Dear Aunt Steph,
Hello from Niles Beach! It looks rainy. I think it looks a little nice. I wanted to buy this card for you. I named the swans “Heidi” and “Aunt Steph” because they were hugging. And you guys are friends. I don’t see any swans on Niles Beach today. I need the binoculars. I [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Corresponding with a 4-year-old
Posted in Korea, Letters to Madelyne on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
White Day
Posted in Food, Korea, Teaching on March 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So there is this holiday in Korea called White Day. March 14th boys are expected to give chocolates to girls…apparently February 14th, or Valentine’s Day, girls are supposed to give candy to boys. So, today was our day.
Since the only boys I know in Korea are ages 9-13, I did not receive any chocolates from [...]
To all the boys in my 4 o’clock class…
Posted in Teaching on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ease up on the kimchi, would ya?
It’s a small room and the windows don’t open.
To Market
Posted in Food, Shopping on March 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I finally went to the huge open farmer’s market near my apartment. It was a bit like stepping back in time with old wooden carts and sellers crouched around fires to keep warm while trimming root vegetables. It was strange to feel like I was out in the middle of nowhere just steps from [...]
The Night She Walked Home Giggling…
Posted in Culture Shock, Teaching on March 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
1) Tonight I threw a student out of class for the first time. He was so resistant to leaving that I actually had to go out to the office, get our school manager, Kelly and ask her to come get him out of the room. She came in and he still would not move. After [...]
Heavenly.
Posted in Food, Teaching on March 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You know those days that are absolutely perfect in their simplicity, in the tiny little moments, that when you get home you find yourself laying on the floor in your pajamas with wet hair smiling for no particular reason at all? Today was one of those days.
First of all, teaching was a great pleasure [...]
Three weeks
Posted in Culture Shock, Teaching on March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Three weeks ago at this moment I was just barely off an airplane and sound asleep in the back of a minivan on the way to the countryside in Central Korea. It seems like a century ago, yet it also seems like yesterday Janelle and I were driving in her Ford Focus listening to Brit [...]
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