korea~

wow. I havent updated in such a long time.  I think it is time for a new update.

I am finally in korea!! woo hoo.   I came here a week before my training started to hang out with my friend hanna.  It was fun and relaxing.  The best part of Korea is the street food.  ohdang is only 500 won and it is soooo good! Man.. i can eat that all day. haha.  I also got to meet my aunt, cousins and nephews for the first time.  They live in bundang so I went to go visit them.  The first time I went, I took the subway and had to transfer 4 times!! yikes! anyway, I thought it would be really awkward considering I have never met them before, but it was really good.  They’re really nice to me and my cousins try to take care of me.  It’s so nice to have older cousins :]

Week of training: Man did I want to go back home kus I hated training.  It was so stressful and overwhelming.  The kids that have to learn this stuff are crazy too, it’s like college material! So, I was trained for chungdahm hakwon and each class I teach is 3 hours long! There are other branches within chungdahm and one of them is April.  April is for elementary students who are at a lower level.  I initially wanted to do April because each class is only 40 min and its with kids :]  After a week of intense training, I was finally off to my school.  When I got there, the won jang nim told me that unfortunately, I would have to work at April.  In my head I was thinking, YES! Thank God! So I told him that I wanted to teach April and he was really happy too.  I wanted to know why I got switched and he told me that the girl who was supposed to teach April decided not to do it the day I arrived to school.  Man, was I lucky!

anyway, I already finished one week of work and its been pretty good.  MWF are a bit tough kus i have to teach 8 classes back to back.  it can get a little tiring.  My apt on the other hand is pretty nice! It’s a 2 story office-tell and its very roomy.  It is more than what I expected  So, if you ever want to visit me in Korea, you can stay with me. hehe

okay here are some pictures ~

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