Today is my Mamaw Faye's birthday! I wish I could be there to tell you happy birthday myself and give you a big hug! I love you very much and I hope you had a really great day! Miss you lots!!!
Love,
Jenny
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
k, i've got a few minutes before my next class so time for a quick blog.
Haven't been feeling great these past few days. I've had a cold, but I'm about over it now. I'm just really tired cause not being able to breathe through my nose makes it hard to sleep:(
Anyway, nothing too exciting this weekend. I was exhausted Friday so I pretty much just went home, studied my Korean a little and tried to get some rest. Saturday I felt a lot better even though I still didn't sleep very well. I went to Korean class then lunch with Kristina and Abby. We found this really good pizza place. The pizza was really cheap too. It was only 6,000 won ($6ish) for a pizza that was big enough for 2 people to share. Later that night we went out for Sam Gyup Sal then Rhythm and Booze, so that was fun. Sunday I went to church, then to the park with church people for a while. The weather was really nice and there were lots of people there with their little dogs. That reminds me, we saw this HUGE fluffy white dog saturday. I wanted to take it home with me soooo bad! Big dogs are very rare here. I got a picture of it, but its on Abby's camera. Anyway, after the park we went to a really cheap, but good Korean place for dinner. I had mandu guk (soup with dumplings) plus all the free side dishes for only 3,000 won. After that, it was time to go home and go to bed. I actually slept pretty well last night. Today's been a pretty good day, but it's been raining all day. Its supposed to be a lot cooler this week too:( K, time for class. Be proud of me for posting again so soon!
Haven't been feeling great these past few days. I've had a cold, but I'm about over it now. I'm just really tired cause not being able to breathe through my nose makes it hard to sleep:(
Anyway, nothing too exciting this weekend. I was exhausted Friday so I pretty much just went home, studied my Korean a little and tried to get some rest. Saturday I felt a lot better even though I still didn't sleep very well. I went to Korean class then lunch with Kristina and Abby. We found this really good pizza place. The pizza was really cheap too. It was only 6,000 won ($6ish) for a pizza that was big enough for 2 people to share. Later that night we went out for Sam Gyup Sal then Rhythm and Booze, so that was fun. Sunday I went to church, then to the park with church people for a while. The weather was really nice and there were lots of people there with their little dogs. That reminds me, we saw this HUGE fluffy white dog saturday. I wanted to take it home with me soooo bad! Big dogs are very rare here. I got a picture of it, but its on Abby's camera. Anyway, after the park we went to a really cheap, but good Korean place for dinner. I had mandu guk (soup with dumplings) plus all the free side dishes for only 3,000 won. After that, it was time to go home and go to bed. I actually slept pretty well last night. Today's been a pretty good day, but it's been raining all day. Its supposed to be a lot cooler this week too:( K, time for class. Be proud of me for posting again so soon!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Today one of my classes was writing journals and one girl wrote about her birthday. She wrote that she had cake and octopus. I asked her if she liked octopus and she told me yeah it was yummy. What kid in the US would eat octopus and want it for their birthday dinner? Anyway, we started talking about the foods they eat so I asked about eating dog. They both (only 2 in this class) seemed pretty appalled by the idea of eating dog. I know they eat dog here, but I don't know how common it is especially with people who have money.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
I love the spring! This weather makes me happy:) It was so nice walking around outside this weekend.
So I had my first Korean bowling experience friday. Wasn't all that different really. I went with Michael and Natalia. The bowling alley was 2 floors. There were only a few lanes on each floor. The first floor was full so they took us up to the 2nd floor, so we had the whole thing to ourselves for several games. It was really cheap to bowl. It was like 30,000 won ($30ish) for the 3 of us to play 4 games. We were all pretty bad...no one broke 100, but it was fun.
Saturday was the start of Korean class again. We have a new teacher. She seems like she's gonna be a little tougher, but she's nice and seems like a good teacher. After class we went to a cherry blossom festival thing. I kind of expected there to be more to it than there was, but it was pretty and we got some good pictures out of it.
That night we went to Itaewon to do some shopping. We decided to attempt to find our ice cream fondue again. Third times the charm! We were sooooo excited!
Doesn't it look yummy? That's probably because it was! It came with fruit, pieces of cake, little balls of ice cream, and of course the chocolate.
Sunday was obviously Easter. I went to church, then there was a dinner after the service. Everything was good:)
School wasn't bad today, at least for a monday. Seems like half the kids have chicken pox...well like 3 or 4 of them do anyway.
hmmm ok well i think that's all i've got...
hope you all had a very Happy Easter!
