Ramblings

So, we have now been in Korea for over a week and I think things are going pretty well. I am a little nervous because we begin teaching today. Technically the next session only starts tomorrow but since the teachers we are replacing finished on Friday we are taking over their last class today. The last class is usually going out or playing games so I think today will be good. Each session or semester is only a month long. Usually students stay for more than a month and continue in their level in the next month. I will be teaching more earlier level classes. Pretty much we follow a textbook and go through three chapters a month. I hope our first month will go okay....like I said, I am a bit nervous...but it is also really nice to begin and to have our own desks. Last week we just kind of floated around the office and now we have a spot so that feels good.

This weekend was pretty good...somewhat relaxing. On Saturday we explored a bunch of markets. It was raining which made it kind of uncomfortable but we went any way. Our apartment is so small (like we have said) so we really couldn't stay there all day.

Yesterday we went out for brunch with a few friends from Connexus. The restaurant is called Big Rock Brewery. The man who owns it lived in Calgary for a while and when he got back to Seoul he opened this restaurant. On the walls he had license plates from different Canadian provinces and a bunch of pictures of Canada, as well Calgary flames stuff. It was kind of sureal to see all of these things in Korea. It was also nice to have a "north-american" style brunch...

After lunch we took the subway and met up with some people and played Ulitmate Frisbee. It was really exciting!!! We hadn't seen a field of grass since we had arrived in Seoul and it was great to play again. A friend of ours from Winnipeg hooked us up with the league here in Seoul. Yesterday people were only playing pick-up but a league is going to be starting next Sunday. So, it looks like we might buy some cleats....I guess we should have packed those.
Anyway, that's all. Take care everyone!