A month in the world of blogging
YIKES! I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last entry...and I really don't think this will be as "significant" an entry as maybe it should be.
The last month has been filled with all sorts of things... Our good friend "Teddy" (Korean name: Young Hyun) left for Canada on May 15th so Andrea and I wanted to do as much fun stuff with him as we could. These things invovled several day trips to places unheard of by most Koreans, which was kind of cool.
We went to a ceramics festival in a town called Mungyeong - so many things to take in... ceramics, bmxing, random acupuncture, and Andrea and I even got to make our own ceramic vases which turned out quite nice :) We also went to this crazy motorshow - that's me attempting to kidnap Teddy and shove him in the trunk of a car! Hee Hee!We visited a green tea field in the area of Boseong... but we went with a travel package and didn't have much time to explore the fields or try any of the green tea or "nokcha!"
We visited several temples in our neighbourhood on Buddah's birthday which was May 5th. A lot of the temples here are quite spectacular... the architecture of the buildings is so mysterious and beautiful... and seeing as it was Buddah's birthday, the temples were adorned with colourful lanterns and fresh boquets of flowers. It was nice to spend the whole day outside and interesting to watch all the people go about their religious rituals.
On to more materialistic things... I've managed to buy my very own digital camera this month, which is pretty exciting... so now I can take my own pics instead of "stealing" Andrea's all the time... although I still think she takes way better pics than I do! The only bad part about buying it here was that it doesn't have an English manual and I haven't had a lot of time to figure out what all the settings do... but I've been impressed so far at the quality of pictures if takes!
The weather is getting warmer and I am excited to try to do some shopping... as I'm very close to paying off one of my loans, I'm going to allow myself to "splurge" a bit and try to find some nice summer clothes... seeing as I forgot to pack very many! Oops! In spite of the warmth, it's been rather wierd weather... almost like home. There was a fairly large typhoon in Thailand recently and I really think it's affecting the weather here... the winds are CRAZY WILD these days and it's been rainy, foggy, and just unpredictable, which I've been told is not normal for this time of year.
The end of May is practically here and there's only 4 months left to go! It's so wierd, exciting, and scary - scary because I'm totally unsure of what awaits me at home and hope that I'll be able to find a job quickly so I can continue to pay off my enormous loans, both to the government and my parents ;)
My boyfriend, Sean is hoping/planning to come visit at the end of July for about three weeks, and then I'm planning to go to Thailand and Cambodia with Andrea. I'm really excited!
Well, I know this may seem "meager" but hopefully the pics will be interesting enough at least for a couple days until I can maybe think and write about more specific things!
Annyong!
posted by Esul... morning dew @ 7:18 a.m.
9 Comments:
WOW! An eventful month, I'd say! It sounds like you're having a BLAST! Way to go! Have a wonderful time with your man and enjoy Thailand and Cambodia! I heard they're beautiful! Cheers and God bless!
Hey Bethany :) It's eventful and fun socially, the work is still really trying at times and today was one of those "not so good" days.... but I'm trying to not think about it as much as I used to! Hahaha!
Hope you are well!
Some of the things you've mentioned in the last few months have sounded so amazing! you have such an awesome opportunity there...makes me jeallous that I'm STILL here...everyone I know seems to be off living in the fullness of life in the big wide world! But, God willing, my turn will come again. Hope your day is good and that we can "chat" again soon. :)
Awe... don't be jealous ;) The fun things are great, but the work is always tough... at least you have a job (well, jobs) that you enjoy and find exciting... some weeks are hard, but maybe they are for you too!
Have a great week, Erica!
Hi Rachel,
I love being your friend! You cheer me up and bring sunshine to my life. I like your blog because its totally like how you talk.
Thanks for including me in your blog. I felt special reading it.
I had my first day of work today! Wow, it was hard, good, and I understand how its not easy to get kids to listen to you sometimes.
I am so excited you're coming back!
Love Sandra
Rachel,
I love being your friend. You bring the sunshine to my life on so many days. Thanks for including me in your blog. I have just begun my job! Its going to be good, although I can't say I've solved all the problems of making kids listen. It ain't easy!
So excited to see you soon,
Love Sandra
Dear Sandra! I know that these two comments are similar, but I wanted to post them both!
I'm so happy to hear that your first day of work went well! I'm so excited for you and hope that I'll be able to come watch you teach if you decide to work there in the fall!
I was doing some review with one of my classes today and we just started singing the sentences and and the kids got really into it and I started remember all those cool things we learned in Music Ed class... and then I thought of you and how you must be doing similar things right now :) How great is that!
I love you Sandra! You're so wonderful!
Mike, I posted your comment... or I thought I did, but I can't seem to get it to appear:( Maybe it will show up in a while???
Anywho, thanks for the update... I'm glad to hear that things are going really well for you!
Have you heard from Teddy lately? He's really loving Canada it seems!
Stay safe!
Hey baby,
So...nice blog. Only 4 months, yaay. Any chance you can make it sooner? I can't wait to come and visit you. I hope you are having a good week. I'll talk to you later on tonight.
Love Sean
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