Too cute

I have been really sick since Wednesday morning and stayed home from work yesterday and today. I have a horrible cough (which at times actually makes me vomit), a fever (I have been drenched in sweat since 2 this afternoon), absolutely no appetite, major joint pain, and moderate pain EVERYWHERE else. Maria had her two kindergarten classes make get-well cards for me yesterday. All of them are priceless, but I wanted to share a few of my favorites with you. I got them last night and some of the students decided to put a letter inside a letter inside a letter inside a letter...and enclosed them with a shitload of scotch tape. I thought, "Thanks, guys. I don't have the energy to even try to open your get-well letters right now." Anyway, the school Christmas party is going on right now at a restaurant that's near our apartment. We did Secret Santa. I chose Mr. Yang's name. Mr. Yang is one of the owners of SLP. Our head teacher told me he really likes soju (the Korean version of vodka) but I decided the gift of tea would be better. :) I sent my gift along with Meredith. I'm pretty bummed out that I'm not well enough to attend the party. And I am supposed to stay at a Buddhist temple this weekend and I don't think I'm going to make it to that either. Ok, on to the get-well cards...



Ashley has no idea who I am. I've never had her in class. I'm fairly sure she will know my gender once she meets me. And I think "dan mite me" is supposed to be "then meet me." :)







I have absolutely no idea what "come back without your body" means, but it's enticing nonetheless.

PS: The kindergartners speak much better than they write. Believe me.

North Korea, Sparring, Turkey, and Goose Track Meet

There's nothing like doing a mind-numbing amount of report cards to make me realize, "I really need to blog. I really need to clean my apartment. I need to do anything other than report cards."

I went to the DMZ a few weeks ago with Meredith T., Meredith D., Darcie, and Imee. It was cold, rainy, and foggy...but I found that somewhat fitting. A visit to the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea isn't a ray of sunshine.





Here is Imee with one of the ROK soldiers. A lot of people got silly photos taken with the ROK soldiers, but the whole situation really bothered me. They stand there for hours in the taekwondo stance so they can immediately fight back if they need to.



Speaking of taekwondo...I sparred at taekwondo class a couple weeks ago. It was my first time. My instructor put me up against Justin--a 4th grader who is approximately 2 feet tall and -12 pounds. And he's far more advanced than I am. My friend Katie tried to get some good action shots of our sparring, but that's kind of difficult. I did get a point in toward the end. I promptly fell on my knees with all my weight, but at least I got a point.



Some of my class: Moi, Katie, Justin, July, and Claire



I had a pretty good Thanksgiving. We all met at Cecelia's apartment (she works at the other SLP campus). We got a turkey and all of the necessary sidedishes from the military base. It was soooo delicious. I brought a ridiculous amount of Sparkling Cider from Costco. :)

We went on a school field trip that week to a sports museum. There was a ton of cool stuff there.





This was by far my favorite station, though. :)



Meredith T. finished her contract and moved back to the U.S. on Tuesday. A new teacher arrived. His name is Greg. He's from Toronto.

I apparently don't have the energy to write anything worthwhile. I had more fun posting pictures for this entry.

Peace, love, and kimchi~
Carly