Shilla Seoul

... Korea and it's so interesting to remember how I felt landing here for the first time about 3 years ago. I had no idea what to expect and had been 1/2 excited and 1/2 terrified that I was making a horrible, horrible mistake in uprooting my life to go to Asia and teach English for a year. Of course, in the end it was an amazing experience - I made some great friends and absolutely loved living here. I think ...

... from other people.

My life is simple and I appreciate this time. I have a simple home, but it's a space of my own. I have a job that allows me to play and influence the lives of children, mostly free of stress. I am able to recognize the beauty of the simplicity of my life and cherishing it.

I am also grateful for the kindness and generosity of strangers. I think my dad must be watching out for me, as nearly everywhere I've traveled I seem to acquire ...

... We also found a place where there were tons of bouncy play equipment!  All of us wanted to go down there, but the people running it said we were too old.  Darn!  But, isn't that a weird thing to have at a war memorial!?
After this we headed to dinner at a restaurant that served Ginseng Chicken Soup.  It was delicious- especially after a monsoon-y day!!!
We could not go to the stream today, because it was closed due to flooding.  This was too bad, because I ...

... br>What example will I set

Fully formed my soul I have not yet

Certainly to be good and kind

And always taking time to travel and unwind

I bounced out of bed this morning at 730am to take the train into Itaewon for a Dr. Appointment to have a few medical issues handled. I stopped into "What the Book" to pick up a few books. I needed to get the Hobbit as I’ll script a simple play for my kinder students to perform at the end of ...

... Christmas, we sat in my room just talking until 4am, getting to know each other as adults for the first time, not just my little brother. Moments like that are priceless. I frequently talk to my youngest brother on skype. Sometimes we don't have much to say, but we manage to entertain each other anyways. When I was home for Christmas and also before coming to Korea, Luke and I spent hours upon hours just hanging out and usually laughing. He has such a great sense of humor and is ...

... well with a ride to the Qingdao airport, really new place, upgraded due the olympic events held in Qingdao last year. Short 1 hour plane ride to Seoul. Nice surprise at the airport as a friend from BLCU was there to greet us. She was supposed to meet us at the hotel but was nice enough to take a 2 hour bus ride to meet up at the airport. It's been a year since we've seen her, so an excellent surprise. First impressions of Seoul is that it is eerily familiar. Almost like the big cities ...

... mostly in silence as he can't speak much more English than I speak Korean. So far the traffic is not scary; people signal and everything. I'm not sure if the driver knows anything about my situation or not until he indicates that someone from SLP will come get me at 11am. Good to know. Finally we stop, and the driver goes inside the motel. He comes out with a man and woman and they're all ...

... and you just make Americans look stupid! Ha! Anyway...........Costco in Seoul is two stories!!!! Top floor is home/office stuff and downstairs is food. There are special escalators that you take your shopping carts on! The carts stay put and don't roll down or up the escalator!!!! Wow! I actually think I saw more Western stuff than Korean. The candy aisle was filled with American brands, tons of cereal (I bought Cheerios!), real cheese (cheddar, monterey ...

Hello WORLD - Welcome to the lives of Little H, Big H and Big D! Today was a rather auspicious day for us all here. It's the first day of the rest of our lives. A rather special event, don't you think? I think so. Thanks Couch, Wanderer and all you others for making it possible. Our Sponsors are too vast to mention, but y'all know who you are. Big H slept for most of the ...

Well if you read my last entry where I was speaking of the cold it seems I was a little premature in publishing, if only I'd waited a few more hours I would have been able to talk about the snow. I was on the bus to the airport and we were a couple of minutes away from pulling up when I looked out the window and saw something strange. It was really light snow and I had to wait to get out of the bus that my eyes weren't deceiving me. The Aussie in me ...