So I'm down to less than a month before I leave Korea (I think). I was supposed to leave by oct. 3rd, but that's right at Chuseok, a big Korean holiday, so my school wants to extend my visa a little later. Who knows when I'll actually leave. I'm still not really sure how long I'll stay home either. I would like to be home for Christmas, but that's kind of a long time, and I'm not sure what I'm going to do for 3 months, so maybe I'll come back after Thanksgiving. Still have to find a school though. I have to figure out something to do for Chuseok too. We get a few days off for that. Abby and Kristina are going to Japan, but they told me that if they extend my visa, I wouldn't be able to leave the country and come back:( Any ideas?
It's been a while since I've updated this. Lets see if I can remember what's happened. The weekend after my birthday, we went to Hongdae to celebrate. We went to Korean class that morning, then ended up spending all day in Seoul shopping. We went to to Insadong, Namdaemun, and Myeongdong. We had planned on coming home to get ready and then going back out again, but it was so late when we finished shopping, we changed plans a little. We got dresses at Forever 21, changed on the 4th floor of Dunkin Donuts, and did makeup in Etude House. Joe, Abby and her friend Krash met us later in Hongdae. We ended up finally staying out until the subway opened at 5:30 the next morning. We were all pretty dead. When we finally got back, Joe and I stopped by McDonalds for breakfast and then I headed home for lots of sleep. That was pretty much it for that weekend.
As far as I can remember, the next week at school was fairly uneventful. The schedule changed some at school. Mondays are horrible. I have like no breaks at all. I didnt really lose any classes, but I got some new ones and a few new kids in the old ones. I teach a kid named Dragon. I was pretty excited about that.
This past weekend, I went to Korean class and then we all met up for lunch. I got my birthday present:) It was a bunch of Hello Kitty stuff and a really cool scrapbook that they put together for me. I loved it! After lunch we headed to Seoul to ride the swan paddleboats. That was a lot of fun. Then Kristina led us to a really big bookstore with a good English section. I bought a couple of books. Probably a bad time to start buying books, but I'm an English teacher. I should probably be reading. After the bookstore, we got dinner and then we went to Seoul Tower, which was the 4th time for me. We didn't quite make the subway all the way home before it closed, so we got a cab. We got an interesting driver. He didnt seem to really know where anything was. It probably didn't help that he was trying to learn English with my Korean flashcards. Somehow he found my apt though.
When I woke up sunday, I wasn't feeling great, so I just stayed home all day. I'm still not feeling 100%, but I dont think its pig flu. They're getting really scared of pig flu here. Schools are closing over it. Kids and teachers have to use hand sanitizer as soon as they get to school, they checked my temperature last week, but they stopped doing that, and they like to go around spraying doorknobs and handles with disinfectant every few hours. Its exciting. Well, time to get back to work!