Pepero, pajamas, and pay day

Wednesday was my first official FULL pay day since being here. WHAT A RELIEF! Woohoo!

Angela!

John

In South Korea, 11/11 is Pepero Day, a day much like Valentine's Day, dedicated to these specific chocolate sticks (called pepero) that people give to each other. It's a recent holiday, from the mid-90s, and its origin is debatable. Some sources say some middle-school girls in Busan started it, while others say Lotte noticed an increase in pepero sales around this time, and therefore began advertising for it. Supposedly the numbers in the date look like the sticks. So basically there were a lot of chocolate sticks being consumed at school today! It coincided with a theme day for this month - pajama day! I took full advantage and wore sweat pants and a comfy t-shirt. A nice change from my dresses and skirts (not that I don't love wearing those)! All the kids brought in snacks for the morning - fruit mostly. Julian ate THREE WHOLE BANANAS, among other things. It's no wonder he threw up minutes later. Who eats three bananas? What a little monkey. After some activities, all the kindies gathered in the auditorium to watch Sleeping Beauty. My kids were scared of the witch and were all huddled around me. All the other kindy classes (the six- and seven-year olds) stayed sitting nicely in their lines. We were the only blob. Haha It was nice and cozy though, like a real pajama party!

Alvin WOULD wear this

After lunch was story time. Some of the Korean teachers dressed up and went around scaring the kids. I was on break and missed this portion, but only two of my twelve kids DIDN'T cry! Haha Some of them are so sensitive. It's kind of adorable and awesome, although some cry over the silliest little things. All in all, it was a fun day!

There was a crazy storm the other night. And I would just like to mention that the current weather in Seoul is "dust"...good thing I live in Anyang, where it is currently forecasted as "partly cloudy".

I can't believe another weekend is almost here! Saturday's plan is to go hiking up one of the mountains here. Yey! Last time we planned that it rained, but it's supposed to be 16 and sunny this time. Fingers crossed!

In other news, I mailed my teacher's college application to University of Ottawa and submitted my online application to Western! The only one left now is University of Toronto. ALMOST DONE! Then I get to play the waiting game until April. Love to all! Remembering today...

I caught camera-shy Julian!

Always hanging on