It blows my mind that we are celebrating our one-month anniversary of being here in South Korea!!! This has been the fastest month of my life! I can’t even believe it! It’s also weird that we are JUST NOW beginning our year here. All of the other teachers are only here for 12 months, so this first month was only just the beginning. Sometimes I have a hard time letting it sink in that I will be here for that long, but at this rate, I will be out of here in no time!!!
To celebrate, all of the LCI foreign teachers, and Lyla (our favorite Korean teacher) went to Suwon to go out for some Indian food. I like all food, so I think everything is amazing, but Katie and some other teachers were saying it was the best meal of their lives. Maybe not, but it gives you an idea of how delicious the Indian food is here in Korea!
On Saturday night we went over to Alia and Michelle’s for game night with a bunch of people. It was such a blast! Minus when we played charades- the USA citizens versus the Canadians of the group- I was picked for the movie Billy Madison and had the worst time coming up with ways to act it out, even though it is one of my favorite movies. I tried to act out scenes, but when you can’t speak it becomes really complicated. My team was pretty pissed that I couldn't think of other ways to explain myself… oops! After a few hours of games, we decided to take it to a karaoke bar. No need to explain how much fun that was!!!
On Sunday, Katelan, Chase, Tia, Katie and I decided to get some lunch and pick up an ice-cream cake for Tanya. It was her birthday so we wanted to do something to celebrate. The ice-cream cake was the closest to being “Tanya” that we could find, then we bought some candles that read “ I love you”, and “23”, and some fun party hats. When we got it back to my apartment (my apartment is the designated party room), we lit it up and sang happy birthday to her. I was fun, but really sad at the same time. We all made a wish before blowing out the candles, but the only thing I could think of was having her back, so I just hoped she was there watching over us and blew out the candles. We ate a huge lunch, so I was shocked to see that we ate the entire cake- even with Tia being lactose intolerant LOL. It was delicious! Afterwards, we tried to call Tanya’s mom, but it was late so she didn't answer. We spent the better part of the afternoon reminiscing about our great times with Tanya and the accident. It’s still unbelievably painful for us, but I don't feel like writing in my blog about it, so I wont… Next was Wedding Crashers and a nap.
Overall, it has been a really good weekend. Nothing too crazy, but I enjoyed my time staying in Dongtan for the weekend instead of the usual trips to Seoul. But I'm not looking forward to another insanely busy week at work, except for getting to play with my students ☺
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