Yeah... my students tend to act just as dorky and are just as funny with their English... but i love it! here you can check out some fun videos of some of my favorite Korean singers! hehe speaking English or just acting dorky!!
SS501
SS501
Super Junior... hehe!
Super Junior! hehe! Titanic Scene!
"in the future don’t go where I can’t see you"...
20 gazillion points if you know what the quote in my title is from... hehe
so update from the last blog... things are going better... i got my heater fixed on friday morning... the day we had off for a school holiday or something... not sure what but whatever! haha a day off is a day off! i spent my day off doing scanning of books at my school... haha so i sorta worked... and getting ready for another observation at my school. not sure if i mentioned this in a previous blog but i had an open class about 2 weeks ago with 1 of my classes and then the next day after that i got observed twice in another 2 classes so i had a stressed week! but all is well and i have 1 coming up on tuesday cause it was previously canceled. i'm trying to not really think of it cause it'll go fine and i've done well so far in the last (almost) 4 months! it's so strange that it's already been almost 4 months! haha!
well... ah. yes so funny thing is... if you havent guessed... i'm obsessed with Kpop! haha! i've decorated my room and covered in Kpop... or Kmen should i say... I never have people in my apartment so i never thought that when my heater and tv broke down that people would be in my apt... well yeah so i had a person from my school (who i work with... male late 20s/ early 30s maybe) see my Kmen dressed up walls... haha talk about awkward... then my landlady and mechanic guy who came to fix my apartment saw it... and i'm thinking the person who had to fix my tv saw it... haha probably thinking i'm super weird!!! haha but whatever! ^_^. Oh here's my High Cut Wall... hehe!
so yes my tv and heater got fixed all before the weekend! too bad i didnt stay in my apartment most of the weekend! haha!
one of my friends invited me to come to her birthday get-together on saturday and i gladly came! it was so much fun! so my day Saturday started out going to visit my friend before the bday fun! i went and got my hair done... took forever BTW! haha but i had a good Kguy working on my hair... nice and tall and... okay i'm done... haha very cute to say the least! hehe! well i got in there around 3ish and go out of there and back to my friends apt at like close to 7... it was crazy!!! but they did a wonderful job! i love it! just a trim and my hair lightened... ^^
then it was off to meet our friends in Itaewon. we started off at Wolfhound Pub for dinner and starter drinks. I had a Cosmopolitan and a Strawberry Margarita (which actually was just a slushy drink piled high! haha) then we were off to the Loft... get in for 5,000 and women get free drinks all night! We met up with more friends there and just pretty much stayed there for a while! haha!
I generally dont go out and party so this was my once a month hang out with my friends night! it was great! Then today, my friend was giving away a bunch of her stuff cause she's heading home next week! I'll miss her!! but she'll be back in January so i'm excited! haha! Got some cool things for my apartment... and definitely was a squished 30 min ride back by taxi! haha! good thing there wasn't much traffic!!
Soon I'll be going to visit some Korean Museum with my Korean teacher hopefully! She's trying to get a group from her classes to visit places in Korea like we did last time to the Village!
My Korean classes are going great! i love the teacher and just learning the language... definitely can be difficult... especially remembering everything but i'm hoping that I can start to practice it a lot more and get comfortable using it with my Korean coteachers and Korean friends... ^^.
Also... if you haven't yet... you need to get started on Watching Iris and You're Beautiful... definitely 2 of my favorite K-Dramas at the moment!!
well i'm off to bed but hopefully i'll have more fun stuff to write about soon... my mood is more cheerful than the end of last week and I still Love Korea!!
