tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17531723520858798402024-02-18T18:29:26.029-08:00Our Grand AdventureNikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-61638941154702354772015-12-11T20:52:00.001-08:002015-12-11T20:52:23.440-08:00Our last and final update!Now that we are in the last two weeks of classes, we don't have much to report on...<br />
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On Oct 30th we had a Halloween party and an English festival that the students worked hard on since the beginning of the semester. Each of our classes performed a play, song, or recital of some sort all in English. Jacob did "Going on a Bear Hunt", our coworker did a Pinocchio play, and I did Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" song with a dance. Overall, our performances went really well and it was awesome to see all the students have fun on the stage!<br />
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After the English festival, we had our Halloween party. I put together trick or treat bags with the kids and made a chocolate/peanut butter dessert and cookies for all the students. Jacob bought stuff for apple bobbing and or coworker had a dance party in her class. It was a great afternoon for everyone!<br />
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On Nov 25th, we had an open class, which afforded the board of education, parents and teachers an opportunity to see all of us foreigners in action! We found out a few days before our class that the local news station was also coming to film us and were going to do a 5-minute segment on our English Center. The pressure was high! At the end of the class parents were asked to fill out a survey and Jacob got RAVE REVIEWS. All of the parents in his class loved it and thought he did a great job. I think it's just cause he's the white guy... always gets special treatment...<br />
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The next day, Thanksgiving, was so lonely! Since turkeys are impossible to find in Korea, I made a chili and mashed potato dinner. We curled up on the couch and watched Ant Man, and then I cried myself to sleep. Well, not really, but it was a sad and lonely Thanksgiving!<br />
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We are now officially into December and just finished our final exams, are finishing writing our evaluations, and preparing for our closing ceremony! We have a lot to get done before the year is over, but I think time is about to fly! We have even started selling all of our belongings that we acquired at the beginning of this year.<br />
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Our tickets home are purchased and we will be seeing everyone on December 26th! Our flight arrives at PDX around 3:30-4pm and we are counting down the days! Although we are sad that we don't get to spend the Christmas holiday with family, we are so happy with our experience here and wouldn't trade it for anything!<br />
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We will probably upload a video of our year in review with a link to a photo album of all the photos (including ones that we didn't post here) as our farewell/final blog entry! Be on the lookout sometime during the New Year!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids all love touching my growing belly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hands to the face means "flower"</td></tr>
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-3408542233990561052015-12-06T03:12:00.000-08:002015-12-06T03:12:17.935-08:00One semester down, one to go! Monday morning after our vacation we were nose-to-the-grindstone! Classes started up again and we started getting back into the routine of things. We all rotated classes so we all have new students this semester. Our new schedules:<br />
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Jacob:<br />
Seongnam 1st and 2nd grade<br />
Seongnam Intermediate (3rd and 4th grade)<br />
Elves (intermediate level after school class)<br />
Writing club (advanced level writing class)<br />
Adult Intermediate and Advanced levels<br />
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Nikki:<br />
Seongnam 1st and 2nd grade<br />
Seongnam Advanced (5th and 6th grade)<br />
Hobbits (beginner level after school class)<br />
Phonics (VERY beginner level after school class)<br />
Adult Beginner and Intermediate levels<br />
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We finished the first full month of full-time teaching schedules when we got a four-day break for Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), we got the weekend, Monday, and Tuesday to "celebrate with family" :(.<br />
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We spent our holiday hanging out at home. Apparently tickets to fly to nearby countries were sold out months in advance, and bus tickets to other parts of the country were also sold out. Instead of trying to go somewhere, we were going to take the opportunity to organize what we wanted to sell, throw away, and take home with us for our impending departure. Somehow, that didn't get started... or even thought about.<br />
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All weekend we did the usual go to a coffee shop and read, drink coffee, watch Netflix. Monday morning bright and early we went to Everland, Korea's knock-off Disneyland!<br />
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We arrived right as the park was opening and it was beautiful. Entrance tickets were much, much cheaper than Disneyland tickets, and the park was even doing a special for foreigners, 50% off! In hindsight, I'm really glad they were discounted because I would have been really disappointed with the experience had I paid full price.<br />
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The park is set up exactly like a Disney park with different "lands", Everland characters, foods from around the world, and even similar trash cans... weird I know. However, the rides the park had to offer were nowhere near Disney caliber, the ride offering was vaguely reminiscent of a county fair...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little boy looked at me and then copied my stance. So cute!</td></tr>
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-28750403164282002082015-12-04T19:35:00.000-08:002015-12-04T19:35:38.487-08:00Bali We left bright and early on Tuesday morning for Bali! Our trip took ALL DAY. We didn't arrive in Bali until close to 9:30pm and we didn't arrive at the resort until after midnight. We were greeted at the resort with a nice cool towel and a glass of fresh squeezed lime lemonade.<br />
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The next four days were spent in pure paradise! We enjoyed ocean view buffet breakfasts each morning, fruit smoothies and huge, delicious dinners for a very LOW cost. Our first full day in Bali, we arranged for a 4 hour spa-day that included manis/pedis, facials, body scrubs, massages, and a nice rose petal bath. The next day we mustered up the energy to go explore town! I wish I had done a little more research here, because "town" consisted of a very long sidewalk with shops and restaurants strewn along the roadside. Less than an hour of walking down and back, we finished our tour of Candidasa! We walked back to the resort and spent the rest of the day lounging by the pool!<br />
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The next and final two days in Bali we were picked up and dropped off at Andre Spa to get 90 minute full body massages! These massages were a million times better than our first massages from the resort.<br />
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We had an evening flight back to Seoul and didn't arrive back home until 8:30am the next morning. We spent that day unpacking, doing laundry and enjoying being home from a wonderful two week vacation!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Bali!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've arrived!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View for all our meals!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this little place walking back from "town"</td></tr>
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-19413977691644703632015-11-28T00:22:00.000-08:002015-12-02T04:16:11.516-08:00The rest of our days in Tokyo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMGtd4DoRiNXlcD47BgRGXI93Yk4mcumH_aB5wbDxwJLp6jib0-erv9AJVe54rD167eG6OhYzlmXW0Nd3__650GQPPCIYBi6q5Auwp7tK5nABsg5lJIDDmpJcyhEc1Lw0Qfla4AXx_OU/s1600/IMG_2536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMGtd4DoRiNXlcD47BgRGXI93Yk4mcumH_aB5wbDxwJLp6jib0-erv9AJVe54rD167eG6OhYzlmXW0Nd3__650GQPPCIYBi6q5Auwp7tK5nABsg5lJIDDmpJcyhEc1Lw0Qfla4AXx_OU/s640/IMG_2536.JPG" width="640" /></a>After our two-day Disney extravaganza, we spent all Friday sleeping and recuperating! We slept in way too late, ordered the hotel breakfast and snoozed the day away. Jacob found a delicious western restaurant, Franklins, that specializes in burgers and fries! We stuffed our faces with bacon cheeseburgers, french fries and a milkshake!<br />
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Saturday we went to the world famous Shibuya neighborhood. The Shibuya crossing is the classic scene in movies that take place in Tokyo. Basically, its a huge 5-way, bustling intersection. The whole area had a ton to do. We found a tiny little coffee shop that serves Stumptown coffee, went to Tower Records (a huge music store, record shop), checked out an old antique store, and went into and out of several shopping buildings.<br />
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After an all day outing to Shibuya, we slept in... again... and spent the afternoon and evening at the Rainbow Bridge. The bridge was supposed to be a huge tourist attraction, but we waited for hours for the bridge to light up in rainbow colors and disappointingly, it never did. However, the whole Rainbow Bridge area also had loads to do! We took a ton of time walking around and shopping, eating dinner/dessert, and enjoying the cool evening.<br />
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We woke up relatively early to make the hour and a half long subway trip out to the zoo. Unfortunately, the minute we got to the zoo it started raining. We walked around until lunchtime and by then the weather had just completely fallen apart, it was raining sideways! We ducked into the only little restaurant they had, split some spaghetti and waited for the storm to pass. The last couple of hours of the afternoon we finished touring the zoo and made it back to our hotel to dry off and clean up.<br />
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I wanted to spend the rest of the evening packing our things and resting in bed. Meanwhile, I gave permission (yes, permission), to go to the famous red light district. He braved the subway system by himself and spent the entire evening exploring.<br />
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-22003840484438417502015-11-21T00:31:00.000-08:002015-11-27T19:32:34.879-08:00TOKYO DISNEY AND TOKYO DISNEY SEA!<i>Wednesday</i><br>
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THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!!! We got up at 4:30 am for Tokyo Disney!!! We left the hotel by 5:30 am and were standing in line waiting to get in the park at 6:30. The park opened at 8 am. I was so pumped on adrenaline, I was a little psycho. Everything about the park was incredible! I love the amount of detail Disney puts into everything. There was no Main Street, but there was a HUGE covered "World Bazaar" that you have to walk through in order to get to the rest of the park. Since dad wasn't there to be keeper of the "official map", I had to keep track of everything on my own!<br>
