Work Going Away Party

The effort was appreciated, and a couple even seemed sincere, but for the most part my "Going Away" work party was a bunch of people sitting around bullshitting each other. "Good luck," meaning "Good riddance." I sure hope the new girl is "their kind of people" and doesn't feel as unwelcome and harassed as I have felt. 2 more days.

My Last Night Out in Daegu

I had the most amazing goodbye night out last night! It was absolutely perfect, and I couldn't have asked for better friends in Korea. Gorging on Indian at Maya (both the owners hugged me and wanted pictures, said they would miss me and loved me~I think I go there too much!), game room craziness!, Cold Stone at midnight, 3.5 hours at noraebang singing until we were all hoarse, and a sleepover (and I made them take freebies home with them...less to donate!)...Thank so much to Jaz, Sergio, and Rob for coming out to celebrate with me! You're the best, and will be sorely missed.

And the word of the day, kids, is Coq!

Well, that's certainly a big ~~!!!!

PK, the owner of Maya, and I

Miriam, PK, and I at Maya

If they use the "M" in McDonald's font to sell water ("mul" in Korean), is it McMul?

What do you see here? We saw two potentially unfortunate protrusions from her undercarriage...

Sergio striking a striking pose.

According to a guy I know, this is Tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog. They're a type of dog that looks like raccoon, common in Japanese folk lore and known for their large testicles. And boy, does he have those!

Goodbye Jasmin!

I was sad to say goodbye to one of my new friends in Korea. A sad reality in Korea is that foreign teachers are accepted better if they are white. Jasmin is of Indian ancestry, although from South Africa, and her experience here wasn't great. Her first job fired her because they said the parents didn't like her not being white. Her second job let her go for the same reason. At least she had a good time with other foreigners while she was here.

Dinner.






Spiderpig!


Gogo Party!






Dancing with Amanda.

Goodbye Jenn

Jenn found out the first week of November that her grandmother is very ill, and only has 6 months to live. Her mother has been taking care of her, but broke her foot, and is now having trouble doing so with a cast on. On top of that, her sister lost her job and can’t afford daycare while she’s unemployed and looking for work. So Jenn’s going home to help out for a while. She quit the English Village where she was working, and they worked out with her the earliest date she could leave after adding her vacation days to fill out the full month for pay.

Several of us got together downtown Friday night to say goodbye. It was very sad for me. I have only met a few friends here, and she’s one of them. I didn’t want her to go, but I understand. She told me not to forget her. Like I could.