Okay all those months back when i realised what a life channging decision i was making coming here and not doing the normal (travelling thing) well i definatley made the right decision. As a brit abroad i am making the most of the culture here and finding it to be something i will never forget. It is annoying at times just because of selfish reaons in that its not england where i live and they do not live the way we do but after a while the moaning becomes acceptance in that i came here! so abide by the rules, don't moan and get on with the experience!! yes this is leanne talking, maybe i have grown up slightly and i think i have. i am becoming alot more confident here and realise that i have done something that not alot of us would do so make the most of the opportunity. comming in to my fifth month now i can say that i have adapted to life in asia and its not only fun but very rewarding, i mean its not everyday when a bunch of 5 year olds tell you they love you and even when you have repeatedly shouted at them to behave, sit down and stop talking, they show you affection that i can honestly say i never showed any of my teachers.
Things that i craveed for in the early days for example cheese, bacon and just the english life have become treats. I look forward to receiving marmite and brown sauce from my parents, listening to radio one and missing out on hollyoaks makes me feel that i am a lucky girl and am very humbled by the way people live here.. I am probably the first person to be annoyed by ethnic minorities living in england and wanting to live life the way they do but me and the est of the teachers understand that this will not happen here. we have Itaewon as the foreigner area where we can purchase magazines, books and cadbury chocolate but on the whole its nice to experience the mission of buying food, spending an hour looking for food remotley distinguising to the eye and cooking a meal that we could get at home.
I have never felt as healthy as i do now living here, yes i eat burger king and other fast food but 5 times a week i eat a school dinner, this consists of food i still don't know what it is most of the time but hey the korean girls are beautiful and thin so i presume i am on the right track. Spinach, Cabbage and fish are on the menu daily so i take every opportunity to get as much as i can. My first few months i couldn't eat the food at school, erin my friend also a kindergarten teacher told me i needed to eat more. After a while the reality that the food infront of me was not only healthy but free became the goal. It was easy to get a sandwich from the local shop but i felt bloated. There is no denying that adapting to a new culture is a difficult thing to do but i ahve done it. I now eat all my school lunch apart from the Kimchi that its so rediculously hot and spicy but take seconds on the soup( its so nice) I know the dinner lady must think i am a fatty but hey i like it, plus i am staving by 11:20 (lunch time) even the kids tell me they have finished their lunch so i say well done and that is so cool.... feel like a mummy... leanne teacher i finished !!! well done ha ha
I have a total respect for korea, they may be out of the world cup which i am in fact mortified about as my kindergarten class were so excited but on the whole they are quiet people, very family orientated and very into education i mean all my kids play an instrument, piano or violin! they are always tired and the parents spend so much on private classes for them.. bless them.
I had a converstion recently about play time at school and the games we used to play!! went down like a lead balloon! mina said we dont go to school to play! we get told off!! i was mortified... she asked if i was angry with her i said no it was just different in england.. i wanted to hug her and play hide and seek with the class. I remember school being such a fun time but not here! i teach in a hagwon its an after school institute, some of the kids won;t get home till 9:00pm and thats affter a full school day. friday i had a cookie party for the afternoon kids, we had coke and cake, they loved it and they chilled out! probably should have done more work than they did but hey i think they work hard enough as it is.... i am a push over ha ha. Don't get me wrong i think languages are a good resourse but kids are kids and when they fall asleep in lesson it either means my lessons are terrible or they are burnt out! the latter i think is true.
So coming up to my fifth month i am having a great time, would recommend anyone this experience, my school is great, the kids are great and the only bad side is that i am 11hours from my family, mum, dad, ry and grandad. but i only hope i am making you proud and sorry but i am not ready to come home yet....
although i wouldn't mind our sunday roast dinners xxxxx God my mouth is watering!!!!
for now i am i content with noodles and dodgy dinners!!!
By the way i found my first cockroack tonight!! screamed the flat down, drowned it to death with my shower head and threw it off the balcony!! ahhhhhhhhhhh was terrified!!! checking my bed constantly!!! need some zantack i think!!
Weather is hot! think i may have mentioned this before but its only going to get hotter!! i can only cope with this heat by wearing a bikini and being on a beach therefore i am a complainer and say its stupidly hot!!
