I can proudly say that a month has passed since I have been in Busan. It was quite possibly the fastest month of my life! I don't know where to begin as this month was not only fast yet so many things have happened! Lets see I am getting a little better at shopping and knowing where things are around the city...finding my way instinctivly now rather than feeling lost and wandering the streets. I am still always wanting to stop and look at things and meet people and the initial excitement is still live and well! Oh yes...the fire...this was the only alarming thing that really happened here..it just after my second week here. I worked fairly late and after work headed up to my apartment which is ever so conveniently located 2 floors above the school. I stepped in the door to settle down after a long day of rug rats hanging off of me and wash the glue...glitter...and marker from me since it was craft day. I turned the televison on and no more than 10 minutes passed and my power went off...my coworker and neighbor called me up to say hers was out too. I told her I would meet her out in the hall and we would check out the fuse boxes to see what was the problem. Well neither of us got that far...as a matter a fact I could hardly get out of my room...there was smoke thick and black engulfing the halls and stairways. I of course freaked out along with Karina and after grabbing our most prized and expensive possessions..our lap tops we staggered our way down the stairs. It was scary to say the least. It turned out to be an electrical fire and after 4 days of them repairing the damage to the one floor it was on we were back in business. I was out of my apartment for those 4 days needless to say...yet i was just so glad it was not anything more severe. Wow what a first few weeks in korea..."so everyone...korea is fantastic...working lots....but my school caught on fire,"...yes not the most comforting thing to tell friends and family back home. Since then everything has been smooth sailing. St. Patties day was wild here...hard to believe since I was in Korea...but almost topped some of my greatest st. patties days...not the same without the crew back home tho! I work like a mad woman...and its finally starting to hit me...I work so much and breaks fly by...the weeks seem like one huge long day. The kids are keeping me in shape! haha..although I am joining yoga next week to keep up with them. I went to so some market shopping last weekend for fruits and veggies near the beach and met some pretty cool foreigners that have lived and taught here for 4 years! Checked out the prices for sea dooing and boat cruising as they have a beautiful boat cruise around busan on the weekends. I am not sure if i have mentioned yet but I have booked a trip to one of the close by islands for may 24th..JeJu island, and I will be going to Thailand at the end of July. I am looking forward to it like you will never know! It is really getting me exciting to travel... I am already thinking about where I will travel to when I am done my contract. A whole group of us also went to a Muay Thai fight this past weekend and it was incredible!...very similar to UFC fighting and I tell ya those Korean dudes..and girls can really put up a fight! I miss everyone as always back home...and hope you all have a great easter....it will be missed greatly in Korea as they do not celebrate. Hugs and Kisses!
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