First time to visit Emart was pretty great! Rosie took me cause she needed to get a few things and i needed to get some makeup! lol! of course! and I got a pillow that is great (hopefully... i'll know pretty soon!! ^^)... we walked around for quite a bit looking at everything possible... lol i haven't laughed so hard in my life! haha! the whole time was fun! it's like back at home with walmart... it's the thing to do... at least for me! haha!
i got some great makeup (hopefully... i'll know in the morning... but it seems nice!)... for a good price and got some wonderful samples!! ^^ my favorite! you get caboodles of samples when you buy stuff!!
this week has just began but i'm hoping it's a good week...
i'm hoping to possibly visit the doctor soon since i think i might have hurt my ankle a few weeks ago because now it wont stop being swollen... :( ... i have to get my ARC (alien registration card) so maybe it'll get better and i wont have to pay... and i'm hoping to go out and get a phone this weekend if my card comes in and since Friday we have off from school... maybe i'll hang out with some friends from orientation! we'll see!!
also FIELD TRIP this wednesday! guess who's excited!! yes that would be me!! no teaching for half the day... it's going to be great! hehe!
well i'm off to bed... need sleep since i didnt get any last night...
^_^.
I don't care!
Currently Watching: I don't care by 2NE1
This week was the beginning of teaching for me and it's definitely been 1 heck of a week! I wont go into much details! but it's been a good and interesting week!! this blog is more about what i did after work today. I actually left work earlier than other days cause tomorrow has been planned since yesterday! haha! :-P
I was walking home wondering what I was going to go eat... I havent stocked up on much food... which I need to do but anyway... I was thinking about how i could eat close to home... just some random restaurants around the area... as I was crossing the 2nd street I decided to eat at what looked like a chicken place and decided okay what the heck... so i walked in... and i was greeted nicely... it was a small place and she pointed at something on the wall and I think was asking me if i wanted to eat there or to go cause I was standing by the door... usually that means you want it to go... but i was contemplating... to go or to stay... so i stayed... i didnt want to be rude but when she pointed at something else it said it cost 9,000 Won... I was like AAAHHH that's expensive for 1 person... well she brought out spicey fried chicked with sweet radish (i think)... I instantly realized why many people do not eat out alone... cause they bring so much that 2 people can share... after i was full... definitely after 3 smaller pieces... i figured out how to say: can i take this? and so i went and asked her and she understood (or i think so...haha) and made a box (or bag) shape and then took my plate and filled a to go bag... ^_^.
the food was delicious and definitely made me happy that I could do this... any little thing makes me happy to know that living in Korea for the next several years is do-able.
I registered for my Alien Registration Card (ARC) on Monday and hope it comes in soon so I can get a phone and a bank account... lol!
I haven't taken many pics of the area or food but I'll go ahead and upload some pics i have taken! Or you can click above to my Photos tab or my facebook link to the right!
Dunkin Donuts near my school... second day in Korea
Fun trip to Itaewon the first weekend!!
Mnet! My favorite tv station!
Edit:
My tv has been updated! lol like the satellite and everything has gotten cooler! lol! ^_^. I think when I turn it off to head out it must have updated itself when i uploaded a new program... anywho! I think it's cool! ^_^!!
This week was the beginning of teaching for me and it's definitely been 1 heck of a week! I wont go into much details! but it's been a good and interesting week!! this blog is more about what i did after work today. I actually left work earlier than other days cause tomorrow has been planned since yesterday! haha! :-P
I was walking home wondering what I was going to go eat... I havent stocked up on much food... which I need to do but anyway... I was thinking about how i could eat close to home... just some random restaurants around the area... as I was crossing the 2nd street I decided to eat at what looked like a chicken place and decided okay what the heck... so i walked in... and i was greeted nicely... it was a small place and she pointed at something on the wall and I think was asking me if i wanted to eat there or to go cause I was standing by the door... usually that means you want it to go... but i was contemplating... to go or to stay... so i stayed... i didnt want to be rude but when she pointed at something else it said it cost 9,000 Won... I was like AAAHHH that's expensive for 1 person... well she brought out spicey fried chicked with sweet radish (i think)... I instantly realized why many people do not eat out alone... cause they bring so much that 2 people can share... after i was full... definitely after 3 smaller pieces... i figured out how to say: can i take this? and so i went and asked her and she understood (or i think so...haha) and made a box (or bag) shape and then took my plate and filled a to go bag... ^_^.
the food was delicious and definitely made me happy that I could do this... any little thing makes me happy to know that living in Korea for the next several years is do-able.
I registered for my Alien Registration Card (ARC) on Monday and hope it comes in soon so I can get a phone and a bank account... lol!
I haven't taken many pics of the area or food but I'll go ahead and upload some pics i have taken! Or you can click above to my Photos tab or my facebook link to the right!
Dunkin Donuts near my school... second day in Korea
Fun trip to Itaewon the first weekend!!
Mnet! My favorite tv station!
Edit:
My tv has been updated! lol like the satellite and everything has gotten cooler! lol! ^_^. I think when I turn it off to head out it must have updated itself when i uploaded a new program... anywho! I think it's cool! ^_^!!