Anyway i think i have said enough for tonight! 24 school reports await me, that means 24 different lies that the kids are behaving and are top of the class! may need an online thesasaurus!!
bye for now
lea xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
About Me
- Leanne
- I am 26 and from Northamptonshire ( Rose of the Shires) Attended Liverpool John Moores University which was the most amazing experience and made some fab friends. Graduated in 2002 with a drinkers degree (2:2) in Media Cultural Studies. Moved home about 10 months ago and am now preparing to leave again to do the extreme! and teach english to Korean Children.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
The Maze!!
Hello everyone!
yes its been about a week since i last updated this (god i am becomming obsessed) so i thought i'd tell you the news.
Well world cup action in Korea is fun time! firstly the team are call the Red Devils: this means that every match day the kids come to school with their little devil horns on their head and Lets Go Korea T shirts!! how cute! Only a couple of children are vaguely interested in how england are doing and thats only cause i force the england schedule on them and tell them to watch it!!
They informed me that one of the korean players has yellow hair (just like mine) but he is not from England, he is korean! and my eyes are different so i am wierd apparently! and obviously not Korean.... these are the types of converstaions i have with the kids....daily.
Funny story! the kids in my Cherry class think i still live in england and go home their every night, i have repeatedly shown them the globe and pointed out thats its an 11 hour flight but they still don't get it! yesterday the kids were waving at me getting into a taxi on my way home! they thought it was taking me to the airport!! how cute!
News update: my flatmate ariel has gone back to america, i am therefore home alone but i do get a new house mate at the end of July and she is from ENGLAND. there is only currently me at the school who is from the UK so that will be nice.
My mosquito bites have gone into overdrive and currently have four crackers on my legs, nice!! No one else seems to get bittten but me!
Currently getting ready for the monsoon season. not looking forward to that but at least its only for about a month!
Anyway the video below is of this game called the maze! you have to concentrate and get to the next level. I think you will understand what happen next when you see the video.
yes its been about a week since i last updated this (god i am becomming obsessed) so i thought i'd tell you the news.
Well world cup action in Korea is fun time! firstly the team are call the Red Devils: this means that every match day the kids come to school with their little devil horns on their head and Lets Go Korea T shirts!! how cute! Only a couple of children are vaguely interested in how england are doing and thats only cause i force the england schedule on them and tell them to watch it!!
They informed me that one of the korean players has yellow hair (just like mine) but he is not from England, he is korean! and my eyes are different so i am wierd apparently! and obviously not Korean.... these are the types of converstaions i have with the kids....daily.
Funny story! the kids in my Cherry class think i still live in england and go home their every night, i have repeatedly shown them the globe and pointed out thats its an 11 hour flight but they still don't get it! yesterday the kids were waving at me getting into a taxi on my way home! they thought it was taking me to the airport!! how cute!
News update: my flatmate ariel has gone back to america, i am therefore home alone but i do get a new house mate at the end of July and she is from ENGLAND. there is only currently me at the school who is from the UK so that will be nice.
My mosquito bites have gone into overdrive and currently have four crackers on my legs, nice!! No one else seems to get bittten but me!
Currently getting ready for the monsoon season. not looking forward to that but at least its only for about a month!
Anyway the video below is of this game called the maze! you have to concentrate and get to the next level. I think you will understand what happen next when you see the video.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Monday, June 05, 2006
Cotton Eye Joe
I will let you come to your own conculsions but i now own a cowboy hat and have sort of mastered two dances to country music!!! one being cotton eye joe!!
Is this wrong????
Anyway i found this video of Creamfields 2005 where i went last august bank holiday with nat, maybe this will sort my head out! ha ha
Is this wrong????
Anyway i found this video of Creamfields 2005 where i went last august bank holiday with nat, maybe this will sort my head out! ha ha
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
RE: Last Post
My last post seems to have come across as rather negative about Korea therefore i want to give my true impression so far on this rather amazing city i live in.
A couple of weeks ago i took a different route on the tube to get to a destination and got a nice surprise! I would firstly like to add that the tube is not like the London subway system. Seoul tube is immaculate, the tube itself is clean, airconditioned and has heated seats for the winter. Oh and its so cheap (about 70p)
Anyway on to my story, taking the tube usually entails being underground and not getting to see the city. My change in route took me overland and it was pretty spectacular! It was a mass of buildings and the backdrop of the mountains. Its not something you can really explain, its one of those things you have to see for yourself. I now enjoy the tube ride as there is so much to see.
