It's been awhile...

...And I'm getting heckled, so here's a blog! :)

Actually, it's been fairly uneventful around here. I moved here knowing I wouldn't get a paycheck for a month and ten days, but I had an unrealistic expectation that it would be so much cheaper for everything here. It's not. Yes, there is a lot that's very inexpensive, but for the most part, it's fairly similar here as far as prices go.

That said, it's hard to go find awesome things to post about when you have to decide whether to spend your money on food or beer :) hahahahah.

School is going well. The teacher I replaced, Brooke, came in to visit the kids on Friday before she goes back to Canada. It was really cool to see the kids with her. Also, she said that she was so glad to see that they were all happy with me. It made me feel good that she feels like the kids are in capable hands :)

In drama, we've started making our background trees for the jungle set of Scary Dino (the play we're doing). We perform Thursday (which also means I'm expected to buy ice cream for all the kids thursday), so I'm going to try to record the final rehearsal Tuesday for you all to see (and evaluate my mad choreography skills,hahahaha).

Also, on Friday, we went to the galbi place after work again. But this time, we got something called samgyeopsal, which is like super-thick bacon that you grill. Then you eat it the same way, all wrapped in a leaf with whatever toppings you want. So delicious! Then it was on to Crazy Beer!


In Korea it is considered gauche to drink without eating something. So many places serve little bowls of the above. It tastes like salty puffed air, and I love it!

Here is me rocking the Harry Potter shirt while Courtney stares hungrily at my beer:


On Saturday I got up and decided to go right at the big intersection instead of left. I'd never been up that way before. There wasn't a lot up that way, except THE BIGGEST CHURCH I'VE EVER SEEN! It was this huge Christian church that looked like a big office building or something. Crazy huge. And they had a very unique sculpture out front:

"I like to picture my Jesus like a bodybuilder, with big ol' muscles."
It just seemed very strange to me that the artist felt the need to pull down part of Jesus' robe to expose his chest and shoulders. Weird.

Today I finally got out and climbed this little hill that I pass on the way to E-mart.


You climb those stairs, and some more, then it just becomes a path with a rope railing, until finally you reach the top!! Here is how you are rewarded for your efforts:

MORE EXERCISE!!!!

So of course I had to try it out! Here's an awesome action shot of me working out on the "stand here and do the twist" machine:

I'm good with the timer, what can i say? :)

Also, I saw this large crater up there:

Meteorite? Giant birdbath? Spa for relaxing in after the exercise? You decide.

When they're not climbing hills to work out at the top, Koreans love their fried chicken. There are about as many fried chicken places around here as pizza places (and there's a TON of those!). We just had a new one open up near our apartments. Apparently, whenever some place has a grand opening, the "dancing girls" come out and wear skimpy clothes and entice people (men) to come to that particular business.

While I don't have a picture of them (sorry Uncles), I do have a picture of the awesome self-promotion this particular fried chicken place has placed on their wall outside:


Yeah baby, bring on the EGGPAPA!!!

Love you all!!