Update

Not too much has happened lately. I'm getting ready for a trip to the DMZ this weekend. Hopefully I can get some good pictures of North Korea. I booked a tour for me and Kat through adventurekorea.com.

I found out recently that Gmarket has a big size clothing section. I bought a new zip up hoodie that is heavier than the ones I have already, but not as heavy as my winter coat. It has helped out over the past few weeks of waking up to a bike ride to school in below freezing temperatures. The shipping is usually free and if the item doesn't fit it only cost a few dollars to send back.

Next week I have to attend an orientation for teachers in my school district. I'm not particularly looking forward to it, but it will be a chance to meet some new people. I was supposed to attend one last month, but the head teacher forgot to sign me up in time.

The local sports dried up for the past few weeks because of away schedules. Hockey starts up again on December 1st, and the basketball games start up again tomorrow. I bought a jersey for the basketball team at the last game.

I am trying to buy a telephoto zoom lens for my camera. I think I have decided on the 70-300mm OS lens from Sigma: Lens It's cheaper than the Canon lens of the same specifications and seems more readily available here in Korea.

I also bought a ton of Christmas cards that are pretty awesome, so if you want one send me your address if you don't think I have it already. If you want anything special from Korea let me know and I'll see what I can do.

That's it.

Groove

I'm getting into a groove here in Korea. Things are starting to be normal now that I am back. The only thing I am having difficulties with is being farther away from my friends in Seoul. It's not often that we get to see each other anymore, since by the time any of us call each other it will take too long to travel to get to whatever is going on.

I managed to get my winter vacation dates settled. I will have off from December 23rd until January 3rd. I was planning on going ot Thailand with a rather large group of friends, but it seems as though they are all backing out. I'm not quite sure what I will end up doing. I am going to an international travel expo this weekend to get some ideas. It is being held in the same place that held the international car show.

So far it looks as though I have saved somewhere close to $1000 in the past two months. I haven't been spending much money other than buying my new camera, a Nintendo DS, a basketball jersey for my local pro team, and a really nice hockey jersey from the local pro team.

I've been starting to check out a new website for travel ideas within Korea. It's called adventurekorea.com. I'm hoping that they do another deep sea fishing trip like they have done in the past. I've also been scouting out some ski resorts. I plan on going back to the one I went to before, but I also want to check out some new ones. There is apparently a large indoor skiing place in bucheon called Tiger World.

I still haven't had an opportunity to try out my new fishing gear. That may change this weekend. I may go fishing with Kat and her dad on Sunday. Unless it's too cold. The high that day is supposed to be 39. I just want to catch some crazy Korean fish I won't be able to catch anywhere else.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Basketball game

Basketball game between the KT&G Kites and the SK Knights. At halftime there was a concert from some Korean girl group called H.A.M.

Halloween

Last week at school we celebrated Halloween. I had only two lesson plans, one for grades K-3, and one for grades 4-6. The younger students made spiders with lollipops and pipe cleaners. The older students made spiders with marshmallows and Pepero sticks. Here are the pics: