Ok!

So there is this cute little mart just down the street from our apartment. It is called the Ok Mart. We like to call the owners Mr. and Mrs. Ok. They are hilarious and we love them. They are like my parents away from home :) I gave them some maple syrup and candies after their help on this day.

What part of the fish is that?

The elementary school had a staff dinner a couple weeks ago, to introduce and celebrate all of the new teachers this semester (there were about 6 of us). Here are a few more of my co-workers!

hey u go girl

I think this was our first Friday night at our new apartment, and we were a little bored, and soju costs a mere dollar...

Cathy...I apologize, but I have honoured your wishes and you are not in the video :P Please don't kill me ;)

Welcom to School!

In the video:

Part 1 - At Oksan Elementary School
My friends/English teachers Hae Na (wearing pink) and Seong Ok (wearing white/blue shirt)
They are so nice! We have started a once/month girly dinner/movie outing! This month was Italian food - pasta/pizza!

Part 2 - At Oksan Middle School
Yumi is my co-teacher and she is AMAZING! She helps me with every single thing here, from getting my visa/internet, to driving me to school everyday...basically I love her!

Chips, anyone? On with the show!

LOVVVVVEEEE this video!

The gist: Car will miss me, Vick won't...Briar likes chips, and Allaina criticizes my need to capture events on video, as she has so many times in the past :P

Taken from the girly-night sleepover we had before I left. I miss you all so much! Also...Ian and Sasha show their true colours.

On the Plane

Better late than never! Here are Cathy and I on the plane, nearing the end of our trip! Glad that I didn't watch the show Fringe before embarking on this trip!

sushi, belts, markets, ah the memories...and the nightmares I'm sure to experience tonight ;)

So, Cathy and I just spent the day shopping in Cheongju. It was a gorgeous day today, 27 degrees, not a cloud in the sky.

We took the bus to Cheongju, and somehow managed to stay on the bus much further than our usual stop...however this worked out well, because we found this big market that looked really interesting. It was packed full of people, fish, food and kimchi. (It must be noted that the fish and meat preparation areas were directly beside fruit and vegetable stands, which I'm sure cannot be sanitary... One woman beside me decided to WASH HER HANDS in one of the FISH TANKS,(not an empty fish tank either, but one full of disgusting large beady-eyed, sharp toothed man eaters) and proceeded to shake them dry all over my legs and feet! Grossed out as I was, this is Korea, so I traveled on down the incredibly packed market aisle. Finally, we could see the end of the tunnel-like market, and headed towards the light. However, it was at the exit that we found the cages of animals for sale...poor chickens and ducks packed into tiny cages in the awful heat! We felt sooooo bad for them...and just when we thought we were in the clear, (don't read further if you have any kind of soul or spirit) ...we passed the last animal stall, and in it were cages of chickens, ducks, rabbits, PUPPIES and KITTENS :( Saddest thing ever...I think I cried a little bit it was so shocking!! It was horrible and we got out of there as fast as humanly possible.

After taking some side streets we finally found the main downtown centre, and went shopping!!!! (nothing like a little shopping to take your mind off the cruel slaughter of household pets). Our first stop was this store called WHO A.U., which I think is kind of like an Australian American Eagle, but with a Korean twist...I bought a couple t-shirts... then we went to a mall and I tried on this dress in the tiniest store, behind the tiniest wall...which, really, the "dressing room" came up to about my waist! I wish I had got a picture! Anyways, the girl in the store was so cute and helpful and she put this belt on me and it was amazing! So I got the dress AND the belt (which was only $10!) and then ended my shopping spree! lol! Shopping in Korea is AWESOME by the way!

To end our day, Cathy and I went to this cute little sushi place, and then to Starbucks! Not bad for an afternoon in Cheongju... (aside from the horrific murdering of puppies and kittens)

New Posts Soon!

Hey, so I just got internet last week! (thanks scott!) and so I hope to have new videos up soon! Anyways, this is a long weekend in Korea (Chuseok) so I have tons of time to get back to blogging!

See you soon
xoxo