December 2009
11 posts
YES Dongtan Christmas Party
On Monday our director took us out to eat at the chicken restaurant downstairs along with the whole staff to celebrate the end of the year and the one year anniversary of the school’s opening. It was the first time the whole staff had gotten together outside of work and ended up being so much fun.
Isaac, Ray, Ranhee, Rachel, Megan, Chelsea and I
We started the night out with food,...
Suwon Station and Yongsan Digital City
What a good weekend. On Saturday we made our way to the Lotte Cinema via bus and taxi to see Sherlock Holmes. The 7:30 show we had wanted to see was all sold out so we had to wait for the 9:50 showing.
With the extra wait time we went to eat at a restaurant called “Western Hof”. We had garlic chicken, which was okay and lots of Cass and just hung out.
Come show time we got our...
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Christmas in Dongtan
Christmas was a wonderful success in Dongtan! Christmas Eve we got done with work around 8:30 and went to our favorite Korean BBQ restaurant and got some great food as always. On the way home we picked up our Christmas cake bear and some booze for our night of Christmas movies.
We watched Christmas Vacation to start the night, classic Grizwalds! We then watched Vegas Vacation, I know not a...
Costco; Korean Style
Today our co-worker Isaac and his girlfriend took Chelsea, Megan and I to Costco in Seoul. The drive was only about 25 minutes, but parking took about another 20 minutes. Isaac helped me sign up for a membership card, 35,000 won, and we were off.
The place was a mad house, with giant shopping carts, crowded aisles and oversized products, we were lucky to get out of there alive. We found some much...
WatchStarting the Christmas celebrations in Dongtan with our first of many Christmas trees as a family. This really makes our place start to feel more like a home but also reminds us of all those who we miss and love back home.
We also had our first signs of snow today with flurries but nothing stuck, besides the coldness. Now we just need to work on putting presents under the tree, guess we’ll be...
