tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162148481350418442024-03-13T22:19:54.248-05:00Experimental ThoughtsWriting and photography are slowly becoming my way of expressing what I see and feel while I teach and travel around South Korea and Asia. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-7961899955523648592018-10-29T19:04:00.000-05:002018-10-29T19:09:46.915-05:00Exercise for Graduate School<div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(40, 40, 40); color: #282828; font-family: "Proxima Nova", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem;">
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As I near the end of my graduate school career, I am glad to be entering into the world of exceptional school librarians that use their school library websites as virtual learning commons. I have met and worked with these different teachers for assignments or fieldwork and they represent elementary and secondary schools.</div>
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One thing they all have in common was clear welcoming pages that were appropriate for the age group they work with. For elementary-aged students, the website is simple and gives students four options of what to do, such as looking at the online catogue, a video or a game, and look at the different databases available to students. The middle school librarywebsite is more colorful, and is organized top to bottom with the tabs. Students can find new books and other activities from there. For the high school school library website, there is a symbaloo page that allows students to click on different tiles for different databases, activities, and other fun options.<br />
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I like that the options increase for each age group, but still allow students to do self exploration and that there are options for both teachers and parents.<br />
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As March last year was filled with trips on teh weekends and events, this was a much slower month for me. Besides kicking it off with a trip to China, I was really more laid back during the month. The weekends were a little bit lazy and the weeks were full of starting a new term and getting to know new students. I also started teaching ABC, an everyday class. These are some of my favorite students.</div>
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But First things first! Here are pictures from St Patricks Day. This year we managed to get to the fair earlier and it was much warmer than the previous year.</div>
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At the end of the month, Mckenna, Alex, Brittany and I got together and rented swan boats. This is something we had seen a lot whenever we were near the Han and since it was warmer, we decded to try it out! It was a bit of a wa-waah time though since all four of us could not be in a boat together. It wasn't too expensive, 30 for the two boats for 45 minutes. We took some beers and got on the boats!</div>
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February was a busy month for me! I took a photo class every Sunday morning which helped me learn quite a bit about my camera. It also taught me that I would outgrow my camera within a year or more as well as the lens bought. I enjoyed this class a lot since it was me and just one other student. Here are some pictures from the homework I needed to do and using models.<br />
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In the middle of February we had Alex's, Mckenna's boyfriend, birthday party which was a scavenger hunt in Seoul. It was an afternoon into the evening event with lots of drinking and just juvenile antics.</div>
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It was a great night and February was such a fun month for me. It also ended with me completely part of my great bucketlist of going to China. More in my next post!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-68470141143437887042013-05-31T13:15:00.004-05:002013-05-31T13:15:43.511-05:00End of the Month Photo Post - JanuaryJanuary was a "cold" month. The beginning started with the new year rolling in and ended with a great hike that really showed how out of shape I was in!<br />
With the new year I decided that I needed to expand my horizons and try out a Korean spa, a jjimjilbang. It was an awesome experience. I came in sore and feeling crappy and I felt leaving relaxed and relieved. I recommend Dragon Hill Spa right next to Yongsan Station in Seoul, South Korea.<br />
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A week or so after break, I decided to spend the money on a photo class so I could learn how to use my camera more. I took a walk near apartment in Suwon, and got some great shots of this wren flying along the creek by my apartment. The walk proved to me that paying around $200 for a photo class would be worth it because I have no idea how to use my camera and I really want to become a better photographer.<br />
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At the end of January, I went on a hiking trip with Seoul Hiking Group. We went to Manisan, which is on an island close the North and South Korea border. I went with Susan, Carly, and Belinda on a last minute decision to join on a Sunday morning hike. I was tired and cranky since sleeping seemed to fail me the night before. It wasn't too cold, but cold enough that I didn't really want to not wear jeans. The hike was a nice, challenging hour and half to one point and then another 2 hours after.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going back down saw this man carrying his probably 4 or 5 year girl UP THE MOUNTAIN LIKE THIS.</td></tr>
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Once I arrived at the peak, I decided that there was no way in hell I was going to continue on and it as a good thing I decided that. I was not in the best of shape and I definitely was not up to small versions of rock climbing, even if ropes were used. I enjoyed a nice little nap on the bus as well as changing into my sweat shirt since I had sweat through my t-shirt during the hike.<br />
After every one got back together from the hike, we went to one side of the island and had an amazing soup supper. Korea definitely has some of my favorite soups, due to their savory and spiciness. We also had a great ocean view from our restaurant. I'm a sucker for winter beaches, some people don't appreciate the look of snow and sand together, but it's nostalgic for me.<br />
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The last weekend of January brought me to the Tim Burton exhibit at Seoul Museum of Art. The Tim Burton Exhibit was a great excursion for a Sunday morning...too bad it meant getting up at around 7:30 AM! I went with the people I did knitting club with, which was a great change of pace for me. A lot of my friends had already gone to the exhibit during earlier months, so this was my chance to go with people I knew from different activities. The exhibit showcased select artwork from Tim Burton's private collection of his own art from different movies, early inspiration as well as journals from his youth. It offered a nice view into his mind and what his inspirations were for his movies. I really enjoyed the quotes that were placed through out the exhibit.<br />
Even though I am not as well versed as others for his movies, I enjoyed looking at the costumes, story boards, and other inspirational artwork Burton as done over the years. It's all just morbidly whimsical. A strange combination of the two, but it fits. We were not allowed to take photographs while inside the exhibit but there were pieces we could take photos with outside. I enjoyed how the art museum had gates put up with Tim Burton's name in the expected typography that is famous from his movies. The entrance displays inside manifests the ideal of being swallowed into the mindset Tim Burton possesses in his creative process. I could continue on in this overly analytical rhetoric, but I will cease because I'm boring myself.<br />
I enjoyed this art exhibit because I felt that it was an honest interpretation into the mindset of some one who lived in his own complete, little world. Which is appealing to any person who isn't afraid of their own mind.<br />
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January was a fun month that led me to decide to pursue more opportunities taking pictures and getting to learn more about my camera. Check out my February Photo post to see what I learned in lessons!</div>
