Honestly, now.

Okay, catch-up time.  Here’s what’s been going on recently.

1. Mikey left Avalon.  His contract was up and he got a better job at a public school (more pay, less work).  I’m really going to miss him.  Didn’t matter how crap the day, Mikey could always ALWAYS make me laugh.  Most of that due the fact that a lot of the things I was thinking on the inside, Mikey was straight up saying.  You could tell him anything and he’d just reply with, “These aren’t the judging pants,” and then offer his advice.  Or offer to bitch-slap someone for you.  Yeah, he’ll only be a few subway stops away and he has a lot of friends here in Migeum, so he’ll be back all the time.  In fact, he showed up at school just the other day.  But still, Mikey…….you will be missed.  Alot.

2. Christmas is different in Korea (yeah, statement of the obvious, I know).  It’s a holiday that still commercialized (but not as bad as the states), but no one is really excited about it.  Most people go to church and then spend the day with friends.  I hit the markets for Christmas shopping.  It was a long day, but fun.  There’s a temple near the market.  So, I couldn’t resist the picture.

On the way home, I tried to take pictures of the Han River from the subway car.  It’s didn’t really turn out the way I wanted it to, but I still like the photo.  I love that part of the ride into Seoul.  Everytime I go over the river (and through the woods, I know, I know) I make a mental note to come back sometime just to take some shots of the it.  But I just can’t seem to find the time.  That, and I’d like to wait until summer.

I keep discovering new and fun features on my camera.  I guess I should really get around to reading the manual for it, but that require finding it first.

It’s quite a bit faster to take the bus, but the bus drivers drive like the cab drivers so I’m sticking to the subway most of the time.  There’s something rather safe and comforting about the subway……..I’m a chicken, I know.  (Heck, taking my garbage out still makes me nervous.)  However, there still certain amout of stress that I just don’t want to deal with and the bus system in one of them.  For now.  It’s rather limiting to my traveling desires, but I figure that I’ll get it down eventually.  I’m just not in a hurry about it.  At all.

And here’s a picture of home.  Ahhh………Migeum.   Of all the times I imagined myself abroad, I never really figured on it looking like this.

3.  Finally, a picture of one of my favorite classes.  These were the kids that would usually make my day better (they were my last class).