The one with the toilet…

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…

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