Thursday, May 21, 2009

Teacher's Day

So last Friday was Teacher's Day in Korea. It felt like my birthday, except ten times better! I got way more presents than I did on my last birthday (not even joking)! And there were snacks, food, cake, cookies, presents... what can I say, it was a good day! ^^

Here are all the presents I got:

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Oh my goodness, this cake is sooo delicious.
I have a piece every morning - it's the first thing I do when I wake up.
Perfect way to start my day! :)














A lot of presents, huh? I don't think that I've received this many gifts in a long time. As you can see, most of the presents are either food, coffee, soap, or body wash - perfect, either I can use it or eat it! Too bad all teachers got the same gifts from their students and it wasn't personalized, but it was nice to be appreciated. I loved reading the cards most. What the (older) students wrote inside meant more to me than any box of delicious cookies or candies!

More to come later... peace!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

It's That Time Again

It's May already!

Work has been really busy, especially at the end of the month, with the monthly tests, report cards, and book reports. But I love love love the kindergartners; they are sooo cute!

This is my first class in the morning - Tulip.
One of the little girls is moving to Canada!

Victor, Matthew, and Jay

Super Junior's Sorry Sorry is so incredibly popular in Korea right now. Anytime someone says "Sorry" someone is bound to sing this. First, check out Super Junior's music video here. And now watch the Thomas (left) and Jay (right) do their version of the dance. They started to get shy near the end, but aren't they just too adorable?!




As part of my Korean experience, of course I had to go to another Epik High concert. Yuri and I went to their concert last night and man, they are better than ever! Such talented musicians and they're soo good live! It was a lot more crowded this time, probably with this performance being their only one in Korea as part of their Map the Soul World Tour. They were unbelievable, mind-blowing, awesome, I could go on and on... Their guests were also very talented - Nero One, MYK (honorary 4th member of Epik High), and my personal favorite, Beatbox DG. He was hot! MYK could rap, sing, and play the guitar; it was cute when he couldn't really speak Korean that well and had to ask DJ Tukutz so see if he was saying the correct word. Cute!

At Melon AX in Seoul - World Tour!!

MYK, Tablo, DJ Tukutz, Mithra, Beatbox DG (behind Mithra)

MYK and Beatbox DG

Tablo, Beatbox DG, MYK, Mithra

Check them out at www.mapthesoul.com!!


This time around in Korea, although I've been more busy, I've also been more homesick. I miss my family and friends so much. The time difference and my new work schedule doesn't really help. I work 9am to 7 pm, so in America, that would be 5pm to 3am. I don't really get to talk to anyone online much. I feel like I've lost touch with so many people; everyone's busy with their own things. So fill me in and keep me updated!

Ahh! So I bought a new phone (pink Ice Cream 1) only to lose it three days later! Only in Korea, only in Korea! I'm really disappointed that whoever found it would just keep it and not return it. I found a phone on the bus last time and gave it to the bus driver right away. Heck, last time Yuri and I found a wallet and turned it in without even opening it. C'mon, people!

"L-O-V-E you, I was made to be with you..."