Christmas

I would never have thought it was Christmas time. I'm so used to hearing Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's bad Christmas songs over and over. I'm used to screaming children and stressed out moms. I'm used to trees decorated, lights blinking, and Santas at every corner. I miss that.

Here, I'll see a tree every once in a while. Some of the major store have "Happy Christmas" signs up because they are a Western company. The converse store has up "No forget Happy Christmas". That's something I enjoy here, if there is English somewhere, it's usually done in bad grammar, but just to have that English is like a status symbol.

Went to the Christmas party last night and had a fantastic time. The Grampa Squares were a hit. It was interesting making them with a half pound Hersey's bar, weird marshmallows, no measuring cup, and melting everything in a metal pan over boiling water. But it worked out. I thought I had burned the chocolate, but heck no, I did not.

Here are some pictures of the Korean Teachers at my school. Friday we went out to Red Barn for food. The one in the Red sweater and the guy with the beer are my partners.

Come pay day, Whitney and I are going for 5$ manis and pedis. I'm really excited. My nails are really long, and the kids are wide eyed when they see them. One girl started to ask me about my earring at the top of my ear. and so then I was playing with it for them to see, and they were all like "teacher teacher! ouch!" made me laugh.

Isn't henchi cute? He was so calm, so unlike him.