Career in acting?

Last week, I had my debut in acting! :) My friend Ken (in the hat and jacket) is an aspiring director and asked me to appear in his short film. I had a small role (very small--5 lines), but it was fun anyway. The short film was for an English class. We were supposed to model a dialog in a 'natural' setting. After our street scene, we went to a galbi restaurant (bbq) and finished up there. After taping, the guy with the blond wig and I got into a heated argument/discussion about patriotism. I am slightly patriotic. OK...not slightly. I love my country and will defend it despite its shortcomings. This guy is American, but is not as devoted as I am. He doesn't believe in what America stands for--he thinks there are so many problems and that the country is a joke! He challenged my patriotism and got me angry. I don't like when Americans say horrible things about America! I could go on and on... We argued and discussed this topic for awhile, and were even able to part peacefully.

Sorak-san Mountain Hiking

Bowling in Korea

Last night, I went bowling with a couple of friends near Yongsei University. We met a new group of people: the international students from this university. It was so fun to hang out with these new people--most are around my age and are here as students. There was a guy from Egypt, one from Hong Kong, a girl from Belgium, one from Japan, and one South Korean. It was so fun for all of our cultures to come together and just hang out for the night. They were really refreshing to be around because they were all career/education minded and a little older and more experienced than many of the English teachers in Seoul.


If any of you have ever bowled with me, you know that bowling is not my best game! It is pretty hit or miss for me--sometimes I bowl an awesome game, and other times I struggle to even reach a score of 60! Well, tonight was a pretty good night for me! My score was 128 for the first game! I got a couple of strikes and a couple of spares!


When we left the bowling alley and headed to a restaurant to finish off the evening, I saw this sign and decided that some of you would get a kick out of the spelling error! It never gets old for me! I laugh every time I see English mistakes! On the menu at the restaurant, you could order "grirred godfish." No lie. We contrived that the item must be a griLLed option, but were not sure what kind of fish was being served. Goldfish, maybe? Ewww! Cigalettes anyone?

Night Out

A couple of my friends had a birthday party last night. We were asked to dress up and wear sunglasses. We went to a really nice buffet dinner with sushi and lots of other stuff (I can't really remember what else there was...I just focused on the sushi). After that, we went out on the town and met with lots of other friends. It was fun to go out, but I really hate messing up my sleep schedule! Since I became a teacher, I have had a really strict bedtime. :)

I have been training for a 10K race in May. It has been fun to start running again--I used to run a lot more often, but in the past couple of years, I have opted for other forms of exercise. I am happy about my progress, though. My body is cooperating with me and I am having fun with my runs. I have finished 3 5K runs this week and go to bed feeling like I have earned my sleep! My body is sore, but I am happy and excited to run this race! I might challenge myself further and try for a half marathon before coming home. Maybe.

One more thing, today's temp was 72 degrees! It was so nice that I just wore a long-sleeved shirt out today! I love it!

Singles Club

I didn't realize this, but my "Happy Thursdays" are actually club days! I have gone all year thinking we had a random hour off every other Thursday, but nobody told me there were club meetings going on (I just wasn't invited). There are a lot of new, young, single teachers that have started working at my school this term. They are really nice and have afternoons and evenings off like me! Monday, we decided to go to the Grand International Hotel and partake of their wine and food buffet for $25 . Kara joined us for the evening and she has a standing invitation into our school's singles club. By the way, the term "single" is used quite loosely. Two of the members are engaged, one is married, and a couple of us have boyfriends. The picture above shows some of the members, but the group is 14 or 15 strong!


Cheers to the singles club!


Our entertainment for the evening: a little "Lost in Translation" lounge singing. That grand piano was used as a stand for a hi-tech keyboard and computer system. There was a guy mixing sound behind it.

The evening was lots of fun, and we plan to meet frequently! Yeay for new friends!