tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13770304636286890542024-03-05T00:36:53.722-08:00Rice...again??Caroline's Korean Adventures.Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-20101684379460415322010-07-09T22:14:00.000-07:002010-07-09T22:28:08.315-07:00Top 25 Things I'll miss in Korea1. Heated toilet seats<br /><br />2. Vitamin C drinks<br /><br />3. No tipping<br /><br />4. Sitting on the floor<br /><br />5. Wearing slippers at work<br /><br />6. E-mart escalators<br /><br />7.Korean commercials<br /><br />8. My-chew candy<br /><br />9. Korean aerobics class<br /><br />10. Traveling so easily<br /><br />11. Heated floors<br /><br />12. Kim-bop<br /><br />13. Random encounters with drunk old men (on any day of the week)<br /><br />14. Cheap purses<br /><br />15. Bargaining<br /><br />16. Service (free food/drinks at restaurants)<br /><br />17. Funny English translations<br /><br />18. Awkward broken English/Korean conversations<br /><br />19. Pineapple Fanta<br /><br />20. Melon popsicles<br /><br />21. K-Pop<br /><br />22. Little kids saying hello on the streets<br /><br />23. Call buttons on restaurant tables<br /><br />24. Friends<br /><br />And of course…<br /><br />25. THE KIDS!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492145001526919554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvrwxtDhDs7FUYRIHTompJ_SiBaRVxOGaPa1ekc4KIYaDPZAxsL66hxAXrjK3jyoGA4mA5SRPpmAZg8hhq__Z_qG3-iX75bH5yVugED_NcOIP-Jg1q_aFCSUCuV4woE4IapIIFT7DTn4/s400/IMG_3946.JPG" border="0" />Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-34647144075966207772010-07-01T04:32:00.000-07:002010-07-01T04:57:59.331-07:00T-minus 25 days...Well, I officially have only 1 month left, <em>wow</em>. It’s hard to believe. I had a dream a few nights ago that my life in Korea was actually all a dream. It was really strange, because usually I wake up from a dream thinking everything that happened was real, but this dream I woke up thinking everything that happened was not real. Which makes sense, because a lot of the things I’ve done many people only dream about. It made me really happy to think about how much I’ve enjoyed being here and how many great experiences I’ve had in a just one year. I’m super excited about coming home, but I honestly am going to be truly sad to leave. Not only am I going to be sad to leave my good friends I’ve made here and the cutest kids in the world, but I’m going to really miss Korea in general. Some people hate Korea, and before coming I heard some bad things about Korea and Korean people. And I don’t know if it’s because I’m living in a smaller town, but my view on Korea/Korean people is all positive. Of course they do a lot of “different” and strange things here, but that to me, makes it better.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488904592575603778" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7ef35d_olpi8NxhyphenhyphenwbY3MCat5PfUeHTW-GelIIrMpN3jCWF9vTPyz1RQvpjkro5lnl47lWebat1o29yReIBYI7cxrQy93X5S9KcNNgHoliZwHv4Tu4fLBfzuV7ECMdaQG3L3KcKXmHo/s400/IMG_3996.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>I couldn’t be happier that I made the decision to come here. It’s definitely one of the best things I’ve done in my life. It was a great way to travel, a wonderful teaching experience, a good <em>life</em> experience, and I met some awesome people along the way. I’m ready to come home, see friends and family and eat some lasagna.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488904583754274034" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggadjbCVEaTCyFgsveDUEnVDU4VKiB57AAPAtP9mc3KuJ9CfD7mtaaDdrWe_0GyaKuEjFUDoO3anFqn4wmd5t0ge2ZYGA2nruwBBkAOtwGphd489n51MdCq3cKYIDWsGRQ8td9Vhx3u7A/s400/IMG_2963.JPG" border="0" />Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-23218011785795355622010-06-27T05:00:00.000-07:002010-06-27T06:38:08.131-07:00Open Class - Korea soccerLast week our school had 2 days of Kinder Open Classes. This is where the parents get to come into the class and observe as you teach their students a “typical” everyday lesson. Except, for the fact it’s nothing like how a typical class goes. These parents pay a lot of money for their kids to go to this English school so they expect a lot, therefore we were put under a lot of pressure to uphold a high standard of teaching. We picked a lesson and made a lesson plan, which was turned in to our boss for approval and any critiques. We practiced the same lesson with the kids for about a month and were even told to give the kids scripts, so they can memorize what to say during the lesson. ..so is it a real lesson I’m teaching or just a play put on for the parents? Either way I don’t think anything could be more nerve racking then standing in front of all my student’s parents and teaching a lesson, making sure to call on all the students equally, and trying to remember my “lines” of the script.<br /><br />After teaching each of my 3 open classes there was a meeting with the parents. My Korean partner teacher, who also teaches their kids everyday goes in the meeting with me and discusses what they thought of the open class and any other topics, while all along I’m just sitting there, looking pretty since I can’t speak Korean. Talk about awkward, especially when I hear “blah..blah..blah..Caroline-teacher…blah..blah”. I think most of the parents like me for the most part, but who knows.<br /><br />To relieve all the stress of that week, Whitney and I made our way up to Seoul for a weekend dedicated to just shopping. We hit all the markets and shopping malls to pick up all the Korean stuff we wanted to get before leaving Korea. We returned to Gwangju with our backpacks/duffle bags jammed packed with gifts and knick knacks to bring home.<br /><br />After getting home around 10'o clock we quickly dropped off all of our purchases, threw on our Korean soccer gear and jumped in a taxi to go to the world cup stadium to watch the world cup game. Korea vs. Uruguay. Beer, chicken, and a stadium full of screaming fans made it feel like I was actually at the game. They played the game on the big screens and had everything you would have at an actual game, even cheerleaders. It was a good time, even though Korea lost. I went home and tried to stay awake for the USA game which was playing at 3:30am, but ended up just crashing on the couch from such a long day.<br /><p> </p><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487423111022012322" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Sk66x8IOlQXbRKXYBxK7ert1bPAh6Q6t0BrXlQlhM8uNVEr1HI0Pij_m6OjXZelkF_ieF0GURgVKBcuB3vrqFInKQgc2tEPUDzcFDTEPCOD4ACbiXLo1qRA_AdKlRqE2aaoGzrpRcZ8/s400/36777_526714014420_68900025_31262690_6291510_n.jpg" border="0" />Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-46857339629216531782010-06-23T08:15:00.000-07:002010-06-23T08:28:18.188-07:0010K...?This past weekend Gwangju had a “Pink Ribbon Love Marathon” to raise money for breast cancer. Which I think is pretty cool that they do that here too, it just makes you think how countries can be so different in many ways but there are certain things that we can all relate to, and it’s a comforting feeling to know we do the same exact thing in America and probably in lots of other countries.<br /><br />On Saturday morning at 8:30 we made our way down to the Gwangju World Cup stadium. (Which is still a mystery to me why the taxi drivers have a hard time understanding us when we say it…because it’s the same in Korean) We arrive at the stadium and wonder around the tents for a while getting stopped a few times with people asking “May I take a picture of/with you?” “Sure” I say, as in a few months I won’t be treated like a celebrity anymore. Erica, Whitney, and I also got free shampoo samples for taking a picture with giant shampoo character bottles. Still not sure if that’s normal or not, I’m starting to forget what is normal and what things I’m just used to now. I was walking home from work the other day and I saw an old man on a moped smoking a cigarette. I kept walking thinking nothing of it, and then I looked at Whitney and said “Do old men smoke cigarettes while riding mopeds at home? “ I don’t know.. I know they definitely don’t ride mopeds on the sidewalks back home.<br /><br />Anyways, we met up with some of our other foreign and Korean coworkers, did some group stretching, watched a mini Korean rap concert and started preparing for the run. That was until the MC announced something in Korean making literally the whole crowd stop in their tracks, scream and run up to the stage. While all the foreigners stood around having no idea what was happening. Little did we know “the most handsome man in Korea” was in Gwangju on the stage in front of us. Yes, that is his title, and that’s the only reason he is famous. Apparently he recently married the “most beautiful woman in Korea”.<br /><br />After all of the commotion it was time to start the run. Erica and I were the only ones signed up for the 5K, everyone else was doing the 10K. I’m not a big fan of running and I thought the 5K would be enough of a challenge. Well, we lined up with all the other 5Kers, and somewhere between lining up and the fireworks signaling the start we somehow got on the 10K course, and we didn’t figure it out until we got to the “half-way mark” which was what we thought was the finish line. As I was running up to the big 5K sign, I was feeling really good and proud of myself for running pretty much the entire way. All that excitement about finishing went down the drain when I realized why people were looping around and still running. I was confused and waited for Erica who was right behind me, we were so upset that we went on the wrong course that we decided just to walk the rest of the way back. What made us more angry was when the police man came up behind us on his motorcycle and told us “hurry up, you’re last!” Everyone we past kept cheering us on and saying “cheer up you can do it!” and “fighting!” We would try to explain that we went the wrong way or as Erica kept saying “We fucked up”. Making them tilt their heads like dogs trying to understand. At one point I was trying to ask the volunteer water boys if there was a shortcut and that we were supposed to be running the 5K as I held up my hand gesturing 5K, the boy thought I was giving him a high five…not comprehending anything I was saying. We could only just laugh it off and continue our long walk back to the finish line. The taxi driver we hailed also probably thought we were pretty ridiculous and lazy, and declined us for reasons unknown. We eventually made it and got our banana and pink medal.<br /><br />Have you ever come in dead last for a marathon? I have.<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485988427660113426" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 298px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCQ60Ktcj870894yeCcngWNNZJS9CsB4M8_GP3pueqpUt4spKFXnO4pZFVTz77FJexW4qMOzmi6Y7n6N0N8zFnsymmMK87xg2JmdGgl6WFmXI6kvSKpOCVGpvqgUuANhEsjVLxbfCv_o/s400/IMG_3913.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em>Cardboard cut-out of the "most handsome man in Korea"</em></p><p align="center"><em>Who we later saw in person.<br /></em></p>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-75814282014332992562010-05-26T05:51:00.000-07:002010-05-26T06:27:10.810-07:00Temple Stay<div>Since I’ve been in Korea, I’ve wanted to do this thing called a temple stay. It’s where you go to a temple for a weekend and learn about Buddhism and see firsthand how the monks live. So last week Jay, one of the Korean teachers helped us get a reservation and book a night for the temple stay. She originally was going to go with us, but something came up, so it was just Erica, Steve, and me. We started mid morning with the usual meet at ECC plan. We took a taxi to the bus terminal and after a little confusion with town names we finally got the right tickets and got on a bus to “Buan” not to be confused with “Muan”. After about an hour bus ride we arrived in Buan, and since we running a little late, instead of trying to figure out the city bus schedule to the temple we decided to just pay the couple extra won and jump in a taxi.<br /><div><br />We eventually made it to the temple, arriving a little late, but we only missed the “orientation” which was all in Korean anyways. Lucky for us there were two Korean girls that spoke English, also attending the temple stay. So she helped us get dressed in our “monk” outfit and helped us get our little gummy shoes. We were then taken to our little “huts” and told us dinner would be at 5. Steve was taken to another hut with 2 other guys. Dinner wasn’t too bad, typical Korean food…<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475568850829143458" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw79ZJnGZFcwl8Bm_Zkkfu_3RyambpZkxophk-qcnq_u1oKZHskBXOAyaEQU18O0ZSp2z-6FYNnZWZY-isnY1sTGp1kB8tK15in47JeNPlvi9-514tT5k_CINeqFK_vTJ6wI7RF0ub1YM/s400/IMG_3804.JPG" border="0" /><br />After dinner we had “tea time”. It was a traditional Korean tea ceremony with the monk. We all sat on the floor gathered around this little table and as the monk was setting up and making the green tea, we were told to ask him any questions we had. He spoke no English, but our friends were nice enough to translate some interesting things he was saying. Such as how monks believe in a second life, so there is no need to rush through life and figure everything out, and a few other interesting beliefs. I’m sure it would have been a more interesting discussion if it was in a language I could understand. But it was really cool, non the less. I asked him why monks shave their heads, which was probably irrevelent to the conversation, but I wanted to know, and that was the only question I could think of at the time. He said it was something about one of the pains they have and something about rebirth each day or something…I don’t know the translation was kind of confusing. He had a good sense of humor though, he made fun of us a few times, being the only foreigners, and at one point when discussing our ages he asked me to marry him. Good times.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475561469542322354" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 224px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb0exPRfA83VOig4_mU8dJvMo8-qFJ1017pGfgA_wA_7WY_j2ERFhEJMR7cCiXlT5ZLtJOdkn21gGYpg-6Xk6WAeZszJ9Mk481zS03hc-tF1RQS7tTus8Hci7oOi1-IKdjW4usrohQHo/s400/IMG_3813.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMWct5lk3N29O7dSFGomtKNTTUoS6Dj1dz5KWO-T_HCrGT0faH8upiFBB8gwqg7diW94PZA02n_jBhn5zUdBrPlKQQbiLM3WMB6hIPmBis47G2jKZv826rSPdHtvy_y6FGw07lYGHuec/s1600/IMG_3808.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475562609150914450" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMWct5lk3N29O7dSFGomtKNTTUoS6Dj1dz5KWO-T_HCrGT0faH8upiFBB8gwqg7diW94PZA02n_jBhn5zUdBrPlKQQbiLM3WMB6hIPmBis47G2jKZv826rSPdHtvy_y6FGw07lYGHuec/s400/IMG_3808.