^_^.
so update from the last blog... things are going better... i got my heater fixed on friday morning... the day we had off for a school holiday or something... not sure what but whatever! haha a day off is a day off! i spent my day off doing scanning of books at my school... haha so i sorta worked... and getting ready for another observation at my school. not sure if i mentioned this in a previous blog but i had an open class about 2 weeks ago with 1 of my classes and then the next day after that i got observed twice in another 2 classes so i had a stressed week! but all is well and i have 1 coming up on tuesday cause it was previously canceled. i'm trying to not really think of it cause it'll go fine and i've done well so far in the last (almost) 4 months! it's so strange that it's already been almost 4 months! haha!
well... ah. yes so funny thing is... if you havent guessed... i'm obsessed with Kpop! haha! i've decorated my room and covered in Kpop... or Kmen should i say... I never have people in my apartment so i never thought that when my heater and tv broke down that people would be in my apt... well yeah so i had a person from my school (who i work with... male late 20s/ early 30s maybe) see my Kmen dressed up walls... haha talk about awkward... then my landlady and mechanic guy who came to fix my apartment saw it... and i'm thinking the person who had to fix my tv saw it... haha probably thinking i'm super weird!!! haha but whatever! ^_^. Oh here's my High Cut Wall... hehe!
one of my friends invited me to come to her birthday get-together on saturday and i gladly came! it was so much fun! so my day Saturday started out going to visit my friend before the bday fun! i went and got my hair done... took forever BTW! haha but i had a good Kguy working on my hair... nice and tall and... okay i'm done... haha very cute to say the least! hehe! well i got in there around 3ish and go out of there and back to my friends apt at like close to 7... it was crazy!!! but they did a wonderful job! i love it! just a trim and my hair lightened... ^^
then it was off to meet our friends in Itaewon. we started off at Wolfhound Pub for dinner and starter drinks. I had a Cosmopolitan and a Strawberry Margarita (which actually was just a slushy drink piled high! haha) then we were off to the Loft... get in for 5,000 and women get free drinks all night! We met up with more friends there and just pretty much stayed there for a while! haha!
I generally dont go out and party so this was my once a month hang out with my friends night! it was great! Then today, my friend was giving away a bunch of her stuff cause she's heading home next week! I'll miss her!! but she'll be back in January so i'm excited! haha! Got some cool things for my apartment... and definitely was a squished 30 min ride back by taxi! haha! good thing there wasn't much traffic!!
Soon I'll be going to visit some Korean Museum with my Korean teacher hopefully! She's trying to get a group from her classes to visit places in Korea like we did last time to the Village!
My Korean classes are going great! i love the teacher and just learning the language... definitely can be difficult... especially remembering everything but i'm hoping that I can start to practice it a lot more and get comfortable using it with my Korean coteachers and Korean friends... ^^.
Also... if you haven't yet... you need to get started on Watching Iris and You're Beautiful... definitely 2 of my favorite K-Dramas at the moment!!
^_^.
Bad Night.
So... it's been a while since I updated...nothing exciting going on right now... we had halloween at our school and it was pretty cool... pics soon... but other than that nothing... but it's okay...
until last night happened... i got locked out of my apartment... my own fault. i left my key at my school with my Korean homework and well... it was like 12am. i was so upset at myself and still am... my eyes are puffy (like it's bad...) and i'm worn out... i'm glad tomorrow i dont have school... hopefully i can sleep in a little.
a few other things wrong that upset me a little... i had my 1st hot shower in like a week this morning cause my friend, Rosie, let me crash at her place last night... even while i was a crying mess. i'm home now just trying to figure out if i should nap first or what... and when i walked in, i tested my heater box and well... it's still not working... i've had my manager's assistant come look at it but they seem to think i'm an idiot and that i just didnt push the button to turn it on... well guess what! i've been here for close to 4 months... i think i've been taking hot showers up till last week... argh...
and i have 1 of 4 light bulbs working in my apartment... when i told them this they told me i need to buy new light bulbs... um what?... it was like that when i got here... i'm just scared that last one's going to go for sure...
OH yeah... and my TV doesn't really work... the smart card is expired... i haven't watched tv in like 3 months... since i got here... but now i really can't attempt to watch it cause i'm paying for it...
i'm sorry... i just needed to rant... this isn't an I hate Korea blog... i still LOVE Korea and will be here for a LONG while but this is an "i-wish-my-school-admin-would-cooperate-with-me" blog...
one high-point! I got a new cell phone and contract! which means guess who's staying for quite a while?! i'll have to post a new video of how cool and cute it is!! hehe...
well.. i'm off to think of what to do with my morning... sleep... get ready for school... or eat breakfast...
sorry for the sad blog...
my favorite song at the moment... FT Island: Raining (from their 3rd Japanese Released Album)...