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December for me was a very quiet month. With the holidays coming in, it is one of the saddest times for me since I miss my family and friends from back home the most during these times. I have though my best New Years Eve story to date. Even though no pictures accompany the evening, it is surely a hilarious read as well as showcasing the generosity foreigners do run into some times in Korea.<br />
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One of the funniest events I did in December was Santacon, where probably around 500 foreigners got together and dressed up as Santa then got on the subway and sang Christmas carols as we made our way to Hondae. It was an incredibly fun evening!<br />
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At work the week before Christmas, we had a snow day. On said snow day, all the foreign teachers came into work in Christmas colors...unplanned. It was sad that we didn't plan it but still humorous that it happened. This picture was also put in our school's newsletter telling the kids Merry Christmas.</div>
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On Christmas day a big group of us got together to go ice skating. It was nice having Christmas day off so going into Seoul wasn't so bad...the only problem was that it was going to be one of the coldest days of the year! The plan was to go iceskating outside at one of the rinks that are setup all through Seoul. When we got there, the earliest time we could buy tickets was around 7pm. As a group it was decided there was no way in hell we were going to wait nearly 6 hours to ice skate and we ventured all the way to the other side of Seoul and went ice skating at Lotte World.</div>
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After leaving for dinner I did one of my famous trips where I fell over nothing. Well, I tripped on the carpet they put in front of doors during winter to protect people from slipping. I obviously fell over them and proceeded to have both knees so bruised that it was a week before they turned a very dark purple. It was a hilarious fall that everyone at dinner witnessed and proceeded to laugh their asses off.<br />
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Before New Years, a coworker gave Mckenna and I tickets to go to the 63 building which is supposedly the tallest building in Seoul with an observatory deck. At the building they have a small aquarium as well as the observatory deck that also has an art gallery. Since it was our first Saturday of our winter vacation, I proceeded to drink myself silly into the night. After a somewhat hellish beginning of the term, I was ready to blow some steam. </div>
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While at the 63 building, we didn't get to much of a view. It was cloudy and foggy surrounding the building. We had a great time looking at the aquarium and drinking on the observatory deck.</div>
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Now the story about New Years Eve.<br />
There are no pictures of the night but what happened is probably one of those "I can't believe I was this stupid and so lucky at the same time."<br />
I had spent the first couple days of my winter vacation feeling rather crappy due to over drinking my first Saturday. I had developed a cold by New Years Eve so I wasn't in too much of a party mood. When midnight struck, I knew I had an hour to get on the train so I wouldn't miss the last train home. Sadly, I got stopped by missing my transfer train by 1 measly minute. I had enough money on me to take a cab home so I wasn't too worried. When I left the train station though, it was in an obscure station where trying to find a taxi stand would take a ten minute walk. I found a convenient store and asked where one was and wondered on my way. After having fallen down the week before and several times Saturday night, my knees and legs were pretty wobbly and bruised so I treaded carefully on the iced over street. As I made my way to the taxi stand which was still a bit aways, a car pulled up beside me with a Korean man and a woman.<br />
At first, I was mildly concerned since most of the times I've ever had an adult Korean man or woman talk to me, it has been to scold or laugh at me. The woman asked me where I was going and when I said I was taking a taxi back to where I lived in Suwon, she promptly said "NO!"and told me to get in the car.<br />
Yes, I know the age old rule of don't get into the car with strangers as a child. As an adult, female, and alone of a night where most of the world is drunk or on something, I should REALLY not get into a car with strangers. As I deliberated my options of pay $40 for a taxi or maybe half that for reimbursing some one nice to drive me back, I chose the idiotic decision and got into the car with the nice woman and man.<br />
No one needs to chastise me, I already know the idiocy of my decision but I felt it was probably the safest of my two or three options. Option 1 being taking a taxi to where my friends where for the night with a drunk taxi driver. Option 2 taking a taxi home with a possibly drunk taxi driver. Option 3 with the sober guy and maybe sober woman.<br />
I got into the car, falling down on the ice several times and probably making them believe I was just another drunk foreigner. As they drove me to Suwon, which is about a 40 minute drive south of Seoul, I learned about who they were. The man driving the car is a pastor for the woman's church. They had been at an event where they were feeding the homeless in New Years Eve. The pastor was driving the woman back to her apartment in Seoul when he needed to buy some water and that's when he over heard me ask the attendant at the convenient store where a taxi stand was. The woman saw me leave and asked her pastor what I needed and when she found out I was going to a taxi stand, she knew it was her duty as a good Christian to make sure I got home safe. No matter where I lived. I learned through the 2 and a half hour drive(NO ONE SHOULD EVER USE APPLE MAPS) back to Suwon that the woman was known as the "Pink Lady" due to her wardrobe of mainly pink clothes( she was wearing a pink mink coat) and that she lived half the year in Korea and the other half in Sydney, Australia. Her husband lived and worked in Sydney full time which gave her dual-citizenship for Australia. I was confused by this, but she had her passport for both Korea and Australis with her, so I wasn't about to argue. Their daughter also lived and worked as an English teacher on the coast of Korea, near Busan, and was around my age. Her pastor was a bit younger than her, not married, but was a strong leader and knew little to no English.<br />
After hearing her life story, she asked about mine. Anne, which is her English name, asked about my family, how long I had been living in Korea, if I was married or single, gay or straight, what I was doing in Korea, how long I had been living in Korea, when I was leaving Korea, what I was going to do after I left Korea, etc. It was an enjoyable car ride and I learned a lot about Anne and her pastor, whose name I have forgotten.<br />
It was an enjoyable ride back and I safely arrived home close to 4 AM. I tried to meet up with Anne a while ago, but with my work schedule to just never worked up. Anne was super sweet and the fact her pastor spent nearly 3 hours making sure I got home safe was awesome. My New Year's was certainly<br />
eventful and I was happy I got home safe and sound.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-82698916194289357732013-05-20T03:55:00.000-05:002013-05-20T03:55:37.496-05:00End of the Month Photo Post- NovemberBanpo Bridge and Seoul Lantern Festival, Bryan's going away, Alanna's going away, started taking Korean Lessons<br />
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November was a month of goodbyes as good friends started to leave South Korea. Before Bryan left us for a while, we did one more MonWon sleepover, this time it was in Suwon where Mckenna and I work. We started the evening off with some fabulous Indian food, spun the wheel at Sam Ryan's, and then moved to Mckenna's where we got our MONWON on :) !<br />
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In November is also the Latern festival in Korea. I went with Tin and her friend Jasmine, who was visiting from Aussieland. We first went to Banpo Bridge which lights up at night for a spectacular show.<br />
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The Lantern Festival is two weeks longs and I went on the last Saturday of the period. I only walked a small portion of the stream that it lights up due to how crowded the whole area was! It was very congested and it was a bit difficult getting some nice shots of the lanterns. This is one of the events I apreciate in Korea because you get to see so many people really appreciating the event and what it means. <br />