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That means, no Space Mountain, no Big Thunder, and no Splash Mountain! We read online that most of these big attractions were basically the same as Disneyland in California so we didn't feel like we were missing out on much.<br>
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By the time we finished Monsters Inc, it was lunchtime! We got in line and waited at the Blue Bayou for lunch. The menu was definitely different... no Monte Cristos and no Mint Juleps. I ordered a huge, delicious steak and Jacob ordered a roasted chicken with potato soup. Disneyland Blue Bayou was way better!<br>
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After a kind of late lunch we hopped on the Western Railroad and then went to stand in line at the Jungle Cruise. Again, the cruise was all in Japanese so the ride didn't do much for me. We had a late afternoon ice cream snack and then waited for the "Happiness is Here" parade. The parades and shows were really one of the best parts about being there. I was a kid again! I didn't have a worry in the world. When the parade finished we ran over to Grandma Sara's Kitchen for a quick dinner before finding a good spot for the Dreamlights show, which was also a knockout! We stayed in our same seats for the last show of the night "Once Upon a Time." Disney's own description, "Cinderella Castle is transformed into a 'storybook come to life' with scenes and music from Disney films." I may have shed a few tears.<br>
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All in all, it was a fantastic day! Hot, sweaty, humid, crowded, but worth every second. The one thing missing was my family. Going to any Disney park without the huge Dunham clan just isn't the same. I might have shed another few tears wishing my family was there to experience it with me. But then I realized Jacob and I are building our own family to share these experiences with!<br>
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Believe it or not day 2 at the Disney parks was even better than the first! We went to Tokyo Disney Sea.<br>
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This park was unreal. Seriously GORGEOUS, and lucky for us, the weather held up for most of the day! The forecast said rain and rain it did at 6:30 am waiting in line. By the time we walked through the gates, the sun was up and the clouds were gone! Twenty minutes later is was dumping pretty hard for about 45 minutes and then let up and was sunny for the rest of the day.<br>
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Since this park is so unique and unlike any other Disney Park here is a quick rundown. It is set up like Disneyland with different "lands". DisneySea has the American Waterfront, complete with a life-sized S.S Columbia Steamboat replica, walking through the waterfront was like visiting a cozy beach town.<br>
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The other lands included the Mermaid Lagoon themed after the Little Mermaid, the Arabian Coast themed after Aladdin, Lost River Delta an ancient civilization in Central America, which housed Indiana Jones, Mysterious Island that had Mt. Prometheus, a huge mountain that actually made eruption sounds and had fire steam out of it every once in a while, and lastly Port Discovery the "Center for Water Control."<br>
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Upon entering the park, we have to walk through the Mediterranean Harbor a "romantic Southern<br>
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European port town." We had today seriously scheduled in order to fit everything in. We immediately split up and Jacob went to Mt. Prometheus where he went on one of the big attractions, Journey to the Center of the Earth a roller coaster ride. I went over to Port Discovery to FastPass Stormrider and then to Magellan's to make lunch reservations. Walking around in the pouring rain, I slipped and ripped open the blood blister on my toe, a great way to start the day! Luckily, nothing was gonna bring down my day. We met back up after I made lunch reservations to go on one of the only rides I could do-- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.<br>
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Afterward, Jacob went to get an Indiana Jones Fastpass and get in line at the other big attraction Raging Spirits, another roller coaster. Meanwhile, I went to walk through the Arabian Coast and sat down to enjoy some creampuffs and OJ, and rest my disgusting toe. He didn't take too long knocking out Raging Spirits and met me back at the Arabian Coast where I was still eating. Since it was still raining, we didn't want to walk far. We ended going to the second and only other ride I could do, Sindbad's Storybook Voyage, which was basically an Arabian peninsula version of It's A Small World. That ride wasn't really in our plans, but when there is a walk-on, I know better than to pass it up!<br>
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After the Arabian Coast, Jacob hustled over to StormRider and I took my time looking at everything and picked up some pepper popcorn. Tokyo DisneySea is apparently famous for their different popcorn choices. Pepper, curry, cappuccino, honey, caramel, chocolate, white chocolate and salted were the options... and I was only brave enough to try the pepper. After scarfing down popcorn I sat under cover on a bench and tried to take a nap while I waited for Jacob to finish his ride.<br>
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When he finished we walked over to the American Waterfront and grabbed a quick snack in Teddy Roosevelt's lounge.<br>
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WOW. Was this place incredible. We ordered olives and bread & cheese with much needed water. After our snack we were right by Tower of Terror so we fast passed that and went to Magellen's for our lunch reservation. We managed to knock out all of the big attractions, with the exception of Tower of Terror and Indiana Jones, which meant we could take our time for the rest of the day.<br>
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Our lunch was very long, relaxing and expensive! By the time we finished lunch Jacob could hop in the Fastpass line for Indiana Jones so he ran over that way and I once again, sat on a bench and enjoyed people watching. He hustled his way back to me after the ride and we enjoyed "A Table is Waiting" show featuring all the famous Disney characters.<br>
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We didn't have any other plans for the rest of the day except for the Tower of Terror ride. We walked around all over the park for the rest of the afternoon, we in-depth explored the Mermaid Lagoon, the Arabian Coast and the Mediterranean Harbor, where we won lottery tickets for the Big Band Beat show!<br>
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We walked and walked and walked until is was time for his last Fastpass for the day, Tower of Terror! I sat yet again, on another bench, this time in front of the water fountains that kids could run through. After ToT, we got in line for the Big Band Beat show, a live big band, swing, jazz, and appearances by Mickey and other characters. The show was incredible! Neither of us have seen a big band before and it was so much fun!<br>
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After the show finished, we didn't have much time before the Fantasmic! show started (kind of like World of Color at California Disney) so we literally ran over to the American waterfront to pick up cheeseburgers and fries to-go and ran back to the Mediterranean Harbor to find a place to stand for the show. We got a great spot where we could see almost everything. We sat on the curb together scarfing down cheeseburgers and fries before the show started.<br>
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Fantasmic was the perfect way to end the evening. Huge boats came out into the harbor and it was just a giant light show with water being sprayed up for a screen to project on just like World of Color, but boats swimming around in the harbor at the same time to add another dimension to the show. I don't know why, but every time these shows make me cry. Just a Disney freak, I suppose.<br>
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Before we left the park after the show, I picked up a small souvenir/Christmas ornament for our tree and we said farewell to Walt and Mickey and then we barely made it back to the hotel before we collapsed for 14 straight hours.<br>
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It was a very long two days but I can't wait to go back again! In the very, very, very distant future!<br>
<br>Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-30727155908868318472015-11-11T19:15:00.001-08:002015-11-11T19:15:26.766-08:00More vacation fun! <i>Sunday</i><br />
We woke at a reasonable hour and quickly packed our bags and took the subway to the Tokyo Marriott. Unfortunately, it was way too early to check in, so we dropped off our bags, ate breakfast in their restaurant and headed out to explore the new part of town we were in.<br />
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It was so hot and so humid, we didn't last long walking around. And little did we know, Japanese people must not like coffee! It was nearly impossible to find a cafe where we could pick up an iced latte or frappe.<br />
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Eventually we checked-in our new and very much improved room. It had two double sized beds instead of one king size, but I was so far from complaining. The room was the size of a real Western hotel room and it had a bathtub!!! We haven't been able to take a bath since we left home in December. We spent the remainder of the afternoon unpacking, napping, and showering, and relaxing in the comfort of our awesome new room, as well as planning what we wanted to do for the remainder of our time in Tokyo.<br />
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I'll admit, the majority of our vacation days we slept in and got a pretty late start. Monday was no exception. We slept in our comfy, cozy beds and woke around 10am showered and headed down to breakfast at the hotel. By the time we ate, showered and were ready to go for the day, it was already halfway over.<br />
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We decided to head to one of Jacob's recommendations, the Akihabara neighborhood, famous for all things tech! We spent the afternoon wondering around Akihabara, moseying our way into arcades, tech shops, video game stores, and of course, anime stores!<br />
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We opted for a late lunch and then headed over to Yodobashi-- a giant Best Buy type of store. The store was nine massive floors of everything tech you could possibly imagine; TVs, home theaters, appliances, speakers, headphones, vacuum cleaners, phones, etc.<br />
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Since we weren't looking to buy anything, we didn't take longer than 5 minutes to walk through each floor and check out all the gadgets... until we found the massage chairs! Without a doubt the most incredible chairs I've ever had a privilege to sit in. I actually fell asleep getting a 30 minute whole body massage-- from the soles of my feet all the way up to my skull.<br />
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By the time we finished looking through the entire store, we were slightly disappointed. We were both expecting out-of-this-world type of technology, way more advanced than anything we would find in the States. Unfortunately, their most impressive technology was in the toilet aisle. Seriously, no country in the world knows how to do a toilet like Japan. Gone are the days of the boring one-handle flush feature! Now we have a bidet with several adjustable spray/direction/heat settings, heated toilet seats, different music settings, and I'm sure a million other things we can't even understand. In fact, we were listening to the radio and Japan is now developing a "computer toilet" that can test your urine or stool for pregnancy, sugars, protein and any other abnormality.<br />
