I found this amazing Christmas song by a songwriter named Kate Rusby. She kind of sounds a little like a folk singer, but her Christmas songs are awesome.
Her songs are comforting and make missing home a little easier for me. In my opinion, having Christmas in Seoul is sad because I do miss being home for the holidays, but there is not as much build up and hype here. This makes it easier because then I don't think of it as often.
The post office situation is ridiculous that I have now come to the point where I Fed-Exed five cards to my Mom so that she can give them to my family. I still want them to feel loved even if I can't be home :)
I received a package from my parents with gifts and a mini-Christmas tree! It looks great on top of my TV! Christmas morning I will open gifts and skype with everyone!
Next week at school will start "intensives" I will be teaching three extra morning class 9:30-12:30 and then my 4-10 PM shift. It only goes for four weeks and I will be making some extra cash. I could have done four classes a week, but I do hear that intensives get rough and you start to really need the caffeine every day.
My Friday night class is probably my favorite class this term. The middle school kids are funny and they don't disrespect me (yet) haha. I am glad that my weekend gets started on a good note and not an exhausting draining kind of night.
The weekend went well and I got together with some friends in Itaewon which is where most of the foreigners live. We went to a Thai place to eat and then some bars afterwards. Such a great night!
We also went to a Nori-bong (or Karaoke in Korean) It was hilarious with all the 80's songs we sang to and of course some Mariah Carey!
I also requested Piano Man by Billy Joel because we all know he is my favorite. Plus I really didn't need the words on the screen because I know them by heart :)
Sunday I finally made it to Harry Potter! Great movie and I can't wait for the second part to come out. The Korean subtitles were an extra bonus! At least the movie was in English!!
Last night Racheal, Brandon, and I went to this one fish place where they grilled the entire fish. We had the head, tail, and had to spit out some bones!! It was super delicious and reminded me of a fish I had in Vietnam. It was a rather tender mackerel fish! The kimchi soup was great too, extra spicy!
Very successful weekend and I am looking forward to this week!
Stay Warm!
Kristen
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