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />So after downing about 12 cups of green tea, we headed back to our huts and called it an early night, considering we had to be up the next morning at 3:30am. Well 3:30 turned into 4:00 for me in Erica, since our temple stay helper man didn’t wake us up as he promised. We quickly rolled off the floor and got in line to go to the temple. We took our spots in front of Buddha (or the 3 Buddha’s I should say-past, present, and future) and started the bows. It was a pretty surreal experience, with the monks doing their chant and banging their drums. It was still dark outside and I was still half asleep, so it almost felt like a dream. The bowing was definitely harder than I expected. It was the full bows from standing - to your knees – to your head on the floor. Then back up, and then down again…and so on. I’m not sure how many we did, but we later did 108 bows, which wasn’t too bad. I actually enjoyed it, because it was slower and it was very relaxing. (The 108 bows stands for something, but don’t ask me, because I don’t know)<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475561461005573186" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGj5ihsw5ieztSRTF7wQnwfuG4nh_TX-7GqAYHToVQQ9XjDYWt8cK-09agfxjo2HzPZhyB1YLB0G71TbOwJB895GfS0Fh-QYq5QTjwj7viv_5lGFNrWi-Jvd0RJvlxgLOhDsCV4ygnHhg/s400/30712_525478026350_68900025_31212205_6225952_n.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEima5H6V2Kxb2iO811emcl__JHPIiQwBe3x8WGa16KzkPdiIYuMdWM10Oi_Aoo_j3EnJvXWaRlHhblrVnueLLYT0hg_mSUVdVlyU_Z1ynDehjY3h39VJssUOu01MP6-uqR72LsRstBK3ko/s1600/IMG_3858.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475562184032042786" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEima5H6V2Kxb2iO811emcl__JHPIiQwBe3x8WGa16KzkPdiIYuMdWM10Oi_Aoo_j3EnJvXWaRlHhblrVnueLLYT0hg_mSUVdVlyU_Z1ynDehjY3h39VJssUOu01MP6-uqR72LsRstBK3ko/s400/IMG_3858.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Anyways, after all the bowing it was finally time for breakfast. Little did I know would be the worst breakfast in my life. So we get our bowls and silverware and everything, and we take our spots on the mats on the floor. The monk was there and he was going to show us the traditional way to eat breakfast. We did this whole rinsing of the bowls thing first, which was just swishing water around in one bowl and then pouring it into another bowl and so on. He picked some volunteers to help serve the food, obviously not us because we were clueless. Lucky for us we got to serve ourselves the rice as she came around with the pot, and also the seaweed soup and kimchi and the other mesh. This was good, because Korean culture (and especially Buddhism) you have to finish everything on your plate, no exceptions.<br /><br />The rice and kimchi was no breakfast burrito, but I ate it. When everyone was finished someone came around and poured water in our bowls to clean them out. We were supposed to grab a radish to use as a sponge to rub off the leftover rice on our bowls, but I didn’t get one and the man next to Erica forced her to get one, but she ate it not knowing that we were supposed to save it. So after rubbing the bowl with my fingers and swishing the water from bowl to bowl again (we had 4 bowls) another person came around to collect the water in the pot. NO food though, we were supposed eat the remainder rice kernels. When the girl brought the pot of water up to the monk, he looked in it and saw one tiny piece of food floating in it and told her to give back the water. So that big pot of community dirty water was then distributed back into our bowls and yes, we had to drink it.<br /><div><br /><div>After gagging that down, the more difficult task was getting up from sitting Indian style for 2 hours. I never thought my legs could hurt so much from just sitting. Once breakfast was over we helped clean the floor and clean the dishes and then filled our water bottles to prepare for “trekking”. We all piled in a small little van and they brought us around the mountain to a part where we could hike up and then we could just hike back to our temple.<br /></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475562175868105378" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFnT8PizSFaWzjyVlE4Dg2CS4pACQLJgE-PaXe8-yaS-Gt5FqVVRyRXG-DcI3XAcUzw6T4GA4JZJ7bFWydjGOCQPj_IUBmHTeyOiVLSQ7wTa4m0ELn7vco6ntYQL6X68-rIQqgvFbhHs/s400/IMG_3854.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>The hike was fun. It was a little too hot to be wearing our long sleeve outfits, but other than that it was really nice. Everything was so green and we stopped at some really beautiful spots with lakes in between the mountains and also a really pretty waterfall.<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475562169608365234" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSuyXZjoT7NjP5ZiskPkwbIAlrbwcXslpykORha-FWt5chGYAXh0NhhzAjCvbeUMFqfWLMq0VLteDqMlPftuZ-1SSKdJ7Vx5Q-FTSjW2bgn6LZ-u3DDLhvbo6G1bULUswStI8R7jYdIM/s400/IMG_3845.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475561489187039602" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge_R5-T1WH1X89G_HucIbNW0NjNdPNutq4uHYhrsdmiMenk31DfgFBwDB2zyx9agDMgeIfYoIuJy1o50nOqR5zIko57C48QpnHCK4XAm1bA22Di9UoszJYJqv3RnOjVdDKYAkl3eLMw8/s400/IMG_3840.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br />All in all it was a really great weekend and it was probably the best thing I’ve done since I’ve been here. It wasn’t touristy and it was so authentic and traditional, it was just an awesome experience.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqIZnFhGR2GVeTqJMeoJohd20e7-cjWW74Sz2v23DRGuyzoENHiKHVonVeNaNx7PTxG23KoeiZdNy-hnFT_kojpoFfKUP6Bq7fJtxYjblBOoqpid6i6Kw6pHBTZu_TxcybncqFTWVVw8/s1600/IMG_3834.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475561481029122930" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqIZnFhGR2GVeTqJMeoJohd20e7-cjWW74Sz2v23DRGuyzoENHiKHVonVeNaNx7PTxG23KoeiZdNy-hnFT_kojpoFfKUP6Bq7fJtxYjblBOoqpid6i6Kw6pHBTZu_TxcybncqFTWVVw8/s400/IMG_3834.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-17656069447676809122010-05-02T05:33:00.000-07:002010-05-02T06:10:39.255-07:00Fright Hike<div><div><div><div><div>This past weekend I somehow agreed to go on a hiking trip to Jirisan<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;" ><u>(</u></span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 255, 255);" href="http://koreaclimbs.blogspot.com/2007/09/jirisan-east-ridge-hike-daewonsa-to.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">지리산)</span> </span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">:</span> the mainland’s highest mountain, which pretty much means the highest mountain in South Korea: 1915 meters/6,283 feet. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but figured it would be fun, and I only thought about how hard it was to go up, not down… We left Saturday morning and 2 taxi fares and 2 bus rides later we were at the mountain. I was ready to go with my mini backpack filled with only Gatorade and food. We started off pretty well, there were 11 of us, so everyone split up and went at their own paces. I figured I would be with the slowest group the whole time, considering I don’t do a whole lot of hiking. My excuse was “There are no mountains in Florida!” Anyways, I surprised myself and broke off from the group to go a little bit faster. I met up with a few others from the group a few times, but I was by myself most of the time going up, which was actually kind of nice. Everyone met at the shelter that we were staying in, which was a little more than halfway to the very top. I was exhausted and very excited to rent my used blanket and sleep on the hard floor. </div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466657060488559538" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qNweYzqJhyaisz-HOlE27L6DheRtWcFbgixE2o-5cNU0oqHlIS_KuU1b1oayVGggbdroPArnpoLOOZSQCZncKO5XJ8PcE4ZHTyXcGqQGvIXzCgdVoNWA-1YxDpp5QPumVa1CavrgXxE/s400/IMG_7352.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466655916580297778" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYr13kL8S3o_7nmi10VSt0I2YvJg7oJprJJ9kNAhivrSfHPDUbbTWU4rz7E3XNC3Y5BECcGyf5SiwnP46P17YWNLdP3aZRrqDVUt_o-XVfyjgNP7o2q8RBDO0YiZgnXvNgFvF5gre5P0/s400/IMG_6715.JPG" border="0" /><br />The next morning a few of us woke up early to watch the sunrise and to continue to hike to the peak. It was all going pretty well, until I got about halfway up and I started to realize that we would have to come down this same way. This trail to the peak was about 2 hours long and was straight up, if that gives any perspective on what is was like. It wasn’t just a dirt trail either, it was giant rocks that had to be climbed. So I finally made it to the peak after falling behind from pure panic of having to go down. The top was absolutely beautiful, but I honestly didn’t enjoy any of it, because all I could think about was going down. If I’m not in a harness or secure in an airplane or something I am really afraid of heights. So let’s just say going down the mountain was one of the scariest things I’ve done. I thought I was going to fall and then just keep tumbling down. I went down on my butt on the really steep parts. Oh and the mini frozen waterfalls along the rocks didn’t really help either. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466655920666077986" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8JEjv3GBUNUGbuHntnS1fhSeKAYmMG8cdphGOIGfr7ypDrZ8rSgtpounnoGthpyavwiYfw9tQl-nbGAufjoSKn8UvlT430ZRF0JUuAU5cSfn7yE_4fZm-uRhuG9xRzflmQ1-Tr6zt1w/s400/IMG_6731.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466655926230100194" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZs7r-df01L1f-saF5xbxwSFGLwyHnGVJ1XTR5YqGspxTSAmOU-Bzb0Hz0a7Vv4U7tSyJoyB4FV3eq3zYecLye5yinK__8MR9tiOm6k4Zz5TBhPGBB_mbprko1-AP0WCxzrco6nKizszQ/s400/IMG_6769.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br />Mickey, one of the Korean teachers at our school stayed with me, because she was taking it pretty slow too. We ended up walking the whole way down together, and she taught me a new Korean word that sums up the whole trip: <em>Chuketta!! (It’s killing me!)<br /><br /><br /></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466655906888256770" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-UlywI5g-7eR9atyTPn45_PIxKs-OHXyPmn297DWJMjrJW7VK0tdhbcH8lrBsloReEbYhi8NSf1pJzXsOB9pD4njO4v0eMIwMze86lzUd56I-9nMoCChI75c6BT-zmkgyZLcY25_ueo/s400/IMG_6704.JPG" border="0" /></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466657059692916498" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSU4mTWx4AK3CByGix9yZza9iA5QgrD7bhPwgs7TuyCtjpb-lZA0tY25b1OrSu_ZywZ8Y3REtdD1UtBtWM-8DH1zAvcT6hJzNMhBWGNxuVueykkZd6788XWVjYEXPQHFg8vh0SFxtm64/s400/IMG_7429.JPG" border="0" /></em></div></div></div></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-78540083308656761682010-04-16T05:03:00.000-07:002010-04-16T05:44:25.820-07:00Mom's visitSo my mom came to visit me a few weeks ago. I was super excited. I still had to work, so she got to come in and see the kids and watch me teach, which was nice, because it’s really hard to explain my schedule and exactly what it’s like to teach these kids. There’s not too much to do in my town, but I found a few things for us to do. I took her to a traditional outdoor market where the vendors sell everything from sting-rays to the insides of pigs, and all sorts of other things. I also took her to a few of my favorite restaurants and had fun watching her struggle with sitting on the floor and eating with metal chopsticks. I luckily managed to get Friday off, so we could go up to Seoul together for the weekend before she left that Sunday. <div><div><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460705906520940210" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7zXYp98IurafrTWh3la-YpijSuAVzQ8mPjkUFipjd6XgeR2e9vD3alYegi0Fjd2tyrQpuojGrUNcSY8Xs2xxAt2Oj0oYMXZoICZlRh02hmkJleCjNIGMNySoTHLUt3XArmcCxGBwkw8/s400/IMG_3363.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460705901217534178" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjendTRzgv83VSLG7Bn6hYwrdtTiFE-P7z1rLUwlylxSutmob-aQ8vsz5NegLcoXQQa-sqaLTU4iRJP0YowSCwLmtIu_WHYdYmP9k_K4WC7nXADqgC9OaKpQaVp6OGlhCu9NuhaUNyxnCA/s400/IMG_3355.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br />My mom booked a really nice hotel for us to stay in, which was a nice change from tiny little bunk-bed hostels I usually stay in when traveling. Seoul was great, lots of street shopping and fake purses. We went to three of the best markets in Seoul. <span style="font-style: italic;">Insadong</span> – many shops with souvenirs and celadon pottery. <span style="font-style: italic;">Namdaemun</span> – a large outdoor market where you can buy just about anything. Designer purses, wallets, fur coats, jewelry, etc. And lastly, <span style="font-style: italic;">Itawon</span> - famous in Seoul for shopping and eating American food. It’s located right outside the military base, so it’s full of Americans and English speaking vendors. It’s personally my least favorite shopping area, because of this. All of the tourists go there too, so the vendors don’t bargain and their prices are much higher.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460709407256350290" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOVmXX-L1HXnTPHYB-I8PjFlACb9zydLuVHyb0DeFPb9M9kLDihJhCU-zll2sjPwCG5qzT4VqBHz1G_gXsUV6ylBS8MySrW5L6AcnAsOlf-YNkiyFZZ3BU-xYnhp_JiJlJadXScE4vWc/s400/IMG_3429.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br />On Sunday we did some sightseeing. We went to the Deoksugung Palace and were able to dress up in Hanboks, and see the changing of the guard. From there we walked to the city hall area and down to the biggest palace – Gyeongbokgung Palace. It was a little chilly, but it was a nice sunny day, and not too crowded. That night we went to the Korea House and watched a traditional show, with dancing and awesome drum performances. At the end they ran out and got people from the audience and they dragged my mom up there to end the show with drumming and dancing. I was laughing so hard, I could barely hold my hand still to take a picture.<br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460710744410566338" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqMjKTFqZt4wclM9pTgG_LwWdw0oFTnMPzTKb5RgpuRBSCLmd2E4YzwRNeJ0YPoCjQQQgVGc5gb8o0bXwJ2pE968rrG_T4DM0_skbku_7riSUeXCrNInqqz4mJQTmfuDngwio19TKS5g/s400/IMG_3552.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460709421763696130" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_C9azqnsYMmn-Xvy4AL-b6LbdYa3Nd3-wcjCykz4oix0F9x8ZDjnnVi6hy50bsfMpm37I7ZQeSBWTfIBenmvCBPbtWy4aL2ovKg-cAdnWF7iz5eJmx_5tYIMpQFx6Bfr6lJX8d-Wojg/s400/IMG_3586.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div> </div><div><br />The whole time my mom was here I realized that I’ve kind of adapted to living here; the food, the people, the customs. My mom would point out things and say “Oh, that’s odd!” and I would have to take a second look and think “That happens every day, hmm but yea I guess it is odd”. I’m used to seeing old ladies carry things on their heads, and eating seaweed almost every day, and taking my shoes off everywhere, and people bowing to me, etc. </div><div> </div><div><br />It was a great visit, and I am so happy that she got to come over here and see what I’ve been doing and experience Korea!<br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460710755056543154" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWch7_4VgcdkTr-zOIjNyZXP5KLz1vK7afYNIrFZrEzE8pnoyjF6q6u3Sn9fENLb00fQqkmKEjPU3f6EEEMr-KJQCbN7jpVXCMNf4iQRan-9CAXlQlsI3eosCNUJkne8OmxWvmGyeFEvM/s400/IMG_3543.