Monday, January 11, 2010

Upper class

I never thought I'd receive a wax and ribbon embossed letter with a bow tie where the return address commonly appears unless I miraculously ended up in the upper-crust, old money circles. My comrades here never cease to amaze me.
Three cheers to Cornelius for adding class to all our lives. And handwritten notes and addresses.

a new one

So after a long hiatus...
I'm pretty sure I had swine flu.
Then I just lived for going home, counting down the days incessantly.
Christmas shopping. And the best gifts I got were these ugly, cute little collectible dolls that are 5000won each from Japan. They are little naked boy angels (clearly from the anatomically correct structure..) with some type of hat/head cover. These come in different varieties including marine animals, normal animals, vegetables, and fruits. My mom now wants them all.
A very relaxed and wonderful vacation at home with David, parents, and cats. I slept in late, when David wouldn't wake me up. I played lots of board games . Went shopping (thank God for Nordstroms). Visited Victoria, Canada and saw my first hockey game (Go Salmon Kings!). Visited Palm Springs and got some sunshine with my grandparents and their uber cute puppy, Pheobe.
And then, with great sadness, left my loves, and came to my Korean friends, host family, and students.

The flight: 10.5 hours
The bus ride from Seoul to Jeonju: 3.5 hours
The sleep I was finally able to get on the bus ride: priceless

Korean buses for the win. Infinitely more comfortable than the cramped airplane cardboard seat, known as economy on Korean Air. They feed you well, but those seats are the damnedest things. Their media is fabulous though, so maybe if you just made a dedicated decision to sit straight and go through their entire Hollywood Hits, you'd be alright. That's what the guy in front of me did. I think he watched 5 movies.

Winter camp at my high school started today! 7 kids. One dropped out already. I feel terrible. It was too hard. :( And then I had the director of the winter camp tell my coteacher that another boy was transferring to my class. And he was switching because his teacher from his first class said that he couldn't be in it.... He's that much of a trouble-maker. Great. Positive attitude, right?

So, if any other teachers are out there with some suggestions or some free time... come to jeonju! :)

Love and happy new year.