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The end of the month brought saying goodbye to my friends Bryan, Alanna, and Lisa. Alanna and Lisa were in my training group and I hung out with them a few times over the year we were all here together. Lisa came back in February but Alanna is back in the US enjoying her life there. I went to the Club Phantom in Gangnam with themafter dinner at Butterfingers, drinks at the Whiskey Weasel. We ended our night at Rainbow which is a hookah bar in Gangnam.<br />
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<br />November was a busy month for me! I started taking Korean lessons as a way to fill in my weekend so I would be more active and have more things to do. It was fun for me to take Korean, but sadly I spent the last weekend extremely sick so I never took the final. I did attempt to take it again, but with spring coming in, I stopped after the third week. Korea in winter is cold, but having things to do on the weekend helps the time go by faster and taking the classes helped me be more studious and active during the week as well.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-18586633150504600122013-05-10T01:55:00.000-05:002013-05-10T01:55:02.221-05:00Chuseok Vacation in Namhae*Disclosure to Family* You will see me drinking...do not be alarmed or angry. It was all done in the name of I-haven't-had-good-beer-in-a-year.<br />
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My Chuseok break feell on the end of September and the beginning of October. I went to Namhae for the Oktoberfest celebration that was occuring in the German village on the island of Namhae. Namhae is in the southern part of South Korea. We drove through the night on Friday to Namhae and I discovered I had developed a nasty case of motion sickness. I watched the whole way behind the driver as the sun rose at around 5:30 Am and we still hadn't arrived to our pension. WE finally pulled in around 7 AM and I was<br />
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The next morning I woke up feeling better and prepared to go hiking with a group of people on the trip. Two of these girls were so ill prepared for hiking; I mean full make up on their face, not wearing tennis shoes and looking more prepared to go out then for a hike!<br />
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We hiked Geumsan where there is the Boriam temple at the top. It was just around 2 hours up and a little over three hours coming down. We took a couple detours along the way going along the ridges. <br />
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The next day we spent the day on the bus going to where the german village is on Namhae. We were suppose to go kayaking that day on the bay, but I left my camera in our room so I didn't take any pictures. I wish I had because it would have been absolutely worth it! But I was afraid of getting the camera wet. <br />
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The next day was spent at the German Village for Oktoberfest! It was another gorgeous sunny day and I was completely ready to have some great beer! The area was incredibly cute and right across from our pension was this adorable cafe where I got one of the best cafe mochas and blueberry muffin. It wasn't the best breakfast to start a day of drinking off, but I was able to get food at the festival.<br />The pogession of pictures shows how my sobriety left through out the day and ended with me coming in 3 for a drinking contest. I plead insanity on doing that, but it was one of my highlights living in Korea!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first beer of the day! SO yummy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a couple girls did a beer race, I find it entertaining. They ran around the stadium trying not to spill their beer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh lookie! I'm on stage for the drinking contest, round 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's right, the girls drank out the boots for the final round. The men still got to drink their beer out of a straw. I am very thankful for the Germans on the trip who helped me figure out how to drink out of the damn thing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After drinking that final Two and half beers in the boot, I was dismayed when they wouldn't let us keep them! COME ON! that would have been my perfect souvenior for the trip. Oh well, I kept my stein ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What did I win, coming in third? More FREE BEER!</td></tr>
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After the contest I went back down the hill to sober up a bit so I wasn't too completely wasted for the next day of traveling. Big difference from this morning!<br />
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The night ended with some great fireworks! I had a great time in Namhae, and I would place it as my second favorite place in Korea after Gyeonju. I enjoyed this trip and it was a great Chuseok vacation for me!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-52894964506338852322013-04-23T08:45:00.004-05:002013-04-23T08:45:36.448-05:00End of the Month Post - OctoberChuseok Break vacation, Tin's B-Day Climbing Seroksan, Halloween<br />
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October started off with my Chuseok Vacation. Chuseok is a Korean thanksgiving holiday, which lasts for about two days. Luckily this fell on a weekend and at the end/beginning of September. I went on another<span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/seoulhiking/?fref=ts">Seoul Hiking Group</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"> to Namhae for Oktoberfest at the German village located on the island. I went with a group of around 30 people and we had a great time. I got to meet a lot of people there. We spent the first night driving to Namhae and I discourved, unpleasanttlessly, that I had developed motion sickness. It was a long ride after that. We were staying at Sangju beach for the first two nights. We arrived at our first pension near 6:30 AM and I had the "joy" of watching the sun come up over the island. I was NOT feeling the best and was ready to crash on a solid, unmoving floor. I was on my own on this trip, since other friends were traveling elsewhere for Chuseok and I had not met any one on this trip before. I stayed in a room with Jen, Jenny and Vanessa, who coincedentally all had been sick the previous week and we ended up spending our first day inside our room sleeping until 1 or 2. We ate lunch and eventually went down to the beach to see the sunset. </span><br />
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The next day I went hiking with a group of people on the trip. We hiked Geumsan where there is the Boriam temple at the top. It was just around 2 hours up and a little over three down. We took a couple detours along the way going along the ridges. We had some great views up there.<br />
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On Monday we went to Namhae. Every time I was on the bus for more than twenty minutes, I became violently ill. As unpleasant as that was, I was able to relax a little once we got to where the German village was. Monday was sea kayaking day and me and the girls I was rooming with kayaked in the bay. It was a lot of fun. I had wished I had brought my little digital camera because we watched the sunset over the German village, lighting up the white houses and orange rooftops. It was absolutely gorgeous and I wished I'd remember to bring it, so there are no pictures of Monday's fun. </div>
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Tuesday was Oktoberfest! A bunch of us went up around 11 in the morning and it was a lot of fun. I'll write more about it in my trip post, so you can find more information about my antics there!</div>
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The next weekend was my coworker's TinTin's birthday! We took a trip down to Busan, which is the largest coastal city in Korea. It was a lot of fun. The same weekend was the film festival. We didn't get the chance to see any movies because most of the English or English subtitled movies were all sold out. We did bump into one of the actors while going between the theatres, trying to get a ticket which was entertaining.<br />
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TO celebrate Tin's birthday, we went to the fish market in Busan and while I'm not the biggest fan of fish, we got a ton of clams and eel. I didn't really enjoy the eel but I love shellfish. <br />
