10 Mos Down ?...to go

So I have officially been in Korea for 10 mos now, and all i can say is wow. The time flew by so quickly, but recently my school has asked me to renew my contract. So given the current economic situation I have to consider it. My stay has been amazing. The people have been great. I think that I have been able to grow a lot spiritually and as a person. So next week I will make the final decision, but i well keep you all posted. I will try to get better at posting on the blog. In about 2 weeks one of my line sister will be visiting me in Ko-rea. So I will try to post some pics.

Peace & Blessings,

Back For Real

I'm sorry I know that it has been awhile since I last blogged, but Seoul has been keeping me busy. I am trying to work on that, but now I think that I am realizing that I just have to remember to take breaks as well as say no. This weekend is a four day weekend because its Buddhas bday and Children s day. So no work till Wed!!. You know I am happy, even though I will miss my beastly kiddies, especially my first grade they are so adorable. I promise I will try to do better with blogging from now on. So have been so busy cuz I recently started teaching an after school program for the District, which I really like. But all is well, I'm simply enjoying life right now, and giving God the glory, and excited for his next steps in my life.

Talk to you soon,

Kicked out the Choir

So this week I had my first and last choir practice for my principals retirement party. Luckily I found out that the other native English speaker had been ask to come too, and he informed me that he couldn't sing either. So things were looking up. Koreans are really big into this thing called Norebang, which is essentially Karaoke. So they are used to hearing people who cant sing, sing their hearts out. So when I arrived at choir practice I assumed that there would only be a few teachers who could sing.

Boy was a wrong. I got their and teachers were warming-up like professionals and the choir director was the business. I was like oh snap, let me see if I can blend in, but they were hitting notes so high I was like let me just try to lip sing this. It was hilarious because the few times i would sing, the choir director would point to the area next to me, and be like someone is off, and I was like man its probably me. So, after about an hour into practice, two teachers say some to our co-teacher in Korean and everyone looks at us. So me and the other teacher are like, well they must be trying to kick us out. This happens to us a lot, they come up with random excuses for us to leave things, but hey usually by that time I'm ready to go.

So co-teacher looks at us, and is like we thought you guys may be uncomfortable having to sit silently during the first song, because its in Korean. I was like I was just going to lip sync or ohh all the way through. So the other teacher called the principal for you, and you guys can leave. I was like man. It was my singing. I know it.

Dupped K-Town Style

So This Friday will mark the end of the academic year for Korean Students. So that means two weeks of vacation for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well minus one day, because I have to come in to see what grade I will be teaching next school year which begins March 1. I had almost made it through my first full semester without getting in trouble, then at happened at lunch last week. My co-teacher was visiting the US with students who had won an English competition for our school.

So I was sitting down at the table, and I saw the Principal eying me. I was trying not to make eye contact, and just as I picked up my chopsticks I saw the vice-principal starting to come my direction, and he had a wary smile. So I knew the message was for me, because he gets nervous when he has to speak English. So I'm looking at him, an he's like do you want to participate int eh Principals retirement ceremony. I was like sure, because my co-teacher had already told me that I needed to attend, and that day may be a long day for us, because all the faculty and staff have to go out to eat with her. So I assumed at the most they just wanted me to say a few words or read a peom in English or something.

Then I saw the surprised look on his face and th surrounding teachers, and he turns to the Principal, and is like she said yes. So, he then says do you want to do ...., but I couldn't make it out. I was hungry and mins away from my black bean noodles (which i love), and i had asked him to repeat it a couple of times, and the other teacher was trying to help to, but it was just so loud in the cafeteria. So, I broke my own rule, and was just like ok.

Then everyone started smiling, and the Principal comes over, and his like do you know these two songs (which she starts to hum). One is in Korean and the other is in English, and I was like no. She was like not eve the second one (Annie Laurie), and she was determined to keep singing it to me, until how recognized it, and I was like yeah sure. I just wanted to eat my black bean noodles. Then the other teacher was like you will sing those two songs at the ceremony. I was uh, wait, oh snap. Apparently the vice-principal was trying to tell me I would be in a choir. So I was like, ok as long as I don't have to do no solos ill be alright.