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-82373839296434153122010-04-09T03:58:00.001-07:002010-04-09T04:00:12.542-07:00Korean aerobics class :)A few weeks ago Erica and I decided to join the gym. That way we could get in shape and do something after school other than sit on our couches and watch NCIS. We found a gym within walking distance and signed ourselves up. After a few days of running on the treadmill and trying to figure out the machines with weights in kilograms, we opted to try one of the aerobics classes that they offered. Aerobics classes are always a little difficult going in for the first time and not knowing the routine and what to expect. But it’s even harder going into an aerobics class when the trainer is speaking Korean.<br /><br />The first one we went to was a strength toning class. There were a few old grandmas going in the class, so we felt a little more confident going in. We’ve actually become friends with one of them. We made our way to the back of the room to avoid major embarrassment, but as more people came in we were forced to go closer to the front. We immediately knew who the instructor was when she walked in the door with her tight tube top and the tiniest shorts I’ve ever seen. As we began the routine it was all pretty basic with stretching, lunges, and arm exercises with little dumbbells. That was until the hip movement began. I don’t think I’d ever moved my hips that much in my life. Throughout the whole class we were swinging our hips and doing pelvic thrusts. I thought I was pretty coordinated, but when it comes to hip shaking and lifting the weights at the same time I struggled. It might have been because I could not stop laughing.<br /><br />The other class we went to was the step class, which was also quite entertaining (for both us and the people watching us). Trying to follow along with the fast step moves and the music getting faster and faster was a defiantly a challenge. We eventually got the hang of it after bobbling up and down on the step box. The best part of the class was in the middle of the routine when we stepped away from our boxes and did a ‘dance’ routine to a techno version of “It’s Raining Men”. Which, yes included more hip shaking and Beyonce booty moves. I almost fell on the floor laughing.<br /><br />So it’s been a fun experience at the gym. We love the classes and we go almost every day. My mom came to visit last week!! I’ll have to do another update this weekend maybe.Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-82808385817893650652010-03-12T19:41:00.000-08:002010-03-12T21:05:50.620-08:00Kinder GraduationSo, I never thought a Kindergarten graduation could be so intense and be rehearsed and perfected so much. That was until I partook in a Korean Kindergarten graduation. They practiced for about 2 months, memorizing lines and learning cute dance moves.It was a little disconcerting to see these 6 and 7 year olds being pushed around and drilled so hard to memorize their lines and do a bunch of dances and songs. But in a way it was kind of interesting to see how much kids are actually capable of doing (but at what price?) It was quite the production. It was a fantastic show, and I had a lot of fun. It started off with the presentation of diplomas with a few speeches and songs. Then each class got dressed up in cute little outfits and did a skit and a dance. After that, all the Kinders did a group song and dance to the song "Summer Nights" from Grease. In between everything the boys did a Taekwondo act and the girls did a sign language song. They also did a Korean drum show and a variety show. In the variety show they had several groups of kids play as Korean pop stars and sing and dance to popular songs. It was really funny, especially since some of the foreign teachers had to be in the dance too.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447960914856461954" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtzAiek9PerrYxR_LJYXVlXQhBz4GSSPAv1rQYN5EzVdVzPBt2PuhX9itcFIE2ZyooGZrP0zgnN7RrrUKdEzySt0u_LOGP-QDOJsmAlzpv0Kq52kBs8Z3ngWyc_uJTTfVIDSIok50zHQ/s400/IMG_3195.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447961724792102498" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidHoke1LiVuKGJZZVp8G0-tRye9OMci4p_yXBvjX0GFv7SUcj8WrGZRvLcMcR2m7samAGrtNzyyxFcwc14npbMzHdmQXZHNtGpGPzqrHkKUGsP32V6RrS7Ql5GOqgjNbYtc4kfkrwfbo/s400/IMG_3214.JPG" border="0" /><br />I was in one of the skits and had to say my lines in Korean. Yea. All the kids said their lines in English and I had to say mine in Korean. It was a Peter Pan skit and my lines went a little something like this: “Na Peter Pan anneya, Na Peter FAN ee-lagu. Na jome na jau!! ECC ga-sau su-eup he ya, dwen da maleya!” Which translates to – I’m not Peter Pan, I’m Peter FAN. Let me go! I have to go teach at ECC!<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447960920819782498" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 309px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJS7jq_uUUurWErMbSnJvusKmP8Nf5z4xNEtbr99dmygdngHL3kjJq4ySgXum3Tsqc5pWgary3WRh2rlxTj72ASnyETWPe5tKltaxm5MtBxFtKjACyXoZO0e3nOB3V_koYYnPucDPhZ0/s400/24049_615378390093_48202884_35469345_3450935_n.jpg" border="0" /><br />At the end of the show all of the foreign teachers got on stage with matching Superman hoodies and had to sing and dance to a Korean Superman song. I’m sure it was a great laugh to all the parents to hear us “sing” in Korean and do a funny dance. Overall, it went smoothly and all the kids did an excellent job. It was a bitter sweet goodbye. I was happy to be finished with all the graduation practices and all the end of the year stress, but it was a little sad to see those kids go.<br /><br />Here is the song that we had to sing and dance to (with English subtitles). The dance is a little different though:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaxk6MboemE"><br />Korean Superman</a><br /><br /><http: com="" v="gaxk6mboeme"><br /><http: com="" v="Gaxk6MboemE"><br /><br /></http:></http:>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-60120289965349472322010-02-21T02:07:00.001-08:002010-02-21T02:17:44.782-08:00Skiing in KoreaWhen I first came over here, I was definitely dreading the winter. Coming from Florida, and not even owning a winter coat, I knew it was going to be a cold winter. The one thing I was looking forward to was skiing. I love to ski, and I was really excited about going. The first time I went was back in November, and I went with Whitney, Erica, Jason, and 3 of the Korean teachers (which was good because they helped us with the bus, ski rental, and everything). We got up at 5am and met everyone in front of Dunkin Donuts to catch the bus. About 2 hours later we made it to Muju. There was not a lot of snow on the ground, but the slopes were fine thanks to the artificial stuff. We all got our skis and snowboards and were ready to hit the slopes. Unfortunately, everyone in Korea thought it was a good day to go skiing too. There were so many people, or I should say there were so many snowboarders. I would say the ratio of snowboarders to skiers was probably 80-20. That made it a little uncomfortable going down the slopes and hearing the snowboarders buzzing by on both sides, I almost got ran into many times. The ski lifts all had really long lines. We waited about 40 minutes in the longest line. The best thing about the ski lifts was the guy standing at the end of the lift, when it was time to get off. He would bow at everyone getting off. I mean, I know it’s a normal thing here, but man that must get pretty annoying to bow every 7 seconds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58oxtYloSa70MIYRTTqaHO8Sp5jcMFboazRPLZYm5ZRPKT0S8nYDdNROAcJqn4RHjPlhYQc0xhogjf7LplWXu52mu_T3uLBNzyZRTIrua_X4SDwu3oUw-jkF8K1o4ndvqLVDIflgIwQw/s1600-h/IMG_2439.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58oxtYloSa70MIYRTTqaHO8Sp5jcMFboazRPLZYm5ZRPKT0S8nYDdNROAcJqn4RHjPlhYQc0xhogjf7LplWXu52mu_T3uLBNzyZRTIrua_X4SDwu3oUw-jkF8K1o4ndvqLVDIflgIwQw/s400/IMG_2439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440638753930722162" border="0" /></a><br />After about only 3 runs (because we waited so long in the lines) it was time for lunch. They don’t have lodges here with cozy fireplaces, instead they just have a cafeteria that serves lots of kimchi and rice. Luckily there also have a Popeyes there too! So, greasy fried chicken and french fries it was for me. After a few more times down the slopes it was time to head back to the bus and back to Gwangju.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440637130765689970" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 224px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWUctfgWkHlwoX0OIoHWPeg3XU1LH5bFmLXfkmCTdGyVwD-mHuXnfK1gXibGpgnO5WC2I_8XlNFnHdxGo0je9vpwgsjYtC8hLV3rui2WoqHELvozjMwR118a2OIR4x25_aN1i-HjINnY/s400/IMG_3071.JPG" border="0" /><br />I went skiing another time in January, and then again this past weekend. We had a 4 day vacation for the Lunar New Year. So we decided to spend 2 of those days in Muju; Me, Whitney, Jake, Devon, and the new teachers Matt and Melissa. It was a lot of fun and we were pleasantly surprised to see the slopes practically empty! Totally opposite from the past 2 times I went. The Lunar New Year is such a big family holiday for Koreans, that everyone was at home and not on the slopes. It was fantastic. No lines, no crazy snowboarders, and no fog. It was a really clear and we could see all the mountains. We stayed at a hostel in the ski resort, which was literally just a room with blankets, a fridge, and a TV: no beds. On the down side the floor was hard and it was a small room for all of us, but on the up side the floors were heated, so it was nice and warm. It was a good weekend, and hopefully I can go skiing again before the winter is over.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440637146070398434" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapbR_vHVYY2Y21WvWGal4EmZMpFEqBWRaAubIJM9eKrTHA69igvRLpCOEXScOi-vXhohIxugxCm-Tcl-AEYCyU2-kviz1z6JzgMu8-UakzSK9gDOLOT1MzrWWWyt3qtSgt8DbEMzxHvs/s400/IMG_3109.JPG" border="0" />Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-29551473328179362312010-02-05T18:30:00.000-08:002010-02-05T18:48:51.610-08:00Korean wedding and mystery meatLast month I got the opportunity to go to a Korean wedding. One of the Korean teachers at my school was getting married. I was expecting to see a traditional Korean style wedding, but it was actually more western style. The ceremony was held in a place called “Marriot Wedding”, which is apparently where many weddings take place. When we arrived there, we didn’t really know where to go, luckily some of the other teachers got there at the same time. We followed them into this little room, and the bride was in there – just sitting there – with everyone taking pictures around her. It was very different; because it seemed like that should have just been a room for family and a few close friends to come in. It’s a great idea though, because she didn’t have to move, and anyone who wanted to see her and take a picture with her had the opportunity to do so. And oddly enough they even brought the groom in there to take pictures before the ceremony.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434954484084321314" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUqv_hCoda8qTJfHJcwQZ_VSfQ1_kpbQez_pOkmJAQKlZ6x7F2OWDpABNZZfDiNs3ka99vWi_FUKlgNhB0_QmXeGbNxcCY2y3B557HXs-UMIXGEbgOzqfLHFqLfCyzfEL3EgBipcnARg/s400/IMG_2902.JPG" border="0" /><br />After everyone got their pictures, it was time for the ceremony to start. We took our seats in the nicely decorated wedding hall and got our cameras ready. The mothers were both wearing Hanboks (traditional Korean dress) but other than that, the bride was wearing a dress and the groom was wearing a tux. From there on everything was pretty much the same, the bride walked down the aisle with her father. Then the priest started talking for a long time. There were a lot of camera men, and they didn’t hesitate to get a good picture, they just got right up there and snapped away in their faces. When the priest finished talking they went to both parents and bowed, then another one of the bride’s friends, also a Korean teacher at my school sang a song. The weirdest thing was that as the ceremony was going on there were a whole bunch of people in the back, in the foyer near the entrance, just talking away, almost to the point where I couldn’t hear the priest (not like I could understand what he was saying anyway). Come to find out that all those people were waiting for the next wedding to start, because as soon as her wedding was finished another bride was already lining up with her father ready to walk down the aisle. Koreans don’t waste time.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434954496028231298" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk5xBbEWDmOsEff4blVM23IRXV8f9vLRpNuLGUAOjsNQXOt8g8vGe_GgopGd0Jk3q05vRGG-4YBxQKoB3eNZsGaDuoTCxEDvNsOpE6pRCRwmOAqGfZjUg3s8WmHvM0wCcSrG7eMh3s7s/s400/16856_522170868920_68900025_31109996_7705641_n.jpg" border="0" /><br />Once the ceremony was over, there was buffet. Sort of like a reception, but without the dancing, cake cutting, etc. The food was really good! There was a lot of it too. The bride came to the buffet dressed in her Hanbok. </div><div><br />Ok, so changing the subject to food. Which to say the least is always interesting. I never considered myself a picky eater, but back home I never really ate spicy food or fish or anything that didn’t look appetizing. But living here has changed my “view” on different foods. I usually try everything now and eat things I probably never would have tried back home. You really cannot be a picky eater here, you could but you would starve. So to sound cliché, I’ve definitely broadened my horizons, food wise. There’s been many time where I’ve eaten things, and had no clue of what it was, which brings me to last weekend. </div><div><br />It was a pretty lazy and relaxing weekend. Did a little shopping downtown, and hung around the apartment. On Sunday Whitney, Erica, and I decided to go out for lunch, since we weren’t doing much and well it’s cheap to go out to eat. We wanted to try something new, so we went to this one restaurant which we’ve seen before, that looked pretty good. We walked in, sat down and did the usual language barrier sign language. The menu was all in Korean of course, but we usually can read something and figure out what it is, but this time none of the characters looked familiar. So we basically just pointed to something that looked good and hoped for the best. It was a barbeque place, so there was a grill on our table for us to cook it. Our waitress brought out our “mystery meat” and we all kind of looked at with confusion, and I guess the waitress caught on and decided that she needed to cook it for us, since we looked hopeless. As she put it on the grill, our big American eyes got even bigger when we saw the “mystery meat” curl up on the sides, looking like sausage. It smelt good, and was apparently not sausage because our waitress said “no sausage”. We kept asking her what it was, but she didn’t really speak any English, so she just smiled and nodded. </div><div><br />When it was finished cooking, we were a little hesitant at first, but went ahead and tried it. It didn’t taste too bad. The texture was a little strange, but with it seasoned and barbequed, I thought it tasted pretty good. The texture was very fatty. Erica kept saying it was just pure fat we were eating, but the waitress caught on to that word and said “no fat”. So we sat there eating this “meat” and had no idea what it was. Before we left the restaurant we took a picture of the meat and the menu to take to school and ask one of the Korean teachers what it was. Come to find out the next day that what we had eaten was…… pig intestines. </div><div><br />Awesome.