Wednesday, June 23, 2010
3rd Grade Couple
While I was walking to school, I saw one of my favorite 3rd graders holding hands with a girl. How cute. He realized I was behind him and let go of her hand then turned to say "Hi, Amanda Teacher", but as he did he tripped and fell. :( Poor guy. Embarrassed, he got up and gave the signal that he was okay at which point the little girl promptly slapped him in the back of the head. She'll teach him not to let go of her hand to wave to another woman! Sorry buddy.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Flying High
This past Wednesday I went zip-lining with my surrogate Korean family. It was sooo much fun! The place that we went to was about 2 hours outside of Seoul and it was a zip-lining course that included 9 different zip-lines. Every one was a lot of fun and I made sure to really run and jump so that I'd get some momentum. I was a pro by the end. ;)
I think even better than the zip-lining was getting to go for a long car ride and get out of Seoul, and also to spend the day with a family. It was really great.
You know what else was really great... all of the employees at the zip-lining place were cute Korean guys who just got cuter as the course went along. One of them asked me my name and once I got to the other side I could here him radioing his friend about me. lol. A little ego booster... hey, I'm single now... I can talk about this stuff.
Anyway, it was a great day altogether and I will never forget it.
Seriously, my life is going swimmingly. I don't know if that makes sense but I thought it sounded like a good adjective.
I have a great job, I have made some amazing friends in Korea, I have plenty of free time to do anything that I could really want to do, I am leaving for Southeast Asia in 2.5 months, I am going to be home for the holidays this year and I have so little responsibility that I shouldn't possibly be unhappy...
But I'm so dang homesick lately that it's ruining my buzz. I want to go home and hang out at my parents house while my dad barbecues. It's getting to be summer and I want to do all the summery things that I always do in California: hang out and do nothing, drive around with my windows down, make a trip to the beach now and then, drink white wine sangria, hang out at Rafa's until all hours of the night/morning, eat Yogurt & More once a week... the list goes on.
What I think that it all comes down to is the fact that I need to learn to just live in the moment. I need to enjoy what I have here and at home without fretting about not being here or there and not being able to be everywhere at once. I have done a good job of accomplishing my goal; after college I wanted to travel for an extended period of time and live in another country. Check and check.
So, now that I've purged myself of this feeling of hopelessness, I am going to live it up! As the Koreans would say: "FIGHTING!"
I think even better than the zip-lining was getting to go for a long car ride and get out of Seoul, and also to spend the day with a family. It was really great.
You know what else was really great... all of the employees at the zip-lining place were cute Korean guys who just got cuter as the course went along. One of them asked me my name and once I got to the other side I could here him radioing his friend about me. lol. A little ego booster... hey, I'm single now... I can talk about this stuff.
Anyway, it was a great day altogether and I will never forget it.
Seriously, my life is going swimmingly. I don't know if that makes sense but I thought it sounded like a good adjective.
I have a great job, I have made some amazing friends in Korea, I have plenty of free time to do anything that I could really want to do, I am leaving for Southeast Asia in 2.5 months, I am going to be home for the holidays this year and I have so little responsibility that I shouldn't possibly be unhappy...
But I'm so dang homesick lately that it's ruining my buzz. I want to go home and hang out at my parents house while my dad barbecues. It's getting to be summer and I want to do all the summery things that I always do in California: hang out and do nothing, drive around with my windows down, make a trip to the beach now and then, drink white wine sangria, hang out at Rafa's until all hours of the night/morning, eat Yogurt & More once a week... the list goes on.
What I think that it all comes down to is the fact that I need to learn to just live in the moment. I need to enjoy what I have here and at home without fretting about not being here or there and not being able to be everywhere at once. I have done a good job of accomplishing my goal; after college I wanted to travel for an extended period of time and live in another country. Check and check.
So, now that I've purged myself of this feeling of hopelessness, I am going to live it up! As the Koreans would say: "FIGHTING!"
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Couch Surfing
I'm finally doing it. I'm going to surf someone's couch in Busan!
www.couchsurfing.org... check it!
So, I've always been intrigued by this whole idea and I have always wanted to participate. I signed up while living in Rancho Cucamonga and nobody wants to hang out in Rancho Cucamonga. I was also living with Steph and Adam so that wasn't ideal.
Anyway, I came to Korea and was really stoked to put my couch on the site so that people could come stay. Then life happened... you know, boyfriends don't want their girlfriends having strangers sleeping on their couch. Well now, the fate of my CouchSurfing history is in my hands! I changed my couch status to available and waited for the requests to flood in. Alright, I didn't expect the requests to flood in because I live in a really inconvenient area of Seoul and I explicitly stated that on my profile so that people will know what to expect. I've gotten 2 requests. One was a mistake... lol... they thought I lived in GwangJu. And the other is a French dude who is coming in June and might stay, but we'll see. Mom and Dad, don't worry.
So, as for me actually riding these waves, I am going to stay in Busan on June 10th to the 13th and I am surfing 2 couches. Well, technically 1 couch and 1 blow up mattress. :) There are 2 girls who seem to be quite active in the CouchSurfing community who have both accepted my request to use their facilities. I'll be at one place on Thursday night and one place on Friday and Saturday night. I'm excited to meet some new people and to travel on my own!
What is the best part of CouchSurfing is really meeting new people from all over the world. Recently, I have met some people for dinner and such and it was all initiated through Nathalie, an exchange student from Sweden, sending me a random message. I have met some awesome people so far and I hope to continue to meet more. I have not met another English teacher yet, which is actually a little refreshing. Usually all of the foreigners in Seoul are either English teachers or G.I.s.
I look forward to meeting plenty of new people through CouchSurfing and making tons of memories along the way! Here's a picture of my couch... wouldn't you want to surf it? ;)
www.couchsurfing.org... check it!
So, I've always been intrigued by this whole idea and I have always wanted to participate. I signed up while living in Rancho Cucamonga and nobody wants to hang out in Rancho Cucamonga. I was also living with Steph and Adam so that wasn't ideal.
Anyway, I came to Korea and was really stoked to put my couch on the site so that people could come stay. Then life happened... you know, boyfriends don't want their girlfriends having strangers sleeping on their couch. Well now, the fate of my CouchSurfing history is in my hands! I changed my couch status to available and waited for the requests to flood in. Alright, I didn't expect the requests to flood in because I live in a really inconvenient area of Seoul and I explicitly stated that on my profile so that people will know what to expect. I've gotten 2 requests. One was a mistake... lol... they thought I lived in GwangJu. And the other is a French dude who is coming in June and might stay, but we'll see. Mom and Dad, don't worry.
So, as for me actually riding these waves, I am going to stay in Busan on June 10th to the 13th and I am surfing 2 couches. Well, technically 1 couch and 1 blow up mattress. :) There are 2 girls who seem to be quite active in the CouchSurfing community who have both accepted my request to use their facilities. I'll be at one place on Thursday night and one place on Friday and Saturday night. I'm excited to meet some new people and to travel on my own!
What is the best part of CouchSurfing is really meeting new people from all over the world. Recently, I have met some people for dinner and such and it was all initiated through Nathalie, an exchange student from Sweden, sending me a random message. I have met some awesome people so far and I hope to continue to meet more. I have not met another English teacher yet, which is actually a little refreshing. Usually all of the foreigners in Seoul are either English teachers or G.I.s.
I look forward to meeting plenty of new people through CouchSurfing and making tons of memories along the way! Here's a picture of my couch... wouldn't you want to surf it? ;)
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