Saturday, December 24, 2016

5-Year Anniversary

EJ and her adorable doll
My friend Sae Min and I
Hyeon Min's performance!

This post marks me pretty close to my 5-year anniversary of starting my blog, "Happening With Hillary". While initially I wasn't entirely attached to the name I created for it, the title "Happening With Hillary" has really grown on me. As you can imagine from the name, and for any reason why most other people write a blog, I started it with the intention of sharing my experiences abroad. Since my study abroad experience in Spain, the blog has become much more than just a way to share my thoughts, memories, and photos with the surrounding community. It has become a habit, a hobby, and something I really look forward to updating twice a month (or so I try!). Since my foot injury last year and the massive amounts of feedback received after those posts, I realized that more people were tuning into these bits and pieces of my life than I initially thought. Because of my blog, I've gotten more into photography, keeping a diary/journal, thinking about how seemingly ordinary days in my life could be something foreign and unimaginable for others, and more. I find myself actively living in a moment and trying so clearly to put it into words so that I can "save it for the blog" later. I hope readers have enjoyed my personal storytelling and recounting of events, although I'm not really an excellent writer. As always, I thank you for taking the time to read my entries.
Myself, Hyang Ran, and Eun Jeong!

Love this group of people!
With that said, it's time for me to catch you up on what's been happening lately! Just like November, December has been an extremely busy but enjoyable month. It started when I visited one of my students who had graduated from Gwangyang but is now studying at an Arts college in Seoul. He studies music and has always been into rapping. Actually, when he was still at Gwangyang, we collaborated together and wrote and recorded two songs together. Anyway, I went to see his end-of-the-year performance at his university, and it was phenomenal! I'm so proud of him and love that I can still connect with students after graduation.
Go Eun and Sae Pi
At school, students were focused on preparing for their final exams, so the atmosphere was pretty serious for the first two weeks. This past week was spent relaxing and playing holiday games with my students after their tests finished. I decided to create "Minute-To-Win-It" games, and the students had a blast with it. The winning teams earned hot chocolate and candy canes to show them a little bit of America's holiday spirit.

China Town
Additionally, the school staff had our end-of-the-year teacher's workshop/retreat. We traveled to Song-do in Incheon, which is a new, urban city with thriving businesses. It was a really cool city to see, and it was fun to hang out with my co-workers and get to know them better outside of school. We stayed for two days, one night. The first day was mostly workshops and professional development, followed by a fancy 5-course meal, lots of drinking, and bingo! I won traditional Chinese alcohol as my prize, haha! The following day was spent as sightseeing, where we traveled to a famous park, cityscape tower, and Incheon's China Town, where we ate a delicious lunch before heading back.

During the final exam period, I didn't have to go to school for 4 days, so I took the opportunity to head back to Gwangyang and visit my friends. I was soooo happy to be in their company and catch up with so many people. This is my small but sweet tribute to my amazing friends who always welcome me, host me, and make me feel right at home every time I visit. Love you all!

Song-do, Incheon
Sora was my coworker at Gwangyang
For the holidays, I will be staying in Seoul and spending Christmas with a few friends. One Fulbrighter from my first year is in town visiting, so we have been enjoying each other's company catching up on life and eating delicious food together when I get off of work. We are planning to head to one of Korea's amusement parks to see the holiday decorations during Christmas Eve, and spend Christmas morning with a short hike up a mountain to enjoy some makgeolli and the landscape around us.

Ro Eun and Go Eun (Sisters)!
Although I often get homesick around this time, I am glad to have good company here in Seoul with me, and I am lucky that all of my family and friends back home also have each other to celebrate and be with this year. I am thankful for good health, a roof over my head, and the multiple opportunities I have to try new things and follow my dreams. Here's to a continuation of that as 2017 approaches, and I wish the same for all of you. Be happy, be merry, and be kind to one another!

Sending lots of love,
Hillary

Happy Holidays!


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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

How I Feel About November

Celebrating Halloween with my after school class
Overworked!! Holy moly it's been a crazy month. A drastic change between November 2015 and November 2016, I tell ya. I was sitting on my ass with my foot propped up and watching crappy K-dramas in the hospital all of last November, and this time around I could barely find anything trashy to watch due to all of the election coverage and newly revealed scandal with S. Korea's president, Park Geun Hye.
Hanging out at Everland with Morgan!

