I know It’s Been a Long Time But…

I am once again working two jobs. I guess I must be doing something right out here. Since intensive in January, there’s been Danni’s trip in Feb, ELS adult education in March and now in the last week of April I’ve become a part time public school English teacher, here’s a photo of my school.

I am teaching 5th and 6th graders, and I’ll be doing so until my contract for work in Korea expires. The kids seem really nice, they don’t see foreigners much so they are all fascinated with me. I’m hoping that I’ll do well and make their first experience with a foreigner a really good one. They were asking for my autograph and some even wanted to shake hands with me (to say they shook hands with a foreigner I think) which is cute, and feeds my already well-fed ego.

I am also taking Korean Language lessons which are going quite well. This month I’ll be getting 4 lessons per week. I can now read korean (though i don’t know many word meanings yet). I am also learning phrases and grammar so that I will hopfully in a few months be able to communicate at least a little bit.

Beyond that life is normal and busy and fast out here. I am still hiking on the weekends, so far I’ve only been doing small hikes. This is a photo of a war memorial on the Bomunsan hiking trail. It was my 3rd trip to Bomunsan but the first for Rob and Kerri. The view of the city is amazing once you reach the fortress wall. I’ve got the photos from this hike as well as the photos from Gyejeoksanseong and a few from the public school in my photo album. I’ve also got some big plans for later in the month including a trip to Jiri-san and possibly a butterfly festival this weekend. I’m also planning to go to Busan later in the month as well which should be a lot of fun.