The Seoul Stumbler

There was recently a Tim Burton Exhibit held here in Seoul. Unfortunately pictures weren't allowed inside the main part of the exhibit, but it features many of the movie props as well as concept drawings and videos of his works.

So, as an English teacher it's in my contract to run Winter Camps during the school vacations. My winter camp was three weeks with just a handful of students. I created a new topic for each day and we would study for an hour and a half, then we'd play card games together for the last hour. I actually enjoy this much better than regular classes. You can bond with the students since you see the same ones every day, and since there are so few of them, you can really connect and get them to get over their fear of speaking in English.

 These pictures were on day two. The students were still awkward with one another. Their task? Create an object out of paper that reached the ceiling without falling. The team below won.

 My birthday landed on a camp day, and my students bought me a cake! The boys even bought me presents, earrings!




















 On the last day of camp... my students (on their own!) all put their money together and bought me a large stuffed bear! They also each wrote me a letter:
 ^ This one above is from the two boys.

 This particular set of students are my 7th graders, which is grade 1 of middle school here in Korea.

I've had the opportunity to see some of my old friends that I studied with at Seoul University recently.

 ^ DG, he lives several hours outside of Seoul, but I was able to meet him and grab dinner for the first time in nearly a year and a half.
 ^Taehoon. Luckily he lives in Seoul so we can see each other every now and then.
 My friend Dung from Kentucky came to visit for a little over a week.




 When Dung visited we were able to get most of the Seoul university group together for dinner and drinks.










 The pictures above and below were when my neighbor took us out. (The man below, Bong Su)