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Anyway, after Yodobashi we got some spaghetti for dinner -- I was seriously craving Pomodoro pasta at this point in my pregnancy -- and headed back to our nice and spacious hotel room.<br />
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The Skytree was on the agenda for Tuesday! The Tokyo Skytree is a huge tourist attraction that can be easily compared to the Space Needle. The attraction has two observatory decks, a restaurant, and several restaurants and shops.<br />
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We spent a lot more time there than we had hoped. Unbeknownst to us, there is a HUGE wait to get up to the Observatory desk. Perhaps we should have spent a little more time planning our activities before we arrived...<br />
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Around 1pm we got our "wait time" ticket. The ticket said we had to wait until 4pm to get in line to buy tickets to get to the deck and then to get in another line to get up... we weren't going to get to the top until dinnertime!<br />
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We walked around the huge 8-story building wasting time until it was our turn to "get in line" for tickets. Two hours into our wait the fire alarm went off in the building and people started loading the escalators to head outside on the ground floor. We were on the 7th or 8th floor at the time and had a long way to go to the bottom. As we were descending we noticed half of the the people were talking, laughing and not concerned at all that we were being told to evacuate! By the time we reached the bottom and were two steps away from exiting the building, the alarm was turned off and someone announced everything was fine and that it was safe to re-enter the building. GREAT! Back up 8 floors, we go!<br />
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Since it was nearing our time to get in line to buy tickets, we headed back to the Skytree area and were directed to get in line. As we were in line waiting, we saw a tiny sign on a brochure stand that there was a "Foreigner Only" line located on the opposite side of the building. WHAT?!? I was furious.<br />
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We promptly got of line and I harassed an employee until we found the "Foreigner Only" ticket kiosk that had all of EIGHT PEOPLE in line. Foreigners were charged a little extra money, but it was totally worth it! After we bought the tickets we were at the observatory deck within the next 15 minutes.<br />
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The views of Tokyo were incredible! We even thought we saw Tokyo Disney! Eek! We then got in line and paid even more money to go the second, even higher, observation deck. We figure we might as well, we probably weren't ever coming back...<br />
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After we finished looking around, we found a delicious Italian restaurant where I could eat more pasta, and we finished the evening with Cold Stone!<br />
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We went straight back to the hotel after Skytree and passed out early so we could get some good rest in for Tokyo Disney the next day! YAY!<br />
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-61058484721049679942015-10-15T21:39:00.003-07:002015-10-15T21:39:38.457-07:00Our first night of vacation... please hold your laughter to the end. I ended the last post with a little cliff hanger! We went on a two-week vacation to Tokyo and Bali to celebrate our 2-year anniversary, our new baby, and our one chance to travel.<br />
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Let me start by saying, that Tokyo's subway system is nowhere near as clear or efficient as the Seoul subway system. Not only is nothing in English, the platforms, tracks, and train times are very poorly labeled! Maybe it was just user error?? But we were newbies to the Seoul subway system when we arrived and it was MUCH easier to get acclimated.<br />
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We arrived at Narita airport on Saturday evening after a short 3 hour flight from Seoul. We made our way down to the train tracks under the airport where we looked for the right train into Tokyo and more importantly, the stop closest to our hotel. We looked at the signs, looked at the reader board that was constantly showing trains that were arriving and departing... and we sat, and sat, and sat.... and then sat some more. We spent a good two hours too afraid to get on a train and go the wrong direction, even after asking a few locals which way we should go. Keep in mind I'm hungry, thirsty, hot, and tired. It's a wonder how my husband puts up with me. This was definitely a bonding experience.<br />
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Eventually we decide to just get on a train and hope it's the right one. Ta-da! It was! We then spent the next hour and a half on the subway heading into Tokyo-- not able to sleep because we don't want to miss our stop! When we finally arrive at our station we pull out our phones to navigate our way to the hotel. One heavy suitcase, two heavy backpacks, and a mile later we are in the hotel lobby! Yay!<br />
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Check-in was easy and convenient and we immediately headed to our room...There are no words to describe the feeling of my massively large, sinking heart when we reached our room. Standing outside of the door, it was the perfect height... for ME.. Jacob basically had to duck underneath the top of the door to get inside the room.... and that was just the beginning.<br />
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We took a look around our room, tested the bed, and I sat down and just started bawling my eyes out. Our room was the size of a prison cell. We had a double bed that was in the corner of the room, literally pushed against two walls, frosted windows, and no space to even lay down our suitcase. The bathroom was the size of an airplane lavatory and the shower could barely fit one person. It was literally my worst nightmare. After gaining a very small amount of composure, I texted my mom begging for help. It was somewhere around 9pm Tokyo time and 4am Washington time. THANK GOD SHE WAS AWAKE. Instead of laughing at me (which I'm sure she did after the fact), she hopped online to look for a more... civil, and suitable accommodation for us. We were in luck! She booked the remainder of our stay at the Tokyo Marriott in a different part of town! We were to set to check in the next day.<br />
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One hour and a long cleansing shower later, we were off to get a very late dinner. I was almost starving by this point, I know, I know, not healthy for baby! We stopped at one of the first few places that was open and looked decent. I ended up ordering cold curry noodles, and Jacob didn't eat anything. I finished eating pretty quickly so we could head back for some sleep! Jacob took his American Express to pay, and you guessed it! The restaurant had a cash only policy! Wonderful! Here we were in the middle of Tokyo at 10:30 at night stuck in a restaurant with absolutely no cash. Luckily, Jacob brought his wallet that had his debit card so we could find an ATM. We ran across the street and apparently the ATM rejected his credit and debit cards. Now we were really stuck. After 45 mins of both of us trading off and running around the streets trying to find an ATM that worked, I finally went back to the first place and tried his debit card again. IT WORKED! My dear husband was using the WRONG PIN NUMBER. It was nearing 11:30 or midnight by the time we paid and returned to our hotel room. We climbed into bed and I went into the (you would think the best night of sleep ever) WORST night of sleep I would never wish on anyone. I got a few hours in luckily, and I figured our vacation couldn't get much worse than it already was. Here's to a better nine days ahead!<br />
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-78995878946582813392015-09-29T17:57:00.001-07:002015-10-02T23:12:41.125-07:00Sweet summertime. With the close of our hectic summer, comes very new beginnings this fall! I have the time to sit down, breathe, and write, write, write!<br />
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We began our summer with a bang! Father's Day marked the beginning of our whirlwind summer. We found out that we are going to be parents! Although a little earlier than we had planned, we are so beyond excited to bring a little one into this world.<br />
A week after Father's Day, Jacob took off for a wedding in the States and I went to confirm the pregnancy at the doctor. We got our very first ultrasound that day.<br />
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Immediately after the appointment I called Jacob in the States (it was 1 am in Washington) to tell him he's officially a dad! We went through a myriad of emotions in the span of 30 secs. Disbelief, excitement, "how did that happen?", "oh shit!", "what?!", "no way!", anxious, nervous, basically name an emotion and we felt it.<br />
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Jacob returned to Korea five days later and the shock of our pregnancy slowly wore off. Besides, just because I was pregnant didn't mean our life was on pause! We started getting back into a routine at work and finished the first semester at school. The last two weeks of the semester were complete chaos. We wrote evaluations for all our students, gave out final exams, finalized plans for our two week summer camp, went shopping for supplies for our summer camp, had a Market Day for all our students, and probably fifty other things that I can't even remember. The Monday after the first semester ended, our camps began!<br />
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In the morning, we hosted the "smartest" middle school students in Hoengseong. They were chosen to go on an all-expense paid trip to New Zealand for two weeks. Our job was to prepare them for their trip with basic English skills, culture of New Zealand, and how to behave. We spent three hours in the morning with all 25 of them. We went for a short lunch break and then welcomed all the elementary students to the center for our summer camp! We all taught three back to back classes of all different ages. </div>
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Jacob planned a science camp for the kids, Linda taught a home economics class, and I (of course) did a cooking class the first week and gym class the second week. Luckily, I had to leave in the middle our summer camp for my trip to the U.S. </div>
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The first week of camp, I taught an Intro to Cooking class, made trail mix and chocolate wafers, and finished the first week with banana splits (which were a hit!) The second week I taught a gym class. We played Hungry, Hungry Hippos (video included to the right), mine field, balloon toss, and circuit day. </div>
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Jacob's science class conducted new experiments each class including balloon rockets, mentos and coke, Cartesian diver, milk/soap/food coloring, volcanoes, and optical illusions, among others.<br />
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My trip to the U.S was also five days long and it flew by way too fast! It was so wonderful to see my whole family, and especially catch up with friends. Being a bridesmaid in Leslie's wedding was way too much fun! </div>
