Choco balls. That's what I'm eating for dinner. I couldn't find any chocolate covered m&m's around here, so "Almond Choco Balls" seemed like the next best thing - that and this strange drinkable strawberry yogurt concoction that tastes a lot like YOP, but better.
So it's true - I made it! The flight over was probably the best flight I've ever been on, and seemed to be the shortest, too. I was sitting beside another Canadian teacher from Ottawa, Brianna, who is my age and was on her way to Busan as well. She's pretty hilarious, considering one of the first things she said to me was "I know we just met but do you mind if I just change my pants right here? I don't want to get up to go to the bathroom". I said I didn't mind, and the timing couldn't be funnier because the second she started changing, every single light in the plane went on, and the flight attendants started walking around, handing out drinks to everyone. Good new friend that I am, I laughed uncontrollably and did my best to lean forward in my seat so that no one could see.
So, Korean Air is awesome to travel with! They have a selection of about 50 movies and tv shows to choose from. And the service was fab. It was the first flight I've been on with flight attendants who were all polite and helpful. Regardless, I was really happy that I managed to sleep for most of it. I love you Gravol.
We arrived in Seoul at about 4am local time and went through customs. Korean immigration was super lax, they must be used to North American teachers coming over because they basically waved us right through to enter the country. We had a 4 hour layover in Seoul so Brianna, John (another teacher sitting in front of us on the plane) and I wandered around the airport for a while. I had my first Korean convenience store experience, which it kind of trippy. It feels like you're entering some sort of fun house, with all the bright lights and bright packaging and weird chipmunk-sounding Korean pop music playing in the background. Hahaha....and the food selection is something else, too. I won't get into it much right now, but lets just say that we were all starving, and El Brave One (John) picked out this big, mysterious, meat-filled sushi roll as his snack. Brianna insisted on filming his first few bites. It was just unfortunate because it wasn't until about bite 7 (by then Brianna's camera was turned off) that John admitted "It tastes like dog food".
From there, the flight to Busan was quick and easy. Kelly, our recruiter, met us at the airport and took each of us to our schools right away. I got a tour of Centum School where I'll be working. It's located in the more posh area of Busan, and all the roads and buildings are very new.
I haven't seen my apartment yet, I'm staying at a nearby hotel the first week while the old teacher moves out of my place, so I'll wait to post about that until I see it and can get some pictures. So far Busan is very beautiful and the beaches look amazing...
That's it for now, I'm going to try to fall back asleep (ya right) as I have to be at school for 9am tomorrow.
I hope everything's good back home. Miss you all & talk to you soon (I'll do my best to get some pictures up shortly also). Please email your home addresses to blairejackiw@gmail.com when you get a second.
Love you & PARTY ON!
b.
***Important disclaimer: Full credit goes to Tyler for the cute blog name. I love it.***
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