching the sixth graders comparatives, i.e. "I'm stronger/faster/taller than you." So as part of the lesson, we taught them the song "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg, which uses a lot of comparatives in the verses. When the class was singing ( Read more... )

I HAVE INTERNET IN MY APARTMENT. FINA-FUCKING-LLY ( Read more... )

Met my fourth graders today! I've finally met all the kids I'm going to be teaching this semester. :D Out of the regular school classes, the fourth graders are definitely my favorite. In general, the fifth graders are kind of loud and disobedient, and the sixth graders are a little flippant and disinterested, but the fourth graders are still wide- ( Read more... )

So because of random class cancellations and what not, even though I was supposed to see all of my regular classes the past two days (three 4th grade, two 5th grade, and three 6th grade), I've only met the 5th grade classes and two of the 6th grade classes. I really like them so far! They're totaly different from my after school classes; each class ( Read more... )

I only had my after school classes today; I was supposed to have the sixth graders today during regular school hours, but apparently they don't start until tomorrow. There are three after school classes, 1st to 3rd grade, with about 6-8 kids per class. Which doesn't sound so bad, but they also have the shortest attention spans ever and can't seem ( Read more... )

So yesterday I had the hardest time finding food for dinner. D: I kept wandering into various restaurants to ask if they did take-out, since i felt too awkward to dine by myself. One ajumma was super nice to me, she asked me questions about myself and was really patient about trying to explain everything to me, even though we had a hard time ( Read more... )

Hey, guys! I figured I should update LJ on how I'm doing.

Orientation was RIDICULOUSLY busy. It was basically lectures from 9 am to 9 pm. I met a ton of nice people, though, and there were over 300 people at the orientation with me, who are all going to be teachers in Seoul. I feel good knowing I won't be completely alone. The orientation was at ( Read more... )

So everything's been finalized, I have my visa and my plane ticket, and I'm heading off to Korea on Monday ( Read more... )

Watched Inception last night, and omg, it was intense. *_* I loved it, especially all the layering in the end, although the whole group heist thing felt a bit like Ocean's Eleven. But, you know. Way cooler ( Read more... )