Friday, May 18

Friday afternoon I had my after school class. These kids are the highlight of my work week. There are 5 students in total, but one student had to miss class due to a Girl Scouts sleepover.

Thursday, May 17

The weather forecast predicted sunny and clear skies all last week. That’s why it was a giant surprise when I heard a loud clap of thunder. I looked out the window and then it started pouring down rai. The rain only lasted about 10 minutes, but it was a huge surprise. The windows in my office were open and I could hear children squeezing as they tried to scurry out of the rain.

A year in photos – Day 81

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Wednesday, May 16

This week I came to school to find a large flat screen TV had been installed in the front entranceway at school.

Now there’s a live stream of Dokdo Island to greet the students every day.

Dokdo is an island that Korea and Japan have a famous feud over.

A year in photos – Day 80

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Tuesday, May 15

May 15th is Teacher’s Day in Korea and it’s also my birthday. Double yay!

My day was truly amazing. The students were really sweet. I got lots of letters from students and at lunch time, this group of girls surprised me in my office with a poster and they sang happy birthday to me. My heart was so full all day.

After school, Dave picked me up from school. We had dinner near the beach. Dinner was fantastic. I am one lucky girl.

A year in photos – Day 79

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Monday, May 14

Monday night was my birthday dinner with the girls. The first restaurant we went to didn’t have room for 7 of us so we ended up going to a restaurant that I’ve been meaning to try. We all really loved it. It’s called 찜닭 (jjimdalk), which means steamed chicken in English. It’s really really good! It’s really tender chicken served in a platter of spicy sauce and vegetables like onion, potatoes and carrots.

After dinner, we went to Baskin Robins and had an ice cream cake.

It was a great night.

A year in photos – Day 78

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Sunday, May 13

On Sunday in Seoul, we came across a park full of 아저씨 (ajoshi – older Korean men) playing a came called 바둑 (baduk). The English translation is Go. It was so fascinating to see so many men playing the same game in one place.

A year in photos – Day 77

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Saturday, May 12

I spent the weekend in Seoul with Dave and his parents. We all had a really good time.

In Insadong, I saw a food stand selling these and they made me laugh. They are called 똥빵 which translates to poop (ddong) bread (bbang). They are basically just sweet bread full of red bean paste in the shape of… poo.

It’s just another quirky thing about Korea…

A year in photos – Day 76

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Friday, May 11

Almost every day I see a baby so cute I want to put it in my pocket and take it home.

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Thursday, May 10

My co-teacher was out sick today so I had to teach 4th grade all alone. This was my first time in the 14 months I’ve been here that I’ve had to teach alone for a full day. It actually went really well, considering 4th grade has the most ADHD students of any grade and they are the worst behaved.

After my last class, one of the 4th grade girls walked up to me with this picture she had drawn of me.

A year in photos – Day 74

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Wednesday, May 9

Grand Openings in Korea are really interesting. A lot of times there will be these large flower arrangements out front (that look like funeral flowers to me), the air powered blow up guys that flail around or girls in short skirts dancing. This BBQ restaurant in Seomyeon (Busan) had all 3! It also had a very disapproving ajumma monk that had decided to sit down next to the scantily clad girls.