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ALso in October I hiked Seroksan, the third tallest mountain in South Korea. I had been sick for this trip and we started hiking at 3 AM in the morning. I was exhausted and fell behind my friends but I was still able to get some great shots of all the fall foliage. It was great weather Saturday and Sunday was spent on the beach. I t was a great trip with my friends before winter set in.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-74693289010452909612013-03-10T05:22:00.001-05:002013-03-10T05:22:10.211-05:00End of the Month Post: September Burning Korea, Susanne's Birthday<br />
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September was one of the first months where there things really settled down and marked my one year being in Korea. When it came to my one year, I wasn't really thinking about celebrating it as others have done, but I was fairly indifferent. I made me start thinking about what I had done since I had come to Korea. Had I pushed myself out of my comfort zone? Was I truly living to the fullest while here and not letting the petty things get in the way of my happiness? These questions made me think and it has helped me firgure out where I want to be in a year from then and what I wanted to be doing.<br />
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The beginning of september was Burning Korea, which is similar to the great Burning Man that happens every year for a week in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. It was truly a moment that was outside my usual comfort zone. The weekend was filled with drinking on a beach at the end of summer, enjoying the last bit of warmth, meeting some fabulous people, watching people get painted, and celebrating what it means to be in a communal atmospher and caring for the others around you. As well as tons of drunken debauchery. It wasn't all wholesome fun. I won't get into any of the negative stereotypes that a lot of people have about Burning Man and the people who attend, but I felt that a lot of the people I met there were truly accepting individuals that wanted to hear who I was and I about them. It was a great experience and sadly...I have little to NO pictures of it. There is one of me hula-hooping that a friend took and possibly others from being around the fire but I did not take any at the event since I had misplaced my point and shoot and did NOT want to bring my nice camera. So...there are no photos for you to enjoy. Feel free to look at photos on Flikr though if you want to see any!<br />
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The other big event of September was Suzanne's birthday! This girl has been such a great friend since I met her back in April, and is easily one of the people I've gotten very close with. She has definitely helped push me out of my comfort zone and helped me just be a bit more of myself here, and made sure I get my monthly alotments of very good Indian food.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-67108693446721615302013-02-11T08:13:00.000-06:002013-03-05T01:06:20.421-06:00Resolution ListWith a new again beginning, I have been thinking about where I am going to be next year. Already a year away, but I am excited to think about what my next big adventure will be. But with that, I have realized that I don't want to make this year another year of waiting for the next big leap(or flight, but more on that later). I saw on Pinstrosity that the one lady had made a list for her todo this year. She has 101 items to do and while I admire that, I think for my first time doing this, I will make mine a max of 50. <br />
My list will consist of bad habits to break, new skills to learn, improving skills I have, and things I want to accomplish. Committing to things that improve myself is hard for me. This is something I want to do though. <br />
Once I have accomplished an item, I will write a date and post a picture if it is something I can publish.<br />
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1. Write once a week in my journal.<br />
2. Have blog up to date by March 1st.<br />
*Update - So I missed this deadline drastically, so I am going setting a new goal of getting the blog up to day by the end of March. I have more free time coming up, since I am not taking my photography class on Sundays anymore.<br />
3. Complete one knitting project every two months<br />
*EEP- Didn't make January/February deadline, so I am hoping to comlete my first project of the year again by the end of March!<br />
4. Write 2 blog posts a month<br />
5. Write 1000 for my story once a month<br />
6. Write 1 short story a month(1,000-2,000)<br />
7. For one week, clean apartment every night so that way it is cleaned.<br />
8. For one week, make sure all clothes are put away<br />
9. For one week, dress up nice for work every day<br />
10. Work out 3x a week<br />
11. By the end of the year, be able to run a 9 minute mile<br />
12. Go a month with out buying pop<br />
13. Don't buy yarn until 6 knitting projects have been finished<br />
14. Learn to use the sewing machine again<br />
15. Finish story by Dec. 31. 2013<br />
16. Complete NaNoWriMo<br />
17. See 3 new countries<br />
18. Save around 3,000 dollars by the end of the year<br />
19. Learn to crochet<br />
20. Get TESOL certified<br />
21. Retake GRE - ROCK IT<br />
22. Scrapbook of living in Korea.<br />
23. Collage of photos from Korea<br />
24. Become efficient in Microsoft<br />
25. Learn photoshop(as well as my camera)<br />
26. Run a 5k in Korea<br />
27. Run a 10k in Korea or US<br />
28. Complete a half marathon<br />
29. Improve my grammar<br />
30. Get a short story or anything published<br />
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This year, like every year, is another to build my future. I want to be able to think that this was not a year wasting away or playing games all the time. I want to find a path to walk down. I hope this year I find it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-76189108287062938792013-02-11T08:00:00.002-06:002013-02-11T08:00:32.075-06:00End of the Month: August<br />
August began with a great vacation to Jeju but concluded with saying goodbye to friends who left(but are now coming back to Korea). Since I am so far behind on posts, I won't be writing much here, besides captioning the photos.<br />
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These photos were taken by Jason, one of our moderators for the trip. Thanks again for taking pictures of me while I walked around since I tend to not take photos of myself! :P<br />
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On the last night in Jeju the whole group went on the beach and enjoyed some healthy indulgences in So-J(Soju and Orange juice)<br />
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I am desperately trying to complete all my backed up photo posts before March 1st, which will be explained in my Resolutions post!<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-26019129864189216192013-02-11T04:30:00.001-06:002013-02-11T04:37:08.847-06:00Jeju-do Summer vacation TripWhat did I do: Jeju trip for summer vacation, beginning of people's going away<br />
The end of July and the first week of August was my summer vacation. I hadn't planned well enough in advance and decided I wanted to see more of Korea. I had seen a trip with Seoul Hiking Group where I could bike around Jeju Island, which is an island just a couple hour ferry ride south. Sadly, no one else signed up for this trip so I joined the regular trip that would take day tours of the island. <br />
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On the Friday my break started I got on a bus with 30 other teachers who desperately needed to get away from Seoul and started the bus ride to the south. We got to the ferry port around 5:30 and most of us got out of the bus and watched the sun come up.</div>
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We waited about 3 hours, had breakfast, and started our ferry ride to Jeju. It was mercifully a very smooth ride but I took some motion sickness medicine to be on the safe side. For the three hour journey, most of the people on the trip slept or watched the coverage of the Olympics opening ceremony.<br />
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We got to our pension around noon and some of us went and sat out on the beach for our first afternoon. The weather was perfect, but high tide was coming in so I didn't stay out too long. I went inside though and took a nap for a bit since I didin't sleep much on the ferry.</div>
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I did get to enjoy some delicious black pork that is famous on Jeju. A myth or possibly the truth is that these pigs used to be fed from the crapper and what they ate turned their meat dark. Anyway, this pork did not look like pork but it was definitely worth it. We got ten orders of 300g and even with 12 people, all of us left the restaurant stuffed! The best part of this restaurant(we went twice) was that they came and picked us at our pension and then brought us back.<br />
