February

Hey Friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends.

Hey I went another month without posting. I'm glad you noticed. What did January include? Let me break it down for you.

Dec 28th - Jan 1st (New Years) ---> I visited the mysterious land known as Tokyo, Japan. It was pretty neat, pretty expensive, and made for a great way to celebrate the new year. It reminded me of Seoul. It had a few more bright lights, and a few more people. The biggest difference b/t Japan and Korea was the way people dressed/looked. Korea is very homogeneous. Japan, has a lot of diversity within their people. Korea is way more comfortable to live in tho!(I might be biased).

Jan 7th-16th --> I embarked upon my 2 day journey to the great ole' USA. I got to see my brother wed, and join my family and friends for the shortest vacation of my life. I can't explain how short this trip felt. I left Friday at 4am Wherein I returned back to Korea arriving in Ulsan Sunday 10am.I think I traveled almost as many days as I vaca'd.

Jan 24th - 28th ---> Winter Camp. I taught all week for 6 hours a day. I planned the entire week's topics and activities. The most successful was my Mystery Day (think scavenger hunt). I taught English prepositions, and then wrote out 20 clues using said prepositions (Inside, beneath, under, above, across, etc). I placed clues around the school, and it went quite well with both 3rd and 4th grade. It took a lot of prep, but was definitely worth it.

Feb 2nd - 4th ----> Seoul. I took a short vaca to Seoul on Wednesday to bring in the Lunar New Year. I think it's based on the Chinese tradition. Regardless we got holiday, so that was awesome. I visited the esteemed Lotte World, which was pretty hilarious (Think Korean Disney World).

Feb 7th ---> I am now full fledged back in the school schedule and teaching past tense. I think a rather appropriate subject for this current post.

Well now we're a bit more up to date!
Be easy,
-Shane

p.s.I hate the way February is spelled.