Back To School

Vacation is now officially over. I have been back at school teaching my students for the past week and a half. It’s been busy and the rest of the month looks hectic as well. I have been focusing on my work lately so that is why I haven’t updated my blog in recent weeks. I am happy to be back working because the working atmosphere is wonderful and the students’ questions are always intriguing. I was able to share my summer vacation stories with them through a PowerPoint Presentation and they seemed to be amazed from the places I have been to in South Korea already. They felt that I have gone to more places in my two months in Korea than they have ever done in their ten plus years in the country. They liked the pictures a lot, especially Teddy Bear Museum and Chocolate Land.

Last Thursday I attended my second Busan Lotte Giants baseball game. This time I decided to spend more than 7,000 wons and get great seats near the 1B (Lee Dae Ho). These seats were 25,000 wons and they were great! Pictures were taken by my friend Victoria and I’m not sure when I will get them though. Oh, I also invested in a jersey! It’s similar to the Jays’ retro jersey colour!

I finally have my EPIK orientation coming up on September 21st to the 26th! I will be back in Seoul and this time I am going to make sure that I go to more places that I skipped from the last time I was there. EPIK will be providing a KTX ticket there, dormitory to stay for the 6 days and 5 nights, and meals! As soon as I come back to Busan, the 27th I have a training session from the Busan Ministry of Education until the 29th. Basically, I don’t have too many teaching days left in the month of September and I need to cover two chapters in the textbooks before the mid-terms (28th to the 30th). The next two weeks will be chaotic because I need to get the students prepared and ready for their English examinations.

In other news, I have been procrastinating to send out the postcards to my friends and family but I promise that they will be sent out soon enough. Not exactly sure when but don’t worry. I still haven’t gone to the gym like I promised myself because I do not have running shoes yet. Yes, that is the excuse I am going with. On Wednesday of last week my friend Chris (the first foreigner I met in Korea) finished his contract and Thursday morning he went back to Canada! He went to Vancouver to get his Masters in Education. I wish him well and he'll certainly be missed because he has helped me so much and he lived in the same building too. Anyways, Chuseok is coming up this weekend! Chuseok is a national holiday and it’s similar to Thanksgiving. A family orientated holiday centred on harvesting. It’s basically going to be all about the food. I am looking forward to my own plans – camping!