So this is a tour of my apartment. It is pretty awesome if I do say so myself. You also get to meet my roommate Gerald. I think he might be evil. He watches me when I sleep and gnaws on his cage. I think he is waiting for the opportunity to pounce, or hop if you will, and maim me. LOVE YOU!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Hello SK
So I finally got my computer cord which means that the blog can commence. I will be using my journal to write this since I have already been here for a month and cant remember half of what happened.
Okay so I stepped off the plane after a grueling 20 something hours on planes and in airports and before even being allowed into the country our temperature was taken. They are very strict about the swine flu not making it into their country. Customs and everything was fairly simple, but once I reached the outside I was totally overwhelmed. I had no idea where to go, but after much miming I got on the right bus. A couple of hours later, and a few more transportation vehicles, I reached my hotel. Quite fancy, very pretty. I made it up to my room and met my first friend in SK named Lana. Two more girls from our program were in the hotel, so in typical terrified desperation we all became friends. The day after our arrival we had to go to a medical exam. Poking prodding and blood drawing was the order of the day. I almost passed out when they took my blood, I had explained to the nurse (miming of course) that I tended to get sick so she made sure I was laying down. The next day I had my first subway experience. We didnt get lost, but it was very confusing what with the lack of English. My first Korean meal was very daunting, metal chopsticks are much harder to use than wooden ones. Training was extremely boring; we had to wear surgical masks every day to keep from "infecting" the Korean population. We kept from being completely bored by going and seeing some palaces. It was really cool. A week later training was over and we split up to move into our apartments.
Chapter two, my awesome apartment. So the city I live in is called Incheon and is about an hour and a half away from Seoul. Yeonsu is the section of Incheon I live in. Our company arranged a taxi to pick me and the others going to my branch up. There are two other newcomers to my school so I automatically had people to talk to. Really nice people.
We had the weekend and then we started work. I must say it is quite possibly the coolest job ever. These kids are genius. They are not really even a language school, they learn things like how to annotate a passage and synonyms for easy words they already know. I love my kids so much. They are extremely cool. I am also really lucky as far as friends go. All of the people at my school are really awesome. We are all friends and hang out every night when we get off work (10:30) One of my coworkers' first language was Korean so we go to all these really cool Korean restaurants and he orders for us. I went to see Rent with Korean subtitles last week. It was amazing. All in all I pretty much love it here. My apartment is really nice, it has a loft and everything. I have tv, internet, kitchen, and a bunny named Gerald who constantly tries to escape from his cage. All of my friends live in the same building so we all hang out a lot. I am learning enough Korean to get around, but I am going to take lessons. I found a book store with English books today and spent a ridiculous amount of money. This is pretty much one of the coolest adventures yet. :)
Okay so I stepped off the plane after a grueling 20 something hours on planes and in airports and before even being allowed into the country our temperature was taken. They are very strict about the swine flu not making it into their country. Customs and everything was fairly simple, but once I reached the outside I was totally overwhelmed. I had no idea where to go, but after much miming I got on the right bus. A couple of hours later, and a few more transportation vehicles, I reached my hotel. Quite fancy, very pretty. I made it up to my room and met my first friend in SK named Lana. Two more girls from our program were in the hotel, so in typical terrified desperation we all became friends. The day after our arrival we had to go to a medical exam. Poking prodding and blood drawing was the order of the day. I almost passed out when they took my blood, I had explained to the nurse (miming of course) that I tended to get sick so she made sure I was laying down. The next day I had my first subway experience. We didnt get lost, but it was very confusing what with the lack of English. My first Korean meal was very daunting, metal chopsticks are much harder to use than wooden ones. Training was extremely boring; we had to wear surgical masks every day to keep from "infecting" the Korean population. We kept from being completely bored by going and seeing some palaces. It was really cool. A week later training was over and we split up to move into our apartments.
Chapter two, my awesome apartment. So the city I live in is called Incheon and is about an hour and a half away from Seoul. Yeonsu is the section of Incheon I live in. Our company arranged a taxi to pick me and the others going to my branch up. There are two other newcomers to my school so I automatically had people to talk to. Really nice people.
We had the weekend and then we started work. I must say it is quite possibly the coolest job ever. These kids are genius. They are not really even a language school, they learn things like how to annotate a passage and synonyms for easy words they already know. I love my kids so much. They are extremely cool. I am also really lucky as far as friends go. All of the people at my school are really awesome. We are all friends and hang out every night when we get off work (10:30) One of my coworkers' first language was Korean so we go to all these really cool Korean restaurants and he orders for us. I went to see Rent with Korean subtitles last week. It was amazing. All in all I pretty much love it here. My apartment is really nice, it has a loft and everything. I have tv, internet, kitchen, and a bunny named Gerald who constantly tries to escape from his cage. All of my friends live in the same building so we all hang out a lot. I am learning enough Korean to get around, but I am going to take lessons. I found a book store with English books today and spent a ridiculous amount of money. This is pretty much one of the coolest adventures yet. :)
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