Adria Daejeon

... a **** load of money .<br><br>the usual deal should be: at least 2 million won a month (rate from 2005), fully furnished apartment, only 30 hours a week teaching, paid airfare there, and return airfare once contract is finished, an extra month pay at the end of the contract, they should pay for the visa and any related costs to getting the visa (ie if they have to send you to japan they pay for boat/plane and hotel) <br><br>you should go to www ...

... br><br>On a perfectly autumnal day, the group of us meandered off to the great beyond to hike a mountain. The day included a lot of lessons in Korean as well as me introducing a coworker to the wonderful world of Sparknotes. It was a fantastic time to learn about how serious hiking is in Korea, as well as a time to mess around. The three Avalon ...

... turned to look at him. He hung his head and wordlessly walked to the door, walked out the door and shut it behind him- he took the initiative to punish himself. Unfortunately, this only reduced his classmates (and me) to laughter and all hope for the class was lost. Love it.<br>I have never in my life been this addicted to peanut butter. Like smoking in the states, it is an expensive habit to maintain.

... the first time since we arrived, we got to eat something that didn't come out of a package and we had a great time touring the city. That evening we were inducted into Korean culture with heavy soju drinking and noribang (Karaoke). Sometime that night we were informed that we would be heading to Seoul in the morning for training. No rest for the weary.<br>

... Eines der bedeutendsten Kloester Koreas und auch (noch?) nicht restauriert mit einem der aeltesten noch erhaltenen Holzgebaeude Koreas. Da der Buddhismus ab und zu in Ungnade fiel, sind die meisten Kloester weit von Staedten entfernt gebaut worden (aus dem Auge aus dem Sinn...), daher sieht man in den Staedten wenig Tempel (dafuer Kathedralen und Kirchen, recht viele Koreaner sind Christen). Gruss Ralf

... which these days doubles as breakfast. But first lets finish this time around with... ... a few numbers 18 - days since we got here 1 - days we've had off in that time (Christmas Day) 2 - days it has snowed (it hasn't snowed since December 30th) 16 - average hours a day we're working 5 - average hours we're sleeping a night 0 - amount of times we've made it to the on-site gym 16 - amount of times I used the word we're in this entry

... been waiting months to get to (no joke...... remember my 'Arnolds' comment in my 'The First Week. The Week of Firsts' entry?). Where are we going to find the time to rest our looking-at-computer-screens-for-12-hour s-a-day eyes? And where am I going to find time to tend to my Tpod? That is the crux of the issue. Maybe I'll try the short & sweet (way shorter and oh so sweeter) approach to my entries. Like this entry, typed in ...

... a pool of 46 teachers and have to assign them, based on their contract length, teaching preferences and experience, to classes within those camps, making sure all classes in all camps are sufficiently staffed. Most, but not all, of the camps are running concurrently and there is always some detail that is overlooked, a detail that, just when you think you have it all sorted out, throws the proverbial spanner in the works. Oh, and we also have to assign two ...

... to also have the same or better shiny new car. Plus it has to be Korean made to support all of your country men. Rarely do people drive import cars because the taxes are exorbitant on them.<br><br>After reaching the first major intersection, your life will have passed before your eyes twice. But after driving for another couple of days this death flashing phenomenon will pass and it will all just be run of the mill driving. Basically the rule of the road is chaos. There ...

... how Koreans present themselves: if you look like you are good than you must be. Koreans are pretty superficial. People can be hired or fired based purely on looks. It wouldn't be out of the ordinary to hear you aren't attractive enough to be hired or you should have plastic surgery and then we can hire you. Also this phenomenon shows how everyone wants to be like the rest. If your neighbor has a shiny new car than you can't be outdone, so you will do anything ...