Blogs from Incheon, South Korea, Asia - page 9

Hi all! Wow seems like keeping up a blog religiously is a little difficult, or maybe its just because I am a little slack! I thought I best post a little update of what went on here is SK the last couple of weeks before I put up a massive entry and hordes of photos from my awesome holiday! The last couple of weeks before my holiday were trying to say the least with more lows than highs if the truth be known. I think a culmination of exhaustion from a year without a holiday, screaming kindergarten kids, some co-teacher work admin, serious lack of any interesting events or activities and winter just got a little too much for me! That being said the three weeks leading up to Christmas weren’t completely without any events. I ... read more

Hi All! I’m just checking in to let you know that all is well and that I haven’t forgotten about this page for those of you who still take the trouble to check it. Sorry I haven’t given you anything new to read for a while! It’s come to that point in my journey that was always going to be one of the hardest…..Christmas! One of the few draw backs of coming here for this great experience is that I have to spend Christmas away from home for the first time. I can’t deny that it will be difficult but one day of feeling lonely and homesick is a small price to pay for the enjoyment I’ve already had and hope to have more of in the coming months. The winter here has started to hit ... read more

Hey guys, SO SORRY i haven't been blogging for ages.. 2 months in fact!! Gosh i cant believe it has been that long, just read my last blog and so much has happened since then! I wont remember it all in order so i will just throw things out and see if you can make sense of any of it!! Where do i start? Well school i suppose... its getting better, there have been moments when i have been told i was a crap teacher and that's kinda upsetting.. but i think this school (like so many others) is fickle, its just a business and they aren't really all that interesting in the kids actually learning they just want the kids to enjoy it enough to keep coming so they get the money. For example i ... read more

I feel I must apologise for my relative lack of activity on here recently. It's not so bad though since it means that I have a couple of things to report. I also now have my own camera which will hopefully give my entries a bit more context from here on in. The difficulty of my Korean lessons has gone up a notch and along with it the amount of time I devote (or at least should devote!) to my studying. Still enjoying it though and slowly but surely I’m picking a few things up. All I need now is for somebody to claim that a pencil is a book and I can correct them using accurate Korean. Well, you never know! Since I last wrote I have performed magic tricks at the school Halloween party ... read more

Korea almost ruined Halloween for me. Kind teacher Lynn decided she was going to celebrate Halloween with her kids, be extremely generous and give out lots of candy. I had this plan to have kids bobbing for apples and playing games. It was going to be glorious. What actually happened? WELL...I lugged pounds of candy to the school. I dressed up as a witch and had a broom. I announced that kids could come trick or treating at my office...and then...I almost died in an avalanche of children. My pumpkin was stolen. My candy was stolen. I was mauled by kids who were pushing my desk on top of me. Oh and did I mention that they even stole the apples so there were no apples bob for. After that, I pretty much closed up shop. ... read more