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I was back in Korea before I knew it. We wrapped up the second week of our summer camp, so incredibly exhausted! Imagine being in a stuffy gym for three straight hours with no A/C, it's 95 degrees outside and 80% humid. My last day of gym class was close to the best day of my life! Our very last day of summer camp we had a small closing ceremony, played games, and had a pizza party for the kids.<br />
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We were so grateful to be finished with those grueling two weeks! However, just because camp finished didn't mean it was time to relax! We had to start packing the minute we got home on Friday night for our 12 noon flight the next day to Tokyo.... </div>
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We received our very first U.S visitor one month ago! Kelsey, my younger sister came to stay with us for 2.5 weeks. I didn't know time could go so fast. We had such a good time traveling around Seoul, seeing Juno, and showing her our little town.<br />
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She arrived late on a Tuesday night. Wednesday morning she (surprisingly) woke up bright and early to work out and go to work with us! All the kids at the school LOVED her! No surprise there, I suppose. Many of the kids were already hugging her and were so sad when we told her she had to go back home.<br />
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I took Friday off so Kelsey and I could spend some sister time in Seoul! We spent Friday at Holt Ilsan to see Juno (who was sick), and play with the kids at the Holt Reception center where we stayed for the weekend. Both of us passed out at 4pm that day and basically slept until 10am the following morning. Jet lag finally hit her!<br />
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Saturday we woke up, met Jacob at the subway station, and went on to meet our Holt friend Mr. Hwang and his family to eat lunch. Afterward, we spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening doing what girls do best, shopping! We finished the day by eating at Kelsey's favorite lunch spot in Seoul Station. We indulged in some bulgogi in a hot pot! It was the most delicious meal I've had in a long while!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bulgogi in a hot pot</td></tr>
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Sunday we spent the day in Song-do, showed her the city and tried to get back early before the new work week. However, Jacob left his bag on the subway on our way to Songdo so our plans were pushed back an hour or two so we could retrieve his bag! Grr. First time I left my credit card at a coffee shop, this time he left his bag on the train, maybe we weren't meant to go to Songdo.<br />
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The following work week, Kelsey watched our classes and I managed to take a half-day off to do some more shopping and walking around with her. During the weekend, we took her to Oak Valley resort with our coordinator and her daughter (same age as Kelsey). We ate a delicious Korean BBQ meal, again! We spent the rest of the evening walking around the resort grounds and exploring the statue park. On Sunday, we went hiking! We went up to Chiaksan mountain and did a 6-mile roundtrip walk into Korea's forests! It was beautiful with not one drop of rain and luckily all the trees, streams, and waterfalls kept us cool all day. We had a nice shabu shabu dinner and Kelsey passed out when we finally arrived back home!<br />
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Her last few days with us were spent at work with us and saying goodbye to the students. On Thursday, her departure day, I took another half day off so we could go grab coffee before I dropped her at the bus station. When the time came to say our farewells, we both broke down in tears. Just thinking about it is making me teary! It was so wonderful to have a little piece of home with us, even if just for a few weeks. It spoke volumes to me and showed me how homesick I really am. Thanks for coming Kelsey!<br />
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Returning to life after Kelsey left was so weird! We didn't have anyone to "entertain" and the apartment was so quiet. After work on the day she left, we arrived home and just sat on the couch looking at each other, "what do we do now?"<br />
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I suppose it didn't take long for things to return to normal, I cleaned up her room and re-arranged apartment back to pre-Kelsey. Now we are on to our next thing! Planning our school's summer camp and preparing for Jacob to leave me for five whole days! In preparation, we bought sleeping pills and went through ALL of our stuff that we brought with us so we can send some stuff back home. His huge suitcase was over halfway filled by the time we both finished.<br />
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I said goodbye to him this past Thursday and I have been so lonely ever since! Luckily, I finished my lesson planning and now I'm all caught up on my blogging adventures. Next items on our agenda are finishing our first semester of teaching (July 24th), starting our summer camp (July 27th-Aug 7th), my trip to the U.S! (July 30th-Aug 3rd), and our two week vacation hopefully being spent in Tokyo and perhaps, Bali.<br />
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My only hope is that the next two months fly by and it will be fall before we know it! Summer here is so HOT and HUMID! <br />
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-50454318437564398342015-05-23T00:24:00.004-07:002015-05-23T19:29:00.489-07:00April and MayI apologize for not keeping this updated! The more we get settled in to life here, the more I don't want to write! However, the past five weeks have been VERY eventful!<br />
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The weekend after Easter we were invited by our friend to a mini-vacation at the local Oak Valley Resort. Only a short 30 minute bus ride away is a huge golf/ski resort! Her friend paid for a two bedroom condo and our friend asked us to tagalong for the weekend. We were so thankful. We had so much fun walking around and exploring. Not to mention, the group we were with treated us to a delicious Korean BBQ meal of famous Hanu beef, sourced locally in Hoengseong. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found a group of maybe Chinese tourists doing group exercise in the morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found where the really wealthy people stay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reminds me of something from Avatar the Last Airbender</td></tr>
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April 24th was the Seongnam Elementary Science Day. That day didn't change our day-to-day routine except that the school rented a cotton candy machine! What?! So awesome. So we spent the morning walking around the elementary school and eating cotton candy.</div>
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April 29th was my birthday. We woke up WAY TOO EARLY (4am?) to drive two hours to the east coast. All of us foreign teachers attended an all-day team building conference in Yangyang. Being around so many foreigners and hearing English all day was so refreshing! After the conference, all of my coworkers took me out to a fancy and way too expensive steak dinner. While it was a fun day, it was equally difficult to be away from home... I guess that's all part of growing up!</div>
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The next day, April 30th, was the Seongnam Elementary Sports Day. The school went all out! Flags from all the countries in the world were strung up around the field, big balloon arches posed as "entrances" to the playing field and big gazebos were set up for all the parents and students to escape from the heat of the day. </div>
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All the parents that attended had to participate in all the activities their kids competed in! Watching was great fun! Us foreign teachers, thankfully, were not forced to take part in the festivities. We did, however, have to put on a fun "English" game. We played True or False? We asked the students yes or no questions and they had to run back and forth between an O and X. Our game was probably the least fun but we gave out the best prizes! Stationary, pencils, and erasers. Yay?</div>
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May 1st was Labors Day, a national holiday. Jacob and I enjoyed a nice and very relaxing three day weekend at home, resting up for a busy week ahead! </div>
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On Monday morning we woke up bright and early to go work at the Hoengseong Children's Festival. Tuesday morning was Children's Day, another national holiday. The city of Hoengseong put on a huge children's festival that lasted all day Monday and Tuesday. Over 100 booth/tents were set up, a big concert stage, and a football field's worth of bouncy houses! The Hoengseong English Experience Center, aka Jacob, Linda and, me played the memory game and the bingo game with the kids ALL DAY LONG. The closest thing it resembled was the Clark County fair without all the huge rides. Different food, craft activities, games, photo booths, were all set up for the children of Hoengseong to enjoy to their hearts' content.</div>
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After our exhausting two-day extravaganza, our amazing boss let us sleep in Wednesday and come in to work late. </div>
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The last big event was Jacob's birthday! On the 15th of May we celebrated big number 26! May 15th is actually teacher appreciation day (lucky him!) in Korea so many of the students brought in little gifts and treats for us not knowing that it was also Jacob Teacher's birthday. Instead of going out, Jacob wanted me to cook. We watched a movie, ate cheeseburger patties for dinner and chocolate chip cookie dough for dessert. </div>
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Since all the festivities have died down from the past few weeks, we are resting and recuperating before Kelsey comes to visit and hopefully Jacob's dad Van and fiance, Eva! We have another three day weekend this weekend (May 22nd-25th) for Buddha's birthday. It was about time I caught up on this thing and now we have time to clean and grocery shop before another busy couple of weeks full of visitors. </div>
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Looking ahead, Jacob is flying home in five weeks for a very special wedding at home, and then I follow four weeks later at the end of July to celebrate another beautiful union! Mid-August, we have a two week summer vacation and plan to spend it (hopefully) touring Hong Kong Disney and on the beaches of Bali! </div>
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Here are photos of other odds and ends:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We finally cracked and bought a rice cooker. Our life is infinitely better.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Free piece of cheesecake for the foreigner.</td></tr>
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-15328586756956329552015-04-04T21:15:00.000-07:002015-04-04T21:15:07.642-07:00A full-time job...A full-time job has kept us so busy and so exhausted! I joke all the time, I never want a full-time job again! How do people do it?! We officially started our full teaching schedule on the 16th of March and since then we've been on the go, go, go!<br />
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Our morning schedule is the two-day program and while it sounds nice that we see different students every week, it is so draining! We never know how the next group of kids is going to behave. We try to make every class as energetic and enthusiastic as possible, but our lessons feel like a broken record! The classes are great fun for the kids (and, the cooking class is my favorite) but we already feel like we should be changing it up.<br />
