Finally some pictures!

I finally remembered to take some pictures of my elementary class. Here they are, all cute and everything. Can you tell just how crazy they were on Monday?

Last weekend was soooo packed. We saw the movie Inception (pretty great and intense movie, by the way, although I would never go so far as to rate a movie...) and did some great shopping on University Road. We also saw this in front of the movie theater:

Totally creepy!

On Saturday night, due to a slight yet invited change of plans, we had more than enough time for a wonderful round of kareoke. Unfortunately, I have no pictures to show of this wonderous event, but I leave you with two pictures. First of all, look up the song "Gee", by Girl's Generation. Then imagine a group of guys doing the exact dance moves while singing. Yes, that totally did make my night ^^ Secondly, imagine hearing people sing the song "Rude Boy" in kareoke. Enough said.

On Sunday, we visited Insadong, which is the part of Seoul most known for its traditional buildings and for shops selling traditional items. Here's one picture I managed to snap, but thanks to the group of smokers, we got a cloud in the picture :(

Rachel and I left Insadong early to attend a concert at the Yum Kwang Church. The Seoul Motet Choir is a Christian group dedicated to the soul purpose of praising God. It was absolutely beautiful, even though I had no idea what they were singing ^^

After the concert, Rachel and I were still hungry, so out we went with Jonathan and June to get some ddukboki, spicy rice cakes :) Sooooooooo goood, but so super spicy. After eating that, even the humid night air felt nice.

Ok, that's it for now. A recap of this week and weekend coming up soon. Meanwhile, this is what we look like right now....and every morning, for that matter:

Eaten alive!!!!

Yesterday and today, I only had one student :( the rest of my students are at a church camp, but I got to see some today after lunch. I was walking out when they were walking in, and the AMBUSHED me. Literally, they saw me and started yelling "Teacher, Teacher!". Three of them clumped around me and were pulling my arm, holding my hands, wrapping themselves around my waist, etc. Sooooo cute I wanted to eat them up! Unfortunately, my student David was so hungry he decided to started eating me. He literally took my arm up to his mouth and pretended to bite me. I asked him if he was hungry, and he said "Yes!" very emphatically. He also said "Christina chu-se-yo", which basically means, "I want a Christina please." It's nice to know your students love you, although a tad creepy that they want to eat you...

What's up so far :)

After three days without a computer, I'm finally back on track! Here's what happened:

I was writing my lesson plans for Thursday when my computer had a minor freakout. I turned the thing off to restart it, but it started telling me that I needed a CD to restart it. Awesome, but I left it at home so I wouldn't have to bring more things. I fretted all weekend, prayed, and tried not to freak out, but this morning, I decided to turn it on again and see what I could do. The result? My computer decided to let me restore it! So, I lost everything, but my computer works. AWESOME! I'm in the midst of taking pictures again - but here are a few:

This is mykindergarten class - aren't they precious? They love to repeat just about everything we say, even when it doesn't make sense :) Most of them are pretty well behaved...but there are some students with a ton of energy...

This is Ki Joo, a little mischevious boy who always has a way of finding me. On the first day of class, he decided to attack me from behind...I didn't mind too much ^^ One day, though, he was sitting in my lap, saw my ring, and started pulling it off while saying something slightly angrily. I'm dyyyiing to know what he said.

This is my elementary school class - they're getting ready to go listen to a Bible story. They are pretty good students, although quite energetic. However, I'd rather they have too much energy than no confindence in speaking in class. Also, one girl's name is Winky. Enough said.

Me and my roommate, Molly Farris, being ridiculous and sharing a drink at Lotteria (kinda like McDonald's). We also bought matching headbands and are wearing them in this picture...although they are obviously not visable in this picture.

We're in Korea, so how could we resist? We got some facemasks to use while watching Korean dramas. Did you know you can't smile while using a face mask? That's why we hold our faces, like this:

That would be Ji Seong, telling us to stop laughing while holding his "face". Great great night ^^

First Day of Teaching!

I'm in South Korea!!!!!! It's been kind of busy, so I'll post a complete summary of what we've been up to in a few days. In the meantime, here are some pictures!

This is the view from my window. Isn't it beautiful?

We are staying at a church's retreat site, and there are two dogs there. This is the first dog we saw, and my roommate, Molly, decided she wanted to give him a Korean name. Since the only Korean word she knew was "an-yong-ha-se-yo", which means "hello", we decided to call this dog "An-yong". He's very smart - he already knows his name!

We met this dog today, and due to a conversation we were having, decided to name him "Chaperone". We are kind of hoping to bring these dogs with us to class one day, but...we'll see. ^^