And the other side is the Connexus side of the office, but really its all mixed since some people work in both parts of the office.
Well, i should probably plan some lessons now. Shalom,
Friday, August 31, 2007
The Office
Well we are finishing our first week at the office. The office. It seems so daunting to me to be working in an office. But its fun. My eyes feel googley (mispelled pun) from sitting in front of the computer so much, but its fun. One result from this is my frustration with Microsoft products. Every time i desire to open word to do some work a bunch of windows pop up asking for this and that. So out of frustration with the Man, i have downloaded openoffice. An opensource alternative to Microsoft office. No more annoying pop up windows. It will take a bit of time to become accustom to it, but i think it will be worth it. Perhaps this may be a small step towards the world of linux. Anyway, probably not that interesting. So here are some pictures of our office. Technically this picture is the Korean Anabaptist Centre side of the office.
And the other side is the Connexus side of the office, but really its all mixed since some people work in both parts of the office.
Well, i should probably plan some lessons now. Shalom,
And the other side is the Connexus side of the office, but really its all mixed since some people work in both parts of the office.Well, i should probably plan some lessons now. Shalom,
Monday, August 27, 2007
Living in Seoul
So here is a little about our life here in Seoul. This is the apartment that we are currently residing in. Its tiny but its close to the office and around a lot of action. Its just one room and a bathroom. This our first drink of Soju in our new apartment.
This is the outside of our apartment building. The big blue sign is a Noribong which is a karokee bar but it has many different rooms and you are only in a room with your own group. Its in the basement of our building. We havent been yet in Korea but Ness has done it in Canada.
We will only be here for one month and after that we will be moving to a larger apartment which will be a 45 minute commute to work. But it has a balcony which will be very nice. We dont actually spend that much time in our apartment since classes can run from about 11 am -10 pm. Although we dont teach the entire time its nice to be there at lunch since the Connexus/KAC staff always eats together and we also cook supper at the school. This is the street that Connexus is on.
And here is us enjoying some Korean grub with our fellow teachers Heather and Joel. They showed us around on our first day which was very kind of them. The food is fun because they usually cook it right there on your table. Usually all the food is communal except for the rice dish and the soup which you place on your own plate/bowl.
Well thats my Korea 101. This is what i have learned thus far, so if you already know all this, sorry, but it might be interesting for some of you. Shalom,
This is the outside of our apartment building. The big blue sign is a Noribong which is a karokee bar but it has many different rooms and you are only in a room with your own group. Its in the basement of our building. We havent been yet in Korea but Ness has done it in Canada.
We will only be here for one month and after that we will be moving to a larger apartment which will be a 45 minute commute to work. But it has a balcony which will be very nice. We dont actually spend that much time in our apartment since classes can run from about 11 am -10 pm. Although we dont teach the entire time its nice to be there at lunch since the Connexus/KAC staff always eats together and we also cook supper at the school. This is the street that Connexus is on.
And here is us enjoying some Korean grub with our fellow teachers Heather and Joel. They showed us around on our first day which was very kind of them. The food is fun because they usually cook it right there on your table. Usually all the food is communal except for the rice dish and the soup which you place on your own plate/bowl.
Well thats my Korea 101. This is what i have learned thus far, so if you already know all this, sorry, but it might be interesting for some of you. Shalom,
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Baby!!!!!
We have a new niece!!!!! She was born during our travels in Germany and her name is Jada. Unfortunately we won't be able to see her for a year...tear...so pictures and videos will have to do.
Travels
Welcome to our blog!
Mark and I had a great trip in Europe. Although it is nice that we are no longer living out of our bags. We now have a home. It is a very small home I must say. We arrived in Seoul on Friday but I will write about that later. First I'll go back to the Europe trip. We arrived in Germany on August 31 and spent the first night in Enkenbach (this is where I spent six months on Intermenno two years ago). It was great to be back there. So we dropped off a bunch of our stuff there (since we had all of our stuff with us for the whole year) and then headed out. We then traveled to Mark's relatives in Freiburg. Friegurg is a beautiful city in the south western part of Germany. His relatives showed us a great time. They gave us a little tour of the city and also took us on a hike through the Black Forest. This is a picture from our view from the top of the church tower.
This picture is from our hike. Here we took a break and had a picnic of good wine, cheese, and bread. 
From Freiburg we went to Munich. The first night we went to the Hofbrauhaus where we waited for an hour before the waitress even came to our table. But it was worth it. 
The next day we spent the day walking and walking. In the evening we went to see the new Harry Potter movie in the theatre. It was fun to watch it in German..although I didn't understand all of it. The next day we rented some bikes. 