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I am happy to report that (my) cooking and gym classes are consistently rated the favorite classes of the program! Woop woop!<br />
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After the two-day program we teach the Seongnam Elementary kids (the school right next to the center). We see all 60-70 students from K-6th grade in two 40-minute class periods. We see these kids four times a week (with the exception of Kindy) and they are the most unmotivated of all the kids we see on a daily basis. That makes our work extra hard to get them excited and motivated to learn! We were also informed from our boss that Seongnam classes take the highest priority and we should just focus on having fun! Well, I've been taking the "just have fun" mantra to heart. Each class period we just do an arts and craft activity or something so simple and easy any one can do it. So far we've made origami stars, paper airplanes, and cut out/glue famous monuments like the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. I typically do a VERY SHORT lesson about the craft activity and then we spend the remainder of class cutting, gluing and folding.<br />
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The last group of kids we see is the After School program. We have a normal English class on M/W/F and a more focused skills class on T/Th (reading/writing/phonics). These kids are definitely the smartest and most motivated of the bunch. I have thoroughly been enjoying the After School program the most.<br />
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Friday mornings we teach adults. We split the adults into Beg, Int, Adv levels and Jacob and I each teach the Int/Adv students while our co-worker spends two class periods with the beginners. Teaching adults has been quite the experience. The adults are very vocal, not afraid to ask questions, call out mistakes (not that I make any), and even ask Jacob Teacher to change the topic of his course! (WHAT?!)<br />
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By the end of the day, we are drained, exhausted and HUNGRY! By the time I walk through our front door at the end of the day I collapse.<br />
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We've started to cook chicken and rice at home. I haven't quite figured out how to cook brown rice on the stove top. It always turns out too mushy, but we are saving quite a bit of money eating at home. Luckily, my dear husband has been a trooper through all my cooking mishaps and politely chokes it down. I picked a good one!<br />
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Besides work, life here is still challenging as ever! We have not picked up much Korean and we still haven't figured out the bus system. We walk a lot and go back to the same restaurants and coffee places a lot. On the bright side, we scored this free couch!<br />
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It was left on the sidewalk outside of someone's apartment so we felt free to take it! While it seems ghetto, I did give it a good wash down and our little living room feels so homey! We don't use it much, but it feels cozier just having it around. On a side note, the pillow is ours we bought it when we first got here!<br />
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In other news, the weather has improved considerably. It truly feels like the PNW. We don't have to wear our thermals underneath our clothing and I have even stopped wearing my boots! Hopefully since the weather is improving, we will venture out more and travel around the province.<br />
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I took advantage of the holiday and used the Easter topic as a lesson for all my kiddos. I found a short PPT about Easter and I had our coordinator buy enough eggs for everyone to decorate. In all of my more advanced classes we even had an Easter egg hunt. It was pretty fun watching all the kids running around trying to find eggs. The hardest eggs to find were in the most obvious places!<br />
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A few pictures of my Kindy students decorating eggs. We couldn't find food coloring so we just used markers and crayons to draw on. The cutest part-- a handful of my Kindy students just stared at us and asked if it was for them to eat! Precious.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wendy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jackson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kemi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael</td></tr>
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Here are a few other photos from the past few weeks... <div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We should seriously have something like this at home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've been trying out the French press</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighbor put this sign up after we complained to our landlord about her students being too noisy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photobombing and otherwise cool picture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found an Oregon fan!!! Crazy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Should we trust a juice that has to say it's real?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old ladies are always riding around on these tractors on the roads!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More pics of my Kindy students because they are just too adorable. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my T/Th Reading/Writing group.</td></tr>
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-72623931523662467822015-03-01T00:29:00.002-08:002015-03-01T00:29:46.468-08:00Vacation!Over Valentine's weekend we finally visited one of my family friends in Songdo. By bus, it took us two hours to get there and then a 20 minute subway ride from the bus terminal. We met her in the subway station and she walked us to her apartment before we took a tour of the school she works at and met her son for dinner.<br />
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Let me first start by saying, we can see ourselves taking up permanent residence in Songdo! It is a high tech, brand new, "planned" city. Just a few years ago the city was a tidal flat. The land that Songdo was built on had to be filled in, in order for the city to be built. Although growth is slow, Songdo will hopefully become a booming international city.<br />
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On Sunday, Catherine made us a delicious breakfast of waffles, complete with Krusteaz batter! Afterward we took a self-guided walking tour of the city, stopping only for some fresh Italian coffee and delicious burgers!<br />
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We headed back to the bus station in the late afternoon so we could get home, do laundry and rest before the work week. However, another Nikki-adventure was to be had! I walked to the kiosk to buy bus tickets when I open my phone case where my AMEX is kept, and guess what wasn't there? My AMEX! Surprise! I lost my credit card. Jacob bought the bus tickets while I frantically searched my jacket, backpack, pockets. We didn't have WiFi or cell service so we had no way of contacting my friend.<br />
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I walked around the bus terminal until I found a very weak WiFi signal. I emailed Catherine about my credit card, maybe I was lucky and just left it at her apartment. Nope! She (thankfully) responded very quickly with a big fat no. Luckily, she found the number of the coffee shop that we had visited before we headed to the bus terminal. Apparently, I left the card at the coffee shop!<br />
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Jacob went to exchange our bus tickets for a later bus so we could head back to Songdo. Thirty minutes later we were back in Songdo walking to the coffee shop, then walking back to the subway station, and finally back to the bus station. The whole ordeal took over an hour. My dear husband was such a trooper, again! I guess that's what he gets for marrying me? Never a dull moment!<br />
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We arrived back in Wonju way later than expected, stuffed ourselves with food, went grocery shopping and collapsed back in our apartment. Thankfully, our coming work week was only two days!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a baby Tim Tam package!!! I am obviously spending our money wisely. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new shopping area in Songdo that features old style, traditional Korean homes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The happy couple, compliments of Catherine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine and myself</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a cool city!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chadwick has three 3-D printers for their students!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art in Central Park </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More "art". Hard to see but it's like a totem pole with faces/masks representing a bunch of different countries. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool architecture </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peeing in the river. Boys will be boys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Underneath the big "bowl" statues</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thought mom would appreciate this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We LOVED the matte paint job</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating the most delicious burger and fries in Songdo</td></tr>
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Monday and Tuesday went by without incident. We had the remainder of the work week off for Korean Lunar New Year Seollal. Although we didn't go to Thailand (another Nikki-adventure), we had a trip to Seoul all planned out! We left Wonju Wednesday afternoon and arrived at our hotel in the early evening. The first thing on our list was to get Jacob a couple of tailored suits! We headed straight to Itaewon (foreign/international shopping street) and went to the tailor my mom uses whenever she's in Korea. We got a nice discount and ordered Jacob a navy blue suit and a black suit. We can't wait to get them in the mail! After walking around Itaewon for a while, we went to an American pub for some more delicious burgers!<br />
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Thursday was New Year's day so many shops/attractions were closed. We spent the morning walking around Insadong, a huge arts/crafts market area, and toured a street of hanok houses (traditional Korean homes).<br />
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The second half of the day was spent at a jimjalbang (Korean bathhouse/spa). Google "Conan Korean Spa" to get an idea of what we did. We went to a huge 24-hour jimjalbang called "Dragon Hill" and paid for 90 minutes massages. While we waited for our massage time, we sat in a charcoal sauna, salt sauna (literally filled with salt), ice room, and energy room. In addition to those rooms, they also had separate men/women's saunas, multiple baths, clay sauna rooms, body scrub rooms, eyebrow threading, nail art, waxing, outdoor swimming pools, a cinema, restaurants, an arcade and simulator horseback riding. By the time we finished our massages we didn't have energy to do anything but re-hydrate and sleep. In retrospect, our experience was not great. Kids were running around and screaming the entire time, the place was packed with people, and we were lost in a sea of activity. Even sitting in the sauna people were chatting, sitting on their phones, and people were coming and going every two minutes.<br />
