My new room

This is my new room.  I am in Penguin class.  Go figure, my favorite toy when I was these kids age was a blue penguin slide.  It had tiny penguins on a belt drive being carried up stairs.  Once to the top they slid down  slide. .......I was 5, and it was amazing. 

A very quick rundown of the latest news on my side of the world.

A lot has changed in the last few weeks.  I recently moved to a new part of Seoul called Apgujong.  I am working for a new company.  I like my job very much and the location is only a 4 min walk from my front door. This is the best part!  I can leave for work 15 min before start time and be 10 min early.  How awesome is that?

School and housing conditions.
My co-teachers are great.  I have 2. My boss is kind, fair and not a push over.  Those are the best sort of people to work under in my opinion.  My apartment is a rather large studio with a bathroom.  At first it was a little dreary and smelly (I would be lying if I said I was not a little disappointed).  The walls were stained yellow and brown from 20 years of daily living.  Thankfully the walls were stripped and re-wallpapered white today!  Much much better.  I had to take a cold shower everyday for a 2 week period (fairly pissed off every morning during the duration of the wash, but it doesn't hurt you).  The water heater is being worked on as I type and should be fixed rather soon.  All and all I am doing great over here right now.  I am meeting new friends and having new adventures on a weekly basis.  I boosted up the study time and I am improving my language skills.  I am starting to see all the little nuances of the language that you do not get from a book. 

My training is going well also.  I have reached a few milestones in my development as a boxer and also with my fitness goals.  I am now successfully doing 1 planch push up almost perfectly!  (Yeah, I know I am weird, but it takes a lot of training to do just one.)

I also am going to be coming home in about 4 months for a 10 day vacation.  The end of July to the beginning of August.  I am excited about that.  For all those that read this (and those that don't),  do not go anywhere that week!  I am coming to see you in Cinci, Columbus and my boys down South!!!!!

I am so very excited to be where I am right now.
Thanks for the read,
Deano!

New School, New Kids, New house, New City. Still in Korea!

So this is a young man named Andy.  He is bigger than the other kids but is just as much as a baby.  I am teaching pre-schoolers and they are fun. 

All of the female English teachers have voted this kid as the cutest student in school.  I think he looks like the Harry Potter of Korea!

The baby of the class.  She is cute but knows how to work you if you let her.  She knows how to get out of doing things by crying.  She cries a lot when it comes to work time.  By work I mean gym class and art class.

Smart girl who like to chew on the plastic toys!

Without a doubt my favorite.  Her name is sandy.  She is brilliant, cute and funny.  I look forward to teaching her.  That can not be said for all the students I have.