My students are rock stars. I need to say this because I am just so proud of them. They give me reason for being here. They are walking the path to their dreams and I can be their cheerleader. I can give them some of the tools that they may need along the way too. What a great time of year. The cleaning of my apartment needs to happen. I just hate cleaning and can think of so many other activities to fill my time with that would make me happier. Bah. Hopefully though, before I leave for India, I will [View Full Entry]

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Many things have been happening. I have been, just like last year, rolling in and out of fogs. While I am in the fog, time just flies by and I struggle to keep up... But recently I have emerged and am feeling rejuvinated. I posted this on my yoga studio's website and decided to throw it up here as well: I want to start talking about a new topic... a topic I was asked to write about and am interested in articulating, but there are many layers to address... Many aspects of my experience that are key to who I am [View Full Entry]

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I wanted to revamp an old entry I did about coming to South Korea. There are many factors that affect what one should bring to SoKo when coming over to live for an extended period of time. If you are working for a private academy (hagwon), it is pretty safe to say that you will not be in the deep in the countryside. If you are headed to Seoul you will be able to find just about everything you need to live comfortably. The same is true with any of the other big cities: Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, etc. With that being [View Full Entry]

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Mike and I spent this past weekend exploring the city of Gyeongju, regarded by many Koreans as one of the most important cities in the country. Gyeongju is about an hour north-west of Yangsan and we got there by bus (the ticket for which cost a mere 3,700W!). During the Silla Dynasty (57 BC - 935 AD), Gyeongju was the capital of the country, so it holds many important remains of that period, so long ago. The weekend started with me being a little sick but we decided to make the trek anyways, because the beautiful colours of fall make this [View Full Entry]

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H1N1 has resurged in Korea... 10 of my students have gone home with either the potentiality of it or full-blown H1N1. This weekend should be cool. On Saturday I am going to the yoga leadership class for the first time since I graduated. It will be awesome to be back in the space. I am hoping that my Korean comprehension beefs up by then. Recently, I have been having such a tough time understanding Korean. I definately haven't been practicing enough. I found an awesome Korean drama that I love to watch on the internet, 'Queen Seon Deok,' buuuuuuut the site [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from a distant space... I seem to only be a “good” blogger sometimes. I guess that is the flow and rhythm of my life though, so I accept it. Life here is acutely chaos right now. I am hungrily devouring novels as I simultaneously walk to school. I have been lesson planning and planning my winter trip to India. I am missing my recently departed American friends, while trying to organize future activities (that I wish they could come to)… I realized yesterday, as I have been racing around that 1) I was practicing yoga (asana and pranayama) only once [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday was a blur. I have been awake, but asleep or like a robot. It has been a mad rush to get information. Information about India, information about Gyeongju, Samcheok, and Palgong Mountain… On Tuesday I rocked it at school and then around lunch time my friends came. We walked around and saw some of the students. We told them that we were going to have a free talk time. A group of about 15 students came to talk… 3 first years and about 12 second years. It was awesome. I was so impressed with the students. Then we took a [View Full Entry]

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As you know, From Oct. 2nd, 2009 to Oct. 4th, 2009 was Korean traditional holiday(Choo-soek, Aug.15. on lunar month, the full moon's day). I worshiped my ancestors with my all family. On Choo-soek day, Confucian(about a quarter of national total population) set a table for their ancestors in the morning, Choo-soek. and pray for thier ancestors and thanks for good harvest this year. This Choo-soek, My elder brother's wife couldn't come to My father's house, because she gave a birth to her second daughter on Sep. 17th. she still in rest in hospital with her second daughter. but My first [View Full Entry]

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I never thought I would see a second Chusok weekend in South Korea but there I was 13 months in and so happy that we had a long weekend! Since staying in the city for Chusok was not at all what any of us had in mind we enlisted the services of Jusine’s very awesome Korean Co-teacher, Sophia, to help organise us a little get away to Gyeongju so see the cultural centre of South Korea. Naturally trying to co-ordinate train tickets on Chusok weekend for six girls all with different departure schedules proves a little challenging and getting myself a [View Full Entry]

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This week is just making me giddy. Yesterday was Kathleen's birthday and Friday at 1am I get to welcome Jamie and co. to SoKo. Sooo good. I got my Korean driver's license today!!! It was so much easier than expected. I think it is because I read some blogs of people from Seoul going and getting theirs. In Daegu, at least in the morning, the people traffic at the DLA was so minimal. It was incredible. BRING *17,000 won *3 photos (passport sized) *passport *ARC card (alien registration card) *driver's license from home country I arrived with my coteacher and there [View Full Entry]

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