The Kiddies

Here are a few shots of my kindergarden students... this is chaos at its finest!

Benjamin, Max and Jaymin

Very amused!

They were speaking in Korean then I ended up "it"... 

Field Trip .. some not so happy campers

playing

Judy and Jaymin 

Show and Tell - Bring in your favourite fruit 

Cooking - Summer Nachos 

More Show and Tell 

xo
Alex

A Day in Hongdae

Hey everyone!

So my China pictures are a mess right now! I need to sort through them and organize before I post them. I will post them soon!

Here are a couple pictures from a trick eye museum I went to this past weekend. A friend and I decided we needed to explore a bit more of Seoul! So, we went to an area called Hongdae. It is kinda a hipster place but its got some really cool shop and a nice little market with all homemade trinkets.

trippppyy 

casual 

Hollywood

peeking 

We think we're cool!

stuck!

Streets of Hongdae

The captions are useless and unnecessary... I think the pictures are self explanatory haha!

 xo 

Alex  

Mudfest

Hey everyone! 

A little update - I am doing good! I am still really enjoying my job and all the people I'm meeting. Time is going by incredible fast and I'm trying to experience and see it all! 

Last month I went to the Boryeong Mudfest. It’s supposed to be to promote a cosmetic mud but it’s really just a big party.
Here are some pictures…. 

After the mud pit

My friend from Dal! 

Unfortunately my boss saw this one .. ahaha! 

Friends

Just some peeps 

I will post my picture from China next week! 

Miss you all,

xo 

Alex 

Adventures

Hey everyone,

So I am horrible at updating this!!!! Here are some pictures of a couple of outings I have had...

Cherry Blossom Festival in Seoul 

A sad attempt at a cartwheel in front of the National Assembly ... 

Meghan and I with an Asian character 

Cherry Blossom tree - there were hardly any in bloom 

Meghan, Cheryl and I being artsy fartsy haha 

 Here are some pictures of foodd.... yumm! Most Korean style restaurants have a grill or wok in the middle of the table and a ridiculous number of side to go with it.

My favourite grill spot!

Korean pizza ... they put anything and everything on their pizza 

Renny and I grilling squid .. yumm 

more grills 

Some people that live in my apartment building 

I'm sure some of you have heard of the fish that eat the dead skin off your feet (Dr.Fish) ... We thought it would be good idea! It was the most ticklish feeling I have every felt!!!! I could only put my heels or toes - my arches were too sensitive.

This past weekend two teachers from my school took a friend and I out to explore Seoul ...

We dressed up as the King 

Suiting up 

At a beautiful stream in the middle of Seoul (Hana, Me, Meghan, Sarah)

I will try and post pictures more often!

xoxo

ALEX :) 

Pictures

Hey Guys,

Here are some pictures of my classes....

Kindergarden class with St.Patty's craft

Elementary - Pinnacle 2B

Science class 

Elementary Level 2B

Max 

Kindergarden class (Lemon Tree) 

Elementary - Level 3B

Lemon Tree with Alice Teacher 

I will try and write this weekend ... I have been super busy! 

Alex :)

The beginning...

 Hey all!

I am finally getting a chance to update everyone! I have had a crazy week. After what felt like the longest journey I’ve ever taken, we had to stay in a “love motel” for 3 nights before we could move into our apartments. It was less than comfortable! I am finally all settled into my apartment and starting to feel more relaxed. My apartment is adorable! It is a lot bigger and more comfortable than I expected. The only downfall is that I have to turn my hot water on about 20 minutes before I want to use it and I NEVER remember Haha! Hopefully I will get the hang of it soon! Here are some pictures….

Walking in ...

Living room 

Kitchen/loft 

Loft 

As for my school, it is about a ten-minute walk from the apartment building. It is on the 4^th floor of a seven-story building. There are 10 six-year-old kids in my kindergarten class, which are my mornings and part of the afternoon. They are in second year and know a bit of basic English.  It is definitely going to be a challenge to communicate with them! My later classes are a variety of three different elementary levels; this means they have begun Korean school and come to English school afterwards. I think the elementary will be a bit more fun because the kids can speak decent English but who knows what will happen! Koreans are crazy with their schooling.  A seven-year-old was telling me that she has to wake up at six to study then go to Korean elementary school, go to English school, have violin practice and go to Chinese lesson. After getting home around 10 she must stay up until 12 to study then wake up the next day and do it all again. I could definitely not be a kid in Korea!! 
Tomorrow will be my first day teaching … Wish me luck! :)

xo Alex 


ps my site is now in Korean soooo these blogs might be set up a little funny! 

Korea Bound!

Hello family and friends!!

As most of you know I am heading to Korea to begin a new adventure. I have signed a 12-month contract to teach at an elementary school in Guri, which is a town on the outskirts of Seoul. I decided to start this blog as a way of communicating with all of you, my family and friends, back home.  I will post something every week or couple of weeks to give you all a little update. I want to warn you! I am by no means a good writer or blogger so you guys can consider this my official apology for poor writing, grammar and punctuation. Haha.

I still cannot believe I am about to start a job so far away … and I leave tonight. This whole thing seems very surreal. I am having mixed emotions of excitement and nervousness but I’m confident I will settle in fast and make myself at home. I have all my creature comforts packed (haha Andrew) and I’m ready to go! 

Talk to you all soon,

xo Alex 

Packing is ALWAYS fun ....