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Friday we spent most of the day at Holt Ilsan Town, a community of handicapped infants, children, and adults all taken care of by the wonderful volunteers and employees of Holt International. Since this was Jacob's first visit, it was particularly special. I showed him around the 30-acre community, it has several houses where the residents live, a gym/weight room, cafeteria, workshop (where residents can learn technical skills), church, hospital, K-12 school, and houses for married residents.<br />
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I also got the chance to visit Juno, the little boy that Kelsey and I connected with when we spent a month volunteering at Ilsan a few years back. It brought tears to my eyes seeing the progress that he's made and that Holt has assisted him with. When we visited him in 2012, he couldn't walk, he only "swam" around on the floors using his arms because his legs couldn't function. Through constant physical therapy, Juno was up and walking around (aided by leg braces). Truly amazing.<br />
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Unfortunately when we went to visit him, he was just going down for a nap. We took the opportunity to go grab lunch and walk around the city Ilsan. After a delicious shabu shabu lunch, we headed back to Holt Ilsan Town and woke Juno from his nap. We ended up taking him and another little boy for a walk around the property. We all loved it!<br />
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Before we left Holt, we sat to visit with Molly for a few minutes. Molly is the daughter of Harry and Bertha, the two people who founded Holt. Molly permanently lives at Holt Ilsan Town and devotes her entire life to the residents. I left with a full heart.<br />
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After Holt Ilsan we walked around Seoul Station (huge transit area) where I got to eat Quiznos AND Cold Stone. BEST DAY EVER. Just as we were finishing dinner we witnessed a fight between two middle aged males throwing each other around the hallway. Eventually building security showed up and pushed them outside where they continued to fight. A few minutes later fighting ceased and they both shared a smoke. If only we knew what the fight was about.<br />
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Saturday morning we packed our bags, checked out of the hotel and spent a leisurely morning in a coffee shop before it was time for us to head back to Wonju. It was a great little getaway for us!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the few Starbucks in the world that is written in a different language.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The jimjalbang that we tried</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to the jimjalbang. Seems peaceful... looks can deceive!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Ilsan, this whole area didn't exist two years ago! Four huge high rises!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another little boy who lives in Love Home with Jun-o.</td></tr>
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<i>Last Week of 2014</i><br />
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This past week of work was the last week of the 2014 semester (yes, ending in 2015). Monday we hosted a group of Chinese exchange students for one day. We all prepared special and "fun" lessons to teach. Jacob and Linda taught a mini-Winter Olympics class and Angela and myself taught a K-Pop/Movie genre lesson. Unfortunately, Microsoft PowerPoint kept crashing so our lessons ended up being a lot shorter and we played games and watched movie trailers to fill the time. It all ended up being a lot smoother than it felt.<br />
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We had our regular after school program Monday-Thursday and Friday we put on a special closing ceremony for the kiddos. Now that we've finished the after school program we thought we would start teaching the new 2015 semester on Monday, March 2nd. We just found out that we don't start teaching our 2-day camps or Seongnam classes until the 9th and we don't start the after school program until the 16th. It's a relief and kind of a drag at the same time. I thought we would start getting busier but instead we have another week of desk warming ahead of us!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only about half of my Hufflepuff (beginner) class. Making Waldorf stars for space class.</td></tr>
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<i>2-day Camp Plans</i><br />
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We finally planned our lessons for the 2-day camps. I changed my topic from music class to movie class (the same lesson I did for the Chinese students). I think it will be a lot more fun! For my cooking class, we are making the classic PB&J sandwich and ham&cheese sandwich, accompanied by juice boxes and yogurt.<br />
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Jacob changed his storytelling class to "Survival English" class, which I think will be pretty entertaining for the kids. He is also teaching a science class where he will introduce Nikola Tesla, and the various inventions that he's made along with a little science experiment.<br />
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The other two classes are the culture class (taught by our co-worker) and a gym class (taught by me and our co-worker). We haven't quite planned the gym class but it might involve relay races and bananas...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We watched cooking class, part of the science class, and part of the mini-Olympics class. It looked like the kids were having great fun! Dangye English Camp inspired our own two-day camps at Seongnam. After we finished observing, we returned to our school with enough time to plan our two-day camps for the upcoming school year. Our camp includes culture, music, cooking, storytelling, science, and gym. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every week our camp welcomes new students from all over Hoengseung. We teach 3rd/4th grade students on Mon/Tues and 5th/6th grade on Wed/Thurs. Each day is three periods from 9:50-12:10. The nice thing about our camp is that we only need to prepare two lessons for each class, one for the 3rd&4th grade group and on for the 5th&6th grade group and we teach the same lesson every week to new students. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yours truly gets to teach music, cooking, and gym class. I know, the image of me teaching cooking and music classes is hilarious. However, I get to eat a free PB&J everyday! Jacob is teaching the "storytelling" (more of a literature type class) and science classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday mornings we teach six adult classes between the three native teachers here. Jacob is teaching two advanced adult classes, I'm teaching two intermediate adult classes and our co-worker, Linda, is teaching one intermediate and one advanced class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After lunch our Seongnam Elementary program begins. I get to teach Kindy! Yay! Jacob has 2nd graders and advanced students, our co-worker is teaching 1st grade and intermediate learners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last program is the after school program. We renamed our groups from Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor, to Hobbits(es), Elves, and Eagles. If you're a LOTR fan, you're welcome! Originally we had Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards, but apparently Wizards are seen as evil in Korea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have already started planning for my new classes, I am so excited to have a full schedule, our days will fly by! </span><br />
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-91498168067514102392015-01-21T19:50:00.002-08:002015-01-21T19:50:55.003-08:00Apartment tour!Not much to update on. We have been trying all sorts of food for dinner; Vietnamese Pho, pizza, traditional Korean food, Mexican, and American food! Feeding ourselves is the most challenging part of living here so far. We normally just eat cereal for breakfast and make PB&J's for lunch and eat dinner out. Cooking at home isn't very easy for us since we don't have any cooking stuff with the exception of one pot that we normally cook noodles in.<br />
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Besides food (my favorite topic), teaching is going great! We've been operating under the assumption that we had the entire month of February off, per our co-teacher's direction. Unfortunately, we found out that we are actually teaching two more classes. In total, we will be teaching three classes a day for two weeks. After two weeks, we go back to teaching one class a day for two more weeks. The beginning of March is the start of a new school year where we will begin teaching normal hours. Our day will consist of teaching 4-6 classes a day. </div>
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In the morning we teach kids from all over the Hoengseung area (Mon-Thur) and adults on Friday. In the afternoon we teach the Seongnam Elementary kids and then an after school program of kids from Hoengseung. It has been very confusing for us to figure this all out, but I think we finally understand the scope of our position! I get to teach 2nd grade students and "intermediate" students along with my Hufflepuff and Reading Club kids. Jacob has 1st graders and "advanced" students along with his Gryffindor and Writing Club kids. However, we get all new students in March, so we will have more updates in a month or so!</div>
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Now for the exciting part, below is a video of our apartment! We don't plan on spending money to decorate, we think the wallpaper is plenty of decoration. Our bed is absolutely horrible. We bought a mattress pad to try and ease our pains, but it just doesn't get the job done. The shower in the bathroom is really not as bad as it might seem. Since we are gone most of the time, we shower in the morning and it's dry by the time we get back home. The worst part is that the shower is connected to the faucet so you have turn a dial to switch the water source back and forth between the shower and the faucet. Luckily, we haven't turned the water on to wash our hands and got a shower instead!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vegetarian pizza. Homemade crust! Yum! Pesto sauce, onion, tomato, garlic, pineapple, cheese</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shout out to Hayes! I miss this little bugger!</td></tr>
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-80110767236360691452015-01-12T04:49:00.000-08:002015-01-12T04:49:13.416-08:00Our First REAL Day of WorkToday marked our first day of teaching English! Like I said earlier, we only teach one class a day for three weeks during the kids' winter vacation. Regular classes begin on March 2nd when we teach 4-6 classes a day. Rumor has it, I will be teaching kindergartners! Yay and eek at the same time. Sure wish I knew how to speak Korean.<br />
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Anyway, our first day of teaching flew by! I ended up having too many activities planned, always a good thing, in my opinion! I had beginner students and they were all so enthusiastic, it was so much fun! Many of the kids would try to speak to me in Korean and I felt so bad that I couldn't answer their questions. However, I introduced myself to them by showing pictures of my family, friends, and activities I like (mainly, traveling).<br />
