Cool Looking Little Guy!

After lunch today, I followed Stella out to the garden where she burried the grape seeds we compiled during tea time earlier in the day. I saw this little guy, who looked like a green ladybug, walking on one of the sweet potato plants. I quickly swept him up and let him walk around on my hand for a little while. After about a minute, I looked down and saw that it looks like there's a little lego man on his back! How awesome is that?!

Slippers at School!

I've written before about how Koreans never wear their shoes inside. They believe that outside shoes can carry diseases, and are terrified of becoming sick. This idea carries over into the schools. Students literally take of their shoes at the door and walk in their socks, carrying their outside shoes up to their classrooms. Outside each classroom are these shoe cubbies (that's a fun word) that house their school slippers.

So, during the school day, the cubbies are filled with their outside shoes...

And after school is out, they are re-filled with their school slippers.

Today, I took my slippers off all together and walked barefoot while I taught. I love, love, love the freedom around here to not have to wear heels all day! :)

Tan is NOT PRETTY in Korea!

I was soooo excited to get some color in Thailand, and to feel like my California self again, but I was rudely awaken today, on my first day back at work, to the harsh reality that the tanner you are, the worse you look!

"Alexis teacher, you don't look good. You look burn."

"You have farmer legs." (Because the farmers all work outside in the sun).

"Alexis teacher, you have black face."

Kids, they're so honest!

Eat, Pray, Love!

In the last couple months, I've had 4 girlfriends tell me that I have to read the book "Eat, Pray, Love."  This afternoon, after trying out a new church in Haeundae (which was really great and refreshing by the way), I met Jess at a bookstore and she had the book in hand.  She said, "It's my gift to you!" and handed it to me!  I thought it was soooo thoughtful.  Thank you Jeshi!  I can't wait to start it.  Have any of you read it?!

Trouble at the ATM

I had a funny experience at the ATM today when I meant to pull out 80,000 won ($70.00), and accidently typed in 800,000 won ($700.00)! When the ATM's language is all in Korean, it's hard to cancel and go backwards. I was laughing out loud as I heard the machine counting all my cash! On the positive side, I look like a baller when I go to pay for something and have all this money in my wallet!