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Day One was spent on a bus going from the Naive Forest or Gotjawal which has trees that are up 500 years old. It also had traditionally made wood carving statues. These happy faces were following us all around on our walk through.<br />
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After the forest we went to Loveland, which is a park that has tons of erotic statues and art. The whole place is known for being a destination for honeymooning couples, but we also saw some young families walking around. There is an art gallery in one of the buildings that holds dioramas of different situations that all revolve around sex; boys in a classroom with a female teacher(not very dirty), couples in a love motel, and what can happen outside a bar. <br />
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After loveland we went and saw this rock called the Dragon head. If you look at it from one side you can see the head and the body coming out of the water. After seeing the rock we went and got lunch. I went with a group of people and got a meat and rice soup dish. If I had thought about it, I would have written down what I ate, but I forgot to do that. Needless to say the dish was very yummy and even if it was soup and the day was very hot, it was worth it.<br />
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After lunch we went to the Lava Tube caves, which was a welcome relief to the afternoon heat. Not many pictures came out well from this excursion, so I don't have any to show. These lava tubes are several kilometers long and we only spent about an hour there. When we all got out of the tubes, we were feeling a bit chilled and refreshed and many of us were hoping to just go to the beach afterwards.<br />
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But we persevered and went to the MAZE. This maze took from 10 minutes to an hour for some people to complete. I have never been in a maze before, so I was excited to try my hand on one. Needless to say it took me about 35 minutes to complete and I was very happy to be able to ring the damn bell signfiying my completion of the maze.</div>
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After the maze, a group of us continued to another beach where we watched the sunset. We got into the water for a bit to cool off and it was nice to relax in a small group of people.</div>
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After staying on the beach to sunset, there were 7 of us together. We were walking towards the bus stop that we were told to take and we were trying to come up with ideas on what to do incase the bus was no longer running. We found a taxi coming along the road and the 7 of us got into it with the taxi driver who drove us the 20 minutes to our pension. I sat on the lap of another girl in the front seat and that was possibly the tightest squeeze I have ever been in. It was an early to bed that night because the next day I was getting up to go hike Hallasan!</div>
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Hallasan is the highest mountain that is in South Korea. We got up at around 8:00 then arrived at the mountain around 9:30 AM. None of us had wanted to get up earlier and do a sunrise hike, which would have meant getting to the moutain between 2 and 3. The way up was under a lot of trees so there were not many opportunities to take pictures. We got to the first station by 11:30, but we still had a long way to go. This was diffently an easier hike than my Seroksan hike(lhttp://studygurl.blogspot.kr/2012/10/the-time-i-decided-to-climb-mountain-at.html) but it was still very challenging for me. The sign above was incredibly misleading so by the time we finished at around 5:30, I wanted to kill the person who though those signs were honest. At the top of Hallasan is a crater for the dormant volcano. When we arrived at the top it was a very foggy day, so we couldn't see far off the mountain but I got great shots of clouds rolling into the crater and obscuring it from view. We had some fun walking around the top and taking pictures. These are definitely my favorite shots from the trip.<br />
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We got done at around 5:30 and when we got back for dinner, a group of people wanted to go to dinner at another barbecue place. It was black pork again, but it was worth the long walk to and fro. After dinner a small group of us, Caroline, Julia, Denisa, Julie, and Kevin went down for anight swim on the beach. We ended up playing with this group of Thai guys who were also on the beach. It was a great night and really enjoyable way to relax after hiking all day. The next day was our last day on the island before we left.<br />
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The next we took a trip to the Sunrise Crater which is right next to where the ferry dropped us off. The crater was a 15 minute hike up stairs and it was astounding for me to see all these women wearing heels, fancy dresses, and full make up. I was drenched in sweat by the time I got to the top, in the 98 plus degree heat and high humidity at nearly 9:30 in the morning.<br />
The whole area around the crater is part of the UNESCO heritage and there is a lot of different things to see. The rest of the day we went to see the Hexagonal Rock, the Grandmother rock, a black sand beach, and a waterfall that goes into the sea.<br />
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The day was so hot that by the time we got to the waterfall, I was prepared to go in. A group of us all got out of our shorts and went in for a dip, which was so refreshing after all day long tromping around. We did visit a beach at lunchtime, but was just not long enough stay.<br />
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This break was great, and I enjoyed my time in Jeju. I was happy to hike Hallasan, see some great sites through UNESCO as well as enjoy some time on the beach.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-9162191125746435952013-01-13T20:41:00.000-06:002013-01-13T20:41:25.847-06:00End of the Month Photo Post: JulyWhat did I do: Everland for birthday, birthday! Mudfest, and bought a new lens and summer vacation<br />
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July was a more laid back month for me, even with celebrating my 25th birthday here in Korea. My birthday fell on a Thursday, so I spent the weekend before with friends at Everland and Carribean Bay, which is a famous theme park in Korea. Since I live in Suwon, I live fairly close to Everland, an hour bus ride. I spent my morning at Carribean Bay, which is the water park. I really enjoyed the wave pool and the lazy river. <br />
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Afterwards I met up with Tin, McKenna, Suzanne, Brittany, Alex, and Dan. We went on the T-express, the largest wood rollercoaster in Korea. We also went on a rough water ride, that was fairly tame since in Korea they had us covered with a plastic tarp to keep us from getting wet. After that we went to an "Italian" restuarant on the main square of Everland. We watched the show and fireworks after dinner. Tin and I left the park together and met up with our coworker, Rachel, and a former coworker, Charles. <br />
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On my actual birthday, we have a tradition at work to eat cake with the whole staff and sing happy birthday. We had dinner at reservations for 9 that night, so we had cake BEFORE classes, which diffently helped all of us fight the energy the kids bring. Notice, this is my second cake for my birthday! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then at dinner, Tin bought me my THIRD CAKE! So many yummy cakes to celebrate my 25th!</td></tr>
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I had a really enjoyable birthday and was happy that the following weekend was going to be Mud Festival! The mud festival in Korea is very famous. It is in Boryeong, which is a coastal city. A special mud is made with the earth and sea water and they make a giant area where you can play in the mud with slip and slides, inflatible giant slides, and obstacle courses. It basically gives you an excuse to run around in the mud for hours! <br />
The weekend we went was the first weekend of the two week festival and it was packed with foreigners. It wasn't the warmest of days, with on and off drizzling all day and raining that night. We had a really large group of us, 15 total, staying in our room that we got. Since this festival was muddy, I didn't take many pictures. Thank you , BRYAN, again for risking your camera and getting pictures of us!<br />