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At the end of the day, the students told our co-teacher all about me! How I had four brothers, two sisters, and five dogs. It was the most adorable thing I've ever seen. Judging my first day, it is shaping up to be a fun-filled three weeks!<br />
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Unfortunately, Jacob doesn't want to blog about his day today. All I got out of him was, "it was good".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coby hard at work :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first "example" craft, name tags!</td></tr>
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-64223033266838680632015-01-11T19:26:00.000-08:002015-01-11T19:26:46.638-08:00Navigator Nikki?This past weekend was pretty low key for us. Saturday we slept in and watched movies until around 2pm. We started getting really hungry and decided to venture out to "explore the bus system". We received a few suggestions on the FB group for good bulgogi restaurants. One of the restaurants was located near Lotte Cinema. Lotte Cinema wasn't too far away from where we were, only a quick ten minute bus ride. I hopped on Google maps to find the right bus and how often it runs.<br />
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Five minutes later we were standing at the bus stop across the street from our apartment. We were standing and waiting for a few minutes when I looked at the electronic schedule posted and the bus number we wanted wasn't listed. Well, crap. Instead, we walked down to the main bus terminal area where all the buses pass through, grabbed coffee, and tried to Google the right bus, again. This time, it told us to get on a different bus and it was arriving in four minutes. We pack up our stuff and walk across the street to the bus stop. It was all hustle and bustle with people young and old climbing on and off crowded buses.<br />
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After four minutes, the bus was nowhere to be seen. Google failed us again. But this time, we wait for the bus. It was only ten minutes later when our bus (#52) arrived! We climbed aboard and sat down. The bus pulled off and immediately, I sensed something was wrong. Not only did we get a seat to sit in, a very rare occurrence on a city bus, but every single person on the bus was over the age of 65. These people were not headed to Lotte Cinema. We got on the bus heading the wrong direction!<br />
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Forty five minutes into our bus ride, we were sitting and laughing at ourselves. We ended up getting a nice scenic tour of Wonju countryside! Weaving and winding through long narrow country roads, and passing through the occasional country town with little huts and kimchi pots, it wasn't as horrible as I was thinking in the moment.<br />
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We started heading back toward Wonju, phew! Two minutes later we were in a parking lot turning around and heading further into the countryside. Great! This time, we went even further out, passing through the same towns as before. Eventually we started heading back to the city (again). Finally we were passing through one town I recognized, I was hopeful that we would make it back home! Just as that thought passed through my mind, the bus stopped in the middle of the road and started backing into a parking lot. The bus driver proceeded to park, turn the bus off, climb out of the bus and walk past our windows, when he looked up and laughed at us, saying something in Korean that we obviously didn't understand.<br />
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We only waited in this town for 10 minutes then we continued on to the city! We were just coming up on the same parking lot that we turned around at earlier, when I started praying that we would just pass it and continue to go home. Alas, we turned around yet again! This trip was UNREAL at this point in time. At least the bus was heated and uncrowded.<br />
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Once again, like a broken record, we were heading back into the countryside. This time, we ended up going north instead of west and looping around a town that met back up with the main road to Wonju. We were finally going home.<br />
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Our decision on the long ride back was, do we continue on this bus to get to Lotte Cinema or do we get off at the bus terminal and find another bus or take a taxi? We decided to stay on the bus to see if it would in fact take us to where were trying to go.<br />
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I had the bus route pulled up on my phone and was watching very carefully that the bus stayed on the route. The bus started turning off of the route and we got off at the first chance. Well, we were at least closer to Lotte Cinema... we walked 15 blocks in the freezing cold and we finally saw Outback Steakhouse! I knew we had to be close because of all the western food around (Outback, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds).<br />
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The Outback was in a massive building and of course it was all written in Korean so we continued to walk. After a couple blocks all the buildings started getting smaller and turned into apartment buildings and small shops! No! We turned around and headed back to the Outback Steakhouse. I stopped one boy who looked like the right age to be learning English in school and asked where Lotte Cinema was. Turns out I was right! The guy spoke great English and walked us right into the building that the Outback Steakhouse was in. Great, we walked back and forth right in front of the place we were trying to get to!<br />
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We explored the building and found no bulgogi restaurants. Disappointed and extremely hungry, I hopped back on FB and opened the map on the Wonju FB group to see where other restaurants were located. Right next to the Lotte Cinema building was a restaurant called Chaesundong, a shabu shabu place! Yay! We went in and had the best shabu shabu so far this trip!<br />
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After dinner we opted to take another bus home. No problems the second time around. We hopped on and it took us straight to the bus terminal, a warm and welcoming sight! We finished our evening at a nice dessert cafe across the street from the bus terminals. I think it's safe to say that Navigator Nikki is going to retire her conductor hat.<br />
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-59727737145548049262015-01-07T03:55:00.000-08:002015-01-07T20:33:25.361-08:00Work, work, work. <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>First Day</i></span><br />
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Over the weekend we made plans to visit our longtime family friends in Songdo. Our plan was to go see Seoul all day Tuesday and head over to Songdo in the evening and spend the night. Explore Songdo all day Wednesday and come back Wednesday evening so we could prep for our classes before they start on Monday, the 12th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monday morning our Korean co-teacher, Angela, took us to Chuncheon to get our alien immigration cards. Chuncheon, the capital of the province, is about an hour north of Wonju. On our way to Chuncheon we were chatting and told Angela that we were going to go see Seoul on Tuesday. She asked us, "you're not going to school?" Ohhh, apparently we are getting paid to work, not play! We thought if the kids weren't in school, we didn't have to be either. Especially since no one communicated our official "start" date except when the first day of classes start. However, we rolled with the punches and cancelled our trip to Seoul and Songdo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our first day of "work" began with a 20 minute wait in the freezing cold at the bus stop. Luckily, the bus stop is right outside of our apartment so we didn't have to walk far. Once the 2-1 bus finally arrived, we used our T-money bus cards to pay and then came the waiting game. We kept our eyes peeled looking for the Wonju airport. We were told to get off the bus one stop after the Wonju airport. The bus ride was crowded and the windows were frosted so it was hard to see outside. As we got further out of the city, the bus started to empty a bit so we actually got seats to sit in. Thirty minutes later, the airport was in sight and we hit the "stop" button on the bus. We got off one stop after the airport like we were told and our very first commute to work was a huge success! Got on the right bus, got off at the right stop, and to the school in time for our 9am work day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our day consisted of sitting on the computer for all eight hours browsing the web, looking for good games, songs, and activities for the kids, and chatting with Angela, our co-teacher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next adventure was getting home. Apparently the bus we took to school doesn't come as often as other buses. Jacob started using Google maps halfway through the day to find the right bus to get back home. Meanwhile, a very long conversation ensued between our co-teacher and the facilities guy, discussing when we needed to leave the school to get to the bus stop, which bus to take and where to get off. After twenty minutes, and more research we were told to take the number 2 bus back home. Jacob had different plans. He wanted to take the 2-8 bus back to the apartment. He had it all planned. The bus arrived at 5:14 and we were going to leave the school right at 5pm. Our co-teacher and facilities guy left a few minutes early so we ended up leaving too. We were standing at the bus stop a few minutes before 5 when the 2-1 bus pulled up to our stop. What do we do? Throw out all the plans that were just made and hop aboard! We diligently watched out the windows on the way home for our bus stop. It dropped us one block further down on the opposite side of the road from our morning bus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We ended our day with a nice shabu shabu meal at what is becoming our favorite restaurant, Shabu Hwang. Afterward, we walked to the big department store in search of warm fuzzy slippers for school! I was very successful in finding some thick, warm Bearpaw slippers. Jacob was SOL. No one in the department store carried men's slippers. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the time we got back to our apartment it was nearing 8:30 and we were exhausted! We showered, browsed the web a wee bit more, and crawled into bed at 9:30. Our first day of work was a smashing and very, very tiring success!</span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second Day</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally caught up to present day! During lunch time Angela called us a taxi to take us to Hoengseung. Our school is located on the outskirts of town, which is to far away from the downtown area to walk. We exchanged money so we had enough to take the bus back home and then walked around the very small town for a little bit and got coffee. Before we moved here, the school gave us an option to live in Wonju or Hoengseung and we are very glad that we chose Wonju! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are a few pictures of Hoengseung and our workplace:</span><br />
