streetcar named desire

I'm posting from my new iPhone so this is an experimental blog! I got the iPhone on Friday evening and have barely been off it since, oh dear what a bore! On Saturday we went ice skating at woobang tower which was good retro fun. Saw a cool sunset on the way out (see the pic below). Had Korean BBQ for dinner with my friend jaclyn's visitor from LA. The quintessential Korean experience! Saturday morning involved brunch at my fav place Chris Do then a daegu production of A Streetcar Named Desire which was really good and a complete breath of fresh air to do some thing different. This was followed by too much shopping. I can't resist shops Iike the one in the picture below.

it's finally autumn

Autumn has finally arrived to South Korea. Today I could wear a scarf AND tights. Very happy. The weather was beautiful today, clear blue skies and sunniness! I went for an after school bike ride which was the perfect remedy for a stressful day of naughty children and malfunctioning computers. The last picture looks a little strange but I really love wild flowers and would even risk breaking the rