Photo A Day: March 22-31

Mar 22 - Yum coffee! 

Mar 23 - Went to the store today. I was tempted to purchase one of these beautiful creatures but decided not to. Maybe next time. 

Mar 24 - I was wandering through Sanbon today and decided to stop at Dong Bang. You may think, "what is Dong Bang?" Well if you look at the picture, it is exactly what it looks like...poop. It is basically poop shaped bread, with some sort of filling. I got the chocolate filling for my poop bread. 

Mar 25 - Got some bangers & mash at The Wolfhound (an Irish pub in Itaewon) today. It was delicious!

Mae 26 - I have a new project I am working on at school. I am making all the days and months to display on the whiteboard in my classroom. It takes a long time to cut out all those letters. 

Mar 27 - Eating my usual from a Korean restaurant near the school. 

Mar 28 - Got some ddeokbokki on my way one from work today. YUM! 

Mar 29 - Went to see a movie before work for  ₩5,000 which is about $4.50. 

Mar 30 - Skyped with my best friend this morning. It has been too long! 

Mar 31 - Went to the DMZ in Cherwon where the 2nd Tunnel is. The DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is 4 km wide, with 2km on the north and 2km on the south, that runs across the Korean Peninsula. Nobody is allowed within the DMZ. The mountains in these pictures are part of North Korea and on the top of the far left one there is a North Korean watch tower.

Photo A Day: March 15-21

Mar 15 - I had to go to the bank today and pay one of my bills. I like that here in Korea I can do it all t the ATM! 

Mar 16 - Made some Bailey's Cheesecake Brownies today for my co-workers to give them some St. Patrick's Day joy! They turned out good, especially for my limited baking supplies. 

Mar 17 - Happy St. Patricks Day! Drinking a green beer at an Irish Pub in Itaewon! 

Mar 18 - Met some new friends over drinks last night. This was taken at about 2 am so it is considered to be a photo from the 18th. 

Mar 19 - My name tag from work. I never wear it though. It just stays in my desk. 

Mar 20 - Me and one of the Korean teachers, Sandy. 

Mar 21 - Alison wanted some Baskin Robbins ice cream so we got some on the way home from work in 38 degree weather.

Photo A Day: March 8-14

Mar 8 - Had lunch today at a Japanese restaurant. It's funny because I was skyping earlier with Emily and wanted some California rolls. Well I was able to get some. Yum! 

Mar 9 - Sam and I, my little first grader now! 

Mar 10 - Went to the dermatologist today in Seoul. 

Mar 11 - Went to Costco and has some delicious Costco pizza for lunch. YUM! 

Mar 12 - So for some reason I woke up at 6 am this morning but the good thing was the sky was a beautiful color from the sunrise. 

Mar 13 - I finally got a coin jar for all my Korean won that had been filling up my wallet and it's also a frog. I <3 frogs! 

Mar 14 - Happy White Day! White day is like Valentine's Day but it is the guys who give candy. This is what some of my students gave me.

Photo A Day: March 1-7

Mar 1 - Today is the Korean Independence Day! Which also meant I didn't have to work either. 

Mar 2 - For lunch, we had time to go to our favorite Indian restaurant in town. I got myself some chicken marsala on rice with a side of nan. 

Mar 3 - Watch all three extended versions of Lord of the Rings today! 

Mar 4 - I have been in Korea for almost 7 months now. I have been feeling a bit homesick. I am glad that I have pictures of my family and friends to help me. 

Mar 5 - Got paid today and wanted to show how colorful Korean money is. 

Mar 6 - I am getting re-addicted to a game that was first introduced to me 2 years ago. I remember me and my friend David would always compete with each other to get the highest score. The game is now available on iPods, so I have easy access to play it when ever. This picture I took of the iPod screen when I am about to play it.

Mar 7 - One of my kids gave me a drawing today. It is of her and me. It made me happy especially because it came with chocolate.

Photo A Day: February 22-29

Feb 22 - Some "Love Letters" from my kindergarten kids. They are super cute that I needed to share them. 

Feb 23 - Today is one of my best friends birthday and I am unable to celebrate with her. So I made a sign for her and my kids wanted to say Happy Birthday too! I Love You! 

Feb 24 - My kids graduated from kindergarten today. I didn't think I would cry because I will still be there teacher when they are in first grade, but when I started to give my congratulatory speech, I started crying. Then, when Becky gave her speech and said goodbye, I cried some more! 

Feb 25 - I'm turning Korean! I got a perm today! I love having curly hair and so I finally decided to get a perm. They had to plug in the curlers to make them hot. Thank you Sue for helping me. 

Feb 26 - Needed to go to the foreign food market today in Itaewon. I needed to get my supply of American food! 

Feb 27 - The E-Mart sign. A beacon to guide me home each night! 

Feb 28 - I worked on my spring classroom decorations for the first part of my day. Here is a little preview of some of my cute little friends, so far. 

Feb 29 - Some of my 6th grade students!

Graduation

Yesterday, two of the kindergarten classes graduated. They will be starting to go to public school on March 5th and will be in 1st grade. The whole day was kind of sad. I didn't think I would get super sad or even cry but when I got up to give my congratulatory speech to my kids, I started crying. It came out of nowhere. I honestly did not think that would happen. Then when Becky, the other foreign kindergarten teacher, gave her speech, I started to cry some more. It was Becky's last day as their teacher because she is going back to the states. So not only did she have to congratulate them but also say goodbye. For me, I will still be there teacher in our after school program, so I will see them again. Congrats boys and girls!

All the little graduates

There graduation photo taken a month before graduation.

Photo A Day: February 15-21

Feb 15 - Playing with my new photo app on my iPod. It is called pudding camera. Thanks Minju for introducing me to this app! 

Feb 16 - Birthday lunch! This month are the birthdays of two of my kiddies; Leo and Diana! 

Feb 17 - Alison bought some Korean wines at E-mart for us to taste. They were all interesting but not super good! 

Feb 18 - Went to see Star Wars Episode 1 in 4D. I'm even representing with wearing my Star Wars shirt. The movie plot and acting were still bad but the 4D part was awesome. The chairs were moving all over the place during the pod racing and all. Even at the end of the movie, during the celebration, the movie theater was filled with bubbles. It was fun! 

Feb 19 - Made some baked macaroni and cheese for dinner with some steamed broccoli. Also had a glass of rosé wine with it. Then for dessert I had a chocolate dipped waffle. It was a good meal. YUM! 

Feb 20 - Went to the post office today. Needed to mail some stuff to friends. 

Feb 21 - Went to a new restaurant in my neighborhood. Had some bulgogi (and this is what bulgogi really is). It was really good.