Events of the Week

What a busy week! I was planning on checking out Costco Monday after work but it was a coworkers birthday so we went out for dinner. Same people didn't come out, but I wanted to be social and figured Costco could wait a day. So we headed out for spicy chicken at a restaurant nearby. The lady there was so sweet - normally the food gets cooked right in front of you and it can get quite hot being at any restaurant but since it was not too busy yet in the restaurant she cooked at an empty table and then brought it over to us. How thoughtful!

Tuesday was Costco day. I left right after work and was on the bus by 7:10 and didn't get back until 11:30! But it was worth it.

I was a little bit disappointed when I first walked in because I didn't realize it was two floors and couldn't find any of the food at first!! I did end up finding the bottom floor though and got chicken, lunch meat, cheese, peanut butter, whole wheat bread, pasta, pasta sauce, vegetables etc. It wasn't so fun carrying everything back but worth it. I stayed and had a Costco hot dog as well. I was so happy that my Costco card worked over here!

Thursday was Liberation Day here in Korea so we got the day off from work. I had signed up and planned the previous week to go to Daebudo Island. It was a really fun day, I would have loved to have gone swimming but there wasn't any good spots and the tide was out. It was beautiful though. Again, I took a lot of pictures so check out Facebook for all of them!

 

 

 

We stopped at three different places on the island and this one spot below reminded me a bit of the seawall in Vancouver.

 



The tour bus dropped us off at a subway station so we could all go our separate ways home and we got to witness a public proposal! It was so sweet. There was a crowd so we stopped to see what was happening. There was a small screen set up, with light ropes and balloons surrounding a girl. Then a guy was speaking on through a microphone (in Korean) and I was told at one point he asked "Will you marry me?" Afterwards he sang her a song then finally got down on one knee. PDA is not big in Korea, so they only hugged afterwards. Even when their friends chanted "kiss the girl" they only mustered a small peck on the lips. So cute.

A small group of us decided to get together Friday night, so that's what I did last night. We met at one of their apartments and ate pasta and had wine. I was convinced to try mussels, and did but don't like them. Weird texture for sure.

Tonight we are going out for Nate's birthday (co-worker), it will be interesting to see what a night out here is like, although I could stay in and watch movies all night.

I also managed to snap a few pictures of my classroom and one group of my students. This is my grade 1 class - Asteria, Aiden, Grace and Patrick. They are such quiet students, it can be a bit draining but I try to make it fun for them and get them speaking. I forgot to take pictures of my other students even though I had my camera with me - maybe next week!

 

I'm a few days shy of being here for 4 weeks already. The time has gone fast and I'm enjoying work but do miss home and everyone there quite a bit - love you all!

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