Koreans are relatively thin and petite. I know why! there diet of korean food is just so fresh and healthy. I went for a korean dinner a couple of nights ago at a restaurant where you take your shoes off and sit on the floor. It was a really nice atmosphere and there were lots of familys eating together. The meal we had (i have actually forgotten how to pronounce) was pork and about 10 different dishes of veg, salad, soup, fish etc. The meal cost about £6 with drinks. it was really nice and so glad because i really pigged out but it was so healthy.
Korean kids are very funny, some of the time they say hi when they see you in the street and then giggle to themselves when you say hi back.
The shops stay open really late and there are always people around, having a coffee outside the shops and chatting away, sometimes i forget that i am infact working here and not on my holidays, especially now because the weather is getting really hot.
I feel really confident now living here and now a few people in the neighbourhood who i can say hi too when i walk past. I have a local hairdresser who is nice and the people at the grocery stores say hi.
So i am very much settled and am pleased because i understand that the first three months are the hardest. I am having lots of fun and learning about a new culture.
My job is really good fun and the kids always make me laugh so i am not ready to return to england yet!!
Just so you know my wonderfull parents have posted me some Marmite and Brown Sauce so currently extremely excited about getting these packages. Marmite and cheese sandwiches!!!! yummy.
Bye for now xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A couple of weeks ago i took a different route on the tube to get to a destination and got a nice surprise! I would firstly like to add that the tube is not like the London subway system. Seoul tube is immaculate, the tube itself is clean, airconditioned and has heated seats for the winter. Oh and its so cheap (about 70p)
Anyway on to my story, taking the tube usually entails being underground and not getting to see the city. My change in route took me overland and it was pretty spectacular! It was a mass of buildings and the backdrop of the mountains. Its not something you can really explain, its one of those things you have to see for yourself. I now enjoy the tube ride as there is so much to see.
Koreans are relatively thin and petite. I know why! there diet of korean food is just so fresh and healthy. I went for a korean dinner a couple of nights ago at a restaurant where you take your shoes off and sit on the floor. It was a really nice atmosphere and there were lots of familys eating together. The meal we had (i have actually forgotten how to pronounce) was pork and about 10 different dishes of veg, salad, soup, fish etc. The meal cost about £6 with drinks. it was really nice and so glad because i really pigged out but it was so healthy.
Korean kids are very funny, some of the time they say hi when they see you in the street and then giggle to themselves when you say hi back.
The shops stay open really late and there are always people around, having a coffee outside the shops and chatting away, sometimes i forget that i am infact working here and not on my holidays, especially now because the weather is getting really hot.
I feel really confident now living here and now a few people in the neighbourhood who i can say hi too when i walk past. I have a local hairdresser who is nice and the people at the grocery stores say hi.
So i am very much settled and am pleased because i understand that the first three months are the hardest. I am having lots of fun and learning about a new culture.
My job is really good fun and the kids always make me laugh so i am not ready to return to england yet!!
Just so you know my wonderfull parents have posted me some Marmite and Brown Sauce so currently extremely excited about getting these packages. Marmite and cheese sandwiches!!!! yummy.
Bye for now xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Monday, May 29, 2006
Floods and Mozzy Bites!!
This past week has been quite un real in the things that i have encountered.
Firstly i would like to approach Korean kitchen stupidity: In a well advanced technological country like this you would presume that Washing machines would be plummed in so that water escapes through a hose!!! yes in my flat and all the others that us teacher live in the pipe is on the floor and the water goes down a hole in the floor. This is in the kitchen may i add and it overflowed. All over the kitchen floor. Rediculous!!!! So i have some pics!!
Also last night i went to a barbeque which was really good fun. Woke up this morning and i have a total of 6 mosquito bites. i have one on each elbow which is pure pain! one on my hand oh and a right corker on my left cheek!! Not impressed! the others cover the back of my arms. I feel like a tramp!
Korean Tv is a joke. I have 2 channels i can watch, the other day i went onto You Tube and listened to the hollyoaks and coronation street theme tune, it was heaven. God i am sad.
Just so you can see the total tripe that is called tv i have videoed some of the channels!!
Oh did i tell you how bad the driving is here?? well me and matt found this on the street outside the police station!!
Tomorrow is Tuesday and i have a day off.. very excited at the chance to sleep in and chill.
