tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210469982012-01-22T11:05:08.584+09:00Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.Delauranoreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-52688643345174443532008-02-05T03:57:00.001+09:002008-02-05T03:57:45.672+09:00

This morning I received a letter from one of my students from my first year in Korea. It reminded me again, though I have been reminded recently, that some people are born teachers. I absolutely loved the time of teaching in Korea, and though I have greatly enjoyed being home, I have definitely felt a void in that area. I started a children’s choir at church and it’s been a wonderful outlet for

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The holiday season is officially over along with the old movies, abundance of good food and the plethora of purple and gold decorations which, compliments of Mom, so gracefully decorated our house this Christmas. It was a wonderful time of fellowship with family and friends. One of my sisters arranged for all the girls to go to a spa for a full treatment and another sister got the whole family

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I have been pondering lately the reasons for which we go through difficult times. There are the daily struggles that we all experience and my first reaction to them is often to be upset and to feel as though I am being treated unfairly. I have, in the past, sought an answer for trials that the Lord places in my life. Not a fleece, per se, but a practical place that I can rest my thoughts on to

Delauranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-89193141652579773092007-11-22T04:33:00.001+09:002007-11-22T04:33:53.584+09:00

Sufficient unto the day are the evils thereof. This is more or less an accurate description of my life (and I suspect most people’s lives---they have learned to be less drama-queenish about it, though). Last week my computer brought up the blue error screen of death and has not spoken to me since. This would be the same computer that died on me my second year in Korea. Note to you all: Don’t but

Delauranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-91818536526863574712007-11-14T03:24:00.000+09:002007-11-14T03:27:02.738+09:00

I have decided to begin blogging again since I find it relatively therapeutic. This is an entry all about a very exciting long weekend. This weekend, Canadians observed Remembrance Day. We take a day and remember those troops that gave their lives and are still giving today to protect our freedom. The fact that it’s a holiday means time off work for Sarah (who works at a bank) and me. Mom

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My apologies to Becca for not noticing the tag. Ok, so here I go with some wierd quirks.-I can't deal with words coming at me from more than one direction. If the TV is on I can't talk on the phone. And I can't talk on the phone and listen to music with words, etc.-I find it hard to sleep if there's not a fan going in the room.-I really dislike hotdogs and marshmallows-I love adjectives. I notice

Delauranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-67923231212491002992007-02-25T22:06:00.000+09:002007-02-25T22:08:56.670+09:00

FriendsI was introduced to the wonderful world of Facebook and I don't blog much anymore. My apologies. Please add me on Facebook. There are lots of pics of my time here in Korea.Things are going well at SCS. New students are good. Travelling around Asia is fun. Plans are in full swing for next year.That's about it.

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This is not an experience that most teachers have, but with the ESL-ness of this school, I was able to name a student today. They all have Korea names, of course, but part of them being integrated into an American school is that they get an English name. One of my new students came to school with no English name and no preference. I asked her if she wanted to pick a name or if she wanted me to.

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I love being home. I truly do. Every time I come home it seems that the Lord impresses on my heart some area in which I am still very flawed. Today was that day for me. After much discussion, prayer and penitence, I conclude that I feel blessed. Really, truly blessed. My life is not blind. I do not go from event to event trying to work out the next logical step on the sheer mental aptitude that I

Delauranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1166761764395765732006-12-22T13:22:00.000+09:002006-12-22T13:29:24.406+09:00

I finally got my computer back today. The Lord is so gracious. I still had all my pictures and music on the hard drive. I had not backed up all of my pictures from Asia, so it's such a blessing that I still have those. Here are some pics from the Christmas program. Our class before the program.Alicia!All the kids. So stinkin cute!!Chris. The kid always makes me laugh.Sammy. One of the quiet and

Delauranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1164457389204931182006-11-25T21:16:00.000+09:002006-11-25T21:23:09.216+09:00

Today I went to a new shopping building near my house. I have been there before to look at jewelry and have a manicure, but today I was going for another reason. I have always wanted to do spa-type things, but they are very expensive and so I usually try to do the make-it-yourself treatments. We found a spa in this building that does all sorts of services for very reasonable prices. One of the

Delauranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1164293507258014962006-11-23T23:42:00.000+09:002006-11-23T23:51:47.306+09:00

I know that it has been a very long time since I have posted. Not having my computer around really does limit my blogging ability. Happy Thanksgiving to all!I woke to a perfectly clear Thanksgiving Day in Seoul. This may not seem like a big deal to you, but in this polluted and over-populated city, the clear weather is a blessing from the Lord.The teachers gathered at one home and feasted, sang,

Delauranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1162508496858478852006-11-03T07:48:00.000+09:002006-11-03T08:01:36.876+09:00

Chris Cho is my comic relief in life. He's one of my students and presents a unique problem for me. That is that I laugh so hard at what he does that when his mischief includes something he shouldn't be doing, it's sometimes hard to correct him through my tears of laughter. The need for correction is a rare thing with him, though.Yesterday he was feverishly finishing his homework. He lost his

Delauranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1162163315073427462006-10-30T07:51:00.000+09:002006-10-30T08:08:35.086+09:00

We're finally moved in to our new place and getting settled quite nicely. The movers came on Friday and were very easy to work with. Though they spoke little English, they were all kind and followed our directions. I managed to add a little Laura-drama to the whole thing by sticking my elbow through the pane a pane of glass. I ended up with a beautiful set of scabs, but wasn't really hurt at

Delauranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1161329972978988792006-10-20T16:34:00.000+09:002006-10-20T16:39:32.996+09:00

Praise the Lord for His incredible grace in our lives. This is a perfect example of how He knows our needs and hears our prayers.Just yesterday I found out that my warranty will cover the repairs that need to be done to my computer. What a blessing!Then today I read that North Korea apologized for the nuclear test it performed so the tension seems to be abating. There is nothing so big or so

Delauranoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1161094377996350232006-10-17T23:09:00.000+09:002006-10-17T23:12:58.023+09:00

This week has been quite exciting. My computer's motherboard was completely fried on Friday night. I might be able to get that replaced, but I will have a better I idea of the total picture when I take it to a shop on Saturday.Yesterday I heard air-raid sirens going off here in Seoul. The kids in the school across the street all went under shelter and one of the teachers saw jet-type planes

Delauranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1160739950483438622006-10-13T19:58:00.000+09:002006-10-13T20:45:50.576+09:00

Bad hair day ended our Spirit Week. Here are some of the pics :D Much shampoo will be used in the removal of color tonight.Abby had uber-colored hair. It was so hard to keep a straight face with students making face behind the camera. Allison claims to have only used ponytail-holders. Chris' face kept cramping up :DJoshua wasn't pleased with the sudden fame.

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Chris won for best costume for Sports Day. A picture of the school assembly .Teacher's skit went very well :D My students sang "I'm mad" from Anamaniacs.Our class poster. GO SIXTH GRADE!!!

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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to one and all. The teachers are gathering for a Thanksgiving party at school tomorrow. The Canadian's holiday comes right after Chusok, which is considered the Korean Thanksgiving. We're just a bunch of thankful people over here in the east. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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So as some of you know, I suffer from migraines. They have grown progressively worse in the past few years until, in desperation, I went to see an herbalist this summer. She diagnosed a regiment of herbs to take to try and rid my body of the toxins that cause the migraines. It has helped tremendously. I do still have the migraines, but not nearly as often. I have come to the end of this set of

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Here are another couple of videos of my classroom. These kids are such a riot.Here, Chris is displaying his very Chris-esque tendancy of responding to everything I say by saying, "ok,ok."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IyXcst8kOEMin and Chris are being models during spelling class. So funny.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqkdrLlEco

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Yesterday we went to Sanyong lake for our annual school picnic. It's not so much of a picnic as it is a field trip. Here are some pics of the day's events. A shot of the 5th-7th grade bus Getting ready to sing during the chapel service.Getting ready for lunchMylinda and I posed on one of the metal statues, but it was HOT!!5 teachers took a ride on a speedboat. The driver tipped the boat almost

Delauranoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1159482058156587412006-09-29T07:13:00.000+09:002006-09-29T07:20:58.156+09:00

I know, I know. I gush about my students,, but I just have to post these pictures--they're so cute!! Luke comes and visits our classroom every day. He's formed quite a bond with Chris as you can probably tell from the pictures. The only downside is that Chris doesn't get much work done :D

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We found a new apartment today. We won't move in until the end of October, but at least we have a place. Some of the first places that we looked at were scarey and laughably small, but this one will do quite nicely. It has 3 bedrooms and a small living room space as well. We were able to find something that's not smashed up against another building which is nice in our area. Here is one picture