It was beautiful biking through the English Gartens which is this huge park in the middle of Munich. We also biked to this castle and then stopped in at a beer garden.
From Munich we went to visit my relatives in a little town north of Munich. They have a farm where they just opened an ice cream store where they make the ice cream themselves. It was cool to see the whole procedure of it all.
Our next stop was Prague. We stayed in a bed and breakfast in a really great area; really close to the castle.
My aunt and uncle happened to be on a trip in Prague as well so we spent a bunch of time with them. 
From Prague we again packed our backpack and took the train to Niedergorsdorf. This is where Mark lived for a year. It is about an hour south of Berlin. We were invited to a wedding of some of Mark's friends whom he had met while he was there two hears ago. It was fun to experience a German wedding. We didn't always know what was going on but we had a blast. Here is an example of what Germans do (well at least this group) when "We will rock you" is played. 
For the dance the couple had hired someone to lead some group dances. We had so much fun learning different Irish and Jewish folk dances. Then we spent a few nights with some of Mark's friends. We had a great time and spent a lot of time relaxing. 
We also spent a day in Berlin before we headed back to Enkenbach. In Enkenbach we spent a lot of our time visiting with the people that I got to know when I lived there. It was great to see everyone again. It is hard to believe that it was already two years ago when I lived there. We also went to Neustadt where I also lived for six months and visited some more of my relatives and my old host family. I wasn't sure if the kids would all remember me but they seemed to be happy to see me. Here I am with the girl that I spent a good amount of my time when I lived there.
I could say a lot more about the trip but this is getting really long and probably kind of boring for a lot of you. So good job if you got through it. :)
I will post soon about life in Korea.
To my friends and family: I hope you are all doing well and I think of you lots!!!!
Cheers!
Mark and I had a great trip in Europe. Although it is nice that we are no longer living out of our bags. We now have a home. It is a very small home I must say. We arrived in Seoul on Friday but I will write about that later. First I'll go back to the Europe trip. We arrived in Germany on August 31 and spent the first night in Enkenbach (this is where I spent six months on Intermenno two years ago). It was great to be back there. So we dropped off a bunch of our stuff there (since we had all of our stuff with us for the whole year) and then headed out. We then traveled to Mark's relatives in Freiburg. Friegurg is a beautiful city in the south western part of Germany. His relatives showed us a great time. They gave us a little tour of the city and also took us on a hike through the Black Forest. This is a picture from our view from the top of the church tower.
This picture is from our hike. Here we took a break and had a picnic of good wine, cheese, and bread. 
From Freiburg we went to Munich. The first night we went to the Hofbrauhaus where we waited for an hour before the waitress even came to our table. But it was worth it. 
The next day we spent the day walking and walking. In the evening we went to see the new Harry Potter movie in the theatre. It was fun to watch it in German..although I didn't understand all of it. The next day we rented some bikes. 
It was beautiful biking through the English Gartens which is this huge park in the middle of Munich. We also biked to this castle and then stopped in at a beer garden.From Munich we went to visit my relatives in a little town north of Munich. They have a farm where they just opened an ice cream store where they make the ice cream themselves. It was cool to see the whole procedure of it all.
Our next stop was Prague. We stayed in a bed and breakfast in a really great area; really close to the castle.
My aunt and uncle happened to be on a trip in Prague as well so we spent a bunch of time with them. 
From Prague we again packed our backpack and took the train to Niedergorsdorf. This is where Mark lived for a year. It is about an hour south of Berlin. We were invited to a wedding of some of Mark's friends whom he had met while he was there two hears ago. It was fun to experience a German wedding. We didn't always know what was going on but we had a blast. Here is an example of what Germans do (well at least this group) when "We will rock you" is played. 
For the dance the couple had hired someone to lead some group dances. We had so much fun learning different Irish and Jewish folk dances. Then we spent a few nights with some of Mark's friends. We had a great time and spent a lot of time relaxing. 
We also spent a day in Berlin before we headed back to Enkenbach. In Enkenbach we spent a lot of our time visiting with the people that I got to know when I lived there. It was great to see everyone again. It is hard to believe that it was already two years ago when I lived there. We also went to Neustadt where I also lived for six months and visited some more of my relatives and my old host family. I wasn't sure if the kids would all remember me but they seemed to be happy to see me. Here I am with the girl that I spent a good amount of my time when I lived there.
I could say a lot more about the trip but this is getting really long and probably kind of boring for a lot of you. So good job if you got through it. :)
I will post soon about life in Korea.
To my friends and family: I hope you are all doing well and I think of you lots!!!!
Cheers!
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