To Do. . .

Another week down! Things are starting to run smoother both in and out of my classroom. My kids are starting to understand more of what I say and the directions I give, which makes things infinitely easier! I'm also starting to learn lots of basic Korean words. You can't believe how fast it comes when people are shouting at you all day in it!

So far, no homesickness although I do think about you all back home often!!!! I'm sure its gonna hit me one of these days, but as of now, I'm pretty content here. My co-workers are pretty cool and it makes the walk to/from work more enjoyable. Its about 25 minutes to walk to school or 5 minutes on the bus. There's a total of 6 native English speakers at my school and they are from Boston, New Zealand, Maine, and random other places in the U.S.!

The food is soooo SPICY! I'm hoping I get used to that soon. I've been eating lots of kimchi, ramen, and rice...but a body can't survive on that alone haha! Daniel and I are heading into Suwon today to see a movie and hopefully (cross your fingers) eat at the Outback Steakhouse there...if its not ridiculously expensive :)

Above is a picture of a typical restaurant entree. The meat is served raw and you cook it in using a charcoal grill which is in the middle of the table. Traditional sides are radishes, cabbage salad, bugs, kimchi, etc...


On my "To Do" list these days: get a bike, learn hangul (Korean alphabet), most importantly....get internet! As I write this, sitting at the internet cafe, I'm surrounded by about 100 tiny Koreans playing computer games with the volume on high...ahhh, super annoying!