27/25. "Pat Likes Fine Pine Trees"The above sentence is from a Jungchul Junior 1/2 pronunciation.It is very lovely indeed to have so many pine trees to smell and wander through here in Changwon. Indeed, pine trees and cones are everywhere. I came across a plethora of them on a hillside in Ginhae on Saturday, with some steps winding their way up through them.. see photo it could so easily have been Wells Pinewoods.I spent Saturday in Ginhae (MR Syste...

26/266 months completed! The countdown to coming home begins! It's April... and that is MY photo of three kids at Watoto on the 2008 Kids Aid Tanzania Calendar. I celebrated on Saturday night, in the appropriate company of a Korean Kollective, who I have only just met. It was the second time of attending the JS-Echo English Study Group. I should become a member after my fourth visit. The 'Toastmaster' was one of the main group organisers, Kim min-jin. Among...

25/27. One week before my watershed 6 months is up. Easter... not that you would know it, here.A more difficult week which ended on a more positive note. After posting my satisfaction on last week's blog, I immediately struggled with my classes... a chemicalimbalance and a gutteral twinge. One bad class leads toanother. Tension mounts as staff quit and room changes are enforced. There will be a period of transition.Na-young has gone, after 5 years, which m...

24/28. Note: A BAD DREAM? VIDEO NOW UPLOADED!This week a yellow mist decended over Changwon... the Hwang-sa (lit. yellow sand) which, like a lot of other products, is an import from China. By the weekend, however, it seemed to have disappeared, moving onto Japan.Nearly 6 months gone and it is plain sailing. I am relaxed and enjoying the job, buoyed by schedule changes which benefit me and the increasing trust placed in me to make my own lesson plans, while...

23/29. One of those weeks that gets better as the weekend approaches... and myself and Garry celebrated Samgyeopsal (BBQ Pork) Day (3 March) 4 days late. Uncertainty at the start and a underwhelming feeling after last weekend... Anna rings Garry to quiz him about his performance, and there is a general sense of everyone being out for their own interests. Large changes to the teaching schedule, culminates in a new timetable handed out on Friday - which benefits...