Hi everyone. Sorry for the delayed blogging- I have been crazy busy. I found out on the last night of orientation that I was going to teach in Yeongju. My instant reaction was where the f*** is that? So I spent the evening incredibly worried that I was about to be stuck in the middle of a rice field for the year with nothing but plants for company. In essence, I spent our final ...
Apologies I have been computer-less for a while- I couldn't get my laptop to charge. However, after a visit to Lotte Mart (a huge 4 level store sort of like Macro at home) I have replaced the plug. It only took my roomate, Rebecca and I, 3 hours to figure out. Oh well. On Friday we went on a field trip to Jeonju Traditional Hanok Village. It was bucketing down but I was very grateful ...
The last two days have been filled with various classes to prepare us for life as a ESL teachers in South Korea. We have two very lovely homeroom teachers called Scarlet (Young-ha) and Namki. Scarlet and Namki our homeroom teachers. Scarlet is already a co-teacher while Namki (who speaks perfect English) is studying finance. So what has happened over the last 2 days? From 9 till 8:30 ...
My room mate and I decided to skip breakfast today and sleep in a little longer, so I only had to be awake for 9 am. Which meant I had a good 12 hours of rest. We will after all, be at orientation for the next 9 days. I know that the culture shock will set in soon, but to be honest, I have been sooo busy I haven't felt it. It has taken a day or so to get my internet ...
Ive arrived and everything is ok. The Cathay pacific flight was not fantastic to say the least. I much enjoyed my lunch at about 1:30 pm, only to be offered nothing again until it was light the next morning at 7am. I sat there wondering- when’s dinner coming? LOL. To make matters worse my TV screen broke, and I was left with nothing to do for about 5 hours. At least they offered me a $50 ...
1 day left to go.. Getting pretty scared now! Shitting bricks. Parents surprised me with presents before I leave. A polka dot suitcase! ...
So its official! Tamrin and I will indeed be gallivanting around Asia together for a year. We weren't sure where we would all be- but now I can confirm- we will be jamming to Gangnam style... and I CANNOT wait! Yes, unfortunately we have been placed on opposite ends of the country, but hey Korea is SMALL! Just a little train ride away! A lot of Soju to be consumed and.. knowing Tamrin, ...
