All You Can Eat Tuna!!!

Who doesn't love good tuna sashimi? After I read this article, it didn't take a lot for Claudia and John to be convinced to try "Lee Chun Bok Tuna" (이춘복참치) with me =)

Everland!

Sorry, so this is a very much delayed post but I've been busy and travelling and watching the olympics sooo I didn't get around to posting this till now.  Forgive me please =D

Monsoon Season!

So, July/August is monsoon season here in Korea.  We just missed it when we arrived last year but there was a huge flood.  So far, we've only had one or two days of heavy rain.  Apparently it started late this year as well...sooo we got lucky?

DMZ

Last weekend, Claudia, John and I went to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). Basically, went on a tour to the border of North and South Korea.  Apparently this is dangerous and not a lot of Koreans take these tours. You could click here to find out more information about the tour, costs and how to make a reservation.  We chose the combined tour: 3rd tunnel and Panmujom.  It was kind of pricey, it was 120 000won, but it was very interesting and informative.  Our tour guide was hilarious too.

Around the World!

FLIGHTS BOOKED!

Wicked!!!

May was super busy, Michelle, family, Jessica (Claudia's sister) all came to visit.  To top it off, I got really sick the past week and missed two days of school.  Sorry I wasn't able to post as much as I wanted to....BUUUUT last night was amazing.  Now that my cough is finally going away, I have more time and energy to DO stuff =).

Last night, we went to watch Wicked in Korea.  How random is that?! It was pretty freaking darn amazing though! I can't stop listening to the songs..I can see the show in my head right now.  I want to see it again!

Teacher's Day =)

So in May, Korea has Children's Day (5th), Parents' Day (8th - they don't have each parents' day separated like us), Teacher's Day (15th) and I think there's a Black Day or something too for single people.  Needless to say, a crap load of celebrations.  On Teacher's Day, students bring letters, flowers, gifts and even cake for their teachers.  I was very sad when I didn't receive any cake, being the fatty that I am, but no teachers at my school did either.  I wasn't sure why this was, until my co-teacher informed me today, that our VP announced in a meeting, for homeroom teachers to not allow (more like discourage) students to bring gifts for teachers.  Apparently only letters were allowed.