So it’s been a week since I started my job at the university.  I am currently living in Sungnam city, which is just south east of Seoul.  It takes me longer to get to places, but I am secretly enjoying the quiet life here.

My experience at the college has been pretty positive.  People are welcoming here - especially at my department.  I am teaching a total of 13 hr lecture courses + 2 yoga courses + 2 hours a week teaching my department head English.  I’ve been assigned in the Physical Therapy department which is going to be perfect with yoga.

What I absolutely love about my new job is the new earned respect from the students that I did not necessarily feel from the middle school students.  I love teaching the students who I don’t have to discipline so often as the college kids are already well behaved and are more focused about their study.

Since I’m a faculty, I get a discount at the dentist office on campus.  Delicious buffet style lunch is only 3000 won.  I have a shared office with other foreign teachers in a brand new building.  I just feel extremely blessed everyday I work at my job.

It was snowing today.  Should I call it a spring snow?   I thought it looked so beautiful ..something about the way it slowly falls from the sky…a totally different feel than the rain.   One of the professors that I teach yoga gave me a really nice umbrella even though I told her that I am wearing a huge snowboarding jacket. She insisted that I should take it with me.  It has my college logo at the end of the handle.  I feel like I’m always on the receiving end..Hopefully I can return the favor someday.

I am going to start training pretty regularly at the Olympic Park.  My goal this year was running a marathon and I think I can reach the goal if I push myself over the next few month.  When I visit my family in the states, I will bring my road bike to Korea and train for a triathlon.. A good friend of mine just came to Korea and will be my training buddy.   My fingers are crossed that I can run a marathon with my left knee.  It still hurts when I over use it.

Well, I think that’s about it.  I plan to write here more regularly.  Stay tuned.