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Saturday, April 28

Something I REALLY miss are blueberries. I only started liking them about a year before I left for Korea and now that I’m here, they are hard to find.

Last year I found them in my local grocery store for about 9,000 won, I think. Thats about $8. I finally broke down and bought some and they were majorly disappointing.

Today, Dave and I were at Hyundai Department Store in Ulsan and I was so excited to see blueberries again. Only this time they were 18,500 won ($16.50 for about half a pint)! That’s an insane price to pay for a few blueberries.

A year in photos – Day 62

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Friday, April 27

Every Friday afternoon I have teach an after school class to 5 students in 6th grade. They are really awesome kids and it is one of my favorite parts of the week.

Last week we were playing a game and I said the youngest person goes first. To teach them what youngest meant, I had to ask them all what their birthdays were. After I said mine, one of the boys decided to take note on his name tag. I thought it was really sweet.

A year in photos – Day 61

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Thursday, April 26

Every morning I stand at the front of the school and greet the students. They are supposed to stop and read the dialogue on my sign. When they finish, they put a sticker under their grade level.

These two sisters walk to school hand in hand each day. In this picture, the older sister (5th grade) is helping her 1st grade sister with the dialogue.

A year in photos – Day 60

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Wednesday, April 25

I feel really bad because I was supposed to mail Flat Stanley back last Monday, but I never got around to it. I emailed the teacher and she seemed fine with it. Plus, I made this book that I’m really happy with. I bound photos together and each photo has a caption next to the picture. I hope it’s something Flat Stanley’s owner will appreciate for a long time. I mailed it out today along with a ton of other things that I’ve been meaning to mail out.

A year in photos – Day 59

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Tuesday, April 24

I really love living in my neighborhood. I enjoy the sounds of my students yelling out, “Oh! Meagan Teacher!” when they see me walking down the street.

This afternoon, on my walk to the grocery store, some of the younger kids spotted me and yelled “메간 선생님!” half way down the street. That means Meagan Teacher. The 1st & 2nd graders say it in Korean.

A little further along I walked past the neighborhood trampoline and stopped to talk to these students that were jumping.

A year in photos – Day 58

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Monday, April 23

This little shop is right across the street from my school’s gate. They sell toys and other miscellaneous stuff that kids LOVE! Every morning, afternoon and evening, this shop is buzzing with kids. And when the school is closed, so is this shop.

A year in photos – Day 57

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Sunday, April 22

Do you remember a few days ago when I talked about food delivery in Korea? Well, there are so many restaurants that deliver that they really push the advertising.

It’s very common to come home to an ad stuck to your door. When I saw the ad on the left, I snapped a pic, grabbed the ad, went inside, gathered my recycling and went back to the recycling area on the 1st floor. By the time I got back to my apartment, there was another ad on my door !

A year in photos – Day 56

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Saturday, April 21

A year in photos - Day 56

When it’s rainy out, most shops have umbrella covers at the entrance. I think it’s pretty neat.

I had dinner tonight with Jamie (left), Shanna (right) and Jenny (not pictured). Jamie is showing off her covered umbrella. Shanna’s umbrella was too fat to fit in a cover so she improvised by just wrapping it around her umbrella.

A year in photos – Day 55

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Friday, April 20

Korean houses are much different from those in America. This is what a typical Korean house looks like. I walk past this house on my way to and from work everyday.