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June was a very busy month. Every weekend was some get together with friends, a trip, or a birthday party. To begin June, a lot of us got together and went to Seoul Grand Park Zoo. It's in Seoul Grand Park and it's super cheap to visit. Directions to the zoo are pretty easy, on line 4, the light blue color The stop is Seoul Grand Park My friends and I got together and had lunch then we went into the park together.</div>
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We spent most of our time eating and having drinks before entering the zoo and I don't have many pictures from that. But inside the zoo I took a lot of photos of the animals and friends. We did not see much of the zoo because we entered maybe two hours before it was closed. Here are some photos from that day.</div>
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These photos were taken by Ms. Brittany. She replaced her camera and was testing it out. I love how she was able to make the colors on everything pop.</div>
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The next weekend was the MonWon Boxer party. MonWon is like the ten dollar bill in South Korea and you can find these cheeky boxer shorts everywhere. We did a little photo shoot to show them off as we got ready to watch the first Austin Powers movie.</div>
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The next weekend was Mckenna and Colin's birthday party, called Alice in Drunkenland! They did a theme party where a whole bunch of us dressed up in Alice in Wonderland costumes. Friday was Mckenna's actual birthday and a whole bunch of us from work went out together after work.<br />
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The third weekf of June took me to the World Expo in Yeosu. The theme for this year was water and how to conserve it. The host country lets countries put on display tourism information and their ideas on how to follow that year's theme. I went with friends, and met up with friend's of Bryan's as well as his friend who was in the Samsun pavilion. His friend was in the show the pavilion held, an arobatic dance routine. It was really interesting. </div>
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The last weekend of June was spent with Bryan on his birthday :). We went out to Outback Steak House in Itaewon, one area in Seoul that is close to the army base. It has a lot of foreign food and bars. We spent majority of the night on one of the hills. It was such a great night! I wish I had taken more photos. Miss you, Bryan!</div>
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In May, my parents came out to visit me. I took them to see the Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon. It was a warm May day when we went, the second day they were there. I also took them to a palace in Seoul. For the post on their visit check out this link <a href="http://studygurl.blogspot.kr/2012/10/mom-and-dads-visit-may-5-14.html">http://studygurl.blogspot.kr/2012/10/mom-and-dads-visit-may-5-14.html</a>.</div>
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In the middle of May, Becca, my old coworker, left us and returned home. It was a sad night saying goodbyes. We miss her lots but we just sent her a carepackage!(In November) of Korean goodies. Hope you get it soon Becca!</div>
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On May 19th and 20th was the Lotus Lantern Parade and Festival, which was the weekend before Buddha's Birthday. It was a lot of fun seeing all of the lanterns and temples being represented in the parade. I went Saturday to the parade, took around 400 photos, and then went the next day for the Festival. A lot happened at the Parade, lots of dancing, tons of lanterns and flowers given and pictures being taken of us by people in the parade. Bryan was even interviewed! It was awesome!</div>
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The last weekend of May I spent in Japan with Todd, my LDR for the past four years!Todd and I stared dating in my junior year of college, his last semester, and we have been together for almost four years. He is now in the Marines and stationed in Japan. I went to visit him since it had almost been a year since we had seen each other and he had just been stationed in Iwakuni. I went to Myajima, an island where a bunch of deer are, as well as Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni. I had such a great visit seeing him. It has been really hard being away from each other, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end. I only spent four days there, and Japan is such a beautiful country. I hope to visit and see more too.</div>
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April was much more laid back after all the trips I had taken in March. Here are a few photos from the Gyeongi trip I didn't include in the last post, a small day trip hike in Chungju. Then at the end of the month we did a nice little day in the park. It was a gorgeous day :)<br />
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The day hike to Chunju was my fifth trip in a row with Seoul Hiking Group. The day was rainy and a bit cold for a spring day. It was suppose to be a sunny but the day before it started raining and it carried on for the whole weekend. I decided to not go on a hike and took a boat ride around the river in the area. It was a bit chilly on the boat but there was karaoke on the boat which was fun. After the trip a group of us went out with Warren, the man who plans the trips. It was fun and we got some awesome food in Hondae.</div>
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At the end of the month, it was warm weather and just a gorgeous day to be outside and enjoying life! I went out with Mckenna, Becca, and a bunch of others to the Olympic Stadium Park. We had some soju and wine in the park with other snacks. Mckenna's friend, Shawn, brought the dog with him to the park you see in the photos.</div>
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THANKYOU TO ALL whose photos I am also using here. Thank you Bryan, Brittany, and Jiheon!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-56269654354047617012012-11-12T03:17:00.002-06:002012-11-12T03:17:55.821-06:00Staying busy this fallI can't believe that I have been living in another country for over a year now. Over a year and I barely know three words of Korean! This fall, I decided to start taking Korean lessons in order to be busier and learn the language of the country I am, grudgingly, starting to call "home." Don't worry friends and family, I am not deciding to make any sort of permament residence here, I realize for my own happiness thatI needed to refer to here as "home" otherwise I would just be homesick more.<br />
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Korean is rather challenging since I studied Latin in high school and college. I did enjoy learning Latin since it allowed me to understand Cicero's speeches and other latin texts in their original forms. Though if you were to give me now a copy of something I read in college, I probably wouldn't get past the first couple of sentences with out the aid of a dictionary and a refresher course. I am starting to pick up on some reading, but I will say it is easier for me to learn the words translation into English than how to write it in Hangul. <br />
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Since I am taking Korean Saturday mornings, I am trying to maximize my time in Seoul with meeting up with friends during the day and exploring the city more. It doesn't completely correspond with saving money, but I am at least out of my apartment and probably not staying out late in Seoul either. Now that every week will have a test at the beginning of class, I am having to spend time during the week practicing Korean and going over the next weeks lesson.<br />
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I'm also trying to spend more time writing during the week and meeting up with people who knit in Suwon. With my working hours being the way they are, late afternoon into the evening, it can be hard to meet up with people, but I have several WIPs (works in progress) that are going to keep me busy during my subway trips back and forth from Korean class.<br />
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I am also making myself write every week for a couple of hours. I feel strongly about pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing and after telling numerous people here about the idea I have for a novel, I am actively trying to write it. It's fairly slow, but participating in NaNoWriMO(National Novel Writing Month), is helping me at least focus on completing it and other short stories I have been working on.<br />