Oh by the way i have been here three whole months now!! doesn't time fly when your having fun!! Only 9 more to go xxxxxxx
Firstly i would like to approach Korean kitchen stupidity: In a well advanced technological country like this you would presume that Washing machines would be plummed in so that water escapes through a hose!!! yes in my flat and all the others that us teacher live in the pipe is on the floor and the water goes down a hole in the floor. This is in the kitchen may i add and it overflowed. All over the kitchen floor. Rediculous!!!! So i have some pics!!
Also last night i went to a barbeque which was really good fun. Woke up this morning and i have a total of 6 mosquito bites. i have one on each elbow which is pure pain! one on my hand oh and a right corker on my left cheek!! Not impressed! the others cover the back of my arms. I feel like a tramp!
Korean Tv is a joke. I have 2 channels i can watch, the other day i went onto You Tube and listened to the hollyoaks and coronation street theme tune, it was heaven. God i am sad.
Just so you can see the total tripe that is called tv i have videoed some of the channels!!
Oh did i tell you how bad the driving is here?? well me and matt found this on the street outside the police station!!
Tomorrow is Tuesday and i have a day off.. very excited at the chance to sleep in and chill.
Oh by the way i have been here three whole months now!! doesn't time fly when your having fun!! Only 9 more to go xxxxxxx
Monday, May 22, 2006
Hongdae
Saturday night a group of us went to Hongdae to celebrate Ray's Birthday. Here are the pics. Also Goodbye to Vinny who is leaving today (Monday) to go to Afganistan.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Itaewan Day Out!!
The time came when me and Ariel decided to go to the War Museum! unfortunatley it was closed so we walked around Itaewan and took some crappy pics!
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Hey
Okay so i have been pretty damn rubbish on the typing part of this blog and instead usually opt for the photos to tell you a story so today thought i write a little bit.
Just home from school on a three hour break before the older kids come in. I teach afternoon classes for kids aged up to 12 years old. Its okay but they tend to be a class full of kevin and perry's or the Catherine Tate (Am i bothered) girl. Much prefer the kindy classes in the morning. I was greeted this morning by evelyn who told me she loved me and kissed me on the cheek! oh and june (boy) yes i know its a girls name but he also said he loved me, but then i shouted at him for fighting so he hated me for about 10 minutes.
So as you can probably tell i am becomming quite the computer nerd! i can make videos and all sorts now. Who would have thought it eh! I even speak to my family through the computer on Skype! those of you who are not as computer literate as me will not understand, ha ha.
Weather here today is only to be described as boiling! its beautiful as i feel like i am on my holidays apart from the beach is a couple of hours away. The koreans hate the sun, they carry umbrellas when it rains and when its sunny! I on the other hand (Miss Sun Worshipper) make my way up to the school roof on my breaks for any tanning opportunity i can get! sad eh!
Still haven't done or been anywhere cultural! just to the pubs and clubs! as you can see from all my previous photos. But i will go soon i promise.
For those of you who may be worried about my eating habits then i can honestly say i came home for lunch and made myself a salad! At first i thought it may be the heat making me bigger! yeah sad rediculous excuse, well no i just need to stop eating. Went to the "three alleys pub" the other day and mananged to force down my throat chicken and vegetable pie, gravy, mashed potatoe and peas and two glasses of red wine, I was in heaven. I am sure the alcohol has absolutley no effect on my weight gain!!!!!! seriously.
Oh point to think about! Matt told me English people dance different to Americans. Not sure what i have been doing on the dance floor but i thought we all dance the same. And no neill i was not doing my pointing my finger at the ceeling dance! Anyway i am amused by this.
Got my hair done, it looks fricking brilliant. was so happy with it, but now due to the humidity it looks like poo! excellent!
Anyway i will post some more photos! This was Saturday night in Itaewan just hanging out with local celebrities!! (Matt Damon and Colin Farrell)
Me and Drew, Not sure why i did this!!
Vinni (aka Colin Farrell)and Drew obviously ordering more bevies
I spent 1000won (50p) on Glow in the dark bracelets, (this is them putting them on!they lasted about an hour!!
Me and Matt
Godfrey: not his real name, thats his surname. Its an Army thing.
Simon: American: been to Cream in Liverpool and listens to Radio 1 Judge Jules essential seletion, Excellent! we have something in common.
