My whole last week :)
2005-01-23, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

So, here's a rundown of the last week...it's been busy so I haven't been able to update it, but then at least you'll know what's been going by the time I get home...tomorrow :) Monday: Not 100% en...

Seoul Tales
2005-01-17, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

We left on Thursday morning from the Pusan train station. Our host families were supposed to either take us or make sure we knew how to get there. Jackie couldn't take me but she thought I should ta...

Some of my favorites and off to Seoul!
2005-01-12, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

The workweek is done for us here...don't you wish you could say the same thing?? :) Last day of classes went fairly well today. My first class is really quite good...likes to learn, catches on t...

Of Galbi, church and quiet kids
2005-01-10, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

Since we are in Korea, we worked Saturday. It's not unusual to work or go to school on Satuday here, but it certainly felt a bit odd to me...I don't recommend we start that at home! Ironically enoug...

More on the classroom and some yummy marinated beef!
2005-01-07, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

Today's classes went okay..I had a headache through part of them so I didn't feel 100% energetic but I faked it for the most part. It was kind of a review day of the sports that we had learned yester...

These headline things are dumb...I don't want to think of one!
2005-01-06, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

A few teaching stories.... So, funny thing that happened yesterday (my Wednesday) in my second class. We played hangman and the person who got the word right got a pixie stick. At the end of the ...

Two days down!
2004-01-04, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

So, my first day of real teaching went really well. Yesterday was kind of boring for the kids but today we got into the books, did a lot of vocab and even played a game...musical chairs which the kid...

Hello from Korea!
2004-01-02, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

Hey everyone, I'm finally here! For those of you who don't know, my original flight out of Wichita last Tuesday was canceled and I and and two students didn't leave until Thursday morning. Flight...

Less than a week to go!
2004-12-22, Pusan, Korea, South. By: mlightner

So, I've created this journal entry and I'm trying it out to see how it works...hope it's fun and keeps everyone updated on what I'm doing in Korea!

Let Me Be Frank, Kim
2004-01-28, Pusan, Korea, South. By: ffej

It's time to have a frank discussion on a topic having a serious impact on the lives of many Koreans - men's cosmetics. What started out as a rebellious act of a misguided minority, has now become ma...