Perks!

There are a lot of perks when it comes to teaching in Korea - a free apartment, thousands of dollars from my school to go shopping for my house and classroom, really cheap utilities, cancelled classes all the time, a great salary, a nice pension, a bonus at the end of the year, lots of paid holidays and vacation, cute kids, nice co-workers....

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but there is one thing that puts a damper on working here!! ... The fact that this is my toilet at work! Yes folks, I go pottie in a hole in the ground!

*On the bright side, it's a great leg workout!

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Date Night!

Last night, Aaron and Scoot picked me up from work and took me to Jagalchi for some roasted seafood, cooked right at our table! We ordered clams, shrimp, octopus, and some other random little sea creatures! Our table was right across from the port, and in the middle of the market, so there was lots of people watching to be done! mmm, octopus!

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Aaron, showing how some of his co-workers eat with their mouths open!

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This lady was running the restaurant, and cooked our sea creatures for us! As soon as she was finished, she grabbed some "sneesh" (snake, eel, fish things) out of the red container behind her and started skinning them for another customer! (If you saw the video below, you know what that looks like!) eeeehhhhh! 4
When we were finished with dinner, we scooted over to Nampodong for some shopping, and spotted this puppy along the way! He was so sweet and came right over to me and let me pick him up! We snuggled for a couple minutes before I let him down to wander again.
After shopping, Aaron treated me to a movie at the Cineplex! We watched Eclipse, which to be honest, I think he wanted to see even more than I did! :) Gotta love having a boyfriend who can watch chick flicks with ya!
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We ended the night with an episode of the Bachelorette at my place! Talk about a perfect date night! I couldn't have planned it better if I did it myself! Thanks A!
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A Singing Culture!

With Norebangs (karaeokee rooms) on every corner, it's not hard to recognize that Korea is a singing culture! The grandparents class at my school sings every thursday, and teaching songs is part of the Korea-wide elementary school english curriculum! Yep, that's right... I sing in class! (Not just with my kindergartners... but with my 6th graders too!) I was horrified when I first started doing it, but it's no big deal now!

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With that said, I thought it was really interesting that the students in korea don't do the pledge of allegience in the morning, but rather, they SING their national anthem! Makes sense, right?!

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So, here are some of my 6th graders singing this morning. P.S. The boy in the front who looks like he is special, is INDEED special. :)

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