Although this month has passed so quickly, I look back on it fondly. I made a lot of fantastic memories with friends, co-workers, and students, despite the political turmoil everyone around the world seems to be facing. I'll talk about some of my highlights, and what's been keeping me so busy.

At the race with my best buddy, Go Eun
Since my last post, we've celebrated two large holidays for Americans: Halloween and Thanksgiving! For Halloween, my friend from Gwangyang (Morgan) came up to visit, and we traveled to one of Korea's amusement parks, Everland, together to check out their detailed decorations. It was awesome! A lot of people were dressed in costume, and the decorations were fun to see along with all the fall foliage. It was so beautiful! I felt so happy just to get out of the city and see trees and mountains and a sight of home with all the costumes and decorations. After Everland, Morgan and I met up with two of my Korean friends and we went to the foreigner district of Seoul to celebrate Halloween! We danced throughout the night and had a great time together.

My friend Ryang Sun and I like to visit museums together!
At school, I celebrated Halloween with the students through Halloween bingo, "trick-or-treating" with their English vocabulary, and having a Monster Mash with my club class, which included mask-making and decorating, pin the face on the jack-o-lantern, and a murder mystery game. It was so fun and the students seemed to enjoy it a lot.

Hiking Seoraksan with Fulbright friends
After Halloween, I was due to prepare my school's English Speaking Competition, where 7 students from each grade are selected to write a 4-5 minute speech on a topic of their choosing, and present them in front of the entire school. Each student earns a prize just for participating, but of course they all want to earn the top spot in their class. I had the task of helping the students write, edit, and help them practice their speeches. We worked on fluency, speed, volume, pronunciation, and most importantly, body language and tone fluctuation! We spent almost three weeks preparing for the big day. The students worked so hard, and I was very proud of them. They had an array of topics such as the E-Sports Industry, Earthquake Concerns on the Korean Peninsula, How to Live a Productive Life, Being a Good Leader, and more! I was taken aback by the depth of the students' vocabulary and knowledge of colloquial phrases. They all did a great job, and we celebrated with a huge food party at the end of it. 

Playing Apples to Apples with my after school class -
We ate apple pie along with it!
While the students were busy training for their speech competition, I was training for one of my own: my first race back since my foot injury! I decided to sign up for a race back in Suncheon (near my old placement city) with two of my Korean friends, and we completed a 10K together. I was a little nervous about how I would do since it was my first time back in competition since my injury. All went well, and I am eager to continue racing and get back into healthy competition. My friends and I have already made plans to sign up for more races this spring and summer! Woohoo.

Thanksgiving Dinner with Fulbright
Another big feat for me this month was (re)conquering Seoraksan National Park. Most of you may not know or remember that this was the exact park where my near-fatal blister was formed on the back of my heel. I am not gonna lie, even though I had already been back to hiking and strenuous exercise before going back to Seoraksan, I was a little nervous to climb this mountain range again. An irrational fear of another blister magically appearing in the exact same spot... but all went well and I walked away unscathed! Muahahaha. It was a bit of a last-minute decision to go - a Fulbright friend from my first year (shout out to Zoe W.!!!) was back visiting Korea from San Fran, and so we decided to head there and hike for a few days. A couple of the other Seoul Fulbrighters tagged along too, and we had a great time together! It felt great to be outdoors and enjoying each others' company.
Made some chicken pot pie for Thanksgiving

And of course, to top it all off, we just concluded Thanksgiving celebrations! I always get a little homesick around this time because I miss my family, home-cooked meals, and being lazy and watching football with Cooper and dad. But luckily, the Seoul ETAs hosted a potluck dinner on Thanksgiving evening, and the Fulbright Program also hosted a formal Thanksgiving dinner for us this past weekend! So, celebrating twice was not too shabby... hehehe! 

Amazing views!
I'm now in the process of booking my travel plans for winter vacation! Although I'm not planning to go back Stateside for the holidays this year, I will definitely be traveling abroad because I missed those opportunities last year due to my injury. So far, I am looking at traveling to Taiwan, Japan, and Bali. I am especially excited for Japan because I am planning to meet up with one of my Japanese friends who was an international student at ISU during the same time I was there! So, we have been in contact and are hoping to get together during a leg of my trip there. I am so excited to see her and reconnect after about four years!

