Blogs from Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, Asia - page 7

I got up this morning around 9 o’clock and dilly-dallied around until about 10 o’clock when Dad called. Mom was still in Missouri on her rock trip and Dad had said that she was having a great time, other than some minor setbacks like rain and a flat-tire by one vehicle in the group. Maximus P is doing well. Apparently, he is getting fatter, which is no surprise to me. He’s always been a lovable big boy. My hands have finally healed from his claw marks. He doesn’t mean to, but when he plays, he ends up clawing his playmate to death. I thought about getting a falconer’s glove, but then decided against it since I was leaving anyway. Sorry, Mom and Dad, you can buy the chain-mail mitt if you so desire. Anyway, I talked ... read more

Today was Friday, so the Kinders were either going to have outside class or there was going to be a birthday party. Well, today was the birthday party for the September birthdays. It was quite strange, actually. We did our morning routine and then around 10:40, we went up to the fifth floor where they pushed back the accordion wall to make one big room out of two smaller classrooms. I had my cookies come in and sit down and I one little girl who is just as stubborn as can be. She won’t talk to me and she is constantly following the Korean teachers where ever they go - including out of the room. So today was no exception. I lost her on the way up. I took the stairs while everyone else was in ... read more

Like every day, I had the Kinders this morning. They were pretty tame today. Maybe it was because we were missing two of the rambunctious ones. They wrote, “Shoot a star,” twice and many of them had very good tracing. We still need to work on our fine motor skills, and I guess gross motor skills as well because we trip over our own feet! It’s Thursday, so it was board game day. On these days, I pick out three or so board games from the common room and they make up their own games. Today, while I was out getting the games, I returned to a little boy pants-less on a chair. Apparently he had wet himself and my co-teachers were trying to clean him up. What was also great was that I had bare ... read more

Today, Monday, I had the day off because of Chusok, the Korean Thanksgiving. I got up around 9 o'clock to talk to Mom and Dad from about 9:15 to 9:45. They gave me updates on Hurricane Ike and what’s going on in the States. I’ve noticed that foreigners who have been here a long time didn’t hear of some events back home and when I mentioned them, they didn’t know what I was talking about. So, I’m doing the best that I can to keep up on things. I try to read the headlines daily, but I want to know local stuff, too, so they fill me in. After we got off of the web cam, I tried to do some writing and then I watched some YouTube and fell asleep for about two hours. Then ... read more

Today I got up around 10am and talked to Mom and Dad back home. They said they were still getting rain from the hurricanes and more was to come. Luckily for me, it hasn’t rained here yet. I’ve had gorgeous days and today wasn’t going to be any different. At 12:20, I met Pauline outside her apartment and we walked to one of the corner stores and picked up some juice for the party. Then we hit up Dunkin’ Doughnuts to get some doughnut holes for dessert. I bought the doughnut holes since I didn’t have anything to bring, and that was fine with Pauline! We then walked over to the corner of Bone Hospital and waited for a small blue car. We talked about many different things and she told me to read a book ... read more