Fun People! Check!

I’ve been in Korea since Tuesday(it’s now Sunday) and I’ve been staying at a five star hotel participating in an orientation for new teachers. It was nine to five every day, and while some if it was deathly dull most of the lectures we took helped us to understand the ideas behind co-teaching. The hotel itself was only two subway stops away from the downtown core of Inocheon, and a few of us ventured in each night for Soju and food. I think meeting the other ESL teachers has been the best and most worthwhile part of the orientation. I now know people living in the city and a few of them are just a couple of minutes away. It’s such a lifeline. I’m going to describe them briefly so anyone reading from home can get an idea of who I‘m spending time with here in Korea.

There’s Chloe and Graham, a hilarious couple from Manchester England. These two are great, everything they know about Canada is something they’ve learned from South Park. They’ve worked in Korea before and are so funny they could have their own TV show.

Andy and Eryn are a twenty-three year old married couple. They’re from Canada and have been teaching here for two months. Both have travelled all over the world and have led incredibly interesting lives. They are both very relaxed, funny, and helpful. Andy and Eryn live on a tiny Island outside of the city and sometimes feel pretty isolated. They come in on a weekends to explore, and so we’ll hopefully see them often.

Ricardo is from Ontario and has family here. He’s a warm and very happy guy. He’s also keeping a blog about Korea. I’ll post a link to his web-site later.

Karen is Canadian but she has spent the last four years exploring around the world. She worked for three years in the Cayman Islands as a bartender and is very independent and down-to-earth.

There are tons of others but it would take a long time to describe everybody. Next blog post will be about the city!