Kids write the darndest things.

My seven year olds are graduating from SLP and were asked to write their plans for once they graduate, their responses are below, enjoy!

Sky:

I will plan to go ice fishing and catch fish and eat fish so the fish will die. I think I will be a fish when I grow up so I will die.  When I do not become a fish I will not die so I will not become a fish so I will not die forever. I will travel to the moon with Solomon, Jamie, Phillip, my shell crab, and Amy.  I will tickle Amy with a big feather so Amy will fall into a black hole, it will be very dark so there will be an alligator in the black hole.  The alligator will bite Amy, so Amy will go to the hospital.  Amy will be alive again so I will be very very angry.

Jamie:

Hello my name is Jamie.  I want to travel to the moon with Solomon and eagles.  I will tickle Amy with a large feather so Amy will fall down from the moon and go inside the black hole. Inside the black hole will be dark, I will put an alligator inside the black hole so Alligator will bite Amy.  I will be happy on the moon.  I will eat lunch on the moon too!  Simon and Phillip will be there too.  We will eat lunch together, then it will be time to travel to Pluto.  I will go to Pluto but it will not be cold.  I broke Pluto and inside there was a treasure, it was a parrot. We went back to earth and went to Dunkin Donuts and ate donuts and ice cream.  We were very happy, I played at kids café.  Then I went to Café Bene, we drank hot chocolate, it was a very fun time! We talked about what I did when I was at the moon.

Philip:

I will travel to the earth with monkeys so I can ride on a space ship with my Amy monkey so she can be a pirate, and there are so many pirate monkeys!  So my pirate monkeys will be my captain commander soldier.  Next, Amy monkey will come to me and say there is a soldier commander so I will say wow!  But suddenly there was a tan and helicopter so I say hello!  I will go to the moon and see Jamie.  Then I will go to another moon and see Solomon!  Amy monkey will be playing with her blocks and ninjago!  I want to make cookies for Amy monkey but suddenly there was a Simon Angry bird and Simon says I want to eat Dunkin Donuts.  I went back to my Amy monkey but see angry bird and I say what is your name?  My name is Simon angry bird.  Goodbye to everyone and I say goodbye to Jamie too.

Solomon:

I will travel to the moon with eagles.  I will ride a space ship to the sun. I will go to elementary school.  I will make a snowman and I will ride a rollercoaster and go ice fishing.  I will make a robot with ice.  I will kick away all the pirates in the whole world.  I will make a sandcastle. I will play with blocks and I will make a paper black hole.  I will make planets out of paper.  Then I will go to the sun and meet Jamie.  I will ride a dolphin and go to the whole world and I will learn how to swim.  I will practice playing soccer, and I will ride a horse.  I will find a treasure and kick the soccer ball and break the treasure box and I will buy all the ninjago toys. 

kimchi.

Is really really tasty, seriously.  I eat it all the time, if you get a chance to eat it, you should.  Don't think of it as old cabbage with fish paste, because it is much better than that.

Anyway, not too much new to report.  I have been hanging out at my apartment a lot during the week and taking full advantage of Korea's lack of downloading restrictions, it has been lovely!

Other than that we are gearing up for graduation at school.  My 7 year olds are leaving me and heading off to elementary school which is a little sad, I really enjoy those kids, BUT starting next week I am going to get a brand new group of 5 year olds who can't speak any English, and I am stoked.

Some of my favorite little nuggets have done some pretty awesome artwork that I feel the need to share:

Blaze drew a dong chim, google it if you are not sure what it is, the picture will make more sense then and will also be much more humorous. 

My 5 year olds also made books this week of what different body parts are for, this is what Kelso said his head was for. Too awesome.

I also got a super awesome care package from my mom this week! Some delicious cookies, deodorant, and coffee were among its contents, I was super stoked!  It also contained a ridiculously wonderful MN North Stars sweatshirt that I now wear every single day once I get home from work, it is so warm and cozy and lovely!

Oh, I also got another tattoo...about three months ago.  It is behind my ear and only noticeable if I have my hair pinned back, it is written in Hangul and says Korea, I think it's pretty cool.

I am also wearing the previously mentioned sweatshirt in this picture, I wasn't kidding, I wear it all the time.