Also... you should be watching You're Beautiful and Iris... new dramas!
until last night happened... i got locked out of my apartment... my own fault. i left my key at my school with my Korean homework and well... it was like 12am. i was so upset at myself and still am... my eyes are puffy (like it's bad...) and i'm worn out... i'm glad tomorrow i dont have school... hopefully i can sleep in a little.
a few other things wrong that upset me a little... i had my 1st hot shower in like a week this morning cause my friend, Rosie, let me crash at her place last night... even while i was a crying mess. i'm home now just trying to figure out if i should nap first or what... and when i walked in, i tested my heater box and well... it's still not working... i've had my manager's assistant come look at it but they seem to think i'm an idiot and that i just didnt push the button to turn it on... well guess what! i've been here for close to 4 months... i think i've been taking hot showers up till last week... argh...
and i have 1 of 4 light bulbs working in my apartment... when i told them this they told me i need to buy new light bulbs... um what?... it was like that when i got here... i'm just scared that last one's going to go for sure...
OH yeah... and my TV doesn't really work... the smart card is expired... i haven't watched tv in like 3 months... since i got here... but now i really can't attempt to watch it cause i'm paying for it...
i'm sorry... i just needed to rant... this isn't an I hate Korea blog... i still LOVE Korea and will be here for a LONG while but this is an "i-wish-my-school-admin-would-cooperate-with-me" blog...
one high-point! I got a new cell phone and contract! which means guess who's staying for quite a while?! i'll have to post a new video of how cool and cute it is!! hehe...
well.. i'm off to think of what to do with my morning... sleep... get ready for school... or eat breakfast...
sorry for the sad blog...
my favorite song at the moment... FT Island: Raining (from their 3rd Japanese Released Album)...
Also... you should be watching You're Beautiful and Iris... new dramas!
Desperate Cry for Help!!!
Okay... so obviously Korea is getting colder... for those who live in Korea... you know this... well... i'm a small town girl from Texas... it gets cold in Texas... obviously... but we generally have heaters and the ability to read the heater controls...
(Top part of the panel is on the Left and bottom part is on the right)
well i'm in Korea... (if you haven't guessed)... in the coldest... freeziest (yes i'm an english teacher let me be...) apartment in Korea... i literally locked up my windows to make sure no more cold was going to come through... but now I can't figure out the heating system...
It's not a normal heater... it's a floor heating system... called an Ondol heating system... underfloor... which sounds like a great idea cause heat rises BUT!!!... i dont speak enough korean to figure out what these buttons say... i've translated the korean words and all i get are: timer... water... out (or as leaving) restart... and like a sleep function... does this make sense? obviously the water one makes sense to me cause i use it pretty much every day... but i can't figure this floor thing out...
if you know what i'm talking about and can explain to me what buttons to push... then maybe i wont die in this cold and can report back to Texans that it's safe to live here in the winter... ^_^.
till then... i'll just sleep in as many sweaters as I can find and hope that i can keep my socks on so I dont shock my body in the morning...
nights!
*i couldn't resist...*
(Top part of the panel is on the Left and bottom part is on the right)
well i'm in Korea... (if you haven't guessed)... in the coldest... freeziest (yes i'm an english teacher let me be...) apartment in Korea... i literally locked up my windows to make sure no more cold was going to come through... but now I can't figure out the heating system...
It's not a normal heater... it's a floor heating system... called an Ondol heating system... underfloor... which sounds like a great idea cause heat rises BUT!!!... i dont speak enough korean to figure out what these buttons say... i've translated the korean words and all i get are: timer... water... out (or as leaving) restart... and like a sleep function... does this make sense? obviously the water one makes sense to me cause i use it pretty much every day... but i can't figure this floor thing out...
if you know what i'm talking about and can explain to me what buttons to push... then maybe i wont die in this cold and can report back to Texans that it's safe to live here in the winter... ^_^.
till then... i'll just sleep in as many sweaters as I can find and hope that i can keep my socks on so I dont shock my body in the morning...
nights!
*i couldn't resist...*
