Hi, my name is Amy and I am a bad blogger.

My apologies...seriously.

I cannot believe almost two months has passed since I last posted, so many exciting things going on!

First, I have a job for next year!  Starting July 23rd I will be teaching at an SLP in Busan.  Yes, Busan, the super awesome city that I went to on vacation in August, not only that but it is the Haeundae branch, meaning I will be so close to the beach and right on the coast and ugh, I am so ridiculously excited about this.

Since my last post I haven't gone on any adventures too crazy.  I went to Seoul for St.Patrick's day and that was filled with foreigners and fun, as was expected.  I have also gone to Daejeon a few times lately to hang out with Laura and have discovered more pretty awesome foreigners to hang out with, which has been lovely!

My kids continue to get more and more wonderful.  Today there were some especially wonderful things.  First, while I was correcting an assignment in class Blaze, one of my favorite kids in the world, came and sat on my lap (yes, I realize that sounds odd, but in Korea it is completely normal for the kids to do that) and I asked him why he was sitting on my lap, his reply was, "Because you are so sweet." Another student from that class told me, "Amy Teacher, when you leave and go back to America in June I am going to go home to my apartment and cry because I am going to miss you too much."  Heartbreaking, yes, but also really adorable?  Yes.  Then my co-teacher from my other class, the one with my newest nuggets, told me that Bella, another one of my favorites, leaves her class often to walk around the building and find me so she can be with me.  So I had to talk to her and tell her that she can't have Amy Teacher time when it is Olivia Teacher time and made her pinky swear that she will stay in class...we'll see if that works.

We have also had some event days at work.  In April the kids made sandwiches, and they all had these adorable matching apron and headband numbers, too cute.

Sorry for the abrupt end, but my computer is being slow and I need to go to bed. I will try to update more very soon!

Too good not to share.

I had always heard rumors about this book existing at my school, but having never seen it I wasn't sure if it truly did.  Then, this morning, there it was, the book, "Mummy Laid an Egg."  It is the funniest and most ridiculous way to teach kids about the birds and the bees.  I am hoping that no one is offended by my posting this and that you all can see the humor in this.

The book starts out with the parents awkwardly tell their children lies about how babies are made, sugar spice, everything nice...blah blah blah.  The kids then tell their parents they are wrong, and correct them by explaining how things are really done.  The following is the kids part of the book. (I sincerely hope I am not violating any copyright laws with posting this and, if I am, please let me know...I was just hoping to spread some laughs!)

Mummy Laid an Egg
By Babette Cole

Have a lovely rest of your week and happy St. Patrick's Day!

Graduation and my new nuggets!

Well, no surprise that it has already been over a month since my last post, time here flies!

Anyway, as of late there hasn't been anything too crazy going on, a few trips to Seoul for friends' birthdays and just hanging out in Seosan.  I have a joined a book club with a few other girls in town and that has been really lovely! It is really nice to break up the week with some girl talk and it is good motivation for me to read more.

Lola is still lovely as ever and makes it so difficult to go to work or leave my apartment on the weekends because she is just so damn cute and cuddly!

Speaking of cute, here are a ton of pictures of my kids! First will be some from graduation, then my new kids, and then my most favorite group of kids in the world!

My oldest kindergarten boys on graduation night!

My new nuggets testing out their writing skills!

They usually look a little more excited than this...

The other five taking their turn on the board.

Potty party. 

 

This is Bella. She is very mischievous and has yet to make it through class without crying for her mom.

This is Sara, she is lovely.

Liz (left) and Olivia, Liz is a little terror and Olivia is a genius. 

Olivia and Bella. 

Annie. She has difficulties sitting still for more than 5 minutes. 

David. He is hilarious, and adorable. 

Ella, Liz's partner in crime. 

Lucy.  She is very quiet, and super adorable. 

Ivy, she is starting to come out of her shell and is pretty cool kid. 

Harry, he is much more lively in class...I promise. 

The following is my favorite group of children in the world!

Griffen! So adorable and wonderful, ugh.

Kelso. 

Showing off my wonderful classroom management skills. But seriously, this doesn't really happen all that often...

Me and as many kids that would fit in the picture.

Griffen, Blaze, and Kelso, I love these three boys so much.

That's it for now, it's kinda weird that my time here is already winding down, March 21st will be my nine month mark!

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.