Orientation
So after my last day of observation on Monday (August 27th)... there was vacation... but... i didnt really have a vacation... Tuesday i did cause i got to move into my apartment! and just lazy around while working on my apartment... lol! Wednesday we started orientation... it was at our school and it definitely was nice to not have to go far distances to get there... it takes approximately 15 minutes to get to my school from my apartment! yay! it's a pretty nice walk actually... cross some streets... get run over by a cab or two! lol!
anyway orientation was okay... some good parts... interesting... long definitely! it lasted from wednesday morning 10-6pm... through friday... it definitely helps to have ideas and what-not...
after orientation i set out on an adventure to meet up with Rosie and some of her friends in Hongdae. it was a subway ride away... and me on a subway alone may have been disastrous... :-P ...but i made it in record time! haha maybe not! :-P but i still made it!
i got to meet some Korean friends of Rosie's and definitely had a great time! we went to a jazz bar and then later to a japanese food place where they served a type of japanese drink (soju-type)... definitely pretty good! we all hung out till we finally went home at around like what 3am? Hongdae was definitely busy but fun cause i got to hang out with people! haha!
saturday and sunday were pretty much lazy days! :-P I wish i wouldve gotten to go to SS501's 1st asia tour concert here in Seoul... but it was about 45 minutes from me... AND tickets sold out in 30 minutes... so... pretty much impossible!! but i heard it went well!! saw some fan-cam shots! :-P wonderful pics too!
anywhoo! i love korean tv btw! i'm currently watching Monk on Fox lol with Korean subtitles... and it's great to not have commercials! like there's rarely any commercials between shows! I love it! ^_^.
okay now i'm off to grade papers! hehe!!
anyway orientation was okay... some good parts... interesting... long definitely! it lasted from wednesday morning 10-6pm... through friday... it definitely helps to have ideas and what-not...
after orientation i set out on an adventure to meet up with Rosie and some of her friends in Hongdae. it was a subway ride away... and me on a subway alone may have been disastrous... :-P ...but i made it in record time! haha maybe not! :-P but i still made it!
i got to meet some Korean friends of Rosie's and definitely had a great time! we went to a jazz bar and then later to a japanese food place where they served a type of japanese drink (soju-type)... definitely pretty good! we all hung out till we finally went home at around like what 3am? Hongdae was definitely busy but fun cause i got to hang out with people! haha!
saturday and sunday were pretty much lazy days! :-P I wish i wouldve gotten to go to SS501's 1st asia tour concert here in Seoul... but it was about 45 minutes from me... AND tickets sold out in 30 minutes... so... pretty much impossible!! but i heard it went well!! saw some fan-cam shots! :-P wonderful pics too!
anywhoo! i love korean tv btw! i'm currently watching Monk on Fox lol with Korean subtitles... and it's great to not have commercials! like there's rarely any commercials between shows! I love it! ^_^.
okay now i'm off to grade papers! hehe!!
on your marks...
today was the first day of teaching for me as a new foreign teacher... that's exciting stuff isn't it? well it didn't go as smoothly as i planned or didnt plan... but i got through it and know that hopefully tomorrow i'll be more loose and smooth... like not to think so hard about it cause it'll work out no matter what... i'm still teaching them even if it is about myself or my family! lol they're learning AND speaking english!
I got in around 8:00am to get a head start... i started classes at 9:50 and think i did okay... then another class 10:30 (it came quick too!)... that class i had for 2 sessions so until 11:50 then i came back for another class at 12:40... i missed a class because i hadnt received the revised schedule for our summer intensives and almost freaked out cause well i had to still get ready for my afternoon classes (i had set aside that time to work on afternoon classes... but i had a movie class to tend to...) i was reassured by some wonderful Korean teachers that it was okay... it was my first day... my director wasn't upset at me either and helped me figure out what to do for the next step. going into the next class after the movie class wasnt bad either cause i had about 20 minutes to prepare for whatever... lol i went to my last 2 classes fine... in between those classes i had a break cause my 1:1 student wasnt there so i got to organize things my way in order to really know what i was doing... it helped out a lot...
although i'm still confused on a few things... it was my first day and i know things can only go up from here!
i know i'll enjoy teaching the kids too... they all seem sweet... but it could be cause the good bunch actually came today! ^_^.
i'll update again soon!!
I got in around 8:00am to get a head start... i started classes at 9:50 and think i did okay... then another class 10:30 (it came quick too!)... that class i had for 2 sessions so until 11:50 then i came back for another class at 12:40... i missed a class because i hadnt received the revised schedule for our summer intensives and almost freaked out cause well i had to still get ready for my afternoon classes (i had set aside that time to work on afternoon classes... but i had a movie class to tend to...) i was reassured by some wonderful Korean teachers that it was okay... it was my first day... my director wasn't upset at me either and helped me figure out what to do for the next step. going into the next class after the movie class wasnt bad either cause i had about 20 minutes to prepare for whatever... lol i went to my last 2 classes fine... in between those classes i had a break cause my 1:1 student wasnt there so i got to organize things my way in order to really know what i was doing... it helped out a lot...
although i'm still confused on a few things... it was my first day and i know things can only go up from here!
i know i'll enjoy teaching the kids too... they all seem sweet... but it could be cause the good bunch actually came today! ^_^.
i'll update again soon!!
