Soothing Sauna Saturday

So I haven't been to a sauna in a while because I lost my Sauna partner due to he being preggo, but I got the courage today to go alone. You may think it's silly that I had to get the courage to go alone, but Saunas in Korea are intimidating!  Usually you are the only foreigner there ad all of the women stare heavily, but I really don't care anymore.

I grabbed my pre-packed basket that has all my sauna goodies and went to a new place nearby.  I used to got to a sauna that was much further away because it was close by my friends place, but since she can't go anymore I wanted to try this one out.  It's really normal to see women walking on the street with their sauna baskets here, so I fit right in.

I started walking and when I got to a stop light a little old Korean lady started talking to me.  I am pretty sure she was asking why I wasn't going to the sauna in the other direction that was closer, but I didn't understand her, so I told her I was going to the one "over there." She continued talking to me and all I could do was smile.  I'll go on a hunt for the "one" she was talking about and check it out. If it is closer and a nice sauna I will be in luck!

Saunas are amazing!  You pay like $4 and you can stay as long as you want. I sat down at one of the sit down showers and within 2 minutes a Korean woman was telling me I was in her spot, so I got up and moved. Actually I was happy about it because I went to a stand-up spot instead. For those of you unfamiliar with Korean showers at home, you have to hold the shower head when you take a shower, so this one is nice because you don't have to hold it. Also, the hot water doesn't run out!  Like all the other Koreans in Korea I scrubbed the hell out of my body until it was red. Now this is completely normal!  After you leave your body is super smooth. 

After I scrubbed I sat in the super cold pool and then in the sauna for a bit then back to the cold pool. Usually you do this back and forth thing for a bit. When I was finished I blew dried my hair and I was off for home.

It was a great way to start my weekend.  I feel so relaxed and ready to take on the weekend!

Novemeber

in progress

June and Chris' Last Night at Work - Mexican Fiesta

Well today was June and Chris' last day at the hagwan (I'll explain in another blog), so I decided to make Mexican food. I didn't make anything too exciting for my standards, but in Korea it was a big deal! I just made ground turkey burritos with all of the trimmings. Everyone loved it. Some had never had Mexican before so it was cool to experience that with them for the first time. Chris gave me this awesome apron! 

Golden Bell Quiz Show at Work

Once a month we have an event day for the kids. This month was a Golden Bell Quiz Show.  It's really fun.  We have everything hooked up to PowerPoint and the kids can choose various categories and point values for different questions. There were individual question and group questions. I was in charge of the listening questions and the true false (which they call O X here) questions. We had a blast! Here are the photos of the kids.

The boy's team (Shean, Kevin, Edward, and Alex)

The girl's team (Lina) She is super smart and all the boys wanted to be on her team,
so we just let her be on a team of her own.

She was killing them!

Tied

Final Score! Girls Rule!!!!

The next group was much bigger. We had 3 different classes mixed together.

The third group of kids

The Director working the PowerPoint

The last and final group of the day!

After the Golden Bell Quiz Show our high school girls came. They were having dinner in the cafeteria.
They were checking out my new cell phone.

After work a few of us went out. There is Sharon with my friend Park.

Sharon, Rebekah, and Park playing darts.

Us being silly