A new App. Woohoo!

I just downloaded the blogger application on my phone. So now, although it is annoying to type on my phone, i can write my thoughts from anywhere!

Last night was a very fun night with much hilarity!  Just one short story of the evening... I went out with CareyAnn to meet up with a one of the student helpers in my office and his brother and friends. Two white girls and five korean guys.  Well... the 26 year old boy sitting next to me had never sat so close to a foreigner before and instantly got giddy. It was quite hilarious!

We were eating and drinking 소주. Along with drinking soju there are many games to play.  The giddy boy next to me lost the game and had to drink a shot. His glass was empty but mine was full so I offered him mine. Apparently in Korea if someone drinks a shot for another person then they can tell that person to do anything they want and the nondrinker has to comply.

So, my dear friend CareyAnn says "now you have to do whatever he says". I think I'm in trouble... but his request was completely harmless!
"Let me look at your face for 10 seconds"... that was it! He just wanted to stare at me face to face for ten seconds. I complied and even gave him a 2 second bonus. :)

So... that is what happens when you hang out with a group of Korean boys in Korea.

Baby its cold outside!

The temperature has drastically dropped! And so... I'm getting a little sickly- waking up with a sore throat in the morning... a runny nose at night. Hoping for the best and don't worry mom, I'm taking my Emergen-C!

One of my favorite things about living in a shoebox in Korea is that my electric/ water bill is only $9!

I wasn't sure I wanted to share this little info bite but its just too funny not to! The coordinator of my job is a single man in his late 30's who just recently started dating a girl he says he will probably marry. Anyway- he thinks he is pretty bad @$$ and usually throws in a few cuss words when he speaks casually with me. These facts will set the scene a little for the next nugget...

We just began our extra evening classes this week. Again I was asked to teach on my day off (Monday), which I said I really REALLY didn't want to do this semester. However, because I am a sucker... I said ok. This class has two other men that work in my school and I believe have shared a few drinks with my coordinator on occasion. My coordinator (Mr. Beck) asked if I would please do him the favor of teaching this class on Monday evenings. He also said, "they are my friends and perhaps a little naughty." I said, "Oh good... that really makes me want to say yes" (sarcasm). But because I am a pushover I said yes.

Well Monday night comes around and it is the first session. Two men and one woman are in this evening class. Before the class begins Mr. Beck again reminds me that they are his friends and naughty guys so I have to make a promise. I say, Ok.

"Promise me that you will not sleep with them"


ACK! GAFAW!

I easily promised him that would not happen.

heehee...

They seem like perfectly nice guys and they just want to speak freely and practice their English- so the class will look like 2 hours of "classroom" and then 2 hours going out to eat at all of the different restaurants in town. Sounds good to me! And I get paid $20 for an extra hour of overtime. Essentially... I'm getting paid to go on a double date every Monday night for 10 weeks. Haha... except no worries- I'm not interested. I'm sure many hours of fun are to come!

Yeah- my job is pretty sweet *^^*

My latest VLOG

A new look

I haven't had much time to mess around on my new computer (a MacBook Pro!). There are so many programs to have fun with! But that requires a lot of time. I do want to re-vamp my blog a little bit though. And this long weekend gives me a little bit of opportunity to do so.

Chuseok is upon us in Korea. Basically, Chuseok is South Korea's "Thanksgiving". Its a time to go back to the town you were born in, get together with family, and eat a lot of food! Everyone gets a 4 days weekend! Since most of the nation is traveling this weekend, I decided not to. Also, its raining... every single day calls for rain, which is GREAT! It gives me a chance to stay indoors and check things off of my list. :-)

Today I'm learning adjectives (in Korean)... that is this week's lesson. Perhaps I'll work on a video if I feel a little bit of inspiration. Even though it is raining, I find this weather quite charming! It allows me to do all of the things I've been meaning to do and now that I have my down comforter, nothing could be better that falling asleep with the window wide open, listening to the rain and enjoying the crisp 65 degree weather (20* C).

So, I'll just get back to it! Happy Chuseok everyone!