My Favorite Class

This is mainly for my parents... but here is a video of my favorite class from this semester!

Dear time, please slow down.

Time will not stop speeding. I guess that's a good thing- I'm enjoying myself here. I'm making memories, friends, money and gaining lots and lots of experience. One thing I need to start doing more is writing down all that I encounter. At the time, I say to myself, "well Abbie, you can't possibly forget this... why write it down?" And then, boom, I forget. So, step one this week- start writing things down. I brought a journal, and it's a quarter of the way full, but I intend on filling more than one while I'm here. I'm discovering so many new things, meeting so many new people and seeing things I never thought I'd see. So, I need to document, or poof... everything will be gone before I know it.

To jump start my new intentions, I'm writing again to tell all of you (a hand full of friends and a bucket full of my mom's friends that read this) an over view of my time here, in Korea. I haven't written in almost a month, so there's a lot to catch you up on. Basically, I've been super busy with work, molding young minds and improving my own. Other than that, I try to explore a little bit each weekend. New Year's was a blast. I enjoyed the extra day off. And January has treated me fairly well. Intensive classes are a bit stressful an annoying. And on top of extra classes, I have had a pretty intense cold since the beginning of the year. I always ignore being sick- I feel as though it is mind over matter when it comes to small health issues. Just pretend, you're fine, and you will be... right?? With that said, I pretended to be well this last weekend so I could see Mara and Amelia. It was worth it. They came down from Seoul to enjoy a weekend in my "hometown." We had a blast. Explored the city and strolled along the beach. We got Mexican food and met the entire Seoul University building body team on the streets of Busan. Without hesitation, I can say it is always an amazing time with those two- refreshing and fun. They have this sense of spontaneity that I need to adopt. They approach random people on the street just to take pictures with them, make jokes with store owners and flirt with bartenders for free drinks. Bottom line: I had a blast with them.

As for cultural experiences, I'm attempting to indulge myself as much as I can with the small amounts of time I am given in between work and sleep. Korea has turned me into a 14 year old girl again- pop music and the boys that sing it make my knees weak. I feel as if I am in line, waiting for a new cd by 'NSYNC every time I turn on the TV and see a famous Korean singer. I am slightly obsessed. One of my favorite groups is called BigBang. Feel free to jump over to Youtube.com and check them out! I'm also slowly gaining a larger Korean vocabulary. I'll soon be taking lessons- and I am very excited. I will let you know how that goes, once I start. In addition, the girls and I went to "fish doctor." Which, my mother informed me, costs $40 in the states. BUT in Korea, it's only about $1.85!!! Plus, all you can eat pastries- can't get much better than that.

That's about all for now... I will try my best to continue to write down my experiences and document them with the camera. Cheers from Korea ^^

행복한 일

-Abbie