Tuesday, August 22, 2006

I've arrived!

So I (Jon) have made it back to Korea. As such, the blog shall continue. My time in Canada was great, involving lots of good people and good food. It went incredibly quickly and I can hardly believe I'm back in Korea.

I arrived at the University for a 10 day orientation Tuesday night at about 12:30 AM after a very long day of travelling. I've already met a ton of people and it's going well so far. The program looks relatively interesting and there's lots of time to get to know people.

So far, I've learned a bunch of new words. Korean? No, no, no... English. But not like English language English, England English. My roommate (a good all around guy) is English and we've been playing some "football" (soccer) on the "pitch" (field) near our dorm.

We actually had a big game of foreign teachers against the Korean high school students that were around today so I'm totally "knackered" (very tired). I find myself slipping into various accents, depending who I'm talking to. English, Irish, New Zealand-ish, American, Australian and Korean are all here so it's a beautiful mix of people. God really did do it the best when he created people.

It's really good to be back in Korea. I can totally see how God has had His hand in so much of this. I'm really excited for this year and there's a bunch of good stuff that's going to happen, I'm sure. I'm hoping to keep up with some of the people I've met over the next year.

To sum up, life in Korea is good. Emily is hoping to get here by Thursday but the flights may not work. If they don't work, she'll be here next Thursday.

"Cheers!" (Talk to you later)