hello
everyone!...
so i have been in Korea
for about 17 days! doesn't sound
like a lot of time but it has
felt like a couple of
months!....everything here is
great (with a few
exceptions!)...for example my
host families are very nice they
embrace me as if i was part of
the family! they care about me
more than i could have imagined!
for example the other day i was
coughing and sneezing and my
host mom ask me if i had a
common cold!?....i was taken by
surprise and was like "oh no
don't worry am fine!'...but then
later i was blowing my nose and
the asked me if i wanted to go
to the hospital (and i said no) i
was amassed at how much they
care about me!
The one thing that is
really not yet my "forte" is the
FOOD!...wow i thought that
Korean food was gonna be
amazing!....little did i
know!..the food here is
EXTREMELY odd!...i cant get used
to the flavors yet!....there is
a lot of things that look
DISGUSTING but are quite
good!..but then there are some
things that look soooooooo good
but taste..well not good!...
there is some stuff that
i like and its mostly contains
meat! (here meat is kinda
expensive so there is very
little meet in most Korean
dishes!) but i hope that as the
time passes i will get used to
the taste of the Korean
cuisine!..
~School~
so my school is called
Yongjeong Middle School:(private
boarding middle school:founded
in 2003 i think). in the US i
was in the 11th grade but here!
i am in the "3rd" grade!!(the
3rd grade of middle school is
the 9th grade of Jr high) so
yeah am back in JR
HIGH!...wow... everyone at
school is every nice the school
is very small compared to my
high school back in the
states!..the total number of
students = 82
total number of teacher
= about 20 !!! yeah its quite
small!....i am in school from
8:20am to 6:15pm. i have tons of
new friends!
~Host
families~
i am a rare case!...I
HAVE TWO HOST FAMILIES!
one host families in
Busan, South Korea("original
host parents"). with this host
family i stay the weekends and
all Vacations.
and one in Boseong South
Korea (located 4hours away from
Busan) .with this host family i
stay the weekdays while am in
school!...see i travel back and
forth every once and a while
from the BIG CITY to the LITTLE
TOWN to be in school and to be
in the home of my "original host
parents"!...i hope this makes
some sense!=]
well i have to go now i
am having an awesome time in
Korea and i will make sure to
write some more later!
peace out ~
Rene
OUTBOUND D-6110!
INBOUND D-3710!