Blogs from Incheon, South Korea, Asia - page 11

HELLO from South Korea! My flight was fine, after an emotional send off from Claire, i had lots of movies to watch and a spare seat next to me! Met up with John-Lee the guy who organised my job and headed straight for Wonderland school to meet the teachers and sit on on my first class! Megan the teacher im taking over from is great, really helpful and its good to watch her handle the different classes. The school is in a high rise building.. well 4 stories, but well orgenised and each classroom is decorated differently. I will be teaching Korean 5 yr olds which are actually English 4 yr olds (different way of counting age, come out at 1 yr!) and all ages up to 11! You would really be surprised at how much ... read more

"I sought to see the amazing as normal, and the daily as unique, and in that swirling paradox I found the joy of travel." -Mary Poxon --------------------------- “Margaret-teacher, please help explain American Holiday called Easter.” I was currently shadowing Ashley-teacher, a pleasant Korean woman who works at my school, an English emersion school in Incheon City, South Korea. I was supposed to follow around each teacher for one class and observe their different styles of teaching. But I had just gotten off the plane about 12 hours earlier, and needless to say, I was a bit overwhelmed. “Well, Easter is a holiday that celebrates the day that Jesus rose from the dead after he was killed on the cross by the Jews 2,000 years ago.” Their stares were mostly blank, but some were horrified. I decided ... read more

So. Firstly let me just say how pissed off I am right about now. After sitting on a plane for ten freaking hours, I get off and turn on my phone to see if I have any message love. And lo and behold, and some point during the flight. my screen has cracked, and I can't see shit. I know I have two messages on there, but I can't for the life of me read them. So I am officially phonless (and alarm clock less) for four weeks now. So I'm sorry if I'm not replying to any texts, don't think I'm being rude. The rest of the flight wasn't too bad. I found it funny that out of the 100 odd South Korean ladies on my flight, not one of them wanted to join the ... read more

I left Hawaii Saturday night and got into Incheon, Korea on Monday in the afternoon. The flight was long an grueling because I had to stay overnight in the Honolulu airport. Elevator Hawaiian music and security guards, not a soul in sight. I finally checked in with China Airline at 5:30am. They weighed my carry on and determined it was too heavy so I HAD to check it. $32 later, I was on my way to Taipei. 10 hours with the least amount of leg room I've ever had on a plane...and I was miserable because I had just left Hawaii....I'm airsick and I haven't eaten in 24 hours...it just gets worse and worse. My flight into Incheon was only a couple of hours but let me tell you, it was the longest 2 hours. My ... read more

Sleep Shmeep! As the weekend draws to a close I can happily inform you that all is well and I'm having a great time. I'm meeting people all the time and haven't really stopped since I got here. As an added bonus, my digestive system is so far standing up to the task provided by the food and water! The routine here is quite strange but really good. 'Daytime' goes from about 13:00 through to 06:00 the next day. My teaching hours are 2pm to 9pm so have no choice but to have a lie in everyday and be more or less nocturnal. I have spent the weekend looking around Incheon which will be my home for the next year. People like to go out drinking and party big time here so I've had a double ... read more