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434954503430867826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjCX7xVjJ8AUdZ-7qO3p3FTYMUfmSXVjIacYkM4Tf63TRCVMi4aUTdk8EftJTOYp2eMunzCErEERUiL0ByeDAwke5mZ31ywOuNaKy3td6_DKc7limtxcOrsEuZY8NSxtAVYTq03Njf84/s400/19456_522688451680_68900025_31124768_2545737_n.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434954519378298770" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKsvTlrCL9JywF-zVitkW3vsff5-buMpx3_320_Zgs0P-2sLOaKfl7PbzjmlY0o58LqGVXYKo2TslXEvua2Fzdk07JF79XKmcab6p7v5XLZ2x8kAHDLvdVr3-25LnCI2zOX5h3VduwDs/s400/19456_522688471640_68900025_31124772_5751987_n.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434954514230433154" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXqrvg0sraK1jtlnvOZn_e8-oG20lBxCrXzLuzRr3zo9IGt6L-L7duWVhu_dbg2chzGdo2OwXtgoCREFX1gdX_9tnjNC3kH1aLjuMY_pVV-ld6WLteU79Y_GN0OtUtvDxfkcegr78LHo/s400/19456_522688456670_68900025_31124769_1902882_n.jpg" border="0" /></p>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-12740476616496374622010-01-10T05:02:00.000-08:002010-01-10T05:25:18.870-08:00This is not a drill.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsfbzorhA0Gsq7ufB7epSxba10pxUe5GUFWYMLzbCvC-nuzVUYG5OW8R4b-GI48sN6WnAZLwUlPDQN71Z-nCWxJwofQCcuKBeVl2_fIOTtHtfRxbRLEzXSU1RYZtWitFURTp1lw15YDI/s1600-h/IMG_2873.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425101276573728594" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsfbzorhA0Gsq7ufB7epSxba10pxUe5GUFWYMLzbCvC-nuzVUYG5OW8R4b-GI48sN6WnAZLwUlPDQN71Z-nCWxJwofQCcuKBeVl2_fIOTtHtfRxbRLEzXSU1RYZtWitFURTp1lw15YDI/s200/IMG_2873.JPG" border="0" /></a>Last Friday was just a regular day. I was happy to be teaching my last class of the day – my 5:40 class. A class full of loud 4th grade boys. It was about 6:05, 15 minutes until the end of class, and strangely enough they were all quiet while we were reading our storybook. That was when a very, VERY faint sound of a fire alarm went off. My kids still all jumped out of their chairs, ran to the window, and started screaming “Teacher..fire!” I went over to the window expecting to see a small bonfire or something. Nope. Instead I saw the brightest orange glow I’ve ever seen, along with big pieces of fire embers flying in the wind. I couldn’t see the fire and I wasn’t sure where it was, but I knew it was big. I told my kids to grab their shoes and their backpacks and lineup. That was when I panicked a little bit, I had no idea where I was going to take them. So I stood there for a second and looked out the door to see if any of the other classes were leaving. I saw one teacher leave her classroom and run down the hallway, I waited to see what she was going to do. She came running back and told me the building next door was on fire, I turned back to my panicked kids and tried to calm them down, telling them that our school was not on fire, just the other building. I took my kids quickly down the hallway and down the stairs. We were on the fifth floor and there are windows all along the staircase facing the burning building. That is when I realized exactly how big the fire was. Never in my life had I seen flames that big. I got to the second floor, where our lobby is, and Whitney was at the bottom holding my stuff. I get my kids in the lobby, trying to keep them all together, in the chaos of all the other classes coming in. I saw the other teachers getting their coats and etc. So I quickly grabbed my coat – didn’t think to get my shoes though (We wear slippers in school).<br /><br />As I was getting my coat on, the Korean teachers are running everywhere and the secretary is trying to scream into a megaphone that doesn’t work. Then finally my boss screams over all the noise, telling the kids to be quiet, and continues to tell them what do. Which didn’t help me, since everything she was saying was in Korean. She apparently told the kids to put their arm over their mouth and to start heading out. A few kids went downstairs and out the door, but came running back up due to all the falling embers from the fire. That’s when a firefighter came halfway up and told everyone to start getting out. We went down the stairs and began running down the sidewalk, there was no way to keep all the kids together. I was holding the hands of two of my girls and just following the other kids and teachers. The wind was blowing in the direction we were going, so all of the ashes and embers were falling down on us. One fell on my coat and luckily Whitney was running beside me and screamed “Caroline there’s fire on you!” and patted it off. There was one point where we thought we went far enough away and stopped, just to look up and see more coming, so we kept going. My kids were crying, at least the ones I still had with me and other kids were slipping on the snowy/icy sidewalk. Once we got far enough the buses came and they started putting kids on. I stayed with one of my girls for a long time because she was waiting for her mom to come pick her up. Once all the kids were on buses and/or picked up some of the teachers went back to look at the fire and take some pictures.<br /><div><div><br /><div>The building next door was empty and I guess they were beginning to tear it down. We think the fire may have started from electrical wires. Apparently over 100 firefighters came and about 50 fire trucks came to and from the fire. At some point when the fire trucks first arrived, they ran the hose across the street, without blocking off traffic first and a bus drove over the hose, busting it open. Luckily our school didn’t catch on fire and no one was hurt. It was definitely a scary experience, leaving many of the kids and the Korean teachers balling their eyes out. </div><br /><div>We went back the next morning to check out the damage and help clean up. Our school didn’t have too much damage. Some of the windows broke and one of the rooms has holes in the ceiling from firefighters having to drain water out.<br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425096212542343906" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRQI8NW3x6ef4U7BL30AshyrSxPhA-bk-JnA_XCGBOC1Fv25ZdF4MNBdYga2Ijgd_p45_WngLVnr5V_pa32p8wtAU4XKsXKmiM-C4IbnH7aCafZ4_cose4fFO7a-_36BpjdlVyGgotmw/s400/IMG_5931.JPG" border="0" /> </div></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-85470958419998884302010-01-04T01:59:00.000-08:002010-01-04T03:55:46.454-08:00Can I get some fries with that?<span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Happy New Year!!</span><br /><br />Hope everyone had a wonderful time bringing in 2010! I turned a year older over here. Along with every one else in Korea. Their age system is quite different. When Koreans are born they are 1 year old. Then instead of turning a year older on their birthday, they all turn a year older on January 1st, the new year. Every time one of my students has a birthday, it's just a reaction for me to ask "how old are you turning?" ..and thats when I get a blank stare, "uh I'm still 7 teacher." It's just a weird concept. So I am pretty old over here - 25. (23 American age)<br /><br />I thought I would share a little of what I eat every day at school. Keep in mind these are a few of the things that I eat. There are many odd things I don't eat, such as sardines, kimchi soup, rice cakes with red sauce (which tastes like spicy marshmellows) It changes every day and theres no schedule of whats for lunch - it varies between about 15 options. Every meal comes with rice, kimchi, vegatable of somesort (usually seaweed stuff or bean sprouts), a main dish, and soup. I never eat the soup though because it's usually tofu soup, or a fishy soup.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5XyRb3s_i71S-DzWld__hTf9iG8mk6t4Mpm6U62HI3ujKV-derZiIUpwkSFvBmZ_B60FIfnEsKZNgUI465VOA0a348S4i5yRtxng-eaJwq9arphv9JWJlbdW6f3mIqUxtHK7Ea7vEoQ/s1600-h/IMG_2468.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422824150611008946" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5XyRb3s_i71S-DzWld__hTf9iG8mk6t4Mpm6U62HI3ujKV-derZiIUpwkSFvBmZ_B60FIfnEsKZNgUI465VOA0a348S4i5yRtxng-eaJwq9arphv9JWJlbdW6f3mIqUxtHK7Ea7vEoQ/s400/IMG_2468.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Rice and curry, with bean sprouts. </span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys3ItvE9uzuYesCNz3uBjhqQcv9H2oQzy1xs2ejmDF8TraE0lehUdU4oKW8NUiY9jRh9eYBbMuou56mkd6S1Rxs3tcamQcvwsOf7kxb9_GpRW-O0QB6kVD07PzXPr1DhyphenhyphenheYVsbFXDkI/s1600-h/IMG_2467.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422823316777028994" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys3ItvE9uzuYesCNz3uBjhqQcv9H2oQzy1xs2ejmDF8TraE0lehUdU4oKW8NUiY9jRh9eYBbMuou56mkd6S1Rxs3tcamQcvwsOf7kxb9_GpRW-O0QB6kVD07PzXPr1DhyphenhyphenheYVsbFXDkI/s400/IMG_2467.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Quail eggs, dried seaweed, and kimchi</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidC_hdxWO7RBYqa45jdpyjQsVUJoX4OQISTTrTcTc47PH4hEErFD9IgGOg-B88pUGNrzChn7aeE5CpOU6uW4qwvwU6nTHU3J5OornAwTJ1SMmC-Biw5Y2h14MlXRsWZFEPwgHQnwVkH5Q/s1600-h/IMG_2420.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422823311457140834" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidC_hdxWO7RBYqa45jdpyjQsVUJoX4OQISTTrTcTc47PH4hEErFD9IgGOg-B88pUGNrzChn7aeE5CpOU6uW4qwvwU6nTHU3J5OornAwTJ1SMmC-Biw5Y2h14MlXRsWZFEPwgHQnwVkH5Q/s400/IMG_2420.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Tuna and potatoes.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROBe36yi1l3WArTYYivEbC6cHqqtaxt2VJ4qG9KqT5Rg1GhQ4D7NLfKA6jeBmuX7PnKsxyQIpt9SlCp8oteRpog0Iq46bQA6uyWM6tsxm3_679LgwJ6fcnye_g85kDVorZVBjx-rLg5M/s1600-h/IMG_2370.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422823303824022738" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROBe36yi1l3WArTYYivEbC6cHqqtaxt2VJ4qG9KqT5Rg1GhQ4D7NLfKA6jeBmuX7PnKsxyQIpt9SlCp8oteRpog0Iq46bQA6uyWM6tsxm3_679LgwJ6fcnye_g85kDVorZVBjx-rLg5M/s400/IMG_2370.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Spicy, but delicious bulgogi (pork)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLP93PjVhlzqIJyovejS4j4ouuZe9HfMSDwYDZdaapgNmG-SCAJiYmDhyphenhyphen3mEoFhqtP2YCfL6BLmwheCxY3lSYM_EKqqoOkFbQAs94XFm5vwKoZqdX6pP4-jOp_k64lJkorN10-igysyk/s1600-h/IMG_2327.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422823299170987810" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLP93PjVhlzqIJyovejS4j4ouuZe9HfMSDwYDZdaapgNmG-SCAJiYmDhyphenhyphen3mEoFhqtP2YCfL6BLmwheCxY3lSYM_EKqqoOkFbQAs94XFm5vwKoZqdX6pP4-jOp_k64lJkorN10-igysyk/s400/IMG_2327.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Egg omelet square things.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOANa1m-T7AyX3J0Mzskk9yMTnUnVYMbtdt-EBgU4tp3n1SiOnt7vI8lKRSXuIMcFraQkHDxv19uydr0lSPxqmLi7LH-KlEXddnKo7ib-ro7aArPZg9H2SzGMGHT0Wcub42UekMV6TpQ/s1600-h/IMG_2323.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422823290954316674" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOANa1m-T7AyX3J0Mzskk9yMTnUnVYMbtdt-EBgU4tp3n1SiOnt7vI8lKRSXuIMcFraQkHDxv19uydr0lSPxqmLi7LH-KlEXddnKo7ib-ro7aArPZg9H2SzGMGHT0Wcub42UekMV6TpQ/s400/IMG_2323.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Donkansa (fried pork cutlet) and a very yummy egg/apple salad.<br /><br /></span> </div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-90715517492573467832009-12-29T04:48:00.000-08:002009-12-29T06:22:56.142-08:00Christmas in the mountains.Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! This was my first Christmas away from home. And to be perfectly honest, it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Of course I missed being at home and spending time with my family, but thanks to wonderful technology, I was able to video chat with both Jen and Court in England and the rest of the fam in Tallahassee. It definitely wasn’t the same through a web cam, but it was good to see everyone’s faces and chat for a while. It’s really a bitter sweet feeling, because while I would love to be with my family during the holidays, right now I am perfectly happily being over here. I say it all the time, but I am truly having the greatest time here in Korea. It’s a mixture of great travel spots, great friends, and just once in a lifetime opportunities, and I’m trying to soak up every moment of it. (Oh and it doesn't hurt that I love going to work every day.)<br /><br />Soeraksan National Park in Sokcho, Korea was our destination over Christmas break. Whitney, her friend Austin, Erica, Jason, Steve, and I all got on a bus toward Sokcho at 8:30 on Thursday morning. 5 and a half hours later we made it and we were all starving, so we decided to find the nearest restaurant and eat whatever they would serve us. We found a Chinese place and had some delicious chicken and fried rice. Once we were all full and happy we set out to find our hostel, which was a little bit of a challenge, but we eventually found it. It’s a long story but we ended up getting one room with one bed for all 6 of us. Luckily they heat the floors here, so most people opted to sleep on the floor anyway. I ended up getting to sleep on the bed due to my butt injury. Let’s just say I don’t walk well on slick ice.<br /><br /><div><div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420639492055849506" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWXInLRTovPdWBx3bcRXf5Xq6OrQS5ao8Nr_dL4uz3GKfGMrzgj7528GjeOuih3nQXZbQ9LHe4sW9_cJs-DuKPeFDTfNepGK20zh78EUcRETYoxcnC8PYGiofkx32K9U1Qgd44yd_H0U/s400/16856_521603231470_68900025_31089379_5633368_n.jpg" border="0" /><br />On Friday we explored the National Park a little bit. We saw a giant Buddha, which looked almost the same as the Great Buddha in Japan. It was really neat, especially with the mountains in the background. Then we took a cable car up to the top of the mountain, and according to the pamphlet it’s “one of the most unique adventure attractions on Earth.” I don’t know about that, but it was really pretty. We could even see the waterfalls – frozen waterfalls that is. The view was beautiful and the weather was nice too. It even started snowing a little bit, and I got really excited – because it was a “White Christmas!” It only snowed for about 3 minutes though. :( </div><div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420640979895969186" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LI6ibt0IzRd0MAsnTRkJefHbjdyZSRpseX0tF_xgHFwt6cCVWSiZHHaR1TiXIgYkQMJqzLoudm2rFmW2-1ldgUw7gKlC5TPI6cVFNR3KBnL9UlbTxCASOU7z6GRBVGSCFbB-yoIrIug/s400/IMG_2639.