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<br />Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-16672211570240707062015-01-04T23:36:00.001-08:002015-01-07T20:29:36.318-08:00Getting Settled<div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Day 1</i></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">New Years Eve day was our first full day in Wonju. We woke up at a reasonable hour, desperate for food and a shower. We quickly threw on our long johns, hats and gloves for a very cold trek to the bank to exchange money. By trek, I mean two blocks up the street, a long way in the ruthless Korean winter! </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We exchanged money easily enough and proceeded to sit down at the first restaurant that had pictures of beef in the windows. We ended up having a nice meal of bulgogi, rice and the usual Korean side dishes. It was fun watching Jacob explore the food, but I'm happy to report he tried most everything. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After lunch we went to the Lotte Mart down the street from our apartment where we bought all the essentials; utensils, bowls, towels, toilet paper, and cereal. We realized halfway through our shopping trip that we had to carry everything home with us, severely dampening our fun. We ended up putting stuff back and making two trips. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">By the time we finished with our errands it was around 2:30pm and we decided to watch Jurrasic Park and relax for the remainder of the day. We ended up going to sleep at 5:30pm and slept for the following 12+ hours; I guess we weren't immune to jet lag! Although we had an uneventful New Years Eve, we were showered, fed, and rested, a great way to ring in the New Year! </span><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Day 2</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">New Year's Day was relatively uneventful too. We spent a few hours in Starbucks using the free wifi and eating lunch. When we walked into Starbucks, the first thing Jacob noticed was a white girl! We weren't alone! We were sitting at a table a few feet away from her trying to decide if we should start a conversation when she sneezed! The perfect meet-cute! Ok, just kidding, but Jacob did use it as an opportunity. He said, "bless you" and she immediately whipped her head around looking very confused to hear English. We spent the next hour or so chatting with her and getting some good advice for settling in here. She actually lives in a foreigner hotspot, Itaewon in Seoul, lucky her! The fruits of our conversation with<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> her lead me to join a Facebook group of English teachers in Wonju. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I posted a quick blurb in the group explaining that we were new to the city and looking for some homeware for our barren apartment. Three or four people responded and one guy said he could come pick us up and deliver furniture for free! Score! He picked us up later that afternoon. We ended up buying all sorts of goodies from him and getting all sorts of good advice. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the goodies that I bought was a French press so Jacob could make coffee. I was unpacking the bag and set the French press on the floor while I was putting everything away. As my luck would have it, I slipped on the floor almost tearing my ACL (haha, but seriously) and knocking the French press over and shattering it into pieces. Guess what?! We didn't have a broom, vacuum, or anything to clean it up with. What did I do? I, very intelligently, started to clean up the broken GLASS with my hands, getting little shards of glass stuck in my palms. Jacob wasn't at the apartment for all of this, so I sat on the floor laughing at myself wishing David was with me to laugh at my stupidity. </span><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Day 3</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It's Game Day! We woke up at 6am to watch Oregon crush the stupid Seminoles. Unfortunately, we could only watch half of the game, and ESPN kept popping up error messages. How could they not be prepared for a large volume of online streamers?! Absolutely befuddles me. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">At 9am, Nika picked us up so we could get our health checks at the local hospital. In order to receive our foreigner ID cards, we have to submit official health checks. It was quite the experience. We arrived at the hospital at 10am and were shuffled around for the next hour getting various tests done. In total, we had our eyes, ears, and teeth checked along with X-rays, blood tests, urine samples, and heart checks! That is a pretty impressive list to accomplish in one hour and $70/person, kudos to the Korean healthcare system! </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In preparation for the health checks, we weren't allowed to eat past 9pm the night before, so Nika took us out to a very large lunch when we were finished at the hospital. We finally had shabu shabu!! It was pretty hilarious watching Jacob try to eat with chopsticks. Nika ended up helping him, the same way she helps her own children :). </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After lunch we treated Nika to coffee where we sat and chatted about our transition to life in Korea. Afterward, we drove up to Hoengseung to visit our school for the first time! We were introduced to the principal, vice principal, and various administrators. Everyone was extremely nice and welcoming! Nika gave us a tour of the school first and then the English center, where we would be teaching. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We spent an hour and a half in the Teachers room in the English Center where Angela gave us our teaching schedule. Jacob gets to teach the Gryffindor group (advanced students) and I get to teach the Hufflepuff students (beginner level). We only teach two classes from 2-4pm M-F for the next three weeks. We have a two week break in February and then regular classes start in March. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Angela informed us that there was no curriculum for the three weeks of classes so we can teach whatever we want. Yay? We were definitely thrown into the deep end! Since we don't start teaching until January 12th, we have some prep time to figure everything out! When regular classes start in March we will hopefully have a curriculum to teach from. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When we finished at the school, Nika drove us to Homeplus where we stocked up on American food and more home necessities. We went all out since we had a car to load everything into! Following Homeplus was a home cooked dinner of pasta with spaghetti sauce and an early bedtime. Life in Korea was starting to settle in very nicely! </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first leg of our flight from PDX to SFO was great! I spent the duration of the flight sleeping (yes, with my mouth wide opening and head rolling around) in between two strangers. So glad I brushed my teeth. The earplugs Jacob got from Santa Claus were a godsend because he even managed to get some shut eye. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second leg of our flight was even better than the first. We bought Economy Plus seats that offered a few extra inches of leg room. Everyone can laugh, no I didn't need the space, but my tall husband loved it! I gave him the aisle seat and I took the middle seat not knowing the window seat was empty. I took full advantage and used all three seats as a bed and slept three quarters of the 12 hour flight! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When we arrived at the airport we ran around trying to find the right bus to take us to Wonju (our new home), and that was our first adventure! With two 50lbs bags and two carry-ons in tow, we set off to find the ticket office to buy bus tickets. One gentleman stopped and asked if we wanted a taxi ride for 250,000 won per person (around $240 USD) and I, in my infinite wisdom, politely declined. The taxi guy proceeded to give us wrong directions to the bus we needed and we immediately went to an information booth to get accurate information. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We finally got to the ticket office where I bought 2 bus tickets for the 5:30pm bus to Wonju. The time was 5:15 and I was supposed to call the lady in Wonju who was meeting us at the bus terminal in Wonju. We downloaded the Vonage app that was supposed to let us make phone calls to anywhere in the world through wifi. Wrong. It didn't work. I went running back to the nice man at the info booth where I shouted that I needed to make a phone call. He pointed me to a courtesy phone. I dialed the number, and of course it was not a valid number. I then dialed 4 variations of the number hoping it would work. It didn't. I went running back the information booth guy and asked him if the number I was dialing was a Korean phone number (it was 5:20), apparently it was. I went full damsel-in-distress on him and hurriedly explained that I had to call the lady so she knew that we were on our way and our bus was leaving in ten minutes. After a few minutes of trying to figure out what to do, he (finally) offered to dial the number on his personal phone. Success! The lady answered and I told her we were on our way and proceeded to rush her off the phone so we could find the right bus before it left. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It took us five more minutes to walk across the street to get to our bus (each with 115lbs of luggage) I was pushing, pulling, and carrying more than my body weight people! We handed our tickets over and get our luggage down to the cargo area where we left our suitcases and then realized no one would load them for us, dumb Americans. After my big, strong husband loaded the luggage we were in our seats and ready to go at exactly 5:30pm. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our bus ride was three hours long and we sat right in front of a very, very fragrant elderly Korean man that put the cherry on top of our extremely long travel day.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">When we arrived in Wonju we met Nika, the director of the school that hired us and Angela, our Korean co-teacher. Both were very sweet. After they dropped us off at our apartment it finally hit us. We were in a foreign country with no toilet paper for using the restroom, no towels for showering, no food, no Korean money, and a very hard bed. The only thing we could do was sleep and worry about everything in the morning. LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN! </span></span><br />
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Nikki Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849550308007086485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753172352085879840.post-17733053094227951152014-11-29T16:48:00.000-08:002015-01-07T17:31:37.766-08:00It's Been a Long Time Comin'<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are very excited to announce that we accepted an ESL teaching position in South Korea!</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> I already sent out all of our documents to South Korea so Jacob can get his visa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The position we accepted is located in Hoenseung County, Gangwon-do, about an hour and a half outside of Seoul. Luckily, we are only a 15-20 minute train ride away from the most populous city in the province. And a stone's throw away from the city that will be hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyengchang.</span></div>
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Although we are sad to leave our family and friends, we are so ecstatic to finally get out of our comfort zone and travel! Please follow us here to read updates (and hopefully) see pictures of our trip and all of our crazy adventures! </div>
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Also, if you feel so inclined, send us care packages! Full of all the nasty American food you can find :). </div>
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