This weekend began as most, heading to Korean lessons on Saturday morning. I am starting to learn full setences, fully introducing myself, counting, and being able to ask and answer how much things cost and what time it is. I have learned enough that I can now write in Hangul (Korean) to help my students [...]
For Jason’s birthday each year I try to do something out-of-the-ordinary. Last year we rode a camel together (he never saw that one coming) and this year I heard about a little place called “Dr. Fish.” I thought it would be the perfect way to celebrate turing 26. “Dr. Fish Cafe and Book Store” had [...]
Annyunghasayo (hello)! We are doing wonderful and finally took a weekend to relax for Jason’s birthday. As some of you may know, Korea has three main religions. One of them is Buddhism and we have always been interested in checking out some of the traditions. There is a very large temple called Beomosa that is [...]
Today, the kids from many classes at our school (SLP) had a suprise for me. The first two classes I walked into had a kind of competition to see who could suprise me the most. They were all “hiding” under their desks and behind their chairs and when I opened the door everyone jumped out [...]
Over the weekend, we traveled to Seoul – the capital of South Korea. Seoul is a massive city packed full of people, buildings, and vehicles. The subway map alone is enough to confuse even a smart person with 9 different lines weaving in and around each other. That being said, it is quite easy to [...]
SATURDAY This weekend began with a quick study session at our favorite vegetarian restaurant here in Busan, The Loving Hut. We practiced our Korean for as long as we could until we were eventually kicked out because they closed. We finally memorized the alphabet sounds though, so we can at least read words – even [...]
My first two classes every day are 80 minutes each. They are with 7 year olds (Korean age), 6 year olds English age. My first class consists of ten first-year English students, who are very hyperactive – you can almost see their head spin they want to move so bad. The class is a diverse mix [...]
Hello (with a little bow)! We are getting into the groove here in Korea. The last time we wrote we were still a little culture shocked as we settled into our new lives in Busan. I feel like as soon as we both got over a little jet lag and stopped drinking Soju (watered down [...]
Hello Friends! We are exhausted but in a very good way. We have now been here in South Korea for two weeks and are officially in love. Last weekend we moved into our apartment about an 8 min. walk from school. Our apartment is wondeful and very nice. Korean’s don’t like carpet so everybody has [...]