sorry guys i know its been a while, but i'm back! to catch you guys up a bit, last friday we had another small group pot luck except it was a lot more people than just our small group. its a good thing kristina and her mom have an apartment much bigger than the average english teacher's apartment. it was a lot of fun though for everyone except maybe the dog.
saturday was my lazy day. nothing much to tell there.
sunday i went to church. we're doing a christmas series since it is that time of the year after all. the pastor has to work christmas eve and day so this sunday will be the christmas service. anyway, after church i went to the movies to see twilight with abby, kristina, and her cousin wonji. despite all the hype about it, i didn't know that much about it. it was pretty good though.
this week we got a new korean teacher at school. she seems pretty nice. they sent me and the new teacher for training yesterday. they really explained how their book system works, which is very organized and also very confusing when not explained properly. i would've really appreciated having this training earlier, but i'm glad i didn't have to go alone. anyway, even though it was a really long day of sitting and listening, i feel like i learned a good bit and it was a break from teaching.
after the training i decided i really needed to get a haircut. i've been putting it off for a while, but i decided it was time for my first korean haircut. i found a place that had quite a few people and figured that was a pretty good sign. the reactions people had when i walked in were pretty amusing, although a little embarrassing at the time. everyone stared and whispered and giggled. i tried using hand motions to tell the woman that i just wanted to get my hair trimmed, but they gave me a book to find a picture. a few minutes later, another woman who spoke engish very well came over. i was able to tell her what i wanted and she did a very good job. so yay for a non-disasterous first korean haircut experience:) ...and while we're on the subject of hair, if you have blonde hair and you're coming to korea, you might want to consider dying it first. since i've been here i've had a woman grab and pet my hair on the subway, one of my students got out of his chair during class to pick one of my hairs off the floor (i think he kept it to do some sort of vudu magic), and today my pre-k kids were pulling my hair out of my head! of course it was the little girl who usually hides behind the easel who started it. i would much rather her hide. i think it was an accident the first time, but then she took my hair and was showing it to all the other kids and of course they wanted some too. it was not fun:( those kids are vicious and even though i'm bigger than they are, there's 6 of them now.
In happier news, tomorrow i'm going to everland (korea's version of disneyland)! i'm going with a few people from church. gotta get up kinda early so its about time to bring the blog to a close. sorry no pictures this time. i have some of my tree with presents under it (thank you for sending them!), but i haven't put them on my computer yet. i'll take lots of pictures at everland too. ok, well that is all. goodnight!