So I had my first Korean bowling experience friday. Wasn't all that different really. I went with Michael and Natalia. The bowling alley was 2 floors. There were only a few lanes on each floor. The first floor was full so they took us up to the 2nd floor, so we had the whole thing to ourselves for several games. It was really cheap to bowl. It was like 30,000 won ($30ish) for the 3 of us to play 4 games. We were all pretty bad...no one broke 100, but it was fun.
Saturday was the start of Korean class again. We have a new teacher. She seems like she's gonna be a little tougher, but she's nice and seems like a good teacher. After class we went to a cherry blossom festival thing. I kind of expected there to be more to it than there was, but it was pretty and we got some good pictures out of it.
That night we went to Itaewon to do some shopping. We decided to attempt to find our ice cream fondue again. Third times the charm! We were sooooo excited!
Doesn't it look yummy? That's probably because it was! It came with fruit, pieces of cake, little balls of ice cream, and of course the chocolate.
Sunday was obviously Easter. I went to church, then there was a dinner after the service. Everything was good:)
School wasn't bad today, at least for a monday. Seems like half the kids have chicken pox...well like 3 or 4 of them do anyway.
hmmm ok well i think that's all i've got...
hope you all had a very Happy Easter!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
I can't believe its almost Easter! It seems like it was Christmas just a few weeks ago. I've been in Korea a little over 6 months now, which seems really crazy. Anyway, even though its been a little while, I dont think I've let you guys miss much. Weather's been slightly on the warmer side lately so thats good:) Natalia is coming to the end of her contract in just a few weeks so the 3 of us went out for dinner and then met up with some Korean friends Friday, so that was fun. Saturday I was supposed to go with Abby, Kristina, and a few other people to see the cherry blossoms, but after changing our minds a few times and going to the wrong subway stop we ended up in Namdaemun. First we got to see the changing of the guard ceremony at a palace. We saw this really big drum (pictures later) so of course we wanted to hit it. We were very disappointed when we saw the Please Do Not Touch Drum Please sign:( Then all these people start gathering around and we can tell something's about to happen so we stayed to watch. This person comes up to Abby and asks her if she wants to hit the drum for the ceremony and being the good friend she is, she asked if me and Kristina could hit the drum too. They said that we could each hit the drum one time. They told us to use most powerful force. It was a little scary with all the people watching, but it was fun:) So then there was a big parade and a little ceremony thing. They also had a little table set up where they were letting people try on hanbok for free, so of course we did that too. Then we went shopping. In Namdaemun a lot of the shopping is just digging through piles of clothes. You can get stuff for really cheap. We also went to Forever 21:) then Bennigans for dinner. It was a fun day:) Sunday, I went to church then sam gyup sal for dinner. We made a second attempt at getting the ice cream fondue for dessert, but they said they didn't have it again:( ...and then the weekend was over. They go by too fast. ok, time for class! Miss you guys! Wish I could be home for Easter!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
So one of my students today said to me, "Teacher! Your voice is much louder this year than it was last year!" haha I dunno if it's true or not, but it made me laugh a little bit:)
Another student story (not a funny one):
Some of my classes have to write in diaries that they turn into me every day. One girl, who I think is actually one of my prettiest students, wrote about how ugly she thinks she is because her skin is dark and her nose is round. She said she was going to get plastic surgery on her nose when she gets older. I thought it was really sad:(
I don't know if you guys have noticed but I added a Korean word of the day thing to my blog. I'm not too crazy about the words it picks, but I though you guys could learn some Korean with me! So maybe I'll try to throw in some Korean every time I post on here. Korean of the day: 코피 pronounced Ko Pee. It means bloody nose (Ko=nose, Pee=blood). I've had a couple of kids with bloody noses since I have learned this, one this week actually. The kids were impressed that I new how to say this:)
By the way, its my mommy's birthday tomorrow. I know somebody wants to buy her a plane ticket to Korea so she can visit me! Miss u mommyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
Another student story (not a funny one):
Some of my classes have to write in diaries that they turn into me every day. One girl, who I think is actually one of my prettiest students, wrote about how ugly she thinks she is because her skin is dark and her nose is round. She said she was going to get plastic surgery on her nose when she gets older. I thought it was really sad:(
I don't know if you guys have noticed but I added a Korean word of the day thing to my blog. I'm not too crazy about the words it picks, but I though you guys could learn some Korean with me! So maybe I'll try to throw in some Korean every time I post on here. Korean of the day: 코피 pronounced Ko Pee. It means bloody nose (Ko=nose, Pee=blood). I've had a couple of kids with bloody noses since I have learned this, one this week actually. The kids were impressed that I new how to say this:)
By the way, its my mommy's birthday tomorrow. I know somebody wants to buy her a plane ticket to Korea so she can visit me! Miss u mommyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
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