My so called KOREAN life

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Only if youve been asking

So a few of you have been asking if I want/need anything here in Korea. I do have a list of some things that would be great to have here...but by no means am I expecting you to send something. I am sure the packaging to get here is quite expensive so I am only writing this if you really want to send something . NO PRESSURE

here is my address:
My address is:

Wonderland
Sarah Budd
Samseong BD 2F
300 Eupnae-Ri,
Dangjin-Eup, Dangjin-Goon Choong Nam, Korea
zip code 343-805

just in case you ever want to send me something : )

and my telephone number is
010-7935-0533 (plus the korean country code)

1. canned organic black beans (Nature's Promisd or Eden Organic)
2. Quiona
3. wheat pasta
4. Macaroni and Cheese (Annie's natural or organic)
5. Annie's Organic P'sghetti Loops with Soy Meatballs canned
6. Annie's Cheesy Ravioli Canned
7. Annie's Organic cheesy lasagna skillet meal
8. brown rice
9. BLACK TEA
assorted tea. Bagged or loose tea.
(Jasmine, chamomile, peppermint, fennel, rose hip and lemon verbena, Rooibos or Red Bush, GREEN)
10. vegetable boullion cubes
11. Organic ground essential flax seeds
12. nuts (any variety)
13. Hormel canned vegetarian chili
14. Mushroom or oritental ramen noodles
15. nutritional yeast
16. spirulina
17. raisins
18. chlorella
19. coco butter
20. Collodial silver and Collodial gold

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Aloe Vera

My friend Natalie and I wanted to make fresh juice. We made aloe vera and orange juice one day. Turns out...aloe vera is very sticky! it was fun to make and really quick and easy. Plus the aloe vera plant is super cheap to buy...we will do it again!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I'm sorry I missed youre birthday and wasnt able to talk to you but I hope is was a sunny day and you didnt have to to Work!

I love you!

It's Friday It's Friday!

This weekend is a long weekend because Monday Is Memorial Day. After school, the boys are riding the motorcycles and Nat, Melissa, Jessica and I are driving the car to the middle of the country. We are staying there for the night then moving on to the East Coast of Korea. There we will beach it and do some bouldering on the cliffs! We are going to camp in tents and have a fun relaxing time. Ill update you after everything happens. This weekend is also Laura’s Birthday! Happy Birthday Laura! Hope you have a good day!

Wonderland is falling down, falling down

So as you know, one of our Korean co-teachers quit which means more workload for the rest of us. I got the worst of it, ended up with most classes and Dom got lucky. He lost all his kindy classes so he gets to come in late to work and just teach elementary. I like teaching my kindy kids, but it would be nice to get to sleep in and work less hours! Since our manager is quitting as well…our schedules will probably not last very long this way so Im not going to complain too much! Nothing seems to be consistent at school. Its hard teaching because kids start and quit school so frequently you never know whats going on. This is because the sad truth about hogwons is that is all about making money and not teaching. We all try our best though! I now teach two kindy classes, one class of first year 7 year olds and once class of 2nd year 6 year olds. I have a strange feeling things are going to progressively worse at school unfortunately because of all the internal turmoil and changing of management and not having a lot of money…..but nothing has really happened yet so we can only hope it gets sorted out with no problems! Wish me luck!

On a happier note, today we celebrated our June Birthdays, which is only three students; Janet, Erica and Kevin. We did the usual birthday activated and had cake and fruit.

Zoey,Erica, Gloria

Janet, Kevin & Erica's Birthday

Happy Birthday!

Emily wearing my glasses

Friday, June 3, 2011

Rainbow Bright

Our Friday activity at school was Earth Day. We planted seeds of eggplant and pepper with all the kids and played at a playground nearby. It was really hot and all the kids were very sweaty. When we got back to school, the whole school stunk like feet haha. They had a lot of fun!

My highest level kids before they left for Utah to learn English

David and Andrew

The last weekend in May my co-workers and I went to Seoul for PRIDE. Pride is all about the gays. In Korea, homosexuality is not even recognized but there is still a really big subculture in Seoul for them. One of my friends co-workers in Seoul is gay so we all went to support her and her girlfriend. They made a big banner and we all walked in the parade to help promote non-discrimination and support. It was a beautiful day and we all watched the festivities at pride before the parade and then after we all got dinner and went out for the night. It was a lot of fun.
On Sunday, Dom and I went to an area in Seoul that sells lots of rock climbing equipment. We bought harnesses, and rope so we can start climbing outside since the weather is perfect now.