Hey you guys!!! ***SORRY this is so long I divided into Paragraphs for easy reading***
I'm so sorry it's been forever since i've written an actual blog. LIFE IS CRAZY and sucky but amazing!!! <3 God has been and i know that He will continue to look out for me. Ummm what was the last thing I had told you all....*looks back at last post* O.O Wow that was forever ago like over a week ago!! i'm so sorry!
Ok so what has happened. well there are now new teachers here on the 25th of Jan. Two couples Bethany & Thomas and then Tera & Micheal and then Amanda. *Amanda and I have really connected and she's like my sista* well i had gone up with Terry and Jeff to get the new teachers. we found them after a very long bus ride. Then Terry paid for our meals at KFC and then we were heading back to KNU :) Everyone was chatting for a little but it was kinda obvious that everyone was tired. They crashed and so did I. The next day the 26th we went to the doctor and got a health exam to make sure that we were all good. *everyone's test came back normal except they said my liver test was a little high but that could be because i'm tired soo after I get my alian card I'm going to go and get it check again :) No worries though* at the examination we had out weight, height, hearing, eyes, and chest mesured. then we had to do a urin test, an extra, a blood test and a dental test. haha it was an intersting and bonding day. We went to this tradtional sitting on the floor meal place and it was fun :)
the next daythe 27th we went to toured the downtown and Jeff helped everyone know how to get on the bus and how to get to the mall and all that jazz. I showed Amanda the Reneneisance where i found out she would be living there with me. :) then we headed back to the school, ate at a cheap but good restartaunt that everyone eats at Kimbop Nara. then we hung out. we actually met some of the older new teachers *those who had been here anywhere from 6mon-2 yrs* and we ate a Kimbop Nara and then we went bowling downtown. I learned how to bowl from a friend and actually got second place i had a score of 110 :D I was really excited and it was a ton of and I was able to really begin to get to know the people :)
then it was Saturday :D YAY for the weekend!!! I caught up with my friend Abby and Amanda and I went to go see a movie. we saw Journay to the Center of the Earth2 with the Rock! IT WAS AMAZING!!!! it cracked me up! haha i loved that we were all in this theater and there were times where us Americans were cracking up but eveyone else but silent haha so awesome. It was always pretty awesome because it cost only $8 and one thing that i liked was that they had assigned seating that way there was no fighting for the right seat or anything haha and they didnt open the doors till 10 mins before the movie and ther was only one preview XD awesome
Then Sunday came around the 29th :) I was going to go to this church with Amanda, Abby and a Korean friend but Amanda had to go to a different church and my Korean friend bailed. So I met Abby and we rocked it OUT!! Joshua, a guy i am going to be working with invited me to come and this other amazing girl I will be working with Lauren was there also. I also met Amy abother america. This church was awesome! Sooooo friendly!! I met the Pastor's wives and actually I got a korean name!! it's 기쁨 Which Means joy!! it's Read Keep-uum :) I love it!! And then so the service was great. it was about how God can and does use us whereever we are at and that we do not have to be amazing before God can or will use us! and afte the service they had a small meal for us which was so awesome and really good. I met some really awesome people. and then we played a traditional Korean game called. Yout. it's kinda like SORRY....kinda. haha it was a ton of fun and my team and I got 1st or 2nd. i cant tell because that part was in Korean but we got toilet paper and kimchi ramen as a prize *blaaaaaaah i hate ramen* but it was good. then then...we walked over to H&M and i was hanging with Abby, Joshua and Lauren and they were doing their things and I found a chirt for 6 bucks and it fit :D *lost about 3 lbs woot* then we went to Indian food it was really good and then i headed back to the school and crashed
Monday 30th we were going to go to this Budhist temple but i had to go back to the doctor because something was wrong with my liver. So we waited and waited and waited :P and then whne we finally got in the doc asked if I drank or smoked or what and I said no and the she said that my liver levels were just a little too high and that she thought that i had a fat liver. and I was like O ok i got it. I totally understood what she was saying but she didnt not think that I got it :P she proceeded to tell me like 3-4 more times I was fat and I needed to loose weight. then Terry wanted to make sure that I understood and he told me 2times that I was fat and i needed to loose weight. Now at this point I was about to cry. I thought that i was pretty confident in who I am but this was like a kick in the teeth. ****HOWEVER before you decied to hop on a plane and come tell thses ppl what you think about them let's look at this a cutlurally differnt way. their way. they were trying to express to me that they cared for me and were concerned for me and thaty THEY LOVE ME!!! it was to show great concern and well being for my health. I did not know this at the time so I was just crushed.