Everything is going well, I am getting really antsy to go home though, I miss everyone so much!  Once it gets closer I will know more specifics of where I will be and when but, until then I am expecting to be in the states around the end of June until early or mid August, so hopefully that will leave enough time to see everyone.

Have a lovely rest of your week!

Well, I'm seven months into my contract already!

So,  I thought I would state the obvious, I am going to stay for another year!

I am thoroughly enjoying my time over here, and the experience is something that I am not quite ready to end just yet.  I am hoping to move to Daejeon, it's a bigger city about an hour and a half southwest of where I am currently.

Not too many exciting adventures as of late, other than that whole Singapore trip.  I am hoping to go to Seoul as a tourist once the weather is a little warmer.  I have been there quite a few times, but haven't gone to any of the palaces or anything, so I definitely want to check all of that out!

School is still going well and I love my little nuggets more and more each day, I am not looking forward to have to say goodbye to them, though I still do have a bit of time left, so no need to get sappy just yet!

My Korean is improving all the time, whether it is from my students teaching me or my weekly meetings with my Korean friend who is teaching me, it is always fun to use it and shock the locals.  I am able to read in Korean now as well which is pretty fun!  Every sign I see I try to sound out, I am certainly not perfect yet, but it is coming along.

Lola is also doing well, and will not be making the trip home with me the first go around. I have several friends hoping to take her off my hands while I am home, so it's good to know that she will be taken care of.

Other than that there is not too much going on, I have a four day weekend that I plan on spending in Seosan just hanging out and relaxing.

Oh, and here is a picture of Lola in a really cute shirt I bought her!

Happy Lunar New Year!

: )

so, I went on a little vacation.

and it was wonderful!

Singapore is such a wonderful country!  It is absolutely gorgeous, the people are wonderful and there is so much culture and variety.

Holly, who is one of my closest friends here, and I left Seosan around noon on Christmas Eve and got to the airport four hours before our flight took off, a little earlier than we would have liked but we did get to catch a K-pop (Korean Pop) performance of Grease!

It was, well, not quite the Grease I am used to, but entertaining nonetheless!

Once we got on the plane we were only in the air for about two hours to our first layover in Bejing.  Language barriers made security interesting, as they could not fully understand what my insulin pump was or why I would be carrying juice with me, but after that was over we found an airport lounge and had a few drinks. 

The first was probably one of the worst bloody marys I have ever had...oh well!

Next was a beer, with flavor!

Here is the lounge, it really didn't look that cool, but the flash on my camera makes it look much more appealing than it really was.

happy new year!

So, I am back from Singapore and it was AMAZING! But, I don't have enough time to post about that right now, so here is a link of my favorite little nuggets singing at the English Festival a few weeks ago.
Enjoy!

English Festival Song

p.s. I am really sorry that you can probably hear me singing...

Singapore!

I am in Singapore, and it is amazing and beautiful and wonderful and ugh. I have many pictures, here are a few!

More to come when I return, but for now I am off to do more exploring!

holy moly. Kim Jong Il has passed.

Honestly, I’m not sure what I am more surprised about, the fact that he is dead or how ridiculously normal things are around here.  I didn’t even find out about it until half way through the day, my Korean co-teachers didn’t really even seem phased by it.  When I mentioned it they all already knew and were quite nonchalant about the whole thing, the other foreigners and myself were quite taken aback.  However doing a little reading has put me at ease.  Even though South Korea has heightened it’s security and observation of North Korea, there hasn’t been any unusual activity at all.  The Korean Government has urged everyone to carry on business as usual and well, they have. 

As far as I know this will not affect my travel plans at all and I am still heading to Singapore on Saturday!

I just got home from work a few hours and put up Christmas lights that I received in a very lovely care package from my family!  I’ll post pictures soon, I need to tidy up a bit before my apartment is on display for the public.

Tomorrow is going to be a hectic day as it is our English Festival, which is a program that we put on for the parents to show them how wonderful their children are and how great the teaching staff is.  I will try to get some videos and photos of that as well…should be pretty entertaining!

I hope to post again before I leave for my trip, but I just wanted anyone with concern to know that all is well over here!