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420640985419936866" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC_xJq_s05YE40vYr6aO-GIy0yjUoqV_fDQ1HwmeQtPQ6m4xsdcQUaDI-sSqpfJlRS4VfQy1z7pY_vrWufyXk_yL_CV28e3W10KWejkux-RoI3u-rWrZpLEEJj0r_PtTL5YHHuN9fwyg/s400/16856_521603680570_68900025_31089466_3408363_n.jpg" border="0" /><br />After that we took a hiking trail up to one of the waterfalls. It was a lot of fun. The waterfall was really pretty and it was neat to see it half frozen and half not. The sound of the waterfall is so relaxing and it’s just one of those places where I could just spend the whole day. Well, except in the winter. On our way back down we decided to go off the trail and take a quicker way to our hostel. It was fun hiking through the woods and across a rocky river.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420641681238346066" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF94IsSQaJ3xE6BnMW_bD-JqfIoLfsMtYpHdKmd5LKLEt9iwuhp_3OkXyYPyXuM4wP4O5yYKtrMZxdVNXyWQJZVaWF9xuglmxtOnUPYAxKQHyRE79pS7AdUuuv9bULYCM8plDAf5lozE/s400/IMG_2780.JPG" border="0" /><br />That night for dinner, we all wanted a nice Christmas meal, so we went up the hill from our tiny hostel to a nice hotel with a western style restaurant. It was by far one of the best dinners I had eaten in a while. Even though we were pretty bummed that they were out of French onion soup, they did have a nice side salad with Italian dressing and also butter rolls. I had the chicken cordon blue, and it was delicious. After dinner we walked back to our hostel and got all cozy in our slumber party room. It was a good day, and a nice Christmas. I stayed up and talked to my family on video chat for a while and then went to bed.<br /><br />The next day we walked around the park a little more and saw a temple and just enjoyed the scenery. We planned on going to a hot springs later that day, but then we found out that there was only one bus that was going back to Gwangju that day and it was leaving at 3:30. So, Erica, Jason, and I were tired and ready to go home so we bought our bus tickets and headed back that day, while Whitney, Austin, and Steve stayed back and went to the hot springs and stayed overnight an extra day. The bus ride was really long, but it was nice to get home after a long weekend, and sleep in on Sunday. </div><div><br /></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420642710885967538" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww8zmi_d8rHplZVP2vRHEMJGa1ev01E4XMHbmnj5Pz0QJ80L69qy96PnHuUZsTVJHIiP8KfuWahLiK2m1kc8ypCh64cGaAUwQVONf1og9yhppuNtusV2GQyVAt6q2OAng0TvM21vZrb0/s400/IMG_2830.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420642719653889442" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqwZaHG9B3q8MnZB4m_dc6zjdaYsb1IPEj_vzukIE9Nq3ErsfGNDdZ5toLehnDXxVZ8hbu9JYq3lYmSqDpXlmV3-vospOKXcdJLc58y6-J0bNnN73kO5hH6O2eb58VT_7ReJs1eQn-QQ/s400/IMG_2835.JPG" border="0" /><br />Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I’m headed back up the country on another bus to Seoul for New Years! Love you all! Happy Holidays! :) Enjoy this little video I made of my kids singing:<br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyZtsHTiQLCpfoFYXtO3Vu3AQDVm6DzNTbOHAGbA4i1gPYke8jYgP5j9BrbkxynrdXDelCKrT6Mqe5baqxWIw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-32004426182484108012009-12-06T04:27:00.000-08:002009-12-08T02:03:33.441-08:00It's hard to eat Thanksgiving dinner with chopsticks<div align="left">So last Thursday was Thanksgiving, and it was a little depressing to be working and not spending it with family, eating turkey, and watching football. I spent the whole day trying to explain to 5 and 6 year olds what Thanksgiving and turkey was. So anyways, all the foreign teachers, which are all Americans, decided to have our own Thanksgiving dinner that Sunday. We also thought it would be fun to invite all the Korean teachers too, so they could get a little glimpse of what we eat on Thanksgiving. After much debate we decided to have it at our place. That day Erica (another Kinder teacher) came over and we all cooked our assigned dish. Unfortunately none of the apartments have ovens, so that kind of put a cramp in our cooking. We made the mashed potatoes and corn, and Erica also made yummy carrots and deviled eggs :) So since they don’t have turkey here, we opted for the next closest thing – chicken. And well, since we don’t have ovens to cook a chicken, we decided to order it. Now, usually at school when we want to get food we have the Korean teachers order it for us, which works perfectly. But since we ordered it ourselves, it didn’t go as smoothly. We called and Erica ordered what we wanted and how many, it took a little while for her to understand and then she kept talking and saying stuff in Korean, and then I got on the phone and told her where we lived (which was an accomplishment in itself). We hung up and weren't really sure what happened, but knew we ordered something. A little while later the delivery man was at our door and he had one tiny little box of chicken in his hand. Well, we got the chicken we wanted but we needed a little more than one tiny box to feed 20 people – we thought we ordered 4 boxes. So then we ordered again from another place and somehow ordered 3 more boxes correctly. :) The feast turned out pretty good. Everything tasted great. We had a lot of the Korean teachers show up too. After eating we played this fun Korean game, which is sort of like jacks. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpchWjU2kdWLqKMEYgXiMzl0JDvYDzkfWMrSqDOC6bhPbQmwiONeL2aJ4aU7OTkpGRB3CglJ1Wh6YplP_w6HTzvIer36AW7wP02wL4z6SHQvScCR5tuyCnb0V19KBz6cK476DEO1SWECo/s1600-h/13736_521004860610_68900025_31069844_5260318_n.jpg"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412802435946866994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlwbP5fe-lu5Ys6DT_g8-fYd34jHsv6XClInv85uJeavv6orzWtSOUz3krxGwFEqFBG_OVoJjrD79R5DPwL8slzDiSSj6Q7zLUMPoAKolErCW5WIj8rZFaNBmGqV71ui4u5WdQTvrbco/s400/13736_521004860610_68900025_31069844_5260318_n.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Our Thanksgiving spread </em></p><p align="center"><em><br /></p></em><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXOuLGlQqgzjSUT_WJ1I3Qtc9auZEHeaHdk4GvQKTFCsghA09_uShTY90jBFLI73Yxb9986PGPsy7SzNy7vHE2JMZt-L4f_zU4wLc6pYwJS0k4Yrrcm2o3WkurTVATn17J0Fj02uoVs0/s1600-h/IMG_2307.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412802469510026866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffF523AAE2uWcNvaTxu-j8q7hLqcyHlnm0zpwRCzOMW8qpPLv_PyQVwXE1ctHE6LxsqoyncsF6iVcXICA5eUG0nQGtVaKXFL85DiFbiXRNNPGRAc3XN7XBhr3xcWCrInVjq2CJzCAVWo/s400/IMG_2307.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Playing the Korean jacks game</em> </p><p align="center"></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412802448118552146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEztsIzGIzATZgjPj_oKe1Pf3aMm50g4lG3kkxP01BiOqP2Z68bfbaGIuuPVp73KLLrCp_XH6NAU0N8kGk6xcb0jXW6nZ26ALDZGLcaBM80Oyv48tPeAALJNGzhWMhh9llBmxTwQ0KGQ/s400/IMG_2395.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTx2gpQg_nvdfrnKhOME3fWxXkAbmLWDmssFe_qMV3QM7xPYcehEMIFMqQmSnIBTvmhUd5MYmOXGzkXC39HE0lXuC6otuZXZR7PbeooX0MRCv72bSpIc77IyPa2n940tl9ESqZgta3R8/s1600-h/IMG_2395.JPG"></a><br />On Saturday a few of the other teachers and I went to this store called Home Plus, which I don’t know why we hadn’t discovered sooner. It’s a big grocery/home goods store that has more American food than anywhere else. Not a whole lot, but they have things like block cheese, American beers, salad dressing, and the thing I was most excited about - GOLDFISH!!! :) </p><p><br />On Sunday we went to the “Wii Bong”, which is this cool place where you pick out a game, order a coke or hot chocolate, and then they take you to your own personal room and just play Wii. It was a lot of fun. We played Mario party, and it was hard to decipher a lot of the directions since everything was in Korean. </p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412802454918419042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_PdXDaMNfnbJCRevy6hBffXdeGkCym9JkGRmrtZcYWCr7VCTa3_MVAXnwNGISyhDKEO1WnR1BvHHjjcgfimYr7HyJL3yQ3MC83B93L2wwtc0_jFRhzjeDS9_DLlZEZi27boCI5J8rnY/s400/IMG_2396.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJ3RLqEwLVxV3QSPkm9l2XMDw7stMXes0ktso_ctkxAHDxXk4aoIhViT4CoKomxw9ZbpfRiXGK62u84y3d8siO9_sF_TtKwfcXI-xwQ-XQzDIsQ2CSFQksB_1ONuIW5pfj3Mg0vgNeEA/s1600-h/IMG_2396.JPG"></a><br />On a side note, an example of some corporal punishment in the Korean schools. Last week one of my afternoon elementary students told me that her friend got in a fight and so the teacher grabbed her by the hair and threw her on the ground and kicked her….She might have been trying to say that the other girl did that – but I’m pretty sure she said the teacher did. I asked her like 3 times. And it surprises me a little, but Korean teachers don't mess around with punishment - they can do whatever they want to the students. They like to pick them up by their ears too. </p><p><br />Top 5 things I miss (besides friends and family): </p><p><br />5. Real pizza. (you know without mayonnaise and corn) </p><p><br />4. Macaroni and cheese. </p><p><br />3. Driving (though sometimes it’s kinda nice not having a car) </p><p><br />2. A soft comfy bed </p><p><br />1. A Dryer! (I've never appreciated dryers as much as I do now. I hate hanging my clothes, and they are always so stiff.) </p><p><br /> </p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDR1O-xMQemIuX0o2zZ-YNW70NvWWtJS7gRs4uPihTafdJyeBL16eKlgYXx3QbfhiDSU15jQhrffiRJxRxIIZgukTHB_vrDqXfmnqFcgo9ZrXAX9UCjuNjykcwbpZzWfXDoULVuiCdM2w/s1600-h/IMG_2289.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412802457838336418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiab41Yj2r_FFe2UTPG3fUXpXUbrD74V94fBLMDUVS5cs5_HBvFVf8nrTGrsy_0bMOQhd7y1UvhJUIzBMD7sjrTzpEvm7dIaRLDeblODyk1kPgepc1u4C4UcflShuWzPZv4-bUnAl77mqA/s400/IMG_2289.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Dinner at a new restaurant - Delicious galbi!</em></p>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-74249268784902206432009-12-05T20:31:00.000-08:002009-12-05T20:48:41.939-08:00China video<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxWKvhAUizwLjxMX_Otrg579oIJng4YVBLmIoBmoriHcSijhH4GznFaz0LWfq6oSOHBr19CL9MsUOLfb-zeOA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-49228849734826267842009-11-27T03:52:00.000-08:002009-11-27T04:37:22.649-08:004 months in..4 months…so far so good. I can’t believe I’ve been here for 4 months. This year is going to fly by. I’m still really enjoying it here. I love the kids. And I just love teaching them – and hearing what they have to say and trying to interpret what they are trying to say. The young kinder kids are pretty funny, because when they don’t know how to say something in English (which is most of the time) they act it out – and say a few words they know. So it’s kind of like playing charades with them, which just cracks me up. They can understand a lot of what I say, it’s just hard for them to think of how to say stuff. The kinder kids are really good at repeating whatever I say too, so it’s fun to teach them new things :)<br /><br />It’s gotten really cold over here, a lot different from Florida weather. I’m not a big fan of it, but I have found a new obsession: scarves. I’ve never really been able to wear scarves in Florida because it doesn’t get that cold. But I wear one every day here. They’re pretty cheap too, so it’s okay. I’m really excited about going skiing too. I haven’t been in a long time. I’m gonna try and go all the time while I’m here, and maybe even learn how to snowboard. :)<br /><br />Two weekends ago my sister Jennifer was in Seoul for work. So I went up there and visited her. It was really good to see her. I stayed with her at her hotel, which was super nice. It felt great to sleep in a soft bed with real pillows and a nice down comforter. :) We had a good time. Friday we went shopping in Itawon (a big shopping area right outside the military base). Jennifer got a suit made, and also some custom made boots. And then she talked to me into getting a pair of custom made boots too. Since the only winter shoes I have are my tennis shoes. That evening we went up to the Seoul tower – and saw the whole city. On Saturday we went to a palace and saw the changing of the guard, which was really neat. We also got to dress up in Hanboks (the Korean traditional dress). After the palace we walked around Seoul a little and then went to another shopping area. That night we went to the Korea House and had dinner and a show. The show was really good. It was just like a little theater with lots of different traditional Korean dances and performances. There was one really cool act with 5 girls playing these drums with a synchronized dance along with it. Sunday we did yet again more shopping at the Namdemoon market, which is an outdoor market where you can buy things for really cheap. This is where they sell lots of name brand purses and anything else you could ever think of. After shopping I said bye and got on a bus back to Gwangju.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBRj6lWas6XZLCJu1bwumqbpDbe5jjoH9cyoItzLxywF-yEyXiyPObuhag5Cdbb_9KsrvwSlQ6oUzod68YVZS-GC1WVsBNCOpzU35FMMeMaGfu8WycydeyD7fqI6PBH2Zus3EyYjIrRE/s1600/IMG_2192.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBRj6lWas6XZLCJu1bwumqbpDbe5jjoH9cyoItzLxywF-yEyXiyPObuhag5Cdbb_9KsrvwSlQ6oUzod68YVZS-GC1WVsBNCOpzU35FMMeMaGfu8WycydeyD7fqI6PBH2Zus3EyYjIrRE/s320/IMG_2192.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408752580912074610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Korea House after the show<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCYyKx_9Cyxe7dDTx-yoTBIfCSuRIsCjYfcTjmSArmxlvlF2sFNJWaKmy8HH5pomEMLjZCChpMNuPG28_prYUqIRKJQ_otRKsL30CDDOyzp14lGM9QmwTJQ7nnYhvzHI3BykMm2nreuk/s1600/IMG_2183.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCYyKx_9Cyxe7dDTx-yoTBIfCSuRIsCjYfcTjmSArmxlvlF2sFNJWaKmy8HH5pomEMLjZCChpMNuPG28_prYUqIRKJQ_otRKsL30CDDOyzp14lGM9QmwTJQ7nnYhvzHI3BykMm2nreuk/s320/IMG_2183.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408752572930958034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Hanbok wearing at the Palace</span><br /><br /></div><br />Last weekend was good, didn’t do too much. I went and saw the movie 2012 with some of the other teachers. I liked it. I thought it was really good, the plot was kind of cheesy, but the special effects were really cool. This weekend we are having a Thanksgiving dinner. We don't have ovens in our apartments, so we'll have to see how that all works out. And no turkey here, I guess chicken will have to do.<br /><br />A few quotes from my kids:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Me: “Do you like tangerines?”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Student: “Teacher what is tangerine?”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Other student: “Oranges little friend!” </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Student: “Can we play that one game again wit</span><span style="font-style: italic;">h the points?...it’s name is..uh..Japanese”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Me: “You mean Jeopardy?”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Boy’s journal about the movie Harry Potter: “Harry Potter’s mom is die. I cried.”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">There was something written about Jello in their book.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Student: “Jello is what?”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Me: “Uhh..you know it’s a sweet dessert thing that’s squishy and gooey” </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Student: “Gooey is what?”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Me: “You know it’s wiggly”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Student: “Wiggly is what?”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Me: “Nevermind, too hard to explain”<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E305biuPaDFEpEYNqPUAYC-eGTt_5nLwNTDVQD9oljWDUYN1XggURCaEPJdG88rxogiqEu6_ZeHp9eJkxA0eFpRGWE5_31X85_1W4qD8XLWNFaJftj9148GLHz2xfeV89SRrddXlhxI/s1600/IMG_2272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >This weekend I didn’t too much, because I’ve been sick, just layed around and such. I listened to the Yankee game this morning then I went to the Kimchi fevstival with Whitney, Erica, and Jason.<span style=""> </span>I wasn’t expecting it to be that great, because well I’m not a huge fan of kimchi. It was a lot of fun though! I had a great time. The taxi ride over there was pretty fun in itself. It was a white and pink taxi, and we got in it and I felt like I was in cash cab. It was so colorful. It had pink felt on the sides and on the roof it had red cushioning. <span style=""> </span>On the dash he had a lot of decorations - a few of those solar powered flowers that move and a spiderman suctioned on the windshield. We were taking pictures and he just laughed, and then gave us some coffee flavored gum. <span style=""> </span>
