Day 14-Let it Rain

It has been raining for two days straight and I am not talking a drizzle...I am talking RAIN.  I woke up a few times throughout the night with the thunderous sounds I thought was my life ending.  I was exhausted this morning and feeling sick but after skyping with my dad and sister I felt a lot more upbeat.  It really is amazing how much family makes a difference, where would I be without them!??! I do think  that my new lifestyle is starting to catch up with me, teaching from 10am-7pm giving to tiny children for that amount of time is super tiring.  I am not complaining though, I am blessed to be here and have this opportunity...it will just take some getting used to.

So I am now eating the rice cake that I posted in my last blog and it tastes like nothing...literally...it is like chewing on air that has texture like a moist graham cracker.  I am not going to lie, it was pretty anti-climactic since it looked like there was icing and lovely things going on with it.  However lunch today was SOOO good that I will not think of this ghetto rice cake anymore! I wish I had eaten more lunch...shame! It was some super yummy pork and rice and kimchi and I need to learn how to make it! 

So yesterday was Thursday and every week we have a random activity that we do with all the kids or just with our homeroom classes.  Yesterdays activity was the dreaded...wait for it...wait for it...Origami.  Now on a regular day this is definitely not my strength, however when the instructions are all in Korean, there is NO hope for me.  There is nothing more sad than a group of kids looking at you to help them make a rocket and airplane beginning to cry because you have no idea what you are doing.  With much dedication we were able to make an airplane.  The rocket turned out a little rocky so...I told them to smush it and say it was a UFO (they believed me...jokes on them) haha.  No one cried yesterday which means it was a GOOD TIME! haha

Today the kids were good, except my last class, the kids would NOT speak English! They are smart kids and can read perfectly but were being very stubborn.  That WOULD have put a damper on my day HOWEVER I got off work early today (630pm). It was pouring rain again but I decided that I would walk home and embrace the new country, weather and air.  After talking to some Korean people here I think that what I think is me getting sick is actually allergies.  Here at this time of year they say there is "yellow dust" that comes from the mountains full of things that make you get a cold? Not sure if that is the reality but heck, allergies sounds like a better deal than getting sick.

As I was leaving school today a woman stopped me and told me that she liked my fashion.  I started laughing because let's be real....Korean women are some of the best dressed women I have ever seen (not to mention that anyone who really knows me would never call me the most fashionable person).  Don't get me wrong, I like to look good but FASHION...no way.  Anyways, she said that she was serious and had noticed my outfits the past few days, I am honoured! haha I felt so pretty as I walked home and every time someone stared at me (Which they always do here if you are non Korean) I pretended it was because I had GREAT style.

As I was talking to my friend on the phone today I realized that I am starting to take on accents of all the different foreigners I meet around here...WHYYY? haha I sounded perfectly fine until I started talking like a South African-Southern American- Canadian chick.  As I was talking today I said something in a weird way not even noticing and my kids said "Teacher speak English No Canadian".  Ha they kill me! 

Emotionally, I find that lately I feel like I am not being content so I have decided to remind myself that this is my new home EVERYDAY.  I like it here, I have officially been here two weeks and I am ready for the year to bring it! I will be content in every situation because my rock is and always will be. 

Tomorrow I am heading to the "America" of Korea where the army base is, that should be an interesting story I'm sure! I shall keep everyone posted!

Shout OUT to My mom whose birthday was yesterday!! Love you Mom, you are an incredible woman!