I'm all over you like egg in bowl of bibinbap!

I love the Colbert Report but had missed this episode and Cam told me to check it out. Stephen Colbert vs Rain (a Korean pop singer for those who don't know). It's hilarious!

So we are lucky enough to have another long weekend this weekend. I started it off with dinner at Petra with Raymond and Cam on Friday night followed by our usual cocktails and the usual places. Yesterday Cam and I met up at Baby Guinness for a few drinks before we headed over to Eve and Leonie's for a bbq. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and we were surrounded by great people. What followed was a lot of laughs and lots of singing (mostly Eve and I belting out Barry Manilow songs at the top of our lungs). And today I'm meeting Joel and his parents along with Tony for some Greek food which should be delightful. I'm looking forward to meeting Joel's folks, who are in town for the week. Tomorrow I'm planning on nothing but resting, movies, and naps. Will post all my pics later.

On another note..any teachers out there in Korea who have had increases in their medical insurance payments?? Last year a few of us got screwed with retroactive payments and had 500 dollars taken off our paychecks..well we were told this wouldn't happen again but what do you know? I got fucked hard on my paycheck this month with the same crap (couldn't have come at a worse time actually). No warning this was going to occur either shady fuckers. Only 2 months to go so I'm just going to suck it up because I really have no choice. So please don't bug me about money right now it's a sore subject.

Beijing!

Can I really afford it? Nah not really but am I going? YES! Me and the boys are flying out to Beijing on the 5th of June for a few days. I MUST climb the Great Wall before I leave Asia otherwise I'd hate myself with it being so close by. It's gonna be GOOD FUN!

I hope to visit here..the summer palace.

Laterns and Lotus, kids and stuff

Here are pics from the last few days...

I have TONS of pictures from the Lantern Fest and the weekend to post..they will come..eventually. I got some good news this week, turns out that I am placed at the elementary school of my choice for the next year. The first half of the year I'll be with 2nd graders and the second half will be 4th graders. I'm really excited about being in the On Site program because it will give me an opportunity to spend the ENTIRE year at the same school and I'll be required to spend very little time at University. What is awesome is that the school is like a 7 minute drive from my house, talk about an easy commute! I also have a friend who is a teacher at this school so it will be nice to see her everyday too.

Since I am coming home soon it has me thinking of life before I came to Korea and the things and people I left behind. Most of which are still a part of my life and I have regular contact with. One in particular, I don't. For some reason they keep popping into my head as of late. I know what I once thought was..clearly wasn't but for some reason I am kind of hoping they'll show up on my doorstep and all will go back to the way it was. Although that may anger my fam...the silly optimistic side of me wishes it would happen. I know it won't but I guess I'm just a whole mess of feelings at the moment.

Speaking of home..JENNY B I GOT YOUR LETTER I LOVE LOVE LOVES YOU and can't wait to take you up on the Dance Dance Revolution challenge! Check your mail box in the next week or so baby!

With that..I'm off to sleep..which I just can't seem to get enough of these days. Another long weekend is almost here and I can't wait!

Get this song outta my head!

My 5th graders have turned me onto this band BIG BANG. They are HUGE here in Korea and my students love them and I hear this song every time I'm in Soho..I admit it's not my style of music cause I normally hate hip hop and RnB but this song gets in my head and won't leave!



The song is called Lies if you happen to dig it.

I love starting off a Friday with good news! I had applied for the On Site program at my University which means I only attend classes on Fridays (except for 7 weeks spread throughout the year that I need to be on campus) the rest of the time I am at an elementary school teaching. They only had limited space available. Yipeeee!!! I don't get a spring break which kinda sucks cause I have to teach through it but I actually get to teach for a year instead of sitting in a classroom all the time at University. Sweeeeeet.

Have you ever had one of those days or weeks when you've felt like one of these? I actually really love sloths but they are the slowest animal on the planet pretty much and I feel like I have the energy of a sloth this week. I just can't get off my ass or get motivated to do anything but catch up on Grey's and Gossip Girl and the shows that have just come back on TV. I hope the long weekend ahead will be different. Tomorrow night I'm going to meet up with Cam for cocktails and then Saturday I'm hoping will be a day of rest. Sunday will be the Lotus Lantern Festival which has become a tradition of mine each year then out with great folks afterwards. Monday sleep sleep sleep and hopefully that will recharge my batteries until our next long weekend which is the following weekend. Two in a row, I can't complain.

Good weekend..

