My few crazy weeks

Its been a crazy few weeks here so far.  I never expected it to be so warm, loving, and inviting.  This program has created a great network of people and I am beyond excited to keep in touch with everyone.  The days are long and busy but there are always fun things to do.  If were not in class, listening to a lecture, or teaching at camp Fulbright we can enjoy free time playing soccer, learning Taekwondo, creating Hangii, just hanging out, or drinking at the local GS25/ Beer Bewer (yes there is no r).  I could write for days about every things thats been going on but ill try to keep it short.  Ive made a bunch of friends, including a few that i had originally met on the plane in Ny, go figure.  Our OCT team is fantastic and have been working so hard to make sure our experiences are wonderful.  They are all super relatable and loving.  I have been major struggling with Korean, but its ok.  Language has never been my thing, so well just have to see how I do, but learning Korean doesn't look very promising as of now.  On our free time we often hang out by the river talking, or getting out of this marble mansion in general.  On the weekends we have done a few different things.  One weekend we went to Donghai, a beach town a few hours away from us.  It was a great weekend, relaxing and full of delicious food.  I spent the time hanging out on the beach at night, going to norebang, exploring some “interesting” parks, getting lost, and generally taking the time to unwind.  Another weekend I managed to join some OCTs on a trip to the movies.  We wanted to see a 4-d one but ill have to save it for later as it was sold out.  We got to see Planet of the Apes, and though it was english the subtitles remained in Korean, so I’m just going to guess the monkey sign language.  The past two weeks have been filled with camp Fulbright, a camp designed to help students learn conversational english in an emersion environment.  Current ETAs have been teaching with a few of us first years teaching a lesson here or there.  Overall its been going pretty well, i love summer camp so its right up my ally, i hope i can maybe get involved with it later on next year.  We've also been experiencing some supplemental talks from past ETAs on topics ranging from skin care, to lesson planning, to working with North Korean defectors.  All of it seams interesting and im very excited to begin becoming involved.  Overall orientation is moving much too quickly! 

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Russell: Tigers don't live in South America. Zoology.”