I can no longer tell time

Tomorrow will mark my one month stay in dynamic South Korea. Time has a strange way of speeding up but never ending here. I am constantly forgetting that my time here has just begun. I live in a small town in Chungcheongbuk-do called Eumseong. It is a strange little town but I am learning to love it as the days progress. Upon entering Eumseong, you will be greeted by a statue of two very large chili peppers. Then you will see the town turtles displayed all throughout the streets of town, the chili pepper turtle children is the only way I can describe them. I live in a lovely and spacious studio on a dirt road surrounded by trash and fields of ginseng. Like I said I am learning to love Eumseong.

I have made some great friends in my small town and keep myself very busy during the weeks traveling to three different schools. The kids are amazing, very different from teaching in the Bronx or Philly. They are incredibly respectful and excited about English. All the students stare at me and point when I enter the lunch room. Its strange but I understand. I am kind of odd looking to them; the shocking gazes from the Kindergarteners is hilarious. Many of the teachers I work with speak zero English; therefore, I am forced to learn the language quickly. I like that I am having an authentic experience, but it gets frustrating at times. On the weekends I hit the buses for exciting excursions in different cities! So far I have had amazing nights in Cheong-ju and Daegu! The cities look like video games at night.

Top 10 experiences this month.....

1. Drinking coctails from a a bag and pizza in a cup that you buy on the street
2. Doing a speach in front of my co-workers at a bar. "I said I like teachers" in korean.
3. Getting wasted with my principal
4. Taking advantage of the valet grocery service
5. Hosting a bipbimbap dinner party
6. Eating goat soup
7. Norebonging with a bunch of creepy Korean guys :/
8. Becaming obsessed with rice cakes and Kimchi
9. Trying to make spicy rice cakes and almost burning down my apartment complex
10. Asking for chicken and being escorted to McDonalds

Note to self:

"Sometimes things are better left unsaid."