some additional photos

Marah, you know which one's for you :)

Tap dancing in Seoul

After Mango, Yerin, Laine, and I indulged ourselves with some late night Korean Barbeque in Apkujeong, we headed to Kangnam for some hip hoppin' until the wee hours. The best part was seeing Korean girls blush at the sight of our wild dance moves, and then get so excited when finally feeling comfortable enough to join in on our group! We left around 2am, inhaled a few ice creams on the way home, then called it a night.

Today was the final round of teachbacks (yes, it's Saturday here). We have the day off tomorrow, and Laine and I are planning to check out a traditional Sunday Korean festival. I begin teaching on Monday and will be teaching the fundamentals of reading and writing this month. I spent a few hours preparing my lesson plan after work today (there is A LOT of preparation outside of class), and then walked home (about three or four miles). I'm thrilled to finally get in front of the classroom and have a NORMAL working schedule.

For those that care, I got an A in Biology and Chemistry... one fabulous semester down, three to go.

Enjoy the photos! LOVE!

"Since you've been gone" Thank you Jerimiah!

FOOD!

I heard produce here was expensive, but 49,000 won for a few grapes is absurd.

Annyong Haseyo!

Gweh-song-heh-yo (sorry) it's been so long since my last post, but this is the first opportunity I've had to update. The last two evenings we've had to stay at the testing center until 9pm to complete our training courses. It's been tiresome, but despite the complaints echoed across the walls of the teacher's lounge, I've actually been having a fantastic time.

Last night was fabulous. A group of us had Korean bbq and decided it was less desired, rather imperative that we cut loose.  We indulged ourselves with bottles of soju- in essence the vodka of Korea, complemented by Hite- bud light's second cousin removed... which paired, made for some good times to follow.  After dinner, we went to a Karaoke Bang called Cheeto Karaoke. Unlike the western experience, we were given our own private room where a screen of Korean pop stars and lyrics in Korean Characters dominated nearly an entire wall. I'm still trying to figure out how to get sound on my camera, but I'll post a hilarious video of Jeremiah singing Kelly Clarkson, along with some other photos tomorrow.

Today we did "teach backs"- i.e. we gave a one our lesson to a full classroom. I was very impressed with the quality and confidence of my comrades, particularly because for many, this was the first time in front of a classroom. The most painful part was watching the video of my lesson on a huge projection screen... with my boss! 

Tomorrow morning I'm meeting Laine for a jog down the main drag. This morning we received some very curious stares...

Good night!