Blogs from Mokpo, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Asia - page 3

I'm done with classes for Wednesday. I never appreciated the middle of the week as much as I do now. I'm not saying I don't like my job. My job's awesome, challenging and I take pride in my work. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jonesing for the weekend. Even with this being my second week here. A friend I made last weekend has some extra tickets to a cultural event this Saturday so I'm going for sure. A part of me wishes I'd flown in sooner so I could have time to get used to Korea and see places before I started working. There's so much to see around here and take in. My students seem to like me and I'm getting compliments from other classes of what they've heard about me. ... read more

I got off work not long ago and my roomate is going to show me the foreigner watering holes around Mokpo, conveniently a minutes' walk from my house. I really mean a minutes' walk. I live on the third floor on a building with shops below. One of the things I like about Mokpo is how most everything I'd ever want is within walking distance. Even within "American Walking distance" of a block and a half and then stopping to catch your breath and ... eating a cheeseburger or something. So today I was waiting for some new passport photos to be developed (you use them for everything here, alien id card, hospital visits, etc) and went into a McDonalds. I saw four westerners and sat down next to them. They're the first non-Mia/Dylan or friends ... read more

It's wednesday my time, around 10:30am. Things are going well, I've just got to learn more of the language so I can order my own food and get around town. The teaching is challenging at times but I'm starting to like it. There are misquitos here in the winter, and unlike the ones in America that bite you and your bite goes away quickly - they leave you with a huge bump that itches like mad that doesn't go away anytime soon. I've stocked up on bug spray. Normally I'm against using some super chemical stuff for pest control, but now that I'm facing misquitos from the great beyond, my outlooks' changed. I hear they are worse in the summer, which I'm not looking forward to. Monday night after my first day teaching, my roomates took ... read more

Well greeting from Mokpo South Korea. It was a small change coming from Busan. Mokpo is quite a bit of a smaller town but still enjoyable. I did some mountain hiking on a day off which was really nice. I also have enjoyed meeting local pastors and other people from around the area. Also the mayor gave us ( the whole ships company ) free tickets to the Spa. Sorry though no picture of that because all spas in korea are no clothes required. Just the way God made you I guess !! Anyways enjoy the pics ! BEN... read more