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So, this fall I am trying hard to focus on more short term goals that will help me in the long run. Working on knitting helps me relax as well as start making clothing for myself and others. Writing is something I feel strongly and learning Korean as well as TESOL certification will help me in my pursuit of a Master's degree.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-85529961799220295202012-10-25T03:29:00.002-05:002012-10-25T03:32:17.621-05:00Mom and Dad's visit! May 5-14I was very lucky to have my parents come visit me this past May for nine days. I hadn't seen them since September when I moved out to Korea. I was very fortunate that they were so kind to bring out three extra full suitcases of things, like clothes, food, shoes, and facewash I had bought but couldn't ship to myself.<br />
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My parents spent most of their time in Suwon ,where I live, and we went out to dinner most nights and I took them around the area. They also spent two days in my classroom sitting with my students. My favorite moment during their 9 day stay is when my mom embarrassed my least favorite student into tears. He was CRYING, from laughing so hard, but he was very embarassed and was slightly more respectful.</div>
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The first weekend they came, I showed them around Suwon, taking them to Suwon Fortress, which is the only intack fortress left in Korea. We only did a small part since they had just flown in the day or so before.</div>
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Before the left, we went to Butterfingers, a yummy brunch place in Gangnam, so they could see the Korean take on Western/American Brunch.</div>
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It was a great visit and it made me miss home quite a lot. It's hard to think that it might be a whole other yeear before I can go home. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-90890257318798904702012-10-24T09:00:00.001-05:002012-10-24T09:05:03.565-05:00The Time I decided to climb a mountain at 3 AMI think I will claim temporary insanity on this little excursion of mine. I signed up in September to go on a 16 hour hike of Seroksan, the third largest mountain in South Korea. I had already climbed Hallasan, the highest peak in South Korea on Jeju Island(a trip I'll hopefully post in the coming weeks) and I have this desire to climb the three tallest peaks here. I have never been much before a hiker, only having done a few back in New Hampshire with my VISTA friends and hardly any in college. I honestly don't know what I was thinking.<br />
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I went again with Seoul Hiking Group and with a bunch of friends. My friend Bryan is leaving in a few weeks :( and I want to spend as much time with him before he leaves! For the past three weeks though I had been having a lot of chest colds and allergies due to the air pollution in Suwon. I was feeling a bit apprehensive about this hike and wondering if I was going to be better enough by then. The hiked started Saturday morning at 3AM, which meant getting on a bus and trying to sleep at 11 pm on Friday. I had packed glow sticks for the night so that way we would be able to see where each other was. When we arrived at Seroksan at 3 AM, I was excited and ready! Or so I thought.<br />
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After maybe the first 20 or 30 minutes, I was winded and dizzy. Bryan was sweet and stayed with me letting our friends and entire group get farther and farther ahead. The way was up was lit up by the hundreds, or possibly thousands of Koreans with flash lights and headlamps. It was pretty easy to see the way, since I did pack a flashlight and with the extra aid of the other lights as well. After an hour of hiking, I told Bryan to try and meet up with people. I ended up tagging along with other groups of foreigners and Korean groups who were kind and helped me up to the peak. It took me just under 4 hours. I had missed sunrise by an hour, but was able to get some amazing photos going up of the clouds being burned away and moving over the other mountain peaks. <br />
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At the top, the wind was blowing extremely hard and I had a hard trouble not being moved and shoved around. I got a pick of the very, very peak of the rock, but as you can see, the Korean were completely surrounding it. I met up with two other girls in my group, Denise and Jenny, at the top. We ended up ventureing down the mountain the way we came, since the group we had come with were already so far ahead of us, it would be hard enough as is to figure out the rest of the 11 hour hike. That turned out to be a very VERY STUPID idea, since the way we came up was much harder than the other way to go down. Oh well, alls well that ends well at least. It took us just around 5 hours that way while the other would have been the same, it would have been easier on our knees.<br />
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By the time we finished hiking, it was 1:30 and all I could think of was a shower and a nap. Yet again, fate had other plans. Instead of going to the pension, we joined up with the Saturday group of SHG Seroksan trip on their waterfall hike. We got to see more of the valley and the gorgeous foilage and sunset on the rocks. This was much easier, but the three of us girls were just so over hiking and fall colors, we ended up not going to see the waterfall(which we were told was just an area where a waterfall would have been) and spent an hour sleeping on the bus. We ended up back at the pension at around 6 that night and met back up with Bryan and friends in the room I was sharing with them. <br />
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Dinner that night was filled with people laughing and just hearing stories and looking at pictures of my friends own hike. By 10:30 though, I could barely keep my eyes open and my drinks were just putting me more to sleep. I was out by eleven while the rest of the group merrily continued on their own debauchery and much to my chargain, noraebongs. <br />
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Sunday was beach day and sadly I was still not feeling well and having motion sickness issues with the small buses that were being used for the trip. I hung out with friends Stephanie and her husband, Ben, on Sokcho Beach. The weather was so nice that leaving in the early afternoon was just heartbreaking, knowing that we were going to be trapped on the bus for at least five hours due to the heavy traffic into Seoul. <br />
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Overall this was an awesome trip where I did get to meet new people and hang out with others that I had met before on these trips. I'm still sore after three days of stretching! I know that I want to attempt this climb again as well as Jirisan, but I'm definitely going to make sure that I prepare better!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-30518569903675451682012-09-26T01:53:00.001-05:002012-09-26T01:53:06.792-05:00One year in KoreaIt has officially been one year since I came to South Korea and started teaching. When I first started, I was incredibly homesick and I felt like I was missing out on such a great time with my friends. I even started to think I probably wouldn't be able to make it a full year here. Now a year has flown by and I've met such a great number of people and I couldn't help but feel so greatful to them for making this year great.<br />
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I've traveled around South Korea, from the nothern part where the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang. I've seen the parting of the seas near Jindo and some gorgeous cherry blossoms in Gyeongue. I've traveled outside of Korea to Singapore, meeting my god mother's brother, Robert, and his wife, Beulah. I got to see some wonderful places there and I do hope to make it back before I head back to the states. I've been to Japan and was able to pet deer! I've hiked the highest mountain in Korea and will be hiking the 3rd highest this October and then in the spring the second. <br />
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I'm pushing myself to go farther than I have before and trying to discover where my passion lies. I love teaching these kids most days, and I enjoy traveling, once the trip has been underway.<br />