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Yesterday was "International Talk Like a Pirate Day." A picture is worth a thousand words, so here is my epic. Chapter 1: First Mate Chris the Nasty Chapter 2: Swabbin' the Deck Chapter 3: A Mutiny on Board!!! Chapter 4: My Crew of Rapscallions Chapter 5: The Fearless Capt'n "Crusty" Talbert

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My students memorized I Cor. 10:13 last week. This verse is close to my heart and I wanted the children to understand what it meant rather than just what is said. We talked about it during the week and then on Friday, I suprised them by asking them to write a paragraph about what it meant. As suspected, most didn't really understand, but Min suprised me. What he wrote was a perfect ending to my

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We went bowling last night with several of the teachers and Kris and April Nordyke. During the bowling sessions, Mylinda and Elaine stole my camera and filled my entire memory stick with random pictures. Most of them were of the floor or bowling balls or the ceiling. Some of them, though, were self portraits. As I threatened, I am posting some pictures on my blog. Enjoy! It really was a lot of

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1. One book that changed your life: Stepping Heavenward2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Jane Eyre3. One book you’d want on a desert island: The Anthology of Robert Munsch4. One book that made you laugh: Holes 5. One book that made you cry: Counterpoint textbook......no really, I am being serious6. One book that you wish had been written: How to be a elementary teacher to ESL kids when

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I got a new student! My class now has 5 students in it. The new boy's name is Samuel. He seems quiet now, but gets along very well with the other boys and even got into trouble yesterday for being too loud at break time. So I think he will be fine.He's a little camera-shy, but here's a picture of him.

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Some funny things from this school year:John's Spelling Test:durama (actual word: drama)agesabition (actual word: exhibition)babitaion (actual word: habitation)Talk:We have a talk with the fifth and sixth grade about personal hygene. Miss Straub talked to the boys about bacteria and how it can make you stinky. It really grossed some of them about, and one of them took it particularly to heart.

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We went shopping at costco tonight. We stopped by the gas station to put some juice in the school van. After the car was juiced, however, it would not start. Linda (one of the other teachers) tried and tried to get it to start, but it wouldn't even turn over. The attendants at the station didn't even seem to know what to do (which was strange to us.............gas station attendants should know

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I am feeling a severe lack of music in my life. Mainly the huge opera aria type of music. I have arranged to meet with a voice teacher at the Seoul National University next week to see if I can get some lessons. Today I watched my recital and, in a missing-music mood, I looked up some music quotes. These struck me as humorous.An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell

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The kindergarten teacher at our school is a Korean woman with quite a bit of training in English. It's easier for the youngest kids to get used to the English if they are being taught by someone who understands their language. Anyway, her youngest son, Luke, has started attending SCS this year. He's 5 years old and the cutest kid I have ever met. He and I have become buddies and he's so much fun

Delauranoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1156762712373474102006-08-28T19:30:00.000+09:002006-08-30T21:46:03.520+09:00

I don't know if I have ever talked about my apartment, but I just found out today that we have to move out. Our landlord decided that he wanted to sell at the beginning of the summer. We were assured that the place would probably not sell, but it did. We will have to move in October, which means that we need to start looking now. I am so thankful for the help of the school staff at time like this

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I have been made aware, once again, of the great blessing that Christian fellowship can be. I am not talking about sitting around talking about work or classes or anything like that. I am talking about how uplifting it is to share with fellow believers what the Lord is doing in your life. The Lord knows how much we need that and will give us the Christian fellowship that we need if we're willing

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I just found out how to post videos. I hope you can hear these. Listen to the conversation between my kids. They kept accusing each other of cheatring by looking on each other's pages. We start off the video with Chris being dramatic about someone poking him in the eye.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7cjE3w-PMIn this one, the boys can't decide what's going on. I don't know. Maybe you won't get

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The first few days of school are past us and while I think there will be a lot of work to do with these kids, I am encouraged by how quickly they pick up the routine and catch on to my teaching style.Many pictures! I love just sitting at my desk and taking pictures of the classroom.

