Hi,
Last week was good- pretty uneventful, just tying up loose ends. I had many "goodbye" lunches and took pictures with all my classes (many of my students were surprised that I'm leaving- although I've told them many times).
I've spent this weekend up in Chuncheon meeting the new ETAs and trying to impart some of my wisdom from this year. It's a nice way to end my time in Korea- seeing some friends for the last time and ending where I started. I head back to Daegu in about an hour.
AND
This is my penultimate blog post, for I will be retiring this space when I get back to the states. Once stateside, I will put up one entry, hopefully an uneventful post of my flight back to the states.
I know there will be many other exciting adventures in my life and I thank you all for reading and keeping up with me!
Right now, I do not know what I will be doing in the near future. This fact scares and disappoints me. Although, it does open up many possibilities.
However, once I am stateside I will keep in touch with everyone through e-mail, phone calls and personal visits (some of you won't be able to get rid of me ^^)!
Who knows, maybe I'll start blogging again sometime in the near future...who knows where I'll be?
-me
I WILL BE ON A PLANE NEXT WEEK AT THIS TIME! AHHH!!
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Seasons of Love
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love
Seasons of love. Seasons of love
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?
In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.
It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Seasons of love!
Oh you got to got to
Remember the love!
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love spread love
Measure measure your life in love.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
"How do you measure a year?" (4)
Okay- this last list is not a top ten, because I cannot think of ten things. (This might say something in itself ^^) I tried, I even thought about it for awhile.
Without further ado- my final list:
Top six areas I've grown personally:
6. Patience
You need a lot of it when you can't communicate!
5. Adaptable
Good skill to have when living in a very different culture for a year.
4. Spending time with myself
Not being utterly bored, embracing the introvert ^^ in myself (it's true James).
3. More relaxed
Not having to be constantly busy all the time.
2. Having a better idea of what I want in life
More grounded/realistic perspective of where I come from and an understanding of
how it affects who I am.
1. Faith
Trusting that God has a plan, seeing what He has given me already and enjoying it.
Really, like everyone, I am a "work in progress" and although I feel I have grown in these areas, I'm sure there is a lot more to be done. However, I am most interested in seeing where you all think I have grown and changed (hopefully for the better).
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Okay- I got back from Vietnam on Friday morning. I hung out in Seoul (saying goodbye to people) and then came back to Daegu on Sat. afternoon. I had a lunch and dinner appointments and then Sunday morning I had a meeting with students. All in all, it was a very packed weekend with many goodbyes!
This is my last full week in the classroom and I think it will be mostly relaxed! Just tying up a few loose ends and saying "good luck" to my students. Our summer vacation ceremony is next week, so hpoefully I'll be able to say good bye to all the students. We'll see.
Oh, I'm a little late- there are pictures of Vietnam (click the link on the left!) My power cord (the third one, I think) died on my yesterday. So my computer is out of commission until my new power5 cord arrives.
And, no news on a job YET.
-me
Without further ado- my final list:
Top six areas I've grown personally:
6. Patience
You need a lot of it when you can't communicate!
5. Adaptable
Good skill to have when living in a very different culture for a year.
4. Spending time with myself
Not being utterly bored, embracing the introvert ^^ in myself (it's true James).
3. More relaxed
Not having to be constantly busy all the time.
2. Having a better idea of what I want in life
More grounded/realistic perspective of where I come from and an understanding of
how it affects who I am.
1. Faith
Trusting that God has a plan, seeing what He has given me already and enjoying it.
Really, like everyone, I am a "work in progress" and although I feel I have grown in these areas, I'm sure there is a lot more to be done. However, I am most interested in seeing where you all think I have grown and changed (hopefully for the better).
---
Okay- I got back from Vietnam on Friday morning. I hung out in Seoul (saying goodbye to people) and then came back to Daegu on Sat. afternoon. I had a lunch and dinner appointments and then Sunday morning I had a meeting with students. All in all, it was a very packed weekend with many goodbyes!
This is my last full week in the classroom and I think it will be mostly relaxed! Just tying up a few loose ends and saying "good luck" to my students. Our summer vacation ceremony is next week, so hpoefully I'll be able to say good bye to all the students. We'll see.
Oh, I'm a little late- there are pictures of Vietnam (click the link on the left!) My power cord (the third one, I think) died on my yesterday. So my computer is out of commission until my new power5 cord arrives.
And, no news on a job YET.
-me
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