Tuesday, April 13, 2010

April 13th

Change is good.

The weather is turning to spring. I walked to Okpo today. Took me 45 minutes to hike up and over the mountain. Spent some time sorting things out today. Change can be a good thing.

I met with my wonderful friend Jane for coffee this evening along with Ursula and Kyle (two other foreigners I work with). Good conversation and good drinks.

Plan for tomorrow and my last day of vacation:

Hiking back in to Okpo, lunch with Jane, checking out a new gym, coffee with Jane.

Should be a great day.

Good night fellow readers.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

March 19, 2010

So someone (Chulmin) told me last night that I don't update this thing often enough. He quoted the last couple of posts starting off with, "Sorry its been awhile..." Haha. So, here we go. I am going to try to commit to writing on this thing at least 3 times a week. Maybe it won't be very entertaining to read, but at least I will be doing it. Life is good here. Diet has been better and I'm working on the exercise part. Trying out some new dvd's at home. I am getting excited though as the weather progresses to spring time because I would like to do more things outside (Though I'm not looking forward to mosquito season). Work is alright. We have a new director coming in to take over the school next week which means at least two company dinner nights next week along with noraebangs. Good times will be had I'm sure.
Probably the most irritating thing going on in life right now is the fact that I have decided to finally try to learn Korean. I am NOT good at all. I never felt like the stupid kid when I was growing up going to school, but trying to learn this language makes me feel constantly stupid. I literally have no clue how I am going to do this. Plus, I'm taking a class on Saturday's but everyone else in the class is an advanced level. I'm the only one who is beginner. I'm going to go to the second class tomorrow, but if they are going way too fast for me, then I might have to reconsider how I am going to learn Korean. I definitely want to do it, but I also know that I can only go so fast.
In other news, I completed my TESOL certification this week. Woohoo! Yeah ME! Now I have a 5 unit course on young learners to get an additional certification. Then I will finish everything off with a business english course later next month.
Hope everyone is doing well. Feel free to leave comments anytime.

Monday, March 8, 2010

1st update of 2010

I am so sorry for all out there in the cyberworld. I have been really bad about updating this thing. Life is good here in SK. In January I went to Japan with Chulmin. In February we celebrated our 100 days (Korean tradition). Also in February we had winter camp for the school at a ski resort. Thanks to my time there I was able to kick start my weight loss again. I had been on a plateau for a solid two months prior to that. Anyways, I am now down 87lbs. Hoping to break the 100lb mark by the end of this month. So, to give myself some extra motivation, here are some before/current pictures. Hope life is going well for everyone home in the states. The plan is to be home by July 1st for a solid month and a half or two months. Woohoo!!!