I cannot believe I've been here for almost 2 months! The time has totally flown by. Mostly working all day and enjoying a few evenings out. The weekends so far have been busy going out and seeing a few places in Seoul or meeting new friends.
Completely love my classes! My kindergarten class is the 7 year olds(6 really) that have been coming to CIS for 3 years, and my two BC grade 3 classes are definitely hard work, but the kids are great. I only have 4 kids in my kindergarten class, yes envy me, and they are wicked smart. They pick things up so quickly that sometimes I forget I'm working with 7 year olds. M-W-F I work with 6 boys in 3rd grade. They are a hoot most of the time, they do get off track VERY easily. However I absolutely adore them. T-Th I work with 2 girls also in 3rd grade which are a bit more of a challenge. I like them just fine, but they really don't like working. Which I can understand, these kids are in school all day then they go to more school, music lessons, math tutoring, etc. I don't know how they don't break down on a daily basis. I suppose it's because this type of schooling is all they've known.
The ladies I work with, both foreign and Korean, are just plain awesome. I've gotten fairly close to a few and nights out are usually spent with them. The night life on the weekend is crazy, but fun. Koreans work hard, but they party harder.
Food here is different, but I've enjoyed the majority. Still cannot get behind the seaweed soup, and kimchi on a daily basis has taken some getting used to. I really like the cucumber kimchi and radish kimchi. Korean barbeque is delicious too!
Sad news on the photo front. Flickr has decided to be a jerk and not let me on my account. So I had to create a new one. Perhaps tomorrow I'll find the energy to repost and add more pictures. lol
I cannot wait to decorate for Christmas! I'm sad I won't be able to bake, but maybe I can keep the tradition of making chocolate covered pretzels. Crossing fingers on that one. :)
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