Lotte WorldSeoul, Korea Rep. Seoul, Korea Rep. Whew! An exhausting day was had yesterday when I went with some teachers and the Grade 3’s to Lotte World, a huge theme park In Seoul, for a field trip. One of the teachers had a camera and gave me some of his pics so finally I have some photos to upload. “Lotte” is (I think) a Japanese brand and there are Lotte Supers (supermarkets) around here as well as department stores. Lotte…
Feeling like a dork!Cheonan, Korea Rep. Cheonan, Korea Rep. Yesterday I went to the hospital where I had a full medical test. If it comes back positive for drugs or HIV I get sent back home. Today I went to the bank but still can’t open an account so spent the rest of the day doodling the time away with a little lesson-planning, e-mails & Facebook. The school day is pretty long compared to SA schools. We start at 8:20am…
Easter weekend continued…Cheonan, Korea Rep. Cheonan, Korea Rep. Happy Easter everyone! I’ve spent my morning cleaning this place…I have cleaned inside the fridge and put the deodoriser in there and it still smells – any tips? I’m sure there is something to do with bicarb that takes fridge smells away? The cupboards are also all clean now so I can start arranging my stuff properly. Yonok kindly donated some plates, bowls, cups etc. to me so I have some more…
Easter WeekendCheonan, Korea Rep. Cheonan, Korea Rep. I am so proud of myself!! I have just come back from a big adventure…visiting E-mart all by myself! I had a nice lie in this morning along with some tea in bed (happy days: I acquired a mug & the world’s tiniest teaspoon from school which the girl before me had left behind), read some of my book, wrote down some important phrases from my dictionary into my notebook for easy reference…
My first few days in South KoreaCheonan, Korea Rep. Cheonan, Korea Rep. Well here I am, sitting in my “studio” as they call it, having already completed my first day at school! I’ll backtrack a little, but first…happy birthday to my little sister Katie!! Love you & hope you had a great day J The flights in general went really smoothly. The amazing thing was that I even managed to sleep a little (usually unheard of for me) and arrived…
The days leading up to the big goodbye…Durban, South Africa Durban, South Africa Things are crazy as I try to write lists so that I don’t forget anything important behind! It’s not like I can just pop back to collect things when I’m half-way around the world. Plus, I’ve been told that I will battle to find things like shoes in South Korea, as well as trousers (but then that’s nothing new!) so I am trying my best to be…