Anyway i am appauled by the lack of comments that are comming through on this blog therefore i urge you all to use those fingers and type me a message. That or you have all forgotten about me and couldn't care less!! ha ha
Love to all
Lea xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Everland
Thursday i went on another field trip with the kids to everland, basically its a disneyland in korea. It was so much fun apart from the heat and i came home with some nice sunburn on my nose and arms!!
Hello,
Hello,
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Seoul Surfing
The title of this entry relates to the pics and there is in fact a story behind it.
Tanya a teacher at my school is leaving on Monday to return to Australia, therefor she had a sort of garage sale. Thats whatit was called even though it was not in a garage and it was all free stuff.
So i left Ariel to check out what was there incase we could make use of anything.
Last night i met Ariel to collect our new possessions. These included cups, a lovely light for my room, a cd player/radio practically brand new (for the kitchen) coat hangers and a SURF BOARD. I kid you not.
Ariel had the job of carrying back to our apartment, a 20 minute walk through the centre of our neighbourhood. The fact that most koreans look at us like we are abnormal anyway well this just said it all, very funny though! we did actually contemplate stopping off at our local bar for a pina colada and resting the board up against the bar but we never!! ha ha
Well it had to be done! yes we surfed the kitchen!
Oh and a couple of videos!!! very amusing! seriously!
So if there was any doubt that i wasn't enjoying myself then don't worry cause i am.
Love and Kisses to all
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tanya a teacher at my school is leaving on Monday to return to Australia, therefor she had a sort of garage sale. Thats whatit was called even though it was not in a garage and it was all free stuff.
So i left Ariel to check out what was there incase we could make use of anything.
Last night i met Ariel to collect our new possessions. These included cups, a lovely light for my room, a cd player/radio practically brand new (for the kitchen) coat hangers and a SURF BOARD. I kid you not.
Ariel had the job of carrying back to our apartment, a 20 minute walk through the centre of our neighbourhood. The fact that most koreans look at us like we are abnormal anyway well this just said it all, very funny though! we did actually contemplate stopping off at our local bar for a pina colada and resting the board up against the bar but we never!! ha ha
Well it had to be done! yes we surfed the kitchen!
Oh and a couple of videos!!! very amusing! seriously!
So if there was any doubt that i wasn't enjoying myself then don't worry cause i am.
Love and Kisses to all
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Monday, April 17, 2006
Alive and Kicking!!
Hi,
well lots to tell you, firstly my main point.
I have found Cadbury's chocolate! yes i am the luckiest person ever to have the privelage to shop on the american army base in Itaewan and be able to put the following things into my shopping basket:
Cadbury chocolate
Treseme shampoo and conditioner
cosmopolitan and vogue magazines! although they are the american version!
baked beans
real cheese (mature)
nice milk
colgate toothpaste
Oh and the major favorite of mine is there selection of Red Wine and spirits, so cheap too.
I know this sounds rather pathetic but until you try and shop in my local super market you will just not understand how nice it was to read food lables and understand them. Therefore i am currently eating like a queen!
Also on base there is a Subway, Pizza hut, shops, hair and nail salon oh and lots of restaurants. Excellent
School is still as fun as ever. Yesterday i cam home with the following:
Bizzare eh! not sure what that cake thing is but its getting lashed in the bin very soon! Anyway this is a regular occurence at school, the kids bring you food. obviously not always edible!
Friday night was Erins Birthday so we went out for italian then to some bars. here are some photos:
This is on the Tube!
Me and some of my fellow teachers
Me and the Birthday girl
Lani and Tyler:just arrived here last week: a couple from Canada.
The cutting of the cake!
Me and my new best friend! only kidding!
Stevie and Erin
Ariel my house mate! well we thought it was funny!
From here on it went down hill!
Now for some photos of my neighbourhood. These are on my way to work.
This is my desk at school, yes small isn't it. The pink basket it what i carry my pens, crayons, lipstick and lots of other crap in! nice eh.
This is the faculty office. Basically the staff room where i can escape from the kids.
This is the playroom at school, i can usually be found in here before lunch when i let the kids go wild for 15 minutes. I chase them for as long as i can so i tire them out for the next class, then i can have some peace!
