Wow! I am SO tired! Yesterday was hectic! I had to teach Rhonda's classes all alone today and I have never met any of the students before, so they were nervous, shy and just starred at me when I tried to talk to them. Luckily it was science day, so I just had to slooowly and clearly give instructions on how to make a clock, and try to have a conversation about clocks... what shapes they come it, why they are important.. blah, blah. I really want my students to learn, so I move really slowly and try to get them to understand and talk as much as possible. I notice that some of the other teachers just give the students answers or just show them the project and do nothing for the rest of the period, but I don’t want to be like that. I had four periods of science, and the last two I slacked off and decided to combine with Daniel's classes so we could work together and talk about Korea for a bit. As frustrating as it was to be just thrown into teaching today without any prior instructions, time flew by! I was pretty sick of sitting in the back of the classroom and watching someone else teach. I was told that I would be taking over Kevin's classes starting on Monday, which I am pretty happy about. His students are much warmer to me and play with me. They call me names and make fun of me a lot, but I just do it back- it's pretty entertaining. I never thought I would like kids so much!

Last night we went out for Kevin and Daniels last night in Dongtan. We went to a big bar where there were mostly Koreans, which I appreciated. I don't want to be the American who goes to a foreign country just to hang out with other Americans. The coolest part about this bar, and many other nice bars and restaurants in Korea is that at the end of each table, there is a button you can push, and your server will be there in a minute or less sometimes. I bet the servers in the US would kill their owners if they put something like that in their bar or restaurant! In Korea, you can literally yell for your server to "come here" -"oggy-yo!" and it isn't considered rude! I thought that was interesting. All of Kevin and Daniel's friends came to hang out with us. They are all so great and also live here in Dongtan, which is exciting, so we can hang out people other than the LCI teachers we see everyday. It's been pretty easy to make new friends here, the girls where so nice and excited to have us here. What I love most about meeting people in foreign countries is having something in common with them. We all came here to see the world and gain new experiences, so we all have some sort of common ground. Aliah was extremely close with Daniel and Kevin while they were here, she is sad to have them leave, but I think we will adopt her and one of our closest friends… ;-)

Later, we went to a different bar that had darts and billiards for the boys to play, but I was just anticipating seeing Chase when he showed up! I screamed and jumped on Katelan when I saw that she came too!!!! Chase gave me a huge hug, picked me up and swung me around. I can't even describe how happy I was to see them and to have them here with me for the next 7 months! I have a lot to look forward too! I spent most of the night talking and catching up with Katelan and laughing with Tia. It was a great night; I can't wait for more just like them!

Tonight we are heading to Seoul to go out for the first time, I hear amazing things about Seoul, should be another fun adventure! :-)