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Well, the first day of school has come and gone. It was a hot day in Seoul, but the day went off without a hitch. The transition to the junior high class was no problem. A lot of my students from last year came down to visit me and to tell me how hard 7th grade is :D It was good to see them again.My students this year are going to present a fresh batch of challenges, but with the Lord's help, I

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Those of you who live in Greenville might understand this, then again, you might not. It was such a blessing to wake up this morning and be cold! I really am! It's a little overcast and cloudy and windy and very cool in the apartment this morning. I love it!I was missing my old students a lot over the summer, and it turns out that I will see them again after all! I am teaching a junior high

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Well I am back in Seoul and it wasn't as much of a shock as I thought it would be. I was kinda expecting to be overwhelmed like I was last year. It wasn't nearly as bad. We had teacher meetings all morning and I have brought manuals home to make some lesson plans.Here's a real kicker, I am not just teaching 6th grade this year. I am also the junior high speech teacher. Sounds fun, eh? No one told

Delauranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1155245179843624352006-08-11T06:22:00.000+09:002006-08-11T06:26:19.856+09:00

All the working people of the family have taken the week off and we are having an in-city family vacation. It's been a good time to rest and relax and spend some time together before we all go our seperate ways. I return to Seoul on Tuesday morning (at an abominably early hour) and my sisters return to their respective colleges/universities the following week. It's been a good summer and a rest

Delauranoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1153927452623344032006-07-27T00:13:00.000+09:002006-07-27T00:24:12.643+09:00

I have set the ball rolling for returning to BJU for my grad degree. Although it's impossible to know what's going to happen in the course of a year, for now it seems like that's what the Lord would have me do next. I am returning to Seoul in August to commence my second year of the two year contract I signed. And now I am looking ahead to Greenville. Ideally, I would like to get a small house,

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At the risk of parroting something Ryan said in his blog, do you ever wonder what's going on with your life? I know that I have felt this way before. Before I left for university, I wondered what would happen, what it would be like, if I would succeed. For the first time in my life, though, there is no definite next step. There was always the next grade, and then the next year of school. Now,

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One of the things that Calgary is famous for is their annual Stampede in July. Businesses will host free pancake and sausage breakfasts, everyone is wearing boots and hats, and the city returns to it's cowboy roots. I went to the Stampede yesterday with a family in our church. It was Children's Day at the Stampede and I borrowed one of their children so that I, as the accompanying adult, could

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I sit here at my kitchen table and appreciate afresh the blessings that the Lord has given my family. The things that I have noticed about life in Calgary since my return have suprised me. For instance, one of the most striking things is the blue sky each morning as I wake up. I love the blue sky and the shining sun, and that's just not something you see in Seoul. Too much pollution. I love the

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Hey Hey,Well I have returned home to Calgary. It was a long, albeit uneventful day. I slept like a rock and have spent all day visiting friends and running errands for the family. I drove my Papa to the airport this morning. He's off to the east coast where he's the guest speaker for a summer family camp.It's so clean here! And so quiet! I love it.

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I write a weekly newsletter to a bunch of friends and family, so I decided to start posting them on here.Yesterday, my old roomie, April, and her husband came to visit. Kris is in the US army and so he and his wife took me and Mylinda onto one of the bases here in Seoul. I have never been on a military base before and it was very interesting. It was a little tiny America right smack dab in the

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Today is the first game that Korea is playing in the World Cup. Soccer is a huge sport here and everyone is decked up in all red and blue. We are watching the game on and off and we had turned the channel for a while. We knew that Korean had scored their first goal by the screams and cheers that we heard on the streets. People have set up big monitors in the streets and they are blocking off

Delauranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1149030070192580812006-05-31T07:50:00.000+09:002006-05-31T08:01:10.193+09:00

Yesterday we went on the last field trip of the year at Seoul Christian School. All of the elementary went to Seoul Land which is an amusement park here in the city. The day was sunny and beautiful and the park was relatively empty, so it was a great field trip. The sixth graders are more than capable of being alone in the park, so I spent the day with Miss Pritt and her 2nd and 3rd graders. It

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You can tell that Spring has finally arrived in Seoul. It's warm and very sunny during the day. We had to have the summer uniform talk with our students which means that the hot weather is just around the corner. Another facet of spring's arrival would be spring cleaning. This year, that includes Mylinda's mouth. She is having some unwelcome guests removed. Her bottom two wisdom teeth are being

Delauranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21046998.post-1146312776209564032006-04-29T21:05:00.000+09:002006-04-29T21:12:56.223+09:00

Here are some pictures from our spring program. It was a musical about classical composers. The children are so cute.

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We just got back from our trip to Singapore. It was amazing! What a beautiful city. We stayed in a nice hotel and saw so much of the country. We were also able to go into Malaysia for a day. We took lots and lots of pictures, but the best seems to be this one of the three of us. It was taken at the dock near our hotel. We took it right before we went on a boat tour of the city. That was very cool

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Last week, I had the great pleasure of going to see one my vocal role models. Cecilia Bartoli came to the Seoul Arts Center for one night. Her program was wonderful and her voice was simply amazing! She has a deep, rich voice that could make you melt. Her pianist was phenomenal and the two of them had a great connection. Here is a picture of them taken for the concert.

