Month 6: February 2010

(Wayne says that this picture is normal, but I'm sorry - I have never seen a tree on the back of a truck before, much less 4-5 trucks carrying trees in a row.  I chalked it up to one of those 'you don't see that every day' experiences.)

There are moments in your life that you are always going to remember exactly where you were when they happened.  For instance, I can remember being at Camp Oneida the day that the world found out that Princess Diana had died.  I also remember Professor O'Neil telling our entire Retail & Marketing class that we would forever remember her because we all found out about 9-11 together.  Now I will always remember waking up at 5am and filling our apartment (it's a small place) with 6 Canadians & 2 Americans (they didn't stand a chance) to watch Canada win the gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics.  I am definitely proud to be a Canadian.  And at the same time, I am proud to be in Korea and see the excitement with the kids about all of their athletes and victories.

This month was an absolutely exhausting one.  We are down teachers on our floor and it was final test month, so about 13 written tests later and 60 marked ones ...all I wanted to do was sleep.  But that wasn't really in the cards this weekend.  The school year for Koreans ended a few weeks ago and the new one starts March 1st, and with that our entire 6th floor of teachers has changed as well.  And we seem to be gravitating towards a consistent send off for all that leave the country, something classic and to remember Korea by ...if you haven't guessed it yet ...it's the Nora Bong.  We sang our hearts out Friday night and didn't get home until after 5am.  This is a country that does not sleep until the wee hours of the morning and does not wake up until early afternoon.  It suits Wayne perfectly, but I die - I'm too old for it and I pay for it for days to come.  But it makes for some interesting memories.  Check it out.