looking back

so right now i am listening to simon and garfunkel and im kind of tired. i am happy though. haha, its been one month since i first arrived and i feel things are going very well. teaching is hard. man, it is hard. but it is good. its rewarding. i dont know if i am doing it well, but they will help me out so no worries. hahaha....

i am making friends and meeting interesting people. i bought some speakers and blank cds today so that was good. i still have a lot to do even though i didn't even go to the soccer game today. i went to church and then Friday decided to take me out for lunch and a walk around, which is good because i think now i can find my way from Nowon station to Changdong station without riding the subway. and i went to emart which is the equivalent of walmart. and even had someone help me purchase my speakers for my ipod. haha...

i am getting more gutsy with my korean and starting to use phrases i know and have studied. the accent is hard for me, but everyone says i am getting better! so thats again another plus.

i was kind of worried about this weekend bc i had no plans and it is my one month anniversary! haha, for some reason i feel like i have to do something fun every weekend or i am a failure. i dont know why. when i am at home it is the hardest thing to get me out of the house. haha, thats why i like to travel. but mr bae and sylvia teacher and baejee went out to dinner together. i really like baejee, like honestly. she is funny first of all. we both love the simpsons. she doesn't like to shower or brush her teeth all the time - me either! hahaha...so its really great that the koreans i am meeting i would be friends with in a different setting as well. yanny too is like me, very laidback and relaxed. enthusiastic- i enjoy watching her practice her dance moves for the kindergarten classes. :) and we both drop and fling food all over the place when we have lunch together. there are lots more reasons why i like those two girls, but those are just the reasons that come to the top of my head.

and you know what, eating in korea is so great. you can put your elbows on the table, talk with your mouth full, drink out of your bowl. double dipping is not an issue and everyone shares everything! its so communal.

oh well after dinner with mr bae and his family, baejee and i went out for ice cream and it was so cool! the shop is on the second floor at nowon station and i always pass by it, so it was nice to sit there and watch all the people pass on the street. we talked about fashion, emoticons - which are different in korea. so hopefully i will be better prepared for texting. :) and just random great stuff.

saturday i did nothing and i loved it! it was a cold rainy day so i tried to sleep in. then cleaned my flat...handwashed my clothes bc i am still waiting on my wash machine. hehe. took a nap. got a pizza and watched a movie. then went to bed. and today i was going to go try and catch a KLeague soccer game but then thought bc of the weather and other reasons i would go to church instead. i think this week may be a good reason to go to the earlier service. i just really hate having to be at church at 10:30. i know that doesnt sound bad but its a 20 min walk and im used to going at 1pm. buuuuut they still dont have a pastor and today we listened to a cd of an american pastor with a korean translator. so it was a recording and it sounded like chipmunks...and the sermon, well im sorry, but it was um, well, it left a lot to be desired. so i think next week i will get my lazy butt out of bed and go to the earlier service at a different church. i also have plans to go visit patricia's church soon.

i now know where i was originally first dropped off the bus and can easily find my way from maduel station to my home as well as nowon station and sanggye station. its funny bc i like to walk around there sometimes and try to remember what it looked like at first to me and what i was thinking and what i think now. i still haven't bought any clothes off the street yet, but i going to soon! :)

i think thats about it. yeah. i think so. annyeonge kayseyo!

until next time.