First Blog, a wee bit late.

So a bit about me.

I graduated with an BA in English about a year ago. Since then I've been working in retail, travelling and basically getting through life after college. Summer of 2009 I spent teaching English in Italy. An experience that I would go back and repeat in a heartbeat. I had so much fun teaching the kids. Not to mention seeing Italy is mind blowing. Coming to South Korea was a bit of a culture shock. I live in Georgia in the US and was no where near prepared for what I found in Korea. And of course coming on the heels of a fantastic summer in Italy didn't help the shock.

I live in Suwon. A bustling mini hub of technology and culture. Right outside of my apartment is the major train station and department store: AK Plaza. When I arrived the Christmas season was just kicking off. So I was sung to sleep every night by bad renditions of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" in Korean. Finally this stopped and now it's just general Korean music. The streets don't stop humming until roughly 12 am on weeknights and much later on weekends.

I teach at an Elementary School called Donghwa Elementary. The kids are really cute, but can be hard to handle sometimes. I have little to no understanding of Korean and I'm here to teach them English, while they (some) have little to no grasp of English. It can be quite a tug o'war.

Well that's enough introductions. I'll be back with more specific posts later! Adios. C~