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Anyways, at the kimchi festival they had a free bicycle rental place – so we decided to rent bikes and rode around for a while. <span style=""> </span>Erica didn’t know how to ride a bike, so we taught her how, and she picked it up pretty fast. After bike riding we found a tent that said “Foreigners making Kimchi” <span style=""> </span>and we couldn’t pass up making our own kimchi, even though we weren’t going to eat it. So we went in and they first showed us all the ingredients and what goes into it...I couldn’t tell you what all of it was. After that they demonstrated how to do it. Then they took us to a table, gave us aprons, gloves and the materials and let us at it. Well a guy kind of helped us a little bit. <span style=""> </span>All we really did was just spread all the spicy stuff on the cabbage. <span style=""> </span>It was a lot of fun. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Once we made our kimchi, we went around to the different booths. They had lots of different types of kimchi..I only tasted a few of them, and was force fed some black salty thing. <span style=""> </span>There were a few other exhibits we went to, <span style=""> </span>including a kimchi art place and the history of kimchi. And apparently Gwangju (my city) is known for making the best kimchi in Korea. :) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<br />Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-72832554142301043272009-10-12T04:48:00.000-07:002009-10-13T03:58:33.696-07:00China!!So, last week I had a 5 day vacation for Chuseok, which is like the Korean Thanksgiving. Whitney, Katelyn, Prairie and I all went to Beijing, China.<br /><div><br />We left on Thursday morning, at like 4 am, so we would have enough time to catch a taxi to the bus terminal and then take a 4 hour bus ride up to the airport. We got there in plenty of time and sat around in the airport for quite a while, we actually ran into some of the other teachers at our school who were on their way to Japan. We got on our plane and made it to China, even after sitting on the runway for an hour. The flight itself was only about an hour and a half. Once we got to Beijing their friend Alan was there to pick us up. He is also an English teacher in Korea, but he is from Beijing. And he was already there on vacation. (He was such a great help, from driving us places, to giving us translations, and ordering food for us:)) From there he drove us to our hostel and we quickly checked in and put our stuff down, and then we drove to Katelyn and Prairie’s hotel. (by the way our hostel was only $9 a night..and it was actually pretty nice, complete with a little restaurant that even had western style food :) After all that we went to this little art deco street and walked around for a while. Then we went to the lake, which is just a nice little area with bars, restaurants and shops all around a lake. We found a little place to eat dinner on the lake, and I had real Chinese sweet and sour chicken. It was served with fresh fruit around it. It was so good :) </div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392002988994937282" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z_bi3z9VWpCFfidqRrhyphenhyphenzpI9uTThlDQM0Y-kzYjveASY1Xn3nEu69h6hxeR58T3-BCZ4tD5ZZ0OpL8Vb6SVsCTUa6ln43V6Ilz8OfBbmCMIiL1COwGkXzk8WIa9hln6UpOjgB-TrE9w/s320/IMG_1577.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div></div><div>On Friday we hiked the Great Wall. I mean..really hiked it. We woke up pretty early and Alan drove us out there. It took a while to get there, because we went to a non-touristy place. When we got there Alan dropped us off and left us with this old Chinese man and his little van. Both him and Katelyn went and hung out and were going to meet us at a section of the Great Wall. So Whitney, Prairie, and I got in the back of this man’s rickety van and he drove us up to the part where we could start hiking. He said it would take us 3 hours..but with breaks in between and taking a bazillion pictures it ended up taking 4 and half hours. The weather was absolutely perfect. It could not have been a better day. And I cannot put into words how incredible the Great Wall was. Even all the pictures I took can’t compare to actually being there and seeing it. The mountains were beautiful and where we were, there weren’t many people so it was really peaceful…and just surreal. It was a lot more exhausting then I thought it was going to be. Climbing up and down the wall..and a lot of parts were super steep with nothing to hang on to. There were also some parts of the wall that were deteriorating, so the rocks were all unsteady and crumbling. We eventually met up with Alan and Katelyn and we had to walk across this shaky suspension bridge. We got a drink, chatted for a little while and then we decided to hed home. So there are many different ways you can get down the Great Wall…you can just walk down, take a cable car, do this little bob sled thing, or zip line. We opted to do the zip line. This was a little scary at first (especially since the guy just threw a harness on us hooked us on and pushed us down)...but it was so much fun. </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392027611911241330" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVGpasK_tkJrB7ghlL_h6KGNoazTj8ngdQs70khtadvM_RMFmPumV8n4n6_l8r5cRUrNt0iMOaTZwqKSverVxsmfGf3nQiepCaTkCXCcT299el0-6UHGgnS5cUW45Ow-O51GS12_vBNo/s320/7816_292632325537_734915537_8942785_24257_n.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div></div><div></div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392027619411408114" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82-5sqwq0gM3hITRStJcIc5fmKPltyCNojeUqoIY-T8nBLTfzcEj9-8JgA4C5QuXMn2By81vpG9qStzvsJXsPCtmrebKTWWU2iUsL_-S9VGTG6ok76XKvkAlgytZwJMxeZ8HPIgxCwk4/s320/IMG_1249.JPG" border="0" /> <div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />That night we went to the Silk Market, which was an experience in itself. It’s this huge 7 story place where there are thousands of vendors. They sell EVERYTHING there, from coats to book bags to shoes, purses, silk scarves, jewelry, etc. This is one of the most famous places for bargaining. The vendor people speak really good English and they all want your business. Therefore they will do anything to get you to buy something from them. They will get right in your face and beg you to come into their spot and try to convince you that you need something. They will literally grab your arm and pull you into their little area. They are all pretty nice and very funny..but also very pushy. It was such a fun place though…and bargaining with them was really fun. They would punch in some ridiculous price on their calculator and then you would have to go way down like to half of what they said…and bargain from there. They would say some funny things like “Oh no..I cannot do that price, when you come back tomorrow you will not see me because my boss will kill me”. It was also kind of hard trying to convert in my head. Because I was converting Chinese Yuan into Korean won and then Korean won into US dollars. I bought a lot more then I wanted to buy there, but they had so much stuff and it was so cheap. I was really happy that I got a winter coat there. Also 2 purses, a silk scarf..and some other random souvenirs.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div>On Saturday, Katelyn, Prairie, and Alan went to Shanghai, because they had been to Beijing before. So Whitney and I were off to do more sightseeing. We decided to go to the Forbidden City. What we didn’t know was that everyone in China decided to go as well. Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, so I think a lot of people were in the city for that big celebration and decided to stay in town and make Beijing even more crowded than it already is. So anyways, that morning we found the subway and were in amazement by how many people were there. It was so incredibly crowded that we were literally shoved on the subway by the subway police. They had to push people on and hold them in as the doors closed. It was crazy.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392027627927943826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZo1LFIyKBV78HuKN3K4vIo2Rb9fkfQ5MtBjP5tIQqC-GSPVfgymD89sV6dSDQhQNzPg9RVgIoWuvSIV-eMn9KhZ8eqdDm96UMy7oMZu7IDqFjrFMLkQzNM6pmITf21ailDJicn6z2EU/s320/IMG_1335.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />Once we got to the Forbidden City. We grabbed a quick breakfast at McDonalds and then just followed the herd of people. Again it was a beautiful day, which was another reason so many people were there. As we were walking there we got stopped several times by Chinese people asking if they could take a picture with them. At first we were both like “haha ok”. But then when we actually got to the Forbidden City and started taking our own pictures, even more people asked to take our picture. EVERYBODY wanted to take a picture with us…it was like we were celebrities, which I guess we were in their eyes, since we both have blonde hair and blue eyes. I could not tell you how many pictures we are in…I would guess about 40 or so. The Forbidden City was really pretty. Lots of really neat Chinese architecture and….well it was just really cool.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392027636603499170" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2mDhhtI81uoe7JQ_zXdMr8TTFjWHjU9vclOYuleTiZCkm7ChpAdmqf3xFVwW6oSaALscsso4uGKo6Ze8GK3ut4SMJm5eXK2eihsNSti9xvNX1nfUPRAzm9jVDJ-0jh4LSs6zMqgiYS0/s320/IMG_4245.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392029557929591250" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgleB2SvoDYcKAJSQpGoDLJ7fQ7hkbc1HB_3ndCRdgllqjsFa9gnwskZGCQxcXkRBhFuE8Meqt8ighPPn-5PleS-lNp5gCO6i3HsgjomGJSb9E9D7w8MJ3Y7QSLL7hqIXxCU59BHgwXUs0/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392029566596750482" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TTqFFcSdiek0Tm7WNVec-v6LlTU9iiavp3TWtWlz0RPP_OXkLgCQJJidZ9O0QvRcYOO6lR1rBTNM2jmVn-yl64NiSJlPAtEW6Cm2VhGIn2aoGNt7juIkNZ84ZV92jWzr_AgHvMFGNKE/s320/IMG_1392.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />Sunday we went to the Olympic Park. This was really neat, especially since the Olympics were just this past summer, and the stadiums are pretty much the coolest Olympic stadiums ever. We went inside both the water cube and the birds nest. I thought the water cube was really neat, just to be in there and see where Michael Phelps had won all his gold medals. :) The birds nest was really awesome too..<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392029580143502594" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlShowZBBChGVa3iZCt11slA_eZUsqid_6IxhkMt09OkE3k9o_B5W1qANTy6AnVINusN2flRv68iAFRfwfNFYQLYVaADJUrBguygtOACgd0lpTGU9Zxl1cXBkN9Bn8QenJawn1wAZKwuA/s320/IMG_1499.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392029585687076194" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nZA-9tK7W_S-vqVk-Y3g0_v9_xC33h1EEOXJcfkWBYpLQHFYmHQjFE5oPyrB8ItvwwW3aY9ZGzvouD4TwnW7H1mmalU8LGwYNVnQiTjwRc1-8QPyhqOV2Z6YWo7b2tNDv7HzOzd9-sM/s320/IMG_1510.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />After the Park we went to the Llama Temple. As we were walking there we noticed all these shops selling big incense, and we were wondering why they were selling those. We found out once we got to the temple. You get incense, they have a flame to light them and then you kneel in front of every Buddha and bow three times and then give the incense to Buddha in this big pot. It was interesting to watch.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div>By the time we finished the Temple we still had a few hours to burn before the acrobatic show we got tickets for, so Whitney and I decided to go and get massages. We wanted to get full back massages, but the place we went to only did foot massages. So since we had been walking around all day anyway we figured a foot massage would be quite nice. Plus it was only 28 Yuan for an hour long foot massage, which is roughly $5. They first soaked our feet in this really hot milky stuff and gave us a mini back rub, then they gave us a really nice foot massage. At the end they asked us or I should say just mimed to us if we wanted something else, and pointed to something that said “heat therapy/foot cupping”. It was only like a dollar more, so we said why not. We didn’t know what to expect, but all of a sudden they brought out these glass cups and a giant flame! Whitney and I just looked at each other and laughed and said oh my gosh what are they going to do?! It wasn’t bad though, they just put the flame into the cup and stuck it on my foot, making it like a suction cup. It didn’t make my feet feel any different, it was just very odd.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392029591180337362" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQw3__l2-kwQC9DC2IH6F8G4jabaCT8nT3hng8D4D6H4BmjebVHbYitxBNv_7k3x7R28QUUJOLOztBLoWpYxrU_eUriRd5U2G5Ee3NqNnEbn6x50Igb0l6aazwwS8rdxQ91B8J_jfIILY/s320/IMG_1611.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />The acrobatic show we went to was really fun. We actually met some girls who were also English teachers in Korea and they also worked at an ECC.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392030590360018002" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRTBPsudFIWu27CBnnsvOQo_aAG277XImtmS0gS6NLsu6suN3EK0a-zzlLIieKwOg83A3szE5P7j2kGyIV9HCtzcW2-ybu06eNxCygMvQTb55mqIqVd5RkS2ABg4UfhpvxqEBlRV8Oqc/s320/IMG_1632.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />Monday – are last day in China. Alan, Katelyn, and Prairie came back from Shanghai and picked us up in the morning. We went back to the Silk Market and bought a few last minute things. We then went out to lunch, Alan took us to a restaurant so we could have the famous Beijing pecking duck. It was really good! You could even watch them cook it. They cooked them in this fire pit thing, head and all. Then they took them out, cut the head off, and sliced it up for you to eat. After lunch we went back to the lake, and this time rented a boat and went out on the water. It was really nice…and yet again, a gorgeous day. It was a perfect way to end our trip. After that Alan drove us to the airport to catch our plane home. By the time we got home it was really late…with the plane ride, the hour difference, and then the 4 hour bus ride home..it was around 2am when we got home. And we had to be at work at 9 the next morning. I had such a great time though. I would definitely go back if I get the chance.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392030597199489714" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTOAXZZ1kjqa8zx4eKmDfXUca9T6LbMszUJjoZEpCvpx0LupO_RooDKdCEILX-1REilfpbakjYWA7YttLU8-Hku9PUAGm7fv76v2v9blVX0JX3CakymxfDf8RYuXQ57kda6WKrepjvg0/s320/IMG_1644.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392030606625970818" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVwr-7BVF2gpNYBoEfKXM1p9aWA8nCYfQiRWVOvDy1zW-mDGaF_PmcRBg2Mi1GSucrRhw_ozWE_R4Zz3jtahmsc1TD-LWXt9N-YcePLpRXHaZUPfBR8EZdNh3XYEWZELt8ym9X5dXgQU/s320/IMG_1234.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />Alright, well sorry this blog was so long. Hope everyone is doing well! In other news my sister Lauren got engaged this week! :) Yay!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-5021799144466548912009-09-27T06:46:00.000-07:002009-09-27T07:44:07.394-07:00안녕하세요! (Hello!)<span style="font-size:100%;">
