Wow it's been a while since I've done a post. I've been pretty busy having a little fun in Korea. So last week was a pretty busy one for me. Lets see...my second graders were having exams so on Mon and Tues I had no classes to teach. The teachers wanted to give them a little break so we watched movies for class. It kinda sucked on my end because I taught about five classes from Wednesday through Friday so I watched the same 45 min of Journey to the Center of the Earth over and over again. My students loved it though, and so did I. Fantasy movies are really big here in Korea.

On Wednesday I had the last class for my English Conversation students and we had planned to watch a movie together....so yeah lots of movies for me. When I got home I didn't even want to see a t.v. or laptop. I just wanted to read or close my eyes and not look at anything.

Later on when I got home some of the younger teachers from school called and told me that they were hanging out because it was leaving soon. I was so sad because he was so handsome and really great guy. So I don't have anyone to look forward to seeing when I go to work these days....tragic. Especially since Korean guys are usually pretty shy/mellow but he was a good flirt. I don't speak korean and he doesn't speak english but somehow we managed to speak. Well, lets get back to the subject. I didn't feel like going to nora bong so I stayed home.

Thursday all of the teachers got together and had a really nice lunch to celebrate the students finishing their exams. It was at Japanese restaurant. The food was beautiful and strange and largely un-edible by me. I had to order a second round of orange chicken for myself. I had some huge snail looking animal that was chewy, it was alright I could do it again if necessary. I also finally tried this raw oyster thing. It was also alright I may have enjoyed had been more drunk and not so analytical of the texture. Everything, if you don't already know was raw of course. There were these small crabs that looked so good so I made sure to grab one of those. Had I been less hungry and halfway thinking I would have known that they were raw as well. But no I just bit into it and got a mouth full of gushy nastiness. That, I will never do again. Fool me once....There were also a bowl of snails and some kind of really odd sea slugs, I think that's what they are. But they eat them raw dipped in some sauce. I don't even wish I were adventurous enough to try that. I've seen them in the sea food store and they do not look at all appetizing. It was a really good experience and I enjoyed my day there. Oh I must add that after lunch we were served some very delicious Korean style tea. It was very Cinnamony and sweet. Quite tasty in fact.

Afterwards we went hiking which is quite different in Korea. They have stairs almost all the way to the top. It's exhausting but the view is great from the top. I like hiking with the school because afterwards it kind of a tradition to sit down in this huge tent at the bottom and drink rice wine and have some snacks. The older male teachers always want me to sit with them and chat and drink. They are very funny and some kinda flirty so I sit next to the ones that have their sanity. Some teachers wanted to go to a movie after hiking but I had made plans to meet with a friend instead. I felt terrible because we had kept planning to meet and I kept putting it off. I'm glad I finally followed through because she's a really great friend to have. Lots of energy and knowledge about korean culture since she's been here for a while. I love that she can give me the scoop on so many things.