Cirque De Soleil

Last Saturday, Aaron and I headed up to Seoul to see Varekai, by Cirque De Soleil! It was a beautiful show under the big colorful tent!  

We both wanted to make it a nice date night and look extra nice for the event, but we had lots to see and do in Seoul before the show, so we got ready early in the morning and wore our fancy clothes all day.  Hence my messy hair!

Standing in line with my birthday present: the tickets!  Thank you A

Once inside the tent, we were told not to take any pictures or videos, but I couldn't resist!  I was stealth and sneaked in a couple videos, with my iphone, to remember the night!  Please don't tell on me! :)  ENJOY!

The show was fantastic and sitting in the 5th row was pretty sweet as well!  We could see everything up close and personal!  Such a great 30th birthday gift from my guy!

Weekend in Seoul.

In T-minus 1 hour, Aaron and I will be boarding a lightning fast KTX train to Seoul to spend the weekend with Jess and Carlos!  We'll also be catching the 8 o'clock showing of Cirque Du Soleil tomorrow night!  The weather in Seoul is supposed to be sunny and in the mid 60's, which is the nicest weather we've seen here in 6 months, so it should be a great trip!  See ya'll Monday!

Fancy Foto!

Aaron is always fine tuning his photography skills!  It's his favorite hobby these days, and sometimes I get to be a part of the fun!  This week, he took me to a subway station and had me stand completely still while a subway train whizzed by!  

I really love how the picture turned out.

 

Do I have to eat that?

School lunches in Korea are REALLY different from school lunches back in the states.  First of all, everyone eats the same lunch here! No one brings a packed lunch (including the staff)! Korean school lunches are always comprised of 5 things: rice, meat or fish, a vegetable, kimchi, and a soup.

Today's lunch though was CRAZY!!! 

I really wish I had my camera, but I didn't, so you'll just have to deal with my written descriptions!

We had:

white rice (Always yummy!)

soup with chinks of tofu and pumkin, slimy clams, and green onions.  (WTH!)

Then, the meat portion of the meal was squid and clams in red sauce.  (Eehhh!)

The vegetable portion was green onion stalks with anchovies in a honey sauce (double Eehhh!)

and of course, kimchi!

Believe it or not, I ATE ALL OF IT!  Every last bite... because that's what you do in Korea! 

I'm hoping tomorrow isn't so crazy!

Cherry Blossom outing!

Yesterday, my Principal gave the 6th grade teacher group a chance to leave early and do something cultural together!  Lucky for me, the English teachers are part of the 6th grade teacher group, so I got to go too!

First, we drove to 경화's apartment (6th grade teacher - middle front) for some hang time!  She just recently moved to this apartment, near Gwangali Beach, so she was eager to show it off to all of us!  She had fresh strawberries, rice cakes, yummy tea, a wild raspberry yogurt drink, and some vanilla waffers for us to munch on while we chatted! 

After leaving 경화's apartment, we piled into Monica's SUV and headed to a nearby mountain to see the newly blossomed Cherry blossom trees!

민정(Min Jung), 현정(Hyun Jung), 하나(Hana), and 옥정(Ok Jung)

굼연 (Gumyeong Mountain) is a famous mountain in Busan, because you can see, in all directions, from the top!  

The 7 of us all have tea time together, every morning, after our 1st class of the day!  And the best part is they can all speak English and are ALL outgoing!

현정(Hyun Jung), 경화(Gyung Hoah), Monica, Me, 민정(Min Jung), 하나(Hana), and 옥정(Ok Jung)

옥정(Ok Jung)  She and I are very close!  Her english is near perfect and she knows more slang than any Korean I've met to date, so speaking to her is almost like talking to a friend from back home!  She and I teach 5th and 6th grade together!  

 These 3 are the 6th grade teachers at my school.

민정(Min Jung), 경화(Gyung Hoah), and 하나(Hana)

The whole gang together (Minus Ok, who was taking the picture)

 

I am so blessed this year with these great women!  All 4 of them are completely fluent in English! 

We drove the car further up the mountain and climbed to the very top, where we could see in all 4 directions.

After watching the sunset from atop the mountain, we climbed back down and piled into Monica's SUV.  We were having so much fun together that we decided to grab dinner together too!  They ASKED ME where I wanted to go, which I thought was really sweet!  I knew immediately that I should take them to BREEZE BURNS for some American style hamburgers on the beach in Gwangali!  None of them had ever been here. 

It was a BIG hit!  They all loved it and devoured their food as soon as it arrived! 

Working at Dae Gyo is making the thought of leaving Korea REALLY HARD!  :)

I am so blessed!