Hello, All! Well, I've just gotten back from Japan a couple of days ago. It was okay... Or... It was amazing! I had an awesome time with my friend, Mike. We didn't have a real schedule or anything - just general ideas of what we wanted to do and see. I think our priority list went something like this: 1. Eat amazing sushi 2. See REAL Tokyo (not just the touristy stuff) 3. Tokyo Motor Show 4. Tokyo Disneyland 5. Participate in real karaoke I feel pretty confident in saying we achieved all of those things with flying colors. Friday was [View Full Entry]

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WHEW! Has it ever been a while! And an eventful one at that! Hello, all. I've missed you. So, the goings-on that can be easily explained with a word or two have been few and far between as of late. English Village is going through quite the rough spot now that H1N1 Influenza A is successfully circulating the country. This is causing all of the schools (who have had us booked solid through 2011 until now) to cancel their programs and packages with us. As a result, EV is losing a considerable sum of money. And, subsequently, the troubles are being [View Full Entry]

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Hello, All! I have some wonderful news, some slightly old wonderful news, and general updates for you all. First and foremost, I have turned down an offer to renew my contract in return for a Harvard course training and certificate. I will in all likelihood be coming home in June of 2010, as scheduled. I can't wait to see you all! Secondly, I found out today that my application for promotion has been accepted. I am now the Shift leader for 1-9 and the Evening Activities Coordinator. The job entails a lot, so I won't bore you with the details. I'm [View Full Entry]

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Hello, all. I know it's been quite some time and I've received a few griping complaints about the complete lack of timeliness in my updates. It's been a hectic month and I hope you all and understand that. I don't even know if I can fit into one blog the insanity that has ensued in the past few weeks. But for your sakes, I will definitely try. Here's the digs - VIP was a blast and a half. It was a lot of work and there were many nights that, at clock out, I was fully elated just to be done [View Full Entry]

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Hello, all! I have a phone! Email me privately if you would like my international number. YAY!!! And for all of you skeptics out there (Jenn, Josh, I'm looking at you), I will have you know I solidly survived over a month without a cell phone and slept infinitely better without the 4am texts and calls. Sure I was a little twitchy and would wake up in a cold sweat, searching frantically for my alarm function, but I managed and came out just fine. This week marked the beginning of our One Month Program, VIP (Vacation Intensive Program). It was an [View Full Entry]

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There are a few things going on here and there that I though you might want to know about. Even if you don't want to know, I don't care. I'm excited and I'm going to tell you anyway. :) First off, I am no longer the only Ohioan in the English village. Moreover, I'm not the only Miamian. That's right, we got a new kid in town and he knows the people I know and we went to school in the same buildings and with the same professors - on the other side of the world. I'm really excited to know [View Full Entry]

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Hello, all! I figured that there is no better way to fill my first development time than to update you all on the goings-on here in beautiful South Korea. That, and I'm crazy homesick today for some reason. So since I can't talk to you, I'll fake it and just write something that you can read a respond to. The weather is insane. By "insane" here, I of course am referring to the heat. And the humidity, and the spastic rain. Yesterday, it was about 84, with 81% humidity (and that's a good day). It would be perfectly sunny one moment, [View Full Entry]

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Hello, All!!! I know, I'm a terrible person. It's been over a week since I last blogged and ranted and raved for you. (BAD Megan! BAD!) Please be patient with me. It's going to take me a while to get into a rhythm here. I have a few ideas for upcoming blogs, but I want to get them worked out on paper before I post them for the world to see. I had quite the week! The students from Bumgye Middle School were an interesting bunch. They were very smart kids - almost too smart. They were quick to pick things [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday was my first day of work. It was AMAZING!!! The feeling was almost surreal. I have imagined this job in my head over and over, and it was nothing like I had dreamed - it was better! I know all of this sounds really, dangerously cheesy, but please bear with me here. This is the thing that I have wanted to do for about 5 or 6 years now - since I found out that teaching abroad was an option. I can't even tell you how great it feels to do the thing I've been dying to do for so [View Full Entry]

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Hello, All! Most importantly, you all should know that I found Peanut butter and Frosted Flakes (a normal-sized box!), so I am not going to starve. :-) I can't think of a better way to organize this apart from chronologically, so here we go... June 2-3: I left 12 of my favorite people on the planet behind as I passed through security in the Columbus Airport. I boarded my plane bound for Chicago... then I had to get back off the plane. A bird flew into the wing, causing damage, and they needed to change a tire. The entire passenger list [View Full Entry]

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