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post an update! I have been meaning to write throughout the month, and then in the free time that I DID have, I decided to be lazy instead... it won't happen again! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves this month. Talk soon!


I've got my miniature Christmas tree set up!
Seoraksan is pretty even when the foliage is gone

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Sunday, October 23, 2016

PPAP; 1Q84

Fulbright Third Year ETAs
Gyeongju at night
Acronyms are taking over. Pen Pineapple Apple Pen is somehow the hottest track right now. That video is basically all of us English teachers' lives on a daily basis during class... haha.

But anyway, I've been reading this novel, originally split into three separate pieces, titled 1Q84 and written by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. It's really long - just about 1,000 pages in the English translation. It's taken me over a month to read it so far, but I enjoy taking my time. While it gets redundant in some areas, the premise of the story revolves around an alternate reality mixed in with romance, political unrest, and plenty of science-fiction mystery. As you can imagine, it is loosely based on the idea of George Orwell's novel 1984. I'm not terribly good at book reviews, so I'll just leave it at that. It's interesting, but unnecessarily long and over descriptive. This paragraph has virtually nothing to do with the rest of this blog post, I just wanted to write a short excerpt on what I'm currently reading.

Cooking with my friend JaeWon!
Sometimes it feels like I'm living in an alternate universe here in Korea. I had no idea what to expect two and a half years ago before arriving, as I quite literally had no background knowledge on Korea's history, culture, and language save for what I learned about from my Korean-American friends and professors. Most people who know my background in Spanish Education always ask me why I applied for Fulbright KOREA and not a Fulbright grant in a Spanish-speaking country. My answer to that question is that I wanted to explore a part of the world I've never been to before, and most likely would NOT visit otherwise. I knew that the Korean education system was considered 'hardcore and intense', and I was intrigued by what exactly that meant. I knew that Koreans start studying English from a very young age, and I was curious how that influenced their attitudes towards language learning and their functional use of the English language.

Enjoying a night out with friends!
Two and a half years into my Fulbright grant, and I'm able to describe the reasoning behind these curiosities to a decent extent. I've also picked up the Korean language in a fairly small amount of time (as far as language studies go) to an intermediate level, a passion of mine which continues to grow and hope to continue when I return to the States next summer. I've met incredible people both within the Fulbright program as well as my surrounding community. Seoul has been a total 180 from southern, rural life, which has its ups and downs (mostly ups). I think the worst part of living in Seoul (for me) is constantly feeling as if I should be out and about doing SOMETHING rather than allowing myself to just relax in the comfort of my home at times. Especially as an extrovert, I'm quick to feel a tinge of loneliness when hanging out alone in my apartment while listening to the hustle and bustle outside my window. But I'm working on it!

Monster Pizza with fellow Seoulites
To switch gears, my last Fulbright Fall Conference just ended. Gyeongju is a beautiful and historic city, and I didn't want to allow myself to say that it would be my last time visiting there. As a third year, I was ready to take the backseat and just enjoy the scheduled programming (rather than being an active participant in planning/executing workshops). It was awesome. The weather was a bit crummy, but I was content spending time with friends just chatting and catching up, helping each other figure out what the hell we are gonna do when we finish the grant...

I don't have too much else to update for now. School is still going great. I told two of my co-workers about the term "shit-talking", and it's become their new favorite phrase to use every time I see them. Example, my main co-teacher now comes up to me and says, "Hillary! Let's eat lunch together and do some shit-talking!" with the biggest grin on her face. I love it! Haha. Definitely one of my prime teacher moments...