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I expect another year of traveling with friends and seeing more of Southeast Asia. There are so many places I want to explore and I hope to make this blog more of a log of my travels and adventures!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-23994963541760316942012-09-20T12:24:00.004-05:002012-09-20T12:24:58.219-05:00End of the Month: March Photo Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In March I started going on Seoul Hiking Group trips and the first one I went one since the ice fishing trip in January. I went on a hike with the group around Dongdamun to Seoul Fortress around the president's house. Also, there are photos of Saint Patricks day with a group of friends. I also have some of the photos I took with my NEW Nikon D3000 I bought. I am so happy I purchased this DSLR because I really wanted a new camera but just didn't want to spend all that much money on it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The woman and the man. It's a very romantic spot supposedly. The woman is suppose ot be leaning into the man.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Patricks day with friends.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have one student I trust to let use my camera. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gloria... Her shirt made me laugh.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casey and Mckenna</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucas and Kevin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilbert...they only photo I got of him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Binny</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabby</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Junho, he looks innocent.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But he was the spawn of a demon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my former seedbed 1 class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shion. So adorable</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diane</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-44469682162780744132012-06-25T03:22:00.001-05:002012-07-09T10:07:18.000-05:00Gyeongu Trip with a whole lot of biking!<br />
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My last weekend trip I took with Seoul Hiking Group was the first one where I was going with out any of my close group of friends. Luckily I had made friends with other peple who took tripswith Warren so I was able to meet and get to know some people more. this trip started on Friday night, so right after work I left to finish packing and get on the bus! We stayed Friday night at a traditional Korean village in Hanok Traditional Houses of a UNESCO world heritage Yangdong Village. I met Hiley, a coworker of my friend Matt, and she and I walked around the village in the morning. THis was really teh first weekend where I got to see cherryblossoms and the gorgeous magnolia trees in bloom. :)</div>
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Saturday we hiked Mt. Namsam in Gyeongu before we went into the city and started biking. It was an awesome hike and pretty easy. The hike up to the top had tons of little Buddha statues to see as well as temples to stop and see. There was a nice ridge that you could follow along but I didn't want to spend too much energy climbing on rocks when I would need it for bike riding. The sun was shining and the temperature was perfect!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Village we stayed Friday night. This is Saturday morning. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scenery up the hike was gorgeous and was one that I would love to see again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the top of Mt. Namsam of Gyeongu. Really gorgeous</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was not in acceptable hiking gear and the Korean enjoyed watching me walking around.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was gorgeous at the top! A nice korean boy took my picture and changed some settings. He said my pictures were not right. Ha!</td></tr>
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When we started biking we had about 6 hours to bike around the whole of Gyeongu. I started with a group of people I had met through Seoul Hiking group and we saw the tombs, which is shown in this picture. We also saw the observatory and then parts of the park. The group was about 8 people and we were biking around kinda aimlessly so I splintered off with Matt, a friend, and we biked around the Bomun Lake Resort. We covered quite a lot of ground and I definitely did not feel like an experienced biker! It took us about 2 plus hours to bike around that whole area, which consisted of a lake in the middle. It was wonderful and a thoroughly enjoyable ride, even if I nearly took out a couple of Koreans whil I was out of it.<br />
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After getting some food we got back on the road and I got home around 10 that night. It was such a great group and lots of fun! Can't wait for my next long trip with Warren and Seoul Hiking Group!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-18858450618831769842012-06-18T11:04:00.003-05:002012-06-18T11:04:25.951-05:00Jindo Sea Parting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Wowza! By the time it got to be April 6th, I was beginning to feel the fatigue of going on these trips every weekend, but since the last weekend filled me with a genuine enjoyment of hiking I was really excited for the Sea Parting and hopefully seeing some cherry blossoms finally! Oh, and some really cute Jindo Puppies :)</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169786551222309055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516214848135041844.post-85698355784560547702012-06-07T05:16:00.002-05:002012-06-07T05:16:20.669-05:00Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival! With no cherry blossoms :P<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Again, this post is going to be VERY photo heavy as I have a hard time picking photos that best depict my trips. And, I'm pretty happy with how much I have been learning from my new camera.</div>
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I took another trip with Warren and Seoul Hiking Group the following weekend of the Yelloando and Yeso trip from March 31st to April 1st. We spent the first day at Geoje Island, along with a hike before we went to the island. I had a big group of friends to be with again which was nice and was able to see a friend from my training, Alanna! </div>
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On Sunday morning, Palm Sunday, I did a sunrise hike with my friends Bryan and Holm who were also on the trip. It was amazing and for me, a rather inexperienced hiker, fairly difficult. Not being able to see where I was going defiantly hindered my ability. </div>
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Lastly, we went to Jinhae wherethey were having a cherry blossom festival with, you guess it, no cherry blossoms! We managed to have fun regardless anyway though!</div>
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This post is going to be very photo heavy since there are so many pictures to show you! In March, I went on my first weekend trip with the group Seoul Hiking Group, which is run by an amazing man Warren. Undeniably, one of the cheapest ways to travel around Korea with out the hassle of planning it yourself as a foreigner and a great way to make new friends!</div>
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The first trip was a trip to Jellando, which is located on the east side of Korea along the southern tale. We also went to Yeso where the World Expo is currently taking place and I hope to go back before the expo is over in August. The weather had unfortunately taken a turn to be cold during the week prior to our trip so the cherry blossoms were not in bloom :( . I was very dishearten by it but the weather was gorgeous besides that. I was ALSO getting to play with my wonderful, absolutely, fantastic new camera, a Nikon D3000 which I bought off a wonderful fellow expat, Sergii. I had met another wonderful expat, John, who had a beautiful Nikon himself and I asked him to help me find a nice DSLR and he saw Sergii's post on craigslist and sent it to me. I really am so very thankful because I am learning tons about taking photos and just really enjoy playing with it. </div>
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This trip was a lot of fun because I got to spend it with a lot of my friends and we saw a lot. I will get into more detail between the photos.</div>
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These photos are all in Yeso, where the world expo is being held. We did a small climb up to get a nice view of the whole island and then took a speed boat ride around the smaller island in the background. It was a gorgeous day and just beautiful to be outside and seeing other parts of Korea.<br />
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