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so this is one of those weeks where i have sooo much to say and to describe and tell you about but i just dont want to sit here and type it all out. sorry, i hate times like that!

so this week i went on my first field trip! whoo hoo! we went to the Childrens Grand Park which was nice. we saw elephants, tigers, lions, water birds, etc. Good time. then i came back to teach my hardest classes. the planets align twice a month where i have to teach 3 classes of over 15 students the first class is split - two totally different levels put together. so those are always my biggest planning days because its hard to keep control of all those kids and keep them interested.

so friday i went to itaewon to go to an english bookstore! so dangerous for me as we know my love of books...and they order them from america but they cost as much as they would if you bought them in america! whoo hoo! so i will control myself though this will be hard...if you are bored the website is
www.whatthebook.com

then on saturday mr bae took me to Suwon to a folk village. i thought it would be mr bae, baejee and sylvia teacher, but actually friday night i got a text message that vivi teacher and her boyfriend and friends would be coming instead. baejee is in the middle of midterms...hell time for all the university kids...oh the days! don't miss em at all! :) vivi teacher made me food last week and is sooo nice though we have had a large language barrier and so most of our conversations consist of smiles, broken english and a small amount of broken korean....so i was really excited to get the chance to talk to hang out with her! so her boyfriend Q went to america for 4 months about 8 years ago so his english is pretty good.

we had soooo much fun! we all worked together to translate all the new things we were seeing and learning about. they were interested in learning about everything and had never been to the folk village either so it was all new! also vivi's friends came along - Princess Fiona and i believe his name is Chong Ho....forgive me if im wrong! so it was a quick photo tour with millions of pictures being taken....ok not millions but i would venture to say over 100. so funny! i learned soooo much and so much korean and so much history. and we watched a farmers dance which was AMAZING! they have these hats that have ribbon dancers attached and they make them twirl - sooooo cool! then there was the tightrope walker and the seesaw jumpers! and then we got to dress up and take pictures!

www.koreanfolk.co.kr

and we also went to the theme park and rode like the viking ship that usually goes upside down, this one didn't but it was so great! like i dont think ive done that for awhile! and we were all screaming and acting like kids. i mean they are all about 30 in korean years, but i felt completely comfortable. so nice. and not even awkward which you know when you hang out with couples it can be awkward - it wasnt.

and the 2 hour car ride there and back was great too! we talked about music, speaking english and learning korean, weird korean food, traveling, Africa, our families, working at kids club, music, clubs and fun places in Seoul, dialects...and so much!

i could go on and on with all i learned! it was great. it really was!

then today sunday, i went to church and i had to lead Bible study because Chris was not there. so that was fun. ;) then i walked around Lotte dept store with Shante and we talked about life and yeah, life. marriage, friends, living in a new country...so nice. then we all went out for lunch for Chris' bday and had a Dunkin Donuts cake and talked about difference between the american and english accent. haha...so much fun.

and now i think i am ready to get some sleep. i have cleaned and organized and i think i am ready for another week. :) always.

until next time!