January 2011
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Frozen in Busan
January 16 and 17th proved to be historic here in Busan. Not the good kind of historic, the ‘coldest-it’s-been-in-90-years’ kind of historic.
What a weekend. This isn’t the first time I’m claiming that ‘Canada followed us to Korea’, so take this a further proof. It would seem that in our area they aren’t prepared for weather like this, short story...
Weird kid bought us chocolate
So for three weeks we’ve been teaching half days. These classes are part of our ‘Winter Camp’ and thankfully it’s almost over. Having no Korean co-teacher has proven, again, to make things about 78% more difficult than they need to be. Try to discipline third graders with no knowledge of English, ugh. There has been one boy in particular who gives me a hard time. He’s...
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Our Korean Christmas
This one is pretty late. Seems like a theme around here…At any rate I thought it would be nice to let everybody know that despite missing family and friends that we did have a really great Christmas down here. It was just the two of us in our tiny apartment and it was great! Let me fill you in on how Koreans do Christmas, or rather how they don’t, really…
When I think about...