Hey all!

Sorry for the lack of bloggage these past few weeks. My only excuse is laziness and lack of interesting things to write about. That makes no sense though because I’m in Korea and day-to-day I encounter hilarious things. However, some of these hilarious things seem to be normal now! AH.

Since the DMZ tour I’ve been kick’n it in Busan. I still can’t get over how its DECEMBER! Time is flying by quickly. I’ve started Korean lessons every Saturday mornings for two hours. It’s a super great deal - $3/mth with a one on one Korean teacher. I really need to make more of an effort to learn this language…The book is beside my bed and I glance at it but most of the time it remains unopened. YAR. Ok, starting now my New Years resolution will start. I’ll make myself do some every night. The language is difficult and I do really admire my students for being able to speak Korean, English and some of them are learning Chinese. If only my brain was still a sponge!



Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of going on a field trip with my kinders and coworkers to a factory. This was not just your ordinary STOCKING/LEGGING, SOCK, YOGHURT, AND TOFU factory. It was some sort of religious based cult factory. YUP! It was super eerie and there were pictures of their religious leader everywhere who looked like a Korean version of Eugene Levy. The Koreans who lived in this compound never leave and they ride bikes around, eat at designated times with the same sex (they made an exception for us BUT Patrick Teacher was served his food and us ladies had to get our own lunch), and they played weird music in the streets. We got to test of the yoghurt and quiet frankly we thought we were going to be drugged and have to spend the rest of our lives in the Zion-land factory. While we walked through the factory we watched the people doing mind-numbing jobs and I was told numerous times not to take pictures…OOPS. From here we had some lunch. After this we had a photo shoot as we do on all field trips then jumped on the bus back to ILS to teach for the rest of the day. Def an experience but common it was free! And in the situation my school is in, they’ll take anything! Haha, I joke…


Last week I started up a new exercise regime. I’ve joined hot yoga! Its amazing and us foreigners in Hwamyeong have invaded the classes by the bunches. It’s an hour-long workout and the first half is seriously yoga on steroids. It’s more of an aerobic based with a yoga mix. The second half is slower and all yoga based. Needless to say you sweat buckets and bend, stretch, and move in ways you didn’t think your body could move. I absolutely love it and I can’t wait to get the sound track to the workout! Hopefully I’ll get more rhythm to my body’s movements…Haha

Other than these new things to my life experiences here in Korea I haven’t been up to much…Hiking is done all the time and teaching has become a breeze. I’ve officially been here for 3 months! CRAZY. On December 30th I’m heading off to Boracay, Philippines for my winter vacay for a week! BE JEALOUS!

Check this vid out. Wraps up some of the things in a teacher in Korea's life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjBfy_HVoSM

Keep it reals ☺