almost there

wow- it's been nearly 5 months since i've written here.

time kind of flew by really quickly. i count the weeks till i go home but i expect them to fly by like days. at first time was at a standstill. the first week i was here, time dragged on. one day felt like one week and one week felt like one month.

i read the post that i wrote one week before i came to korea and i think of all the experiences and memories that i have made thus far and i realize that i definitely have grown in some ways. i don't think i'll ever regret the decision to come to korea because of that fact.
now it's almost time to leave korea. just 4 weeks left.

it's funny. at first i could feel the huge culture difference and i told myself that i don't think i could ever get used to living in korea. but now, it's familiar like i've lived here all my life-- or at least a large part of it. sometimes i imagine and wonder what life would have been like if i were born here instead of america. i would've been so different.

it's almost time to go home..
back to my life and back to my roles.
now it's time to work hard and live life with fervor and diligence.

time to sleep. have to go teach my kids tomorrow :)

Hello!

Hello from Korea,

It's been about 5 days since I've been in Korea and now that i think about it, it's going by really, really slowly.
To me it feels like it's been 2 weeks. Everything is going great- i made some good friends and everyone here is very friendly. =)

Still, i miss california. It kind of feels like i'm in the states or something! I know, everyone says that.
we just moved cities from this place called yongin. at yongin, we had an orientation and there were a bunch of performances. there was an elementary school girl band and here's my favorite girl from the bunch. she's really cute.

there was also traditional korean music:



We're currently placed in a city called Gyeongju. We're in a university called DongGuk and it's a buddhist affiliated campus so there's not much leniency for negligence, which makes some people here very angry.
Today, we started our lectures. They are very boring. This program is kind of unorganized and sloppy. There's a lot of effort that went into it but it's still a work in progress. Oh well. At least we're getting food and housing!

Anyway, here's a picture of the view from my room in dongguk university.




here's a pic of a bunch of us eating jjajjangmyun. these girls are placed in the same province as i am.


Fun huh?

Well, that's it for now. I miss everyone at home and I hope everyone's doing well.

love,
esther

Soon

Leaving home soon- scary bc ive never been away from home for such a long time.
I'm feeling a mix of nervousness and anticipation
Wonder what life will be like.
I know I shouldn't be thinking about depressing things but in exactly one week, I will probably be a huge mess of tears and not looking so pretty.

Hopefully, all will be wonderful soon.

:-)

P.S.

dear bloggie,
i will pay much more attn to you once I'm there!

Love,
esther