Tomorrow we're going to Jeonju (myself and 3 other teachers, Meghan, Josh and Jazmin). It's a lil village about 2.5 hours west of here, known for it's paper handicrafts (fans, lanterns, and such ( Read more... )

I'm sitting on my bed in my lil room/home with the sliding glass window open, and the room door open, to create a breeze. It's cool enough that I actually want to use the light blanket (that I "stole" from the linens room ( Read more... )

I swear I don't know where the days are going. I popped onto LJ, just now, to read my Flists and realized it'd been 6 days since I posted last. And at first glance, I figured it was a flub of the system -- confused by the times zones or something..but, NO ( Read more... )

As of yesterday, I have been in South Korea for a full month. It's nigh impossible to believe that -- granted, there have been meals/classes that have felt crazy-long, but most of the time has simply flown ( Read more... )

Friday afternoon, I wandered around Chilgok (suburb of Daegu) for about 4 hours, by myself. It was my first solo adventure since I got here, which is something I have mixed feelings about. Stateside (or if I had a car), I would know every road for 15 miles by now, but the language barrier really scares me ( Read more... )

I'm feeling the "parent" role of being a teacher right now. I just found out that one of my students, from THAT senior writing class I raved about, died on the 4th. I don't know all the details, but emailed a friend/student to find out ( Read more... )

HAPPY Birthday to my LLL, rrie_selavy!!!!

So, I'm going to a Jjimjilbang (bath house) this weekend. I had considered not getting the full body scrub, as I was wary of my tats being rubbed off (seriously, they take off LAYERS of dead cells), but I was told I can just cover it up and they'll get the rest of me ( Read more... )

Common phrases to hear around these parts, that might be seen as odd elsewhere ( Read more... )

WARNING: Fairly rambling, but it IS 1am and it HAS been a long week and I haven't posted in a while ( Read more... )