I had a great weekend all around. I already mentioned Friday night, yesterday Cam and I decided to meet up for dinner which ended up being us on the hill drinking all night..haha un-planned but fun all the same. Today Jenny came over to hang out. I love her so much. She always comes with gifts from her dad who is a big wig at Universal Korea. She brought over a TON of cds for me one of the cds was the new release from Mariah Carey and I guess she has put out a new perfume too because I received a bottle of it (M) and it smells really nice. I love getting new music although I have so many cds from Jenny's dad I'm not sure how I'm going to get them back home to Canada haha. Now I'm going to cook up some dins and pass out! Back at it again tomorrow.

Oh what a night

Met up with the boys for some delicious Greek at Santorini..then we went over to Bliss where the evening started off wonderfully but ended with fights and drama. I really hate when that happens. I am happy that I wasn't part of it for once because I was distracted. I hope my friends make up because fighting is never good. I do enjoy a good sleepover and lazy morning though...lots of reasons to smile today.

Almost the weekend..I NEED IT.

Seriously...with feeling like CRAP all week I haven't been able to have any fun! Thank goodness the weekend is almost here for that! Dinner and drinks with people I loves tomorrow night (and what looks like me making good on a bet with Mike) and then my dear little Jenny is coming over on Sunday for what may just be our last girls hangout Sunday before I leave Korea :( I hope everyone has a great weekend too! My voice has somewhat returned if you like the husky smoky sounding type.

I have to post this picture because a mutual friend of my brother's and myself posted it on facebook. I'm not in it but my bro is and he looks about 14 years old which makes this MANY years ago)! There is beer in the pic so I'm guessing no..hmm or perhaps yes he'll have to fill me in. Hope he sees it!

The sickness

Seriously..since December I don't think I've ever had more colds or felt more crappy in my entire life. I'm not the only one, others at work have been hit with many ailments as well. I wonder what is causing it?! It's not like my body is adjusting the pollution or air here I've been here for 3 years. This time around I have stomach flu symptoms and I haven't been able to talk since Saturday night. This is getting on my nerves! I haven't eaten since Monday, although I'd really like to! I hope this goes away by Friday cause I'm having Greek with my boys after work and hopefully having some cocktails afterwards. I know seriously I should just rest and not go out but lets face it. I am going home in less than 100 days and life is going to be dulls-ville once I get there..I have to enjoy all the fun times while I can!

I found out today that my replacement has been hired. I suddenly had this really strange feeling about it all. I have to leave..but do I really want to? What am I going to do without my kids? What am I going to do without my friends? How am I going to go back to a tiny town after living in Seoul and being spoiled by its awesomeness for so long? I think I need to brace myself for a complete and utter breakdown once I get back to Canada. It seems like it is going to be inevitable.

It's Monday morning, the week has just begun and I have laryngitis! I can barely squeak out any words yet I have to teach all day. This week is going to be rough on my vocal chords..

Fun in the sun

Yesterday I met up with Liz and Lizzy at Bliss in the early afternoon to prepare for the big BBQ Ted and Liz had planned. I don't think I've ever chopped that many veggies! It was gorgeous outside and lots of good people showed up for eats and beers. The day stretched into the next morning and I somehow find myself today with ZERO voice but I had a blast last night! And who knew it was actually going to be big haha Mike might owe me 5 bucks.

Things/People I love

I love getting up on a Saturday morning, making some coffee, and calling home to Ottawa to talk to my friends. I often get answering machines but this morning I got to talk to my best gal Andree and my bro (who I've been dying to talk to for like EVER). This week for some reason I've really realized just how special and wonderful and awesome the people who are closest to me in my life are. Whether it's my dear friends and family back home or my wonderful family here in Seoul..I'm a very lucky girl.

This afternoon I'm going to spend the day in the gorgeous, 30 degree sunshine, bbq'in with my Seoul family and it is going to be a GREAT time :) Hope you all have a great weekend too.

Some people I love love love

Not that I wasn't aware..but I have some really amazing friends and people in my life. I just want to thank them all for being such wonderful and supportive people and love them all.

Girls on Film!

Raymond is soooo cute. He went to see Duran Duran tonight with Cammy (I wanted to go - but alas too poor) but Raymond called me on his cell and held up the phone so I could share in the experience. How sweet is he?? Very I say.

I'd just like to say THANK GOD for my Korean friends because getting a police record check here, then getting it translated, then notarized..is quite the process!!!

I should never wear cowboy hats - er take people's cowboy hats

anybody out there know if a Korean Police Record check comes in English???

Taylor makes me happy