30 months

I'm now on a two week break from school. Graduation was February 13 and my kids whom I've taught since I first came to korea graduated. I feel nervous about the next semester, new kids and new co workers. My main ℅ teacher whom I taught with since the beginning also left. 

About vacation, first I went to Hong Kong, then macau, now I'm in Boracay in the Philippines. In two more days I will go back to korea. I wish my contract had ended in February, I really don't want to go back. 

29 months

Winter camp is happening.

28 months

It's snowing!!!! It's so pretty but only when I'm inside. I really dislike walking in snow or afterwards when it's slick ice or slushy. 

It's Christmas next week but it definitely doesn't feel like it. My entire family is gathering at my grandparents house this year, even an uncle who has been away for twenty years will be there. The fact that I will be missing such an important family reunion has me feeling sad and homesick. I have to keep reminding myself that next year, hopefully next year I can spend the holidays with my family again. 

In school I'm currently preparing for winter camp. It's not easy, mostly because I have few ideas, and second because I can't focus at work. After teaching there is no heater and it's much too cold in my office. 

This is my last post of 2014.. I'm amazed at how quickly this year went by. I can remember last new Christmas and New Years very well so it seems like it was recent. I'm scared of time. 

27 months

This past month my good friend from childhood came to visit me from the USA on a last minute trip. She didn't book her flight until the week before she left so we didn't have much time to plan, or for me to take off work but we managed to do quite a bit of touristy things together on the weekend and evenings after work. We celebrated halloween together, and it was by far one of my favorite halloweens. I dressed up as a minion and got quite a bit of compliments.

School is going well. I'm obsessed with my students, and i'm dreading graduation because I'll really miss the sixth graders. This last Saturday I went to my first B1A4 concert and it was pretty cool, although it did make me question how come I have the same taste as ten year old girls?

26 months

I went to a Taeyang concert last weekend. The weather is cooling down, I'm a hundred percent I won't renew my contract, mostly because of budget cuts partly because three years will be enough. I'm writing this in a hurry, but I didn't want to skip.

25 months

I'm back from vacation in Malaysia & Indonesia. I definitely enjoyed my time in Malaysia a lot more this second time around. I think I was more open minded about the food, which is what I struggled with on my first trip. Bali, Indonesia was a place I thought I would love, but something about how commercialized it was, and people following me around asking if I wanted a massage or t-shirt sort of out a dark cloud over that experience for me. If I were to go back I think I would choose different places besides Ubud & Kuta to stay at. 

The new school semester has brought me a brand new co teacher, and two new classes. Three of my third grade classes from last term have been taken away, and two new classes added. I miss my kids from last term a lot, they were a lot of fun. These new kids are cute, but maybe I still need more time to adjust to their personalities. 

I celebrated my 26th birthday a couple of weeks ago, and it was pretty nice. On the day of, I had cake with some of my co workers then that night I had dinner and bingsu with friends in my area. Then on Friday a friend came up from her town and we had dinner and cake and wine, then later that night I met up with some other friends for drinks and a night of dancing. Nothing too crazy, since you know.. I'm an adult ;P 

24- two years!!

Two years ago I left the USA and got on a plane to the unknown. It has proven to be the best decision I've made so far, I think. I'm currently in Ubud, Bali Indonesia. Arrived earlier this morning after spending some time in Yogyokarta and prior to that Malaysia. I have one week of vacation left, and when I go back to Korea the majority of my EPIK class will have left Seoul. The idea of a third year, and a third winter in Seoul is a little scary at the moment but time seems to go by too fast and I haven't accomplished half of what I set out to do when I came here, so here's to having a better, and more productive third (and final) year in Korea!!!