Lately it has been quite normal in the Land of the Morning Calm. There has been a sea of new faces matched with a wave of familiar faces leaving Korea. When summer session ended, schools brought in their new teachers. Soon, even at our school, we’ll have a new co-worker. Seth and I have been here for just about 7 months so we’ve had time to make friends and be sad to see them move away.
I believe the most exciting news I have to report is that we rearranged the apartment, again. I think it’s working out nicely. We got rid of one of our couches. Yes, this tiny shoebox of an apartment had two couches! Neither of us sat on this ugly-orange nasty couch with rips and tears that we taped with green duct tape. That allowed us to move everything around, freeing up a huge area.
Pictures around Sanbon:
Thank goodness we are both feeling better and have begun to adjust to the crazy 14 hour time difference. I wouldn’t say that we’re completely used to it now, but at least we’re not walking around in a daze anymore like zombies. 
I have discovered that I love rice cakes. It’s not like the rice cake you’d think of… more like soft, puffy rice pasta. They eat them soooo many different ways, but I really like them fried and covered in a spicy sauce. Talk about “YUM”. This place, near our school, sells them 5 or 6 on a stick for about .40 cents. It’s a great snack between classes. I can run down, grab a stick, and be back upstairs ready for the next class in no time at all.
Finally… the kitchen, in it’s entirety!