Maybe I've never written about that before...it's just become so normal that I don't notice I guess....but I suppose for those sitting in Canada or some other non-Korean country, it would be weird that there are many squid/octopus flavored snacks. Oh and the movie theatres? Yes, they sell dried squid for your snacking pleasure....or to make me nauseous...not sure which....
Oh, and the cornerstores? Yup, if you have a hankering for dried squid/octopus you can get your very own dried/vacuum packed squid to suck on. Yum Yum. Just grab a tentacle and suck away. Seriously. My kids do that. Like it's a sucker or something....gag gag gag.
Moving on, Christmas has come and gone and it was really quite enjoyable...I opened presents with Jenny on Christmas...and I had fun teaching her about Christmas. Christmas in Korea consists of cake. Yes, everywhere sells this Christmas cakes. And no, not traditional Christmas cake (yuck) but yucky sickly sweet bleached flour Korean style bakery cake (also yuck). With cute Christmas decorations. And also maybe a stupid hat. And if you are Christian then church.
Or, if you're a student on winter break then extra private school classes instead of holidays! Awesome!
Almost none of my students were getting presents from their families. And Boyfriend/Girlfriend usually give like a wallet or a tie or something. Lame-o. Did I say that out loud? What I meant was um, every country has the right to celebrate whatever holiday however they want. Yes, that's what I meant, and gross cakes, stupid hats, and extra classes for kids instead of a break are all excellent choices. Riiiight. That's what I meant.
Anyways, like I was saying Christmas was great for me actually. Me and Jenny bought each other lots of cool presents (a first for her) , we decorated the tree (also a first), I showed her the advent tradition (also a first), we went skating on Christmas Eve (a first), did stockings (you guessed it), had a big dinner with friends (yup, this too) with turkey (first time, not a big hit), and white elephant gift exchange (first) and then sat around playing games and drinking hot drinks.
All in all, I was very grateful to have good friends here...Jenny and Kristy and Rene mostly I guess....but there were 10 or so people at our dinner which was nice. It will be hard to find good friends like Kristy and Rene next year in Canada. I'm kinda sad about leaving actually. I will miss it. Excited too. But I will miss it for sure.
It would be hard to find a job that pays as well for as little work. Hard (nee, impossible) to find a free apartment...and hard to find friends as good. I'm not sure if being here made me more open to meeting people and stuff...or if it makes everyone more
open and needing to reach out....but either way it seems like it's easier to make friends here, or something like that. Not sure.
Oh and I carved the turkey myself....me and my friend Jack from England who replaced Phil when he left. At Kyles old school. He has become my soccer buddy we played a game yesterday with my Korean friends in blinding snow...and he's been a lot of fun too.
Anyway, that's that. I now have a week off. And not sure what I'm going to be doing. I'm packing a big box of books and stuff to snail mail to Canada, so much cheaper than extra bags on the plane. And I plan on d
oing a lot of homework -photography homework...I am like half way done...so I need to get on that and finish it this month.....and maybe go to North Korea....I'm going to see if that can be arranged....Jenny has no vacation....and she can't go anyway....so now is the perfect time........
1 comment:
Squid chips, Christmas cake of either kind: I'm with you on the YUCK! Did you have an even split amongst white and dark meat eaters? Glad to hear you had a festive time with loved ones. Can't wait for you to come home!
Love, Dad
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