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Today, the door on the kindergarten/first grade room got jammed. The unfortunate part was that all of the children were in the room along with second/third grade and one teacher. Mr. Goh (the school custodian) messed around with the door for a while before he realized that it would be more difficult to open than first expected. The whole episode finally ended with Mr. Goh wedging the door open as

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Most of the teachers at Seoul Christian School do Heritage Studeis for one semester, and then do Science for the second semester. We recently started our science class, and the kids love it! This was their first experiment. They were supposed to measure the strength of a piece of capellini pasta. The point of the experiment was to aquaint them with the proper steps required for a scientific

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Seoul can't decide if it's springtime or still winter. Last week it was warm and got into the mid-50's pretty regularly. Today it's freezing cold outside. It feels like it's in the 20's. It doesn't help that we live in a man-made wind tunnel. We are at the top of a hill and at the end of a group of apartments. So, when walking to the subway, we have to walk down the hill and through all the other

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Today we were taking a verse test in Bible class. One of my boys kept putting his hand up. I have told them many times that they are not allowed to ask questions during the verse tests. Either they know the verse or they don't. He kept putting his hand up and I kept shaking my head "no". Then he tried to mouth something to me. This is one of my brightest students, so I started to become curious

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Today was International Day at school. Each class chose a country and presented it to the other classes. Our class presented Canada and it was a huge success. Here are some pictures.This is my whole class during one of our break times.This is Christine and me. She is in 6th grade and is already 5 feet 6 inches.This is Brian, John Cho and Nevin. I love this picture.This is the game table during

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Yesterday it snowed in Seoul. It was heavy, wet snow. Perfect for snowballs. At recess we took the kids to the park across the street. We told them that they weren't allowed to do a snowball fight until the teachers said. That gave us time to pack up some really good snowballs. Then we yelled "SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!!" and chaos erupted in the playground. I have to say that my odds weren't that good.

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I am ashamed to say that I cannot fix the washer. It started making noises again. This time for Mylinda. She was trying to pack for her trip to the Philippines and the washer stopped turning. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, but Mylinda in all her brilliance decided that it was probably a belt that was broken. Well, clothes got washed in the tub and Mylinda got off, but we were left with a

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On Friday night, Mylinda and I went to a performace at Seoul Arts Center. They were showing Jekyll and Hyde the musical. We got there and got to our seats and then we started noticing that we were literally the only white people in the whole auditorium. Yup, you got it, the whole musical was in Korean. We had a good laugh and then faced the challenge of figuring out what was going on. We missed a

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I have a new boy in my class bringing my class roster to a whopping 15. Now, for American schools, this is not abnormal at all, but for a group of children on extremey different skill levels, it presents a problem. Scholastic Book Catalogue has started shipping to us this year. It's wonderful because the children have access to a huge selection of English books. Plus, I get free books with each

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I have succeeded in my first serious apartment repair job. The washer started making funny noises. My roomie, Elaine, was convinced that she had broken the washer once and for all. But when we started empying her clothes out of the tub, we realized that one of her pairs of pants were wedged underneath the central column. Tug and pull as we might, we couldn't even make it budge. But with my newly

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The students are on break right now and the boys are at the board playing with chalk and arguing over who loves me. It's very funny. The girls are running around making girl-ish noises and the three diligent, nerdy-type boys are in the back studying. That or they are playing games on their electronic dictionaries, which is perhaps more likely. Report cards go out today.

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Here are some pictures of Mylinda and I after a long day's work. We're settling down to watch "Without a Trace." I got a new student today. His name is Nevin. I had no idea that he was here, so it was a huge suprise when they showed up at my door. He sat in his seat and looked lost all morning, but seemed to be more comfortable towards the end of school.Mylinda is getting to know her students.

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This is a picture from our apartment balcony. We have a wonderful view of the city. The building covered in blue on the right-hand side is like a Korean Wal-Mart and we're very excited to have it being constructed to close to us. This is how most of Seoul looks. They build up, not out.

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Well, this is a little new for me. We decided that since we're leading very exciting lives in a foreign country, it would be cool to set up a blog. Maybe you can appreciate the flavor of life in Korea more. So, this is for Mylinda and I. Welcome to our blog.Laura

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