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We set up little stores in each room. We had a fruit market, a vegetable market, a stationary store, a flea market, and a snack store (all real stuff). Each kid was given a little purse and some fake money. And they were allowed to buy things, using only English of course. They had to say things like “How much is this?” and “Can I have a discount please?” It was very cute. We actually had to have the kids memorize the “script” the week before. So I think the kids finally understood why they were memorizing those sentences, even though most of the kids didn’t even remember the lines. It was good though, and the kids had a lot of fun, especially since they were allowed to keep everything they bought.
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >This weekend was good. Went hiking on Saturday morning, enjoying the beautiful weather while it last. I know it’s going to start getting cold soon. Later on I went out to eat at “Kimbop Nara” with Whitney and Aaron. This is a great little place with good cheap Korean food, I usually eat the mondue, which are dumpling things, and also the tuna kimbop. Kimbop is rice with a few other veggies wrapped in seaweed…and you can get other things in it too, like tuna. :) That night Whitney and I tried to get everyone together to go bowling, but it ended up only being me, Whitney, Jake and Devon (2 other co-workers). It was a lot of fun. I love bowling. I would say I did pretty well too. One game I got 5 spares in a row. :) After bowling we decided to go to “Fish and Grill” and have some fruit flavored soju cocktails. They are so delicious. They’re just like fresh fruit smoothies with soju. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >Today has been a pretty relaxed day. Just hung out in the apartment all morning/afternoon. Cleaning my room, catching up with a few things. At 4:00 Whitney and I went d<o:p></o:p>owntown and met Gena (one of the Kinder Korean teachers) and “Rebecca” (one of the secretaries at our school). We went and saw the movie “Fame”. It was really good. It’s funny because they play the American movies here with Korean subtitles. But there were some parts of the movie that were either slang words or English expressions, that the Koreans did not get at all, so sometimes Whitney and I would be the only ones in the movie theater laughing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >So..as far as TV goes, Korea plays American TV shows, but only a select few. They are all in English, just with Korean subtitles. The only shows they play are: CSI, House, Greys Anatomy, Oprah, Ugly Betty, Gossip Girl, Tyra, Project Runway, NCIS, and a few other of those crime shows. So, those are pretty much my only options. At least that’s all I’ve seen so far. And of course the Korean channels are always interesting too..they have lots of weird random shows. Although, they do play some pretty good American movies every now and then. Yesterday they played the Sex and the City movie! The commercials are the best. I could watch Korean commercials all day long. They crack me up. Here is one that they play all the time, it’s my favorite: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" > Korean class has been going well. I’m so excited that I know the Korean alphabet and that I can actually sound out and read signs around town. Although I can read the signs, I have no idea what it means. As for actual Korean words - I know the basics, hello and thank you. But I’m also learning a lot of random words. So far I know words such as: vomit, shoes, baby, pig, nosebleed, tree, beer, moon, candy… You know, the most essential words.
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-11703603659581993232009-09-21T05:55:00.000-07:002009-09-22T06:21:25.688-07:00Boseong Green Tea FieldsSo this weekend has been pretty good. The week didn't start off so well though. On Tuesday, Whitney and I walked into school and checked our temperature (as we do every morning because Korea is a little paranoid of the Swine flu) and we both had a high temperature. Mine actually wasn't that bad..but I had a sore throat and could tell I was getting sick. So, we told one of the Korean teachers and she automatically called our boss lady and they decided that we should both go to the hospital. So our IT tech guy at the school drove us to the hospital and helped us with everything, he's a really nice guy, but he speaks hardly any English. At the hospital the nurse had us wear masks...which was quite funny - especially because I wore my glasses that day and everytime I took a deep breath or laughed my glasses would fog up. They are very fast at the hospital..like the longest we waited was probably about 7 minutes. We had a very broken English/Korean conversation with the doctor about our "illness" and from there he decided that we had many of the symptoms of swine flu..therefore we needed a swine flu test. (the first one at least..and if it came back positive then we had to take the second one). The nurse told us to go upstairs and we waited for a few minutes and at that time Tanya came (our "principal"/boss), and she can speak very good English. We took the swine flu test, which was just a little swab from the throat - it came back negative. The doctor brought us in again and this time we had Tanya there to translate for us. The doctor had about a 5 minute discussion with Tanya in Korean and then she turns to me and Whitney and says "Caroline you have the common cold and Whitney has tonsillitis" (which she knew that she had either that or strep, since she's had it before). From there we went across the steet and got some medicine from the pharmacy. I didn't think I was getting medicine, but apparently I was and I was kind of confused on why I was getting something for just a cold. I just went with it though. Once I got it, I took a look a the pills and on it said tylenol. Ha. Well...after all that, you would think that they would send us home..you know since we were sick and all. At least send Whitney home since she had tonsillitis, which is contagious...nope we went right back to school and continued teaching. All they wanted to know is that we didn't have swine flu. So, yea that was interesting.<br /><br />On Saturday several of my coworkers and I went to Boseong to see the Green tea fields. It was about an hour and a half bus ride. Then we took another smaller bus to the actual fields, so we arrived there around 5 ish. It was so beautiful, it was quite a hike though. Once we were on top of the mountain it was a georgous view. It was a really good day, and I had a lot of fun hanging out with everybody, including two of the korean teachers who went with us. :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF6EW2hV18Tnnjy5vANDIpJd2rxQ_RgmIjif5-DviQVAY1Kp9SGmgH7qoNYJEm3gQkiT_J5Er2XVboOX_Ea8DgoTXnfgbbZOsl0G97KxtFOZ8tqk7pQI9t4fIwpTfzKfXGwqXQ_NkSdI/s1600-h/IMG_1026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF6EW2hV18Tnnjy5vANDIpJd2rxQ_RgmIjif5-DviQVAY1Kp9SGmgH7qoNYJEm3gQkiT_J5Er2XVboOX_Ea8DgoTXnfgbbZOsl0G97KxtFOZ8tqk7pQI9t4fIwpTfzKfXGwqXQ_NkSdI/s320/IMG_1026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384276941774765314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF6EW2hV18Tnnjy5vANDIpJd2rxQ_RgmIjif5-DviQVAY1Kp9SGmgH7qoNYJEm3gQkiT_J5Er2XVboOX_Ea8DgoTXnfgbbZOsl0G97KxtFOZ8tqk7pQI9t4fIwpTfzKfXGwqXQ_NkSdI/s1600-h/IMG_1026.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Kinder birthday party! I love these kids.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP3tMfoWXeuF58nJKX6EQQcDwmiAEhYMg_HksUaeXbwCKczItIQo5ufJdl-WEt9Ok_77MkdUDuoD6k7vCHf1Ows4p_GTOqu_fAIcfk9Wmix-PkfldLw4YaOJ5wBTNo9ruloqkgKFHYvQ/s1600-h/IMG_1063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP3tMfoWXeuF58nJKX6EQQcDwmiAEhYMg_HksUaeXbwCKczItIQo5ufJdl-WEt9Ok_77MkdUDuoD6k7vCHf1Ows4p_GTOqu_fAIcfk9Wmix-PkfldLw4YaOJ5wBTNo9ruloqkgKFHYvQ/s320/IMG_1063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384276948936202658" border="0" /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The green tea fields</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLGC6djLoKSpX6etcPoGx8lJTz0jpfWjeOCUYPtxC0FQejnX67v-hhX21nkI7xS6pyy68Vw2_awX1hCGaZxe0mrX51I-nvydFfzBlmuGmQZKnzECa6MCwj-9rDxi_a2wPQG4vnVRqlpc/s1600-h/IMG_1073.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLGC6djLoKSpX6etcPoGx8lJTz0jpfWjeOCUYPtxC0FQejnX67v-hhX21nkI7xS6pyy68Vw2_awX1hCGaZxe0mrX51I-nvydFfzBlmuGmQZKnzECa6MCwj-9rDxi_a2wPQG4vnVRqlpc/s320/IMG_1073.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384276961902707938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Everybody at the top.</span><br /></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-67485342073714620162009-09-07T06:20:00.000-07:002009-09-09T04:37:35.599-07:00Insides of a cow anyone?The past two weekends have been really fun. Lets see...the weekend before last we had a school dinner. It was a "farewell/welcoming" dinner. Two of the other Kinder teachers were leaving and then it was welcoming me and Whitney, and also the 2 new people replacing the ones leaving. It was the whole staff, including the owners, the cooking ladies, and the bus drivers. It was interesting - we ate at a galbi place. Which is where you cook your meat right at the table, and then rap it in a leaf and eat it in one bite (which is hard to do when you have a little mouth). It's good though. Some of the side dishes were: kimchi, a whole fish, and there was this one plate with all different parts of a raw cow - the liver, the lining of the stomach, toungue, and something else that I can't remember. Yea. It was a little strange, or strang-ee (as all the koreans say). At one time during dinner the owner of my school came around to each person and poured a shot of soju (the korean alcohol). And we had to accept it with 2 hands (as you have to do with many other things). After dinner all of the foreign teachers and many of the Korean-English teachers all went out to a bar. We actually began walking to one and then the owner of our school found out we were all going out together and decided to take us to this really nice private bar, with couches and a karaoke room, and even a golf range in the back. So she took us there and gave us her credit card and told us to have fun! We were all like woah, thank you! It was so nice of her and just so different. Bosses don't usually say here's my credit card - go have fun and get drunk together! They are very into co-workers bonding and being in "harmony". So that was a fun night. It was great to go out with the Korean teachers too.<br /><br />So this past weekend I went to Seoul with 7 other foreign teachers at my school. We went to the Korea v. Australia soccer game. It was a lot of fun. One of the teachers at my school is from Australia, so we all decided to root for his team, instead of Korea. He gave us some Australian gear - flags, head bands and bandannas, so we were all decked out. We also all did the Australian soccerroo chant. Unfortunately they lost. 3-1. The Koreans were all pretty excited though. On Sunday we did a lot of shopping. We just shopped in this one area where our motel was, it was a great street for all kinds of shopping. Lots and lots of Korean memorabilia. I bought a lot of stuff and could've bought so much more. There were lots of fans, paintings, korean masks, korean dolls, lots of jade, and just a ton of cool stuff. Even in the alley ways there were people selling Korean antiques, like old coins, flags, old swords, pottery, etc.. It was defiantly a place where I was like "I want to get that before I leave here, and that, and that.. Anyways, for lunch we found a Subway :) Something that can not be found in my town. It was so delicious. We also went to an American Grill for dinner, and we all had burgers. There's a lot more American food in Seoul then there is in Gwangju, so we were taking advantage of it while we were there.<br /><br />School is going well. I'm really enjoying it. It's just such a unique teaching experience, and the kids say the darnest things. A few of my classes can be very frustrating though, because the real young kids don't know much English and they are wild and crazy, and even when I yell at them, it doesn't seem to bother them because they can't really understand what I'm saying. And for the kinders, the only way to punish them is to take away "stickers" or to put them in time-out. For my afternoon elementary classes I can make them hold their hands over their head for a punishment, or send them down to the head teacher and get yelled at or hit.<br /><br />So the English language doesn't seem too hard until you try and teach it. There are some things that I can not explain..and then other things that I can explain but make no sense to the kids. Like the other day I had to try and explain the difference between having a cold and being cold. The kids were like "teacher - same?" There's also so many expressions used in stories, the kids want to know what the words mean literally, but I have to explain that it doesn't really mean that..it's just an expression. Oh, something kinda funny happened today. While teaching phonics, there was a picture of two men, a white guy and a black guy, and one of the kids points to the black guy and screams out OBAMA! And then they all started to say Obama. I was like what? How do these 5 year olds, in Korea, who can barely speak English and probably don't even know the name of their own president know Obama? It's crazy. It made me laugh though. This is also the class that can hardly remember their own English names. Although I did teach them the word fantastic. So when I ask "how are you today?" They all love to say "I am fantastic!" But they can't pronounce their f's, so it sounds like "pantastic". It's so cute.