***** Well then we went to the temple and I will add at the bottom of this a link to all the pics from well since we picked up the new teachers :) at first i did not want to take any kinda pics because i was just consumed with wanting to get back to campus and go to bed and just end that day but God whispered to my heart and encouraged me and I ended up taking a TON of pics which I love <3 and I'm so glad I did. this is where the largest buddha in the world is HE IS HUGE! we then went to Lunch, pizza *yum* at this awesome pizza place and then Amanda and I went back to my Appartment downtown and on our way we went to this awesome dollar store and got some little stuff. we met up with Abby and Laura and watched movies and played with a bunny and then Laura and I missed the 12 bus that would take us back to KNU and had to RUN to take the 1 and walked for the rest of the way
Tuesday 31st. We went to the immagration officce and applied for our Ailen visa and then we went to this places called Jacksons' Bimbbeebop. which Bimbeebop is a kind of all mixed together tyope of food. it's not my favorite. then Tera, Micheal Amanda and I went to this coffee shop that's close called Awesome Place. it was well....pretty awesome. then I went up to Seoul with Abby. we went ot Iteawon which is like the American district :) IT WAS AMAZING!!! I had Subway and saw a tacobell and found english books and actually found a skirt that fits and it's cute!!!! it was an over all great day :D I brought a 6in sandwhich back with me and ended up having that for breakfast the next day because i found out in the dorms the water pipes burst and so the water was not hot. and it still isnt :P
Wednesday 1st. TESOL begins. we had out intro classes and it was good and I learned a ton :P not much to say about that ^^ However I did choose to stay with amazing Amanda last night because there was no hot water. and Amanda lives on campus in a different dorm. but the beds are soooo hard :P o well I'm crashing herea again tonight
TODAY!!! 2nd. we had Tesol again and It was fun at time not so mcuh at others. an amazing Korean lady in our Tesol group the only one took Amanda and I to lunch at this Kimbop Nara type place. we had Black speghitti and fried Mondoo it was really good and fun. then we had class again. then Amanda and I went back to the room and waited for Abby to get there and then we went to the doc but the doc said that she didnt know and that we needed to go to the specialits. soooooo Abby and I walked over to the speciaist and low and behold we were litterally 1 min too late so I am planning on going back tomorrow :) then we met Amanda at Kimbop Nara and ordered some amazing food ***O side note, cooking food and eating out are right at the same price*** then joking i said lets go to a Jjimjilbang. ti's a bath house. but before i knew what was really happening we were on our way. *Terry paid for our dinner he happened to show up and decied he would** so we wnet to the Jjimjilbang and i was freaked. i had heard stories and wasnt excited all that much buut we got there and changed into the clothes provided. then we went into the different like sona type rooms like the salt room where u lay in hot salt or the warm room, the cold room the HOT HOT HOT room, the bamboo room and then we went into the showers/tubs we had to shower down***WE WERE SPERATE MEN AND WOMEN*** *yes we were naked everyone was :P it was akward at first but then it's like eh eveyone's naked so yeah** and then we soaked in tubs one was the tea tub one was the HOT HOT tube one was ICE cold and the others were luke warm. each had some kinda mineral in it. there were ladied old ladied in like bra and panties scrubbing down ppl and Amanda and I were like well we've come this far so we got in line and paid and got scrubbed down like 7 times from head to toe and yes I mean from HEAD allllllllllll the way to TOE and it was akward at first but ti's only as akward as you make it :) they were laughing and having a blast as the Monguke *Americans* were getting a scrub down and giggling and being embarrised :P they talked to me in Korean and I tired my best to understand and i got a little they scrubbed all the dead skin off and then put oils on me and then gave me a face message and washed and conditioned my hair and then put a face mask on me. it was awesome!!! and they made me promise pinki promise to come back :D i did and I plan on it I"m so relaxed right now and I'm just at peace.
God knew i needed this. I've been stressed about so much and just getting drug down. God knows where you are and what you need the moments we need it and I'm so thankful that he never ever ever lets go of us! i dont know what's gone on in each of ur lives but I pray that God blesses you and that He brings along the right things right when you need time. I love you all class in the mornig ":D nighty night ^^
