I hope I am finding everyone in good spirits amidst this holiday season :) I'm sure the malls and storefronts are decked out to the max. However, I hope that the "Heck, I don't care what I get him/her, I just need something in a box and with a bow!" vision that dances in our heads (yes...like sugar plums) has been postponed, until about the 24th.Although I did toy with the notion of returning to the states to gather my gifts with haste beneath our fake pine (pre-lit, of course) in little Wooster, reality kicked in. I have only eleven days off of work and do not want to spend $2,000.
Nonetheless, I have a hair appointment made on the 26th and think that is the perfect way to my spend Boxing Day (Canada). I plan to lay like a sloth in my bed and watch Yuletide movies while wearing my pajama pants made of a fleece fabric covered in presents. Last night, I snuggled up and watched The Polar Express, it almost made me believe in Santa Clause again...even though I made the naughty list when I fought my sister for the dvd and yanked it from her white-knuckled, kung-fu grip while packing my bags (sorry Rach).Just about a week ago, my friend, Darcie and I spent a Sunday afternoon in making Christmas cards for fellow teachers and family at home. Through the duration of Love Actually and Elf and a corn and cheese pizza (odd and Korean, yet delicious), we knocked out our Christmas correspondence!
The new teacher from Toronto, Greg, and I took an adventure to the ritzy area of Seoul last 
weekend, Apgujeong. In this blog entry are several photos of stores and interesting sightings in the area. Due to my bulging salary and the exchange rate that gets worse by the day, I was able to pace myself in my purchases.
weekend, Apgujeong. In this blog entry are several photos of stores and interesting sightings in the area. Due to my bulging salary and the exchange rate that gets worse by the day, I was able to pace myself in my purchases.
I have had a few holiday surprises already this season. First of which, one of my new students is a frequent pee-er. As I helped dear Sally change out of her urine-soaked knickers, I reconsidered all of the twists and turns in my life and wondered 'Why me?' A second surprise was that my newly ordered light pink, fitted sheet for my new bed blew off of my roof top clothes line as it was drying. The floor of our roof is scum, 
hence my new sheet was stained for life and so I had to toss it. The third holiday surprise must be my favorite, just wait. As I was laying like an infant and asleep by at about 9 p.m., my obnoxious Korean cell phone awoke me at 11:30 p.m. If only I had my retainer in that night, I would not have answered. Jehan, who I dated over the summer, had called me from Karachi, Pakistan. He is from Pakistan and is spending Eid with his mother and working on business accounts for a couple of weeks. He called to tell me that his mother had taken him to meet a potential bride and he thinks he's going to be engaged in a couple of days, and married in a couple of months, obviously. He requested my best wishes, as I was groggy and still half-asleep. I wished Jehanzeb the best, thought a little more about if my parents ever were to pick out my mate for life, craved some 'nog, and then passed out again (in my present pants).
hence my new sheet was stained for life and so I had to toss it. The third holiday surprise must be my favorite, just wait. As I was laying like an infant and asleep by at about 9 p.m., my obnoxious Korean cell phone awoke me at 11:30 p.m. If only I had my retainer in that night, I would not have answered. Jehan, who I dated over the summer, had called me from Karachi, Pakistan. He is from Pakistan and is spending Eid with his mother and working on business accounts for a couple of weeks. He called to tell me that his mother had taken him to meet a potential bride and he thinks he's going to be engaged in a couple of days, and married in a couple of months, obviously. He requested my best wishes, as I was groggy and still half-asleep. I wished Jehanzeb the best, thought a little more about if my parents ever were to pick out my mate for life, craved some 'nog, and then passed out again (in my present pants).
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season (packed with joyous surprises like mine!)
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