Christmas

I can't believe Christmas has already past. It truly feels like Ian and I just started working at CDI. The past five and a half months have flown by. Fortunately, we were able to have Christmas off, which was spent relaxing and eating delicious food! Since we currently have no need for Korean gadgets, we decided to spend our gift money at Costco. We bought cheese, cheese and more cheese! Living on a Korean diet makes you deprived of a certain food that we love dearly (cheese), so we decided to splurge and eat enough of it to fill us for the next year! After stuffing ourselves we watched a favorite movie of mine, The Family Man. It was very weird being away from home but at least we didn't have to work and were able to enjoy a relaxing day not thinking about the kiddos at school!

Seoul got its first substantial snow the other day. It was only 3-4 inches, but let's just say it reeked havoc. Since it has been very cold, the snow immediately stuck to the ground, causing very slick roads. It was the first time I have been on a bus that fishtailed down a major road and then got stuck. Even though the conditions were horrible, the McDonald's, Domino's, and Fried Chicken delivery boys were still in action. Nothing stops them!

We start intensive this upcoming Thursday. I'm excited to teach an addition/different class, but I'm crossing my fingers we don't get sick. Working from 9-10 (Tues, Thurs, Sat) with a few hours of rest in between is going to be exhausting. Ian is teaching Critical Speaking and Writing Level 1, which will be full of the smallest kids at CDI. It's a little challenging teaching the youngest kids because they understand, if you're lucky, about a sixth of what you say. Let's just say you draw a lot of pictures and use a lot of hand gestures. I'm going to be teaching Grammar Level 2. The students will be about fourth-sixth grade. I've heard I can play some games with the students, so I hope it will be fun.

Ian's parents arrive in two days! We will update their travels in our next blog. Happy almost New Years!

We also uploaded a new slide show. The pictures are from our trip to China Town, the local mosque, and City Hall. Enjoy...