Sunday (1/27/2013) Sledging Drift!

Yo! Here's Part 2 of my weekend :) so as I was having lunch with my friend Bianca she invited me to go sledging with her and some people she met at the International Party. I asked her what the heck sledging was and she had no clue and so we decided it must be something like sledding...we weren't that far off actually. What you do is sit on this sled and you have two ice pics which you use to move around on a lake size patch of ice. I know it sounds strange but it was a lot of fun. It's easier to explain if I just show you lol so I had a vid but it's not uploading therefore here is a link to Bianca's Vlog on it:

My Friend's Vlog on Sledging :)

While we were sledging there was a family there and the two little girls were actually students of the Korean guy that was with us. There was also a man there with his son. The kids were soooo cute! The mother of the two girls was very nice and bought us lunch and the little boy gave me some of his hard boiled egg. However, he gave it to me because he didn't like the yellow part lol but lucky for me because that's actually my favorite part.

Saturday Night (01/26/2013) International Party!!

Hello All!

Although it's been a week I had an awesome weekend. I separated it into two posts because I have many pictures from each event :) Alright well Saturday day time was pretty uneventful. I met with my friend Nicole for lunch and we hung out. However, that night I went to an International Party with my other friend Bianca. So before I get into it, I'll just give a little background about these parties.

There is a group that meet at a cafe called Talkaholic where they do language exchange between Koreans and Foreigners. I actually haven't been to this place yet though I have been meaning to go for the longest time. Well these people who set up this language exchange decided to set up monthly parties for people to get together and have a good time and make new friends. The parties are held at a type of bar-restaurant place and you pay 20,000won for unlimited drinks and food. I've been to one before and had a really good time so I was happy that I was able to make this one.

This was the 7th International Party and I had a great time. I met many new people which I hope to meet again. There were about 60 people total that showed up and from what I hear everyone had a great time. After the party a group of us went to do 노래방 which is when you rent a room and you sing karaoke. It was a good mix of Korean and English songs being sung. Then we proceeded to go to another bar called Yellow Taxi which I'm sure I've mentioned before in earlier posts. I had such a wonderful time I can't wait for the next one!

Now for your viewing pleasure....PICTURES!!!

Jet Lag is a....

I wish there was a better way to travel. There are so many places I want to see but getting there is such a hassle. Not to mention there is the problem of jet lag. Yes, jet-lag, the condition where your sleeping pattern gets all types of messed up from flying over different time zones. Needless to say, I friggin hate it...a perfect example: it's 430am as I'm typing this post right now. The worst part is I'M WIDE AWAKE...not a bit of sleepiness. ~sigh~ I guess the smart thing to do would be to do something productive with this time but I don't really feel like it lol

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Dear lord I'm so horrible with this blog thing....therefore my resolution is I'm going to try and keep this thing updated! Technically this should be my last term before my contract ends but there were some issues at my job so I ended up having this term off which makes spring term my last term. As a result, I am currently back in America...actually I've been back since December 12th lol...I return to Korea on January 15th. Once back in Korea however I am still on vacation...btw this is unpaid :-/ oh well I agreed to it. So once I return there should be more posts...maybe...if interesting things happen lol. I hope everyone had great holidays and new year!

Boryeong Mud Festival

Hello everyone! Long time no hear I know but nothing exciting has been happening. Anywho this past weekend I went to the Boryeong Mud Festival with 13 of my coworkers. It was amazing! I would definitely suggest going if you're ever in Korea during that time. The festival is for about 10 days but we only went for the first weekend. They have more events and concerts as the days go on. Apparently Boryeong is known for its mud and the benefits the mud gives your skin. However the festival is just like a giant mud party. People were smearing mud on each other with paint brushes and throwing mud at each other. There was an area you paid to get into where they had mud pits and water slides of mud and some other attractions. I have some pics from it...didn't take too many though didn't want my phone to get messed up.

Sports Day....New Teachers...New Term

Yo! How's it going? Yeah I know it's been like 3 weeks but that's better than my usual length between posts lol there have been a few things that have happened over these past couple of weeks. I went to a Sports day, we have new teachers, and a new term has started...now for the first exciting thing...Sports Day!

Lately I've been with this organization called Mannam. They are a volunteer association based in Korea. Here's the link for more information: http://www.mannamintl.org/ They are an awesome organization that are truly non-discriminatory. They aren't affiliated with any particular religion and it's a good way to meet other foreigners here that aren't from your job and do some good for people at the same time.

I digress though, the point is I went to an ultimate sports challenge they put together in Seoul for all the branches in Korea on May 19th! It reminded me of Field Day in elementary in school, it was so much fun and I liked watching the different sports being played. There were also little booths along the side of the field that were fun carnival type games where you could win raffle tickets.There were also a Tug of War and this strange paper airplane game lol it was a good time.

Stopped here for a quick bite to eat

This is the ceiling of the COEX

Ultimate Challenge time!!

Soccer!

Basketball!

One of the members in our branch has the nickname Giraffe lol

Me and another memeber....I don't have a tshirt yet lol

On the bus ride home we had Norebang! (Karaoke)

It was fun but a bit difficult with a moving bus lol

Ok next new life event....NEW TEACHERS!!! We got 4 new teachers, the first two came the May 18th and the other two came May 25th. We have people taking this term off so new teachers is good plus now I'm not the newbie anymore lol They're all pretty cool too so that's good. This also leads to my next topic...kinda sorta not really lol but a new term has also now started! I now have new students and new classes that I'm teaching as well as every other Friday off....I have the best schedule out of anyone at work I think lol I do miss my old students...some of them two girls I had last term gave me chocolates they're so sweet!

Chocolates!!!

More chocolates! Also a note

The cute note she wrote