I'm including some random pictures of what I've been up to and songs I'm listening to lately. Enjoy!
A panorama of the night life outside my window

These Days' Mood Playlist (on shuffle):
1. (They Long to Be) Close to You - Carpenters
2. Me Too - Meghan Trainor
3. Work - Rihanna, Drake
4. Reminiscing - Little River Band
5. 휘파람람 WHISTLE - BLACKPINK
6. Ribbon - Beast
7. Why - TAEYEON
8. Fallin' - Alicia Keys
9. All That She Wants - Ace of Base
10. PPAP - Some YouTube Sensation
11. Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 Maniacs
12. This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, Rihanna
13. Side To Side - Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
14. Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys
15. 33 "GOD" - Bon Iver
16. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
17. Broccoli - D.R.A.M., Lil Yachty
18. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

By the way, check out Hana's YouTube video from her trip to Korea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jGVEBy0ED0 !!!
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Saturday, October 8, 2016

"You Will B Fine"

Chuseok in Gwangyang
Two of my students in after-school class
"You Will B Fine" and "Slow Down and Enjoy the Simple Life" have quickly become the mantras of my third year in S. Korea, thanks to a $15 sweater I bought one chilly, rainy, October evening (the few we've had so far) while out wandering Seoul with friends. September was yet another month of transitioning and settling into a daily routine. The joys of the month were plentiful, and I'll briefly highlight some of them.

Happy Chuseok!
One of Korea's most important holidays, Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), took place in the middle of September. Although this is typically a time to relax with friends and family, a part of me felt apprehensive due to the fact that at this time last year was when I acquired my near-fatal blister-turned-MRSA... so I decided that I would NOT be doing any hiking this time around. I followed the traditional Korean way of heading back to one's hometown, so I headed to Gwangyang of course. While there, I visited my home stay family, plenty of friends, and ran into a few co-workers. It was really exciting to be back, seemingly picking up right where I left off with familiar venues, streets, and faces.

Soccer Game with Fulbrighters
I have been keeping busy in Seoul, of course. My typical work day is from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. I wake up around 4:00 a.m. and hit the gym, shower, get ready, eat some breakfast, and am on the subway towards school by 6:50 a.m. I have about a 30-minute commute from my apartment to school, which isn't horrible for Seoul. It's about 15 minutes on the subway and then a 10-15 minute walk from there. After school, I am busy taking Korean lessons and I also teach an after school class two days a week. I teach 4 course hours every day (out of 7), totaling 20 course hours plus 2 additional hours for the after school class. My work load is a bit more hefty in Seoul than it was in Gwangyang, but I am enjoying it, and the students and co-workers make it worthwhile. By the end of the day, I'm usually wiped out, so I spend my time cooking a light dinner, throwing on my pajamas, and reading in bed until I pass out (anywhere between 8:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.).
Co-workers from Gwangyang!

In the free time that I DO have, I am spending it with friends! We have gotten to explore various areas of Seoul, such as walking along the River Han, going to some museums and book stores, cheering for Seoul's soccer club, and of course pleasing our taste buds with all kinds of delicious food.

Joe arrived!
This past week I had the pleasure of hosting TWO American friends and showing them around Seoul and doing all kinds of fun things together! Hana, whom I met at Jane's wedding just this past summer, was traveling to Korea for the first time, so I wanted to meet up with her and have some fun together. She and I decided to go hiking one morning at Bukhansan mountain, planning to do a fairly easy/intermediate course. Some way or another, we ended up following two ajussis (older Korean men) and trekked an advanced/expert course to the peak of the mountain. It was one of the most difficult courses I've hiked, second to the course I hiked in Jirisan during my first year here. Although it was strenuous, the views are always worth it, and we celebrated with snacks, beer, and plum wine. It was delicious! We headed back down, showered and rested, before meeting up for a friend's birthday party and then picking up my other American friend at the airport.

Field trip with the club class
Joseph arrived later that night!!! It was super late by the time we got home, so we crashed and slept in late the next morning. The next day was Sunday, so we joined Hana and her friends for church and then enjoyed a delicious lunch. After lunch, we were ready to get our SPA on and hit up the public bath house to soak in the water, get some body scrubs, and sweat it out in the saunas. It was so relaxing and it was a perfect way to spend Sunday afternoon. The next day I didn't have to go to school because of a different Korean holiday, so we decided to grab dinner and hit up karaoke! We stayed out pretty late enjoying ourselves, and then everyone crashed in my (tiny) apartment. It was a snug fit, but we made it work, as seen by the picture:

Sleeping Beauties
The view from outside my classroom
At school, the students are busy preparing for midterm exams, so the energy levels have been falling. I'm continuing to implement games and fun activities to keep their spirits high and help them to relieve at least a little bit of stress. I will be heading to the Fulbright Fall Conference in Gyeongju for the third year in just over a week. There have been earthquakes over that way (eastern part of Korea), so some teachers are concerned for the safety of everyone, but I think all will be okay.

