More photos from the job

This is my favorite decor in the school. Our director told us, "very expensive".



The library. Mom, you would be impressed with the book selection.

Our directors are concerned with the cleanliness of the floors so they make us wear specific SLP slippers. Women wear black, men brown, and the students have bright colored slippers. My feet are too large to fit into the black ones... oh the tragedy of being a big-footed American.

 

Teacher Grace



3rd floor receptionist, Shirley

2nd floor receptionist, Jenny

"Kh, wake up"

Ah yes, my job. As I've said before, I work at SLP- a new Hogwon that opened in late November. We don't have many students yet, but I hear in March we're grabbing up some Kindergarteners.. and more teachers.

As of now, I teach 3 classes- 2 on M/W/F and 1 on T/Th. One student in each class. Each class is 40 minutes long. It's been a rough work schedule ;)

Unfortunately, the kiddos don't wear these.. I'm not even sure why we have them displayed. I try not to ask too many questions about such things.

One of the classrooms. It's adorable!

Each classroom is named after an American Ivy League colleges. I teach in Cornell and Harvard. 

For you gentlemen, please use the bathroom to the left- the one that looks like "Han"

Since we work 1-9pm, the school buys us dinner... I mean supper. Rice, noodles and kimchi have been the staple food groups for me here. My pants don't fit quite as well anymore- in the good way. Cutting out portions of meat and sugar from your diet will do that to you, I suppose.

Yesterday Kh (pronounced K-He), the boy in my afternoon class, fell asleep. He's the only one in the room with me. How do you fall asleep when it's just you and the teacher? We had to lightly shake him awake... it was a great start to the work week.

More to come, soon.

The VERY humble abode

Some pics of my apartment. Very, very tiny, but it's home and I love it.

My view when I first walk into my apartment. Like the pink wallpaper?



My kitchen. Notice the absence of an over? Koreans don't ever use them, so no baking for an entire year. How will I ever master my baking skills?



View from kitchen into the main room.

The pink butterfly decor on my fridge may be the highlight of the apartment.

The bathroom.

Koreans typically don't have a seperate bathing area. You shower right next to the sink and toilet. Mine is especially unpleasent because I have to hold the shower head when I bathe. One of these days I'll buy a drill and move that stand.

The view outside my window.

Another view.

Ahhh yes, my washer machine. It's all in Korean, right? So, my first laundry experience consisted of me pressing every button imaginable until water started flowing. This process will be much faster once I learn Korean.

Most places in Korea don't have dryers. Hence forth, I've become very creative in how I hang my clothes to dry.

Jinju Castle

Some images to go along with my last post about Jinju Castle. As always, pictures can never capture the real beauty of a place.

Jinju Castle.

I'm such a tourist...

Since my tour guides spoke little English, this was described as "Korean soldier".

I found my man :)

View of the city.

A bridge connecting one side of Jinju to the other. Isn't it beautiful!?

I agree, a perfect date spot.

An outlook post. You can walk under it, too.

My co-worker, Rob and me.

Shirley and Jenny took us to a photobooth store. It was funny to see these policemen here since the store targeted high school girls. Sidenote- Koreans love throwing out the peace sign when getting their picture taken with Americans.

Street vendors... the food is delicious and cheap!

There is a street vendor downtown that sells this amazing waffle sandwhich. Essentially, it's a waffle folded in half with a sugary-syrup in the center. It costs 800 won, which is close to 80 cents. Mmmm it's so good!

I'll be posting picture of my apartment and school soon. Stay tuned.