<br /><br />I started taking Korean classes last week. My school does it and one of the Korean-English teachers teaches it. Not all the foreign teachers take the class, just about 9 of us. We had a writing and speaking test today - and I got minus one on writing and a prefect on speaking! Woo! Yea, those were only the constants though. We have a test on the vowels next Wednesday, and I will probably fail because they all sound the same, and it's very difficult to tell each one apart. It's a fun class though, and I'm excited about learning how to read Korean. I can actually read some signs around town know..well I can at least sound them out, don't really know what it means though.<br /><br />Alright, well just thought I would do a little update. Oh and if anyone wants to write me a letter, my address is:<br /><br />Caroline Grant<br />ECC 2nd Floor SamIn Building<br />1120 Juwol-Dong<br />Nam-Gu, Gwangju, S. Korea<br />503-310Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-66333864314765653652009-08-27T05:40:00.000-07:002009-08-27T07:04:27.766-07:00Hiking, McDonalds, Church, and Dog Cafe.This week has been pretty good. Last weekend Whitney and I went hiking. (a popular thing to do in Korea..it's like a Korean past time) We realized that there was a hiking trail right behind our apartment complex. We pretty much live in the mountains. The hiking was fun, it was really just a bunch of steps up the mountain and then just a trail on top of the mountain. The view is pretty and they have these little work out stations with pull up bars, etc..and also these twisty turny things that you exercise on too. I'm defiantly going to try to start hiking more, since the mountain is right in my backyard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknKDWjPeIFZGuye6hJbpj-mINglKkEqWrFjsXpTvCLiSi40-ez2AcOfrdoIK1RoPevq1cNTZdAFuBlbWPnGJBV0SW1TvJjzxzxSBdMlOx4iW1gkvjC241LxaHKBysVlg7CNmXnMi7-ss/s1600-h/IMG_0930.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknKDWjPeIFZGuye6hJbpj-mINglKkEqWrFjsXpTvCLiSi40-ez2AcOfrdoIK1RoPevq1cNTZdAFuBlbWPnGJBV0SW1TvJjzxzxSBdMlOx4iW1gkvjC241LxaHKBysVlg7CNmXnMi7-ss/s320/IMG_0930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374643957807225314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Saturday night we went to dinner with a lot of the other foreign teachers to a restaurant we've been to a few times. It's really good, but really spicy. We met the new kinder teachers who just got here, who are replacing the other two that we've been working with for a month. Yea, so there only 4 kinder teachers me and Whitney and the other two are leaving, so now we have 2 new teachers, and they are going to be asking us how to do everything...ha. We are pretty new too, and are still a little confused on everything. This will be interesting. So, anyways after dinner we went downtown and went to a few bars, then we went to this dog cafe. This was one of the strangest things. It was a place where they had about 15 dogs and a few cats all running around in this room with make-up on, some were dyed different colors and some were shaved in funny ways. And you could just play with the dogs! Apparently you could get coffee also. So we went there and played with the dogs just for a few minutes, I think you're supposed to pay, but we weren't there for very long, and the koreans didn't say anything when we left. It was fun, just very odd.<br /><br />Sunday I went to church with Whitney and two other English teachers from our school. It was an English speaking church. There were about 7 Americans there and the rest were Koreans who attend the English service to help them learn English I guess. The church wasn't bad. I don't know if I'll go back though. The pastor really creeped me out. I can't really describe him, but he is just creepy and Whitney said the same exact thing. Everyone was really nice though, they had sandwiches afterwards, and they gave us both a loaf of bread. After church we walked around downtown for a while, and did some shopping. We also found the McDonalds in our town! :) And ate there of course. They have a few American resturaunts here....Outback, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Baskin Robins, Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme, and thats about it I think. Some of its kinda expensive though - especially Pizza Hut. So, if I get too sick of Korean food I have a few places I can go :) I eat at school everyday though. I ate something today that looked and tasted like grass..it probably was seaweed..again.<br /><br />Well, I get a break in October for 5 days and Whitney and I are trying to decide what we are going to do. I think we may go to China! :)Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-19551666756437105482009-08-18T19:44:00.000-07:002009-08-19T04:07:46.532-07:00Busan :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8T4rbyQnhGYKl4XKGwlN7EmHPR_59Zd4N1W22LOtm7LIur7_sJOl265ArtoS07kH3Jm_tugCs1pkz_RJyHiMRX55NU3HAqGyKs_bL39t9xtrkZ9n3egB1kiYCo7vnxR-bqDlir8MLXFw/s1600-h/IMG_0743.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8T4rbyQnhGYKl4XKGwlN7EmHPR_59Zd4N1W22LOtm7LIur7_sJOl265ArtoS07kH3Jm_tugCs1pkz_RJyHiMRX55NU3HAqGyKs_bL39t9xtrkZ9n3egB1kiYCo7vnxR-bqDlir8MLXFw/s320/IMG_0743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371624063762090002" border="0" /></a><br />So, last weekend my roommate Whitney and I went to Busan. We had Friday off, so we figured we might as well take advantage of the 3 day weekend. Busan is a city about 3 hours west of where I live, it's known for its beaches. So on Friday we packed our backpacks and hopped on a bus. The buses are actually pretty nice. They have a cheap one and a more expensive one. We usually go on the cheap one for only 15,ooo won (which is roughly 13 dollars), but we decided to take the more expensive one (which is still cheap for only 22,000 won - about 20 dollars) because it was leaving at a better time. The nice bus has wider seats, foot rests, and you can lean your seat back far. So pretty much like first class. Both of the buses have TV's also. Anyways, once we got to Busan, we automatically got on the subway to head to our hostel. And oddly enough we met this korean guy, (who was helping us) who had just been in Orlando working at Disney for 6 months. He was so excited to find out that we were from Florida. He was also just visiting Busan, but lives in Seoul. So we exchanged facebook info, and now we have yet another friend in Seoul.<br /><br />We got to the hostel and checked in. It was a little different from the hostel we stayed at in Seoul. And by that I mean it had signs saying it was a hostel. But it was still just this guy's house, which was on the roof. He had actual rooms though and a kitchen and a common room. He also had a dog :) Once we checked in and everything we decided to go check out the markets. So we got back on the subway and found the markets, which is a whole street of shops and little carts of people selling stuff. Tons of socks, shirts, jewelry, hats, food, fake purses, and lots of other random stuff. It was fun. For dinner we found a pizza hut! It was good, but it defiantly was not like pizza hut in the states. We ordered a potato pizza and when it came out it had everything on it! Potato, onions, peppers, sausage, peperoni (or i think it was just ham), bacon, corn (yes corn), and this weird white paste on top. It actually was not too bad, I was just not expecting that. It was really expensive too, most of the American food is pretty pricey here.<br /><br />The next morning we went to Haeundae beach. This was the popular well known beach, where everyone in Korea goes during the summer. It was extremely crowded to say the least! When we got to the beach, we had to buy an umbrella (there is no room for you to just lay out your own towel somewhere). I think the guy was asking if we wanted to sunbathe and we said yes apparently and so he put us away from everyone else in a sunny area where we could lay out. Because koreans do not sunbathe, they don't want to look dark. We were told that Koreans don't want to be dark because that makes it look like they are lower class and working in the fields all day, so the whiter you are the higher the social class. But anyways, so we were the only ones not under an umbrella and away from everyone else..so we get stared at on a regular basis anyway, but this was just like putting us on display. The beach was sooo much fun though. The water was crazy crowded. I had never seen anything like it in florida. There weren't many waves so these boats would drive back and forth to make waves. So everyone was packed in the water and the waves would knock you into someone. The Koreans are so friendly though, they would just laugh and keep going. We actually met these other American guys who teach English in Seoul. One was from New York, so he talked our ears off for about 2 hours. We were supposed to meet up with them later that night but we never did.<br /><br />After that beach, we got back on the subway and went to our hostel and took quick showers so we could go to the other beach which was just a short walk from the hostel. That beach was less crowded, but it was also later in the day. That one had a really pretty bridge over the water too, that lit up different colors at night. We walked along that beach for a while, took some pictures, and had a few Koreans come up and chat with us. It was fun just people watching and there were all sorts of mini concerts, dancing soju bottles (which was pretty funny), and different things along the water. Then we kinda just hung out on the beach all night and watched the bridge change colors, it was really relaxing.<br /><br />Overall, it was just a nice weekend. I defiantly want to go back.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-h8ELUR8Soew_6dIuusc8C4Kg_rCWr2AYqSR-xLWkXdA1PdZ7rvCuE9Dd-0z7AO4BkWWixs2_sIi6Evx06ARMbEgJ3dpxlohLjHTsWXjg2LGmJuo4iqu8uME7lAomFKLDc7V64VYe1ug/s1600-h/IMG_0746.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-h8ELUR8Soew_6dIuusc8C4Kg_rCWr2AYqSR-xLWkXdA1PdZ7rvCuE9Dd-0z7AO4BkWWixs2_sIi6Evx06ARMbEgJ3dpxlohLjHTsWXjg2LGmJuo4iqu8uME7lAomFKLDc7V64VYe1ug/s320/IMG_0746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371625162322916290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiJsCYG_bzwlKYcJxwNHyiQ8QTkXvBB_hnQjHdro7IyWkLPlrPIV1Q17kHr7bl0LP6MZEJdclRo5UNw_IjZs7KHWTukylS7u5p4P5ytnTPSEsKsMozqDYcOVt0q2TOuJx60rqbCbcU_Q/s1600-h/IMG_0776.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiJsCYG_bzwlKYcJxwNHyiQ8QTkXvBB_hnQjHdro7IyWkLPlrPIV1Q17kHr7bl0LP6MZEJdclRo5UNw_IjZs7KHWTukylS7u5p4P5ytnTPSEsKsMozqDYcOVt0q2TOuJx60rqbCbcU_Q/s320/IMG_0776.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371625182787052786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQ-vogLOQc88of-z7X0unap2BoGgIJU4Kz2te9iALY4Giq4j5wnthAVCS9Htssb9JqG-zF9T1Tf6foXSkhy64RdkPWrJ6eJP3nCUrAF7T6fTAqL-kyhjhTXq5Y4pjwiry_BBdy9jos0o/s1600-h/IMG_0835.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQ-vogLOQc88of-z7X0unap2BoGgIJU4Kz2te9iALY4Giq4j5wnthAVCS9Htssb9JqG-zF9T1Tf6foXSkhy64RdkPWrJ6eJP3nCUrAF7T6fTAqL-kyhjhTXq5Y4pjwiry_BBdy9jos0o/s320/IMG_0835.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371625191303694898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL4kTEZ7TZdnd66ipekqY3uZlBSfkhyCIiW1Q-2Ja4f__ulUVVZlEjz6dusHT8cUO4HgQhE_wIQSuvYaaihXN4A7tN59WY-i1YJ1EHINBmrhv-jj62fecHaq3wlM3YD7OA1BGUCWhoio/s1600-h/IMG_0733.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL4kTEZ7TZdnd66ipekqY3uZlBSfkhyCIiW1Q-2Ja4f__ulUVVZlEjz6dusHT8cUO4HgQhE_wIQSuvYaaihXN4A7tN59WY-i1YJ1EHINBmrhv-jj62fecHaq3wlM3YD7OA1BGUCWhoio/s320/IMG_0733.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371625170888884034" border="0" /></a>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377030463628689054.post-76668502926789060312009-08-08T18:18:00.000-07:002009-08-08T20:09:53.758-07:00mini updateSo, I've finished my second full week of teaching. And I'm still a little confused on what I'm doing. Whitney and I have decided that it has been way harder for us to adjust to how they teach, then it was for the other American teachers. Because we are the only ones with an Education major..therefore we have been taught stuff that is completely different than what they are telling us to do. We also can't really tell what level the students are on, because the material that we are teaching these kids is way beyond where we think they should be at. I'm also still getting used to all the differences in the school. Such as how all the kids take off their shoes when entering the classroom. It's just kind of odd to have all your students running around with no shoes on. Well, the Kinders have little bootie/slipper things that they wear. Another thing is that there are no grades. We check stuff like workbook pages and journals but we don't record any grades.<br /><br />I was supposed to go river rafting and paintballing this weekend with all the co-workers, like a school trip. As was said in our meeting (translated) "We need to have one in harmony". Their translations can be quite funny sometimes. But anyways, it was canceled (or I guess postponed) due to the rain. Which I think would have made the water rafting more fun. Oh well. So, Whitney and I have just been hanging out. We walked to the World Cup Stadium yesterday, which was fun. It took us forever to walk there..it looked a lot closer on the map. I'm still not sure what World Cup was there. Once we got there we found a big mall outlet/groccery store. The mall was huge and had lots of stores: Guess, Levi, Fubu (haha), Calvin Klein, Polo (or a knock off of polo), etc.. There were also tons of shoe stores. And ice cream shops.<br /><br />Ok, well this was just a quick update. I'll add more later. :)<br /><br /><br />Few things I've learned about Korea:<br /><br />1. The kids LOVE stickers. My name tag at school will probably be covered in stickers at the end of the year. We even use stickers in their workbooks.<br /><br />2. Most men ranging from 18-30 wear man purses. Don't really know what they carry in those. Many of them are designer bags, like Louie Vuitton and such.<br /><br />3. Almost all Korean women wear heels. Even just with shorts. The Korean teachers at my school wear them for a few minutes on the way to school, just to take them off and wear slippers all day.<br /><br />4. They love ice cream here. There are a ton of Baskin Robins and little ice cream shops everywhere! This is one thing I love about Korea! :) oh and they have Dunkin Donuts everywhere too. They have just about as many Dunkin Donuts here as we have McDonalds in America.<br /><br />5. Koreans are all super friendly! :) They love to help lost Americans and will do anything to help you. The Korean teachers at my school are so nice too. The other day one of them ordered us a pizza and had it delivered to our apartment.<br /><br />I'll have to add to the list...Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378468787277960214noreply@blogger.com0