That's about it for now... stay tuned!

The view from on top of Bukhan Mountain

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Seoul Living

Third year Fulbrighters
Budaejigae (부대찌개)
Hey everyone! As you know, I decided to switch things up for my third and final year and made the move to Seoul. The first two weeks back in Korea have flown by, and although they've been jam-packed, it's been a smooth and exciting process so far. I feel like I'm back in my first year, having a renewed "honeymoon phase" and feeling eager to explore Seoul, get to know my new school, and have an awesome year here.

Big Bang Concert
Big Bang Concert!
Per usual, the year started with a trip to Jungwon University in Goesan to close out the last few days of orientation with the new Fulbrighters. It was great to see all the renewing teachers again, and also nice to see new faces and get to know some of them. On departure day, my new co-teacher came to pick me up, and we drove off to Seoul! I had the weekend to unpack, clean, and get prepared for my first day at school on Monday. There are 10 Fulbright teachers in Seoul this year, so I'm excited to get to know them more and spend some time together.

Curry and Rice (카레덥밥)
My first week at school went by in a daze. My school's name is called Daedong Taxation High School (a vocational school). Most of these students will study to become public officials, accountants, real estate brokers, freelancers, and the like. The school is located in an older, traditional part of Seoul, so there are often plenty of tourists walking up and down the streets, visiting palaces and traditional architecture all around. It is a beautiful walk to work most mornings!
Kimchi Stew (김치찌개)

My first impression of the students is that they are sooooo cute and eager to learn! This is my first time teaching Korean high school female students, so it has been fun getting to know what they are like. Of course, I love the boys too and am looking forward to learning more about their hobbies and interests. At this school, I only teach the first grade students, and I see each class twice a week (I only saw my classes in Gwangyang once a week). I'm looking forward to having more face time with them and fostering those personal connections. It's my last year, so I'm really letting loose and want to have as much fun with my students as I possibly can.

They wanted to choose English names... and this is what they came up with! Lol!
Choco brownie bingsu and melon bingsu
My coworkers also seem like an awesome group of people to work with. The principal and vice principal are older but lively and welcomed me warmly. They reminded me of the staff back in Gwangyang! A lot of the teachers here in Seoul are younger than who I worked with in Gwangyang, which is a nice change too. I get along well with the older male teachers anyway, and have already tried my skill at badminton with the men's teacher team. Haha! I have a lot of improving to do. The English teachers are extremely kind and helpful, and I'm grateful for their assistance as I've been asking five million questions about everything.

Steamed Seafood (해물찜)
Overall, the first two weeks have gone quite well, and I hope this honeymoon phase doesn't end any time soon. Outside of school, I have been getting back into my routine of exercising, albeit through joining a gym. That's one of the burdens of living in Seoul - such a large city that it's difficult to run around outdoors. I also live right across from a huge department store and movie theater, so I'm sure I'll be wasting money over there quite often throughout the year... haha. And now that I'm living in Seoul, I'm surrounded by SO MUCH FOOD!!!!!!!! I can't wait to start exploring different food joints all over Seoul. Stay tuned~


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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Summer Break

I've been back Stateside for summer break! Home for a month, doing absolutely nothing and loving every minute of it. It's gone by too fast. Summer break highlights:

