Day in and Day out....

I am greeted by such smiling faces. I teach 12 distinct classes a week and I have a 144 students. They are a blast and I hope you enjoy these pictures.

The girl in the front row center is Lira and Tuti's doppleganger.

Abby and Luna

Hopeful shirt

Bruce

Bruce Hyeonseong and Jarvis

Yuna

Judy (Named after Titi Judy)

Adam (or "madam" which I call him when I tease him)

Jessica and Gradis

Charlie (I secretly believe his hair is trimmed every few days. It is too perfect)

Curie

Gwangmin

Helen

Rijeong

Lily, Leela and Ginny

Lovely Package, a la Ian Cho...

Ian sent me the loveliest care package today. Just opening it made me cry and gave him mega points with the fellow teachers. Thank you for all of the lovely gifts.

P.S.: Penny te agradezco el "regalito" muchisimo!

Christmas in July...for me!

Thank You so much, Boojie!

This is the lovely video that was part of my package...I will treasure this so very much...

Weekend trip to Gunsan and simultaneously pics of my shaved head...

I took a brief weekend trip to Gunsan (a nice coastal town) to meet up with Joanna. We eat at "Dasarang" a delicous chiken and pizza place. I ate cheese pizza, fries and an interesting fruit salad. I stayed in a hotel for 45 bucks. It was super swank and apparently it was one of those "urban" hotels where one goes to take care of business. I learned this because of the goody bag I received upon checking in. It had special gels for men and women and of course protection...

This is the fruit salad we ordered...the bananas were covered in a special mayonnaise dressing (we learned this upon tasting it)

I'll try it

I convince myself that if I apply the dressing to my lips, like lip gloss, I may convince myself that I have been eating this stuff for ages and in fact enjoy it and will not let it go to waste.

Same piece

Yeah I'm done with the fruit salad... and profile shot of my new hairshave

Joanna and I goof wherever we go but in this shot its all her

We killed the pizza and fried deliciousness but you can still see the fruit salad in the background

My swank hotel bed

The room came with a soft soft robe, computer with internet access, flat screen t.v., water cooler, free juice...all for $45. (no breakfast though)

Mega bathroom...my blog may be filled with tons of bathroom shots

That is not my t.v. that is the skylight

Sleeping...Maybe

Joanna made me wait in the cab while she went to her place to get what I have yearned for

Waiting...

Waiting and posing a la 6 year old Lola

That is genuine happiness on my face

2 Girls, 2 Days, 1 night, 1 City...

I had to make a visa "run" to Fukoka, Japan last week. You basically leave Korea, go to the Korean Consulate in a different country and get a visa that lets you come and go as you please within Korea. The bus ride from my apartment to the airport was 3 hours while the flight from Korea to Japan was only 55 minutes... it was the best international flight I have ever ever been on. An entire meal, your own t.v. monitor and a new country in under an hour. Sarah, my Fukuoka buddy, and I saw the sights and in less than 2 days found a beach, learned the train and bus system, found the sports arena and slept in a box.

A map that shows the location of Fukuoka, Japan and its proximity to Korea.

Only I can look like a sasquatch on a 4am bus ride. We had to catch the bus so early in order to make our 9am flight.

Sarah and I, the only travelers on the bus so early have a 4 am giggle fit.

At Inchon Airport waiting...I make a picnic where ever I go

Of course I changed my outfit and proceeded to take a nap...its what I do.

Sarah likes to imitate...

Even in Fukuoka, Japan...Atlanta zero...

Look at the stylish footwear...

Now look at the brand

Stylish footwear...

Provocative brand...

The Fukuoka SeaHawks (baseball team) Yahoo! Dome

We found the beach and stripped and tried to stay as decent as possible

This is the Sea Hawk Resort...the building to the right looks flat

Fukuoka Tower

Sarah is a tall girl like me... the following pictures will demonstrate the box we stayed in in the hostel.

She could touch the right and left wall simultaneously

My face says it all...I got top bunk

Yep...I could touch both walls

At the train and bus station this lovely lady insisted on taking a photo of us for her English class and I took one for this blog. She was excited to find out we where from Atlanta and showed us her reading material on King Luther.."Oh Martin Luther King, Jr."...was my response. She was super helpful and her English superb.

It's hard to see in this picture but it was a 4 level highway...

I am legit now...I have my visa...

And just like my kindergarten graduation I celebrate with a trip to McDonald's...these were the most perfect fries I had ever seen. I must say that while abroad I have had more McDonald's than I ever did back home. Of course being vegetarian I only eat the fries and ice cream.