Time, Tests and Technology

It's been quite some time since my last post, so I thought I should give a small update.

The last few weeks have been quite hectic. Our brand new computer (which we bought because our old computer died before we left) up and quit on us, and it was not a very happy night at our house that fateful Friday night. As a result, we've been without direct internet access for the last few weeks, but every so often I've been sneaking off to a PC방 near our place to check emails, Facebook and Twitter, but we do SO miss the convenience of having a computer in our apartment.

The fortunate side of this situation is that because our little lappy is still brand new, it's under warranty, which is great....except we have to get it to Tokyo to get it fixed. We'll get it done soon, hopefully, I just want to get our data off of it before I send it (because in setting it up originally, I forgot to do a backup schedule for it...silly me). We'll hopefully be computer-ified again in about a week or so, so our regular updates should be back on schedule soon.

Anyways, on to more exciting news.

As Christmas time approaches, so does test time for our kids, and while I feel a little bad about giving them all tests right before Christmas (since they just got through a huge round of tests at school already), I trust most of them will do well anyway, since they're all so awesome.

Also, after a little confusion and lots of wandering, we found a lovely English church in town, where we've connected with some of the other English teachers in the city (and even found out that two of them are practically our neighbours!). Shannon got a phone number, and we made plans to get together on Friday night, and to our surprise, not only did we get to hang out with the girls Shannon had been talking to, but it also turned out to be a huge gathering of a full dozen of us at a cute little spot right here in Noeun. Two of the folks who came out were actually from Halifax, and two more are still in their first month, like us, so it was quite exciting!

This weekend, we were able to find our way back to church quite easily, now that we've 'mastered' the bus system (which is supposed to be changing very soon - lucky us!), and it only took us an hour to get there by subway and bus. The pastor is a great guy, and everyone's really friendly, so it's quite possible that we'll make this church our home for our stay in Korea. You can check out the website for the church at http://www.welcometodaejeon.org/cic/.

All in all, though, life is fantastic here. Our school is great, the kids are AWESOME (and hilarious!), the city's getting easier to navigate, we've started making friends, and we've even started learning Korean from the receptionist at our school! I think I've said this a dozen times already, but if you or someone you know is thinking of teaching English in Korea, I absolutely recommend it!

Looking back, I guess this wasn't exactly a small update, but I guess that's okay :)