This weekend without fail i must get my hair sorted, i look like a reverse skunk as ariel said! I have put it off long enough! it just looks wrong. with the way i am currently eating and the state of my hair it probably won't be long before i am sending you pictures of me looking like this:
love leanne xxxxxxxxx AKA Vicky Pollard!!
well lots to tell you, firstly my main point.
I have found Cadbury's chocolate! yes i am the luckiest person ever to have the privelage to shop on the american army base in Itaewan and be able to put the following things into my shopping basket:
Cadbury chocolate
Treseme shampoo and conditioner
cosmopolitan and vogue magazines! although they are the american version!
baked beans
real cheese (mature)
nice milk
colgate toothpaste
Oh and the major favorite of mine is there selection of Red Wine and spirits, so cheap too.
I know this sounds rather pathetic but until you try and shop in my local super market you will just not understand how nice it was to read food lables and understand them. Therefore i am currently eating like a queen!
Also on base there is a Subway, Pizza hut, shops, hair and nail salon oh and lots of restaurants. Excellent
School is still as fun as ever. Yesterday i cam home with the following:
Bizzare eh! not sure what that cake thing is but its getting lashed in the bin very soon! Anyway this is a regular occurence at school, the kids bring you food. obviously not always edible!
Friday night was Erins Birthday so we went out for italian then to some bars. here are some photos:
This is on the Tube!
Me and some of my fellow teachers
Me and the Birthday girl
Lani and Tyler:just arrived here last week: a couple from Canada.
The cutting of the cake!
Me and my new best friend! only kidding!
Stevie and Erin
Ariel my house mate! well we thought it was funny!
From here on it went down hill!
Now for some photos of my neighbourhood. These are on my way to work.
This is my desk at school, yes small isn't it. The pink basket it what i carry my pens, crayons, lipstick and lots of other crap in! nice eh.
This is the faculty office. Basically the staff room where i can escape from the kids.
This is the playroom at school, i can usually be found in here before lunch when i let the kids go wild for 15 minutes. I chase them for as long as i can so i tire them out for the next class, then i can have some peace!
This weekend without fail i must get my hair sorted, i look like a reverse skunk as ariel said! I have put it off long enough! it just looks wrong. with the way i am currently eating and the state of my hair it probably won't be long before i am sending you pictures of me looking like this:
love leanne xxxxxxxxx AKA Vicky Pollard!!
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Health
Okay since i have been here, i have suffered with a couple of days of flu symptoms but generally everything has been pretty minor. But yesterday morning was quite amusing. i have hardly any voice, infact its practically non existant. Everthing was fine on Friday night so not sure whats going on there!! anyway i am sure its nothing to worry about, it doesn't really hurt or anything.. and didn't stop me having a few alcoholic bevies last night! ha ha
Well what i must tell you and i think you have to see it to believe it is the DUST!! and i am talking serious dust. Saturday morning was just a complete haze out of my window. You couldn't see the building opposite me it was that bad. There had actually been a warning about it on tv. Anyway i think this may have contributed to my voice being rather absent!
Today (Sunday) the dust has cleared thank god.
Also in my household Ariel has been extremely ill. She has been to three clinics so far (Casualty, bizzare place) and the International Clinic in downtown Seoul twice. She has Gastrointeritus, not sure of the correct spelling but i think you will get it!
Am sure the kids will love it tomorrow as leanne teacher cannot shout!!
Bye xx
Well what i must tell you and i think you have to see it to believe it is the DUST!! and i am talking serious dust. Saturday morning was just a complete haze out of my window. You couldn't see the building opposite me it was that bad. There had actually been a warning about it on tv. Anyway i think this may have contributed to my voice being rather absent!
Today (Sunday) the dust has cleared thank god.
Also in my household Ariel has been extremely ill. She has been to three clinics so far (Casualty, bizzare place) and the International Clinic in downtown Seoul twice. She has Gastrointeritus, not sure of the correct spelling but i think you will get it!
Am sure the kids will love it tomorrow as leanne teacher cannot shout!!
Bye xx
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Old Macdonald!
Today we went to the farm, or so i thought it would be a farm but it was in fact an allotment! kids loved it, here are the pics.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Field Trip!!!!
Just finished first two classes for the morning and have a nice long lunch break of 3 hours so decided to pop home for food.
Anyway before i left school i discovered a little schedule about a Field Trip on Wednesday 5th April!
Cool eh! but it appears that it may not be!
