Medieval Torture…

Posted on June 7, 2012 by worldenoughandtimeblog

Sunday 21st November 2004

Note – there was clearly an email missing between this one and the last one, but sadly I can’t find it. Suffice to say the gist of it was mostly about how I was feeling a bit miserable and down for no apparent reason. Also it appears that Cal was being a bit of a prick, which may have also made me feel rubbish.

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Hello,

Big huge thanks to all of you for all your lovely messages!!

It’s hard to feel sorry for yourself when there’s twenty people telling you you’re fabulous!!!

Anyway I got a rotten cold right after my last email, so no wonder I was feeling all ratty and emotional. Am feeling much better now and have more cultural news to report!

I told my friend Sarah all about Cal and she was really nice about it. She called me up on Friday at work just after my last class, told me to get straight in a cab and come to her house, cos she’d booked me a massage at the sauna and she’d made me mac and cheese for dinner!

We went over to the sauna (me, Sarah, and Canadian girl, Beth) and all had massages. I have to say I’ve never really been a huge fan of massages, but I think I’ve figured out how they work now. Continue reading →

The one with the toilet…

Posted on June 7, 2012 by worldenoughandtimeblog

Thursday, 4 November 2004

So, I had another good weekend, lots of fun and games.

On Friday we had a Halloween party at the school for the kids, all dressed up in silly clothes and paraded around the block etc. I was in charge of the apple bobbing, but apples here are expensive so we bobbed for tangerines (and let me tell you after the 50th child has bitten into the same tangerine, the whole game starts to look a lot less appealing!).

Anyway, then at about 7.30, I was just about to go home when they told me we were all going out for a staff dinner so I only had 20 mins to run home and change.

We had a nice dinner, and Julie the director got absolutely smashed – she tanned about 8 bottles of beer in less than an hour, plus numerous shots of soju (sort of like Korean saki), and then dragged us all off to the Nori Bang. Continue reading →

Angels and Nudity…

Posted on May 17, 2012 by worldenoughandtimeblog

I can’t find my first email from Korea, but this one is pretty close.

For those of you who want the background, I had just graduated from Uni and moved out to Suwon, just south of Seoul. South Korea, to work as an English teacher.

Mon 25th October 2004

Well guys, I’ve had an awesome weekend so get ready for a long one!!

On Friday I met up with a girl called Sarah, who’s lovely, and she took me out to dinner with all her friends so I could get to know everybody. We had Sam Gyap Sal, which is basically BBQ pork and its delicious. Her friends are all lovely (loads of kiwis and canadians). Continue reading →