  • Shopping spree!!! Finding clothes that are actually my size and fit my body type
  • Hanging with the family - sitting in the living room together, watching TV, and vegetating
  • Waking up early and then taking long naps in the afternoon... and not feeling guilty about it
  • Spending time with my best buddy and companion, Cooper, our golden retriever - can't believe he's almost ten years old already!
  • Being a part of one of my very best friends' wedding! Bridal shower, bachelorette party, wedding fun... congrats Jane and Josh!!!!
  • Eating mom's homemade cooking
  • Eating out at my favorite restaurants
  • Getting a fresh hairdo to beat the summer heat
  • Taking way too many pictures of my dog 
  • Road trip to Alabama with my mom and visiting her side of the family, which I haven't seen in 12 years
  • Hanging out with my favorite high school teacher and sharing professional development
  • Celebrating grandma's 75th birthday
  • Four-wheeling and learning how to shoot multiple types of guns on my uncle's 20-acre property
  • Enjoying Alabama's beauty
  • Enjoying Illinois' beauty
  • Seeing my best friend from Mahomet (in Nashville) after 4 years!!
  • Visiting 16th Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham and learning more about the civil rights movements during the 60s
  • Watching movies and playing Pokemon Go with my brother
  • Catching as many Pokemon as possible while I'm home because Pokemon Go is blocked in Korea
  • Chilling out and catching up with my friends
  • Visiting my physician and actually feeling comfortable about healthcare (lol sad but true)
  • Eating at my favorite pizza joint with my aunt and uncle in BloNo
  • Dancing at C Street with my brother and friends
  • Sleeping in my queen sized bed
  • Catching up on my reading
  • Watching the Olympics
  • Driving my car
  • Everything else that I forgot to write about...

As you all know, I will be living and teaching in Seoul for my third year with the Fulbright Program. I am looking forward to another exciting year, hopefully without the "excitement" of extreme medical issues, though. Haha! Catch you all on the other side of the world :)
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Goodbye Gwangyang~

ToastMasters Club Suncheon
It was my second-to-last day living and teaching in Gwangyang. All my boxes and suitcases for moving to Seoul have officially been sent off, and I was left with a bare bed, a TV, and a suitcase full of stuff to get rid of once I arrived back in Illinois for the summer vacation. For two nights I was sleeping with no sheets and a measly travel pillow, but it doesn't really matter because it's hot at night nowadays anyway and I slept just fine. Besides, I kept thinking, 'I'll be back in my own bed in less than 48 hours...'

Polaroids w/ Friends <3
It's been a hell of a month so far - having to tell literally everyone I know in Gwangyang that I'm leaving - coworkers, friends, home stay family, and the once unfamiliar faces I pass every morning while jogging along the river. I even broke down and started bawling in front of every faculty member in the middle of my goodbye speech at my farewell dinner... but that was a one-time deal. Since then, my emotions have been stable and I've been too busy to feel anything else. And I know that I'll be back in Korea in just a short month, albeit four hours north in the country's capital city, Seoul.

One of my classes <3
Aside from all the nostalgia, I was busy preparing for the next Fulbright teacher to take over my place. I had the students write letters and create questions to ask the new teacher, and I wrote a handy "guide" to navigating Gwangyang. When I told the boys I was leaving, their reactions were half, "TEACHER NOOOOOOO WE LOVE YOU" and the other half, "Is the next teacher going to be a pretty girl!?" Hah.

English Teachers at GHS
We also had our Fulbright Final Dinner event in Seoul, and as promised, HillaVanillaThrilla made a comeback with another parody about life in Korea. I'm working on getting the video uploaded to YouTube for public viewing. It was a fun ending to the grant year, and was my last time seeing many of the close friends I've made in the program.

GY buddies <3
The last two weeks were spent packing up my apartment, pushing through the end of the school year, and reminiscing on the two years that flew by in Gwangyang. On paper (and majority of my blog posts...), this past year was disappointing. I was plagued by a severe bacterial infection that took 6 months to fully treat, hindering my capability to fulfill some of my work and personal goals. But, being the optimist that I am, I somehow found the light at the end of the tunnel and turned things around and decided that my time in Korea isn't over.

GeunBu and I making a heart
Reflecting on my second grant year, I feel relieved that it is over. I need my month at home to relax, regain strength, and go into my third and final year feeling refreshed and ready for change. Seoul is going to be an awesome experience -- my first time living in a metropolitan city. I've made Gwangyang my comfortable home for the past two years - quite easily at that. My coworkers and students always brightened my day and made me excited to go to work in the mornings. The friends I made introduced me to all that Gwangyang and its surroundings have to offer, and we took advantage of every opportunity we had. I learned so much about Korea, its culture, the people, by living in this small city that I now call my Korean hometown. I'm looking forward to returning there during my third year in Korea, even if it is across the country from Seoul.

Thank you, Gwangyang, for taking me in and embracing me over the past two years. You'll always have a special place in my heart <3

Our office cleaners! <3
Gwangyang Friends <3

My friend GoUn <3

Krystale and SaeMin <3

The principal and I! <3

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