The basis of the trip is to take approx 100 Kindergarten students to a farm and help them plant lettuce!! seriously!! lettuce!
Oh and also it will be recorded on Video. I have to take part with my classes (cherry and rainbow) so i have to plant lettuce twice! and on camera.
I am going to take my camera because no doubt the kids will make it such a laugh. They will be over excited, naughty and loud... just like usual. ha ha
Just hope they don't tread in crap or anything cause i will not be cleaning the bottom of their shoes. Mind you so far my stomach has dealt quite well with the weekly nose bleeds, sneezes that are not just a sneeze but a stream of snot covering their faces and daily head,knee and arm injuries from them hitting eachother! or running into doors! yes they are all crazy kids!
Anyway, tonight i am off out to Bennigans, an american diner! its brent and trishas leaving meal. Trish is back off to australia for a few months then comming back to work in another school. Brent is gooing travelling for a few months and them also comming back to seoul.
Friday is session vacation so i get the day off and a nice three day weekend. I will be going to visit a prison. Its a cultural thing okay! It was in the lonely planet book so instead of visiting bars we will be infact going behind bars! I know that wasn't funny was it.
Saturday is Tiesto and for those of you who don't know who he is well he is way famous!! more than Pete Tong! ha ha
Must go
Love to all
Leanne
Anyway before i left school i discovered a little schedule about a Field Trip on Wednesday 5th April!
Cool eh! but it appears that it may not be!
The basis of the trip is to take approx 100 Kindergarten students to a farm and help them plant lettuce!! seriously!! lettuce!
Oh and also it will be recorded on Video. I have to take part with my classes (cherry and rainbow) so i have to plant lettuce twice! and on camera.
I am going to take my camera because no doubt the kids will make it such a laugh. They will be over excited, naughty and loud... just like usual. ha ha
Just hope they don't tread in crap or anything cause i will not be cleaning the bottom of their shoes. Mind you so far my stomach has dealt quite well with the weekly nose bleeds, sneezes that are not just a sneeze but a stream of snot covering their faces and daily head,knee and arm injuries from them hitting eachother! or running into doors! yes they are all crazy kids!
Anyway, tonight i am off out to Bennigans, an american diner! its brent and trishas leaving meal. Trish is back off to australia for a few months then comming back to work in another school. Brent is gooing travelling for a few months and them also comming back to seoul.
Friday is session vacation so i get the day off and a nice three day weekend. I will be going to visit a prison. Its a cultural thing okay! It was in the lonely planet book so instead of visiting bars we will be infact going behind bars! I know that wasn't funny was it.
Saturday is Tiesto and for those of you who don't know who he is well he is way famous!! more than Pete Tong! ha ha
Must go
Love to all
Leanne
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Happy Anniversary To Me
Today is sunday 27th March and i officially left England one month ago and can't belive how quick it has gone.
This weekend has been fairly quiet as next saturday me Erin and Ariel will be going to Sheraton Hotel to see Tiesto, this will be an expensive night but can't wait!! This is the flyer for it.
I am even more settled now, had a manicure the other day and have joined the local dvd club. It costs 1000won to rent a dvd thats about 50p. So far have watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Family Stone and Guess Who. Today i aim to join the gym on my complex, it only costs 10,000 won a month think thats about £6. So will definatley take advantage of that.
Today i aim to get dressed and take the rubbish down. This is in fact a pure mission. My rubbish has to be sorted in to the following:
Paper
Cardboard
Food Waste
Glass
Plastic
Your food waste also has to go in special plastic bags. If you don't sort out your stuff then you get shouted out apparently. This happened to Ariel.
Also i have the funniest thing in my flat. Its a tannoy. At random times of the day and night you hear this Korean man talking. God knows what he is saying but its so bizzare. They have them in all the apartments!! Its just wrong!!! This is a picture of it!
Anyway keep the comments coming.
This weekend has been fairly quiet as next saturday me Erin and Ariel will be going to Sheraton Hotel to see Tiesto, this will be an expensive night but can't wait!! This is the flyer for it.
I am even more settled now, had a manicure the other day and have joined the local dvd club. It costs 1000won to rent a dvd thats about 50p. So far have watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Family Stone and Guess Who. Today i aim to join the gym on my complex, it only costs 10,000 won a month think thats about £6. So will definatley take advantage of that.
