Chong Tours is Going Global

And another month gone, and another month gone, and another one bites the dust.

Today was my last day of teaching before my mini vacation began. Not many kids have attended class since the New Year rolled around. The number of students has slowly decreased to a trickle. My most populous class of ~14 students has only seen two kids this week. Classes have been chill. We just played a review game similar to Jeopardy that I made up on the fly. I really impress myself sometimes.

Michele is flying out from Kyoto tomorrow, and we're going to spend 5 glorious days exploring Seoul and making up for lost time. We haven't seen each other since we graduated from Oxy in May 2011! We've been diligently planning our trip via Google Docs. The guesthouse has been reserved in Hongdae. An evening show has been booked. Spa reservations have been made. A detailed itinerary broken down by time slots and turn-by-turn directions has been printed. Twice. We're going to N Seoul Tower, Seodaemun Prison, Namsangol Hanok Village, Namdaemun Market, Gyeongbokgung Palace. Like I said, it's going to be glorious. Chong Tours is back and going global.

It snowed again last week. I can't get over how white everything is under a blanket of fresh snow.

Behind my apartment

10am on a Saturday morning.
I was walking my friend's dog (Lucky), while she's away for the weekend  :)
He was rescued from the streets of Mokpo!

"The Longest Road"
Tribute to the song by Morgan Page

"The Longest Road" by Morgan Page feat. Lissie

(Deadmau5 Remix)

The playground at Daebul Elementary School.
The ground is brown & dusty in the Summer and just plain brown every time else.

VIDEO: Snow Day in Mokpo whoooosh~

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I met up with a bunch of people from my province over the past two weekends. 

Fun times in Gwangju (광주)!

Potstickers with Shirley for the Lunar New Year

Chinese food, Korean style

Shirley & I bought $10 worth of candy each from the Weeny Beeny
and "snuck" it into Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
We knew foreign candy was expensive, but not THAT expensive.
We were shocked for sure when they rang up our bills at the counter.
But hey, the candy was delicious!
And the movie? Well after living in the boonies for 6 months, those special effects were that much cooler.

Sticker pictures!!!!

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Went back to Gwangju (광주) this weekend to celebrate a friend's birthday and chill.

$7 Brunch at First Alley Way:
buttered toast, scrambled eggs, seasoned potatoes, & bacon
The food was delicious. I'm definitely going back again.