At the request of my mom, I have posted pictures of my apartment. I'd like to show you the drawing room, but unfortunately, I have none. Instead, I will show you the four walls of my one big room and the entranceway. Here is the east wall. These sliding doors lead to a small enclosed patio. They bring in a lot of light, which is wonderful. I have a few plants... and the chinese characters on the wall are (in descending order) winter, spring, summer, and fall.  

The South wall. My bed, dresser, and storage unit. Above my bed is a hanging image of a waterfall. And the hanging plant is fake... sadly. 

The west wall. I have sliding doors separating my kitchen / foyer from my bedroom. Check out the Korean flag! 

My north wall. Notice the huge screen TV that I scooped from the trash. Koreans have a tendency to throw away perfectly good stuff - to make room for the bigger and better. Other trashbin prizes include my computer chair and my the Laz-E-Boy. Actually, I got the Laz-E-Boy from Christina, but I think she got it from the curb... 

My front entryway. On your right is my kitchen, straight ahead is my bathroom, and where the picture was taken from is my welcome mat... or lack thereof. I'm really lucky because I got a big refrigerator, and a combo washer-dryer.  

A picture that I took of myself to show how incredibly holy I am... er... holey. On Valentine's Day, I went and got my ears pierced... I had been considering it, and I voiced that thought to Jo, who took me somewhere to get them done. Cool, huh?? 

Here's a close-up of the earrings I put in today. Before, I had silver ball studs. I be a pirate! Arrrrr! Or something like that... 

Here I am posing with Jessie after the graduation ceremony today. The graduating kindergarten class is coming back for elementary afternoon classes, so I don't need to be as sad as I would otherwise be... When I leave Korean to come back to Canada, though - that'll be another story. :-( 

All of the students in the gym for the graduation ceremony. I delivered a speech I wrote.  

Jessie, accepting her certificate.  

Jeff looks pretty proud of himself. This picture was one of two of the pictures that turned out. The kids were too anxious to get their diplomas and get the hell outta there.  

The other day was what Koreans call "Moon Day". This full moon is apparently the best moon of the year for viewing. Also, it is a day that they ward off bad luck and evil spirits by eating peanuts in the shell. The peanut is kind of shaped like a moon, and the cracking of the outer shell is supposed to make sounds that negative spirits don't like. This picture was more than just a moon, but the moon was the only part of the picture that turned out... 

It was Renee's Brithday the other day. One of the teachers bought her a cake. The cake didn't come with any decent candles. This makes a pretty good replacement, don't you think? 

Renee. Smiley smiley. 

This past week, we all went on a graduation trip outside of Seoul to tube down a hill, play games, and eat sweet potatoes. It was loads of fun. (I think the teachers had more fun than the kids...) One of the two buses got lost on the way to the activities area, so we built a snowman together while we waited for the other bus. There isn't enough snow in the municipal areas of Seoul to build a decent snowman, so building one was novel for the students, and rather fun. I have to say though, my later snowman totally kicked this snowman's butt - eat it, kid!! Mwahahah! 

A picture of the "hill" we rode down on our tubes. It was fun, but I do have to say for all the Saskatoonies, it was definitely no Pest Hill, that's for sure! 

Here's Renee. Wheeeeeeeee! 

Here are the kids, dragging their tubes to the top of the hill. 

Jennifer, the school's director, taking off into outer space! 

There was a massive blue inflatable bumper at the bottom of the hill. To smooth the hill out so as to create less drag for the students' tubes, we hauled the bumper up to the top of the hill and rode it down. I think they do something similar to this in Japan, only it's in the summer, and it's hundreds of Japanese machos riding huge logs that invariably end up crushing a few of them. Back to the point: Here's (from left to right) a helper teacher, Michelle (the school's owner), Lucia, Buck Rogers.... oops, I mean Charlie, and the bus driver. 

Go, Charlie, Go! 

Rob, flying down the hill at breakneck speeds. Whooosh! 

Charlie coming down the hill with child attached.  

Here's Billy... before he crashed into the cameraman. (Just joking) 

Rob and the children and I (well, mostly just Rob and I, since we were so wrapped up in reclaiming our childhoods) made this giant snowman. It was taller than me! That's at least 6'1"! He's sporting the latest in fashion this season - my mitts. We were so proud. Snow is heavy when it's wet and packed into boulders the size of you...