Today i aim to get dressed and take the rubbish down. This is in fact a pure mission. My rubbish has to be sorted in to the following:
Paper
Cardboard
Food Waste
Glass
Plastic
Your food waste also has to go in special plastic bags. If you don't sort out your stuff then you get shouted out apparently. This happened to Ariel.
Also i have the funniest thing in my flat. Its a tannoy. At random times of the day and night you hear this Korean man talking. God knows what he is saying but its so bizzare. They have them in all the apartments!! Its just wrong!!! This is a picture of it!
Anyway keep the comments coming.
Friday, March 17, 2006
More Photos
Well i know your probably more interested in photos than me rambling on like a gabbie annie so i have attached some i think you may like.
This is the view from my apartment. Me and Ariel are in the penthouse!! well not exactly a penthouse but it is on the top floor.!!
This is my school, where i teach! yes i actually teach these poor babies!! Oh they found it hilarious today when i taught them see you later alligator, in a while crocodile! their parents must be devastated that this is what they a learning! oh and they know the phrase "crack on" basically kids get your books and work, and sit down oh and Zip it, i make the zip up the mouth motion! they are getting cheeky now cause they do the un zip motion and laugh at me!!
Now for some of the kids! the first couple are of them in their science lesson! look what they made! they are cotton reel things that go round! thats as scientific as i get!
This is me and Mike, he is a cling on. He loves Leanne Teacher! don't know why, i am forever telling him to sit on his chair, pick his crayons up, get his correct books out and to stop annoying the girls!
The Boys! this is Cherry Gang, left to right Neill, Nathan and Steven. Steven is always in tears, yesterday he ran into the door frame and had to come to the teachers office, bless he was sobbing his heart out! don't know what he had been doing as it was arts and crafts class with Ariel my flat mate! she was laughing! so was i though! Today Steven got exited doing the song "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes song and smashed his face on the chair! bless him, i scooped him in my arms from the floor and wiped his face, gave hima drink of water and he was fine! mother teresa eh!!
Who is the best team in the world????? yes the kids know its Everton! Balgan Dung means red shite (Liverpool FC) in Korean! ha ha
Stevie and Neill getting excitable for the camera!!
This is my mate molly, we met in Route 66, she is a backpacker originally from Boston and has been in New Zealand etc since she left uni! she got to seoul a week after me and is comming round tomorrow for a few bevvies and some dinner with me and ariel. Oh we got bought a rose, we took the head off it and shared it! yes we were drunk!
Love and Kisses
Lea
xx
This is the view from my apartment. Me and Ariel are in the penthouse!! well not exactly a penthouse but it is on the top floor.!!
This is my school, where i teach! yes i actually teach these poor babies!! Oh they found it hilarious today when i taught them see you later alligator, in a while crocodile! their parents must be devastated that this is what they a learning! oh and they know the phrase "crack on" basically kids get your books and work, and sit down oh and Zip it, i make the zip up the mouth motion! they are getting cheeky now cause they do the un zip motion and laugh at me!!
Now for some of the kids! the first couple are of them in their science lesson! look what they made! they are cotton reel things that go round! thats as scientific as i get!
This is me and Mike, he is a cling on. He loves Leanne Teacher! don't know why, i am forever telling him to sit on his chair, pick his crayons up, get his correct books out and to stop annoying the girls!
The Boys! this is Cherry Gang, left to right Neill, Nathan and Steven. Steven is always in tears, yesterday he ran into the door frame and had to come to the teachers office, bless he was sobbing his heart out! don't know what he had been doing as it was arts and crafts class with Ariel my flat mate! she was laughing! so was i though! Today Steven got exited doing the song "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes song and smashed his face on the chair! bless him, i scooped him in my arms from the floor and wiped his face, gave hima drink of water and he was fine! mother teresa eh!!
Who is the best team in the world????? yes the kids know its Everton! Balgan Dung means red shite (Liverpool FC) in Korean! ha ha
Stevie and Neill getting excitable for the camera!!
This is my mate molly, we met in Route 66, she is a backpacker originally from Boston and has been in New Zealand etc since she left uni! she got to seoul a week after me and is comming round tomorrow for a few bevvies and some dinner with me and ariel. Oh we got bought a rose, we took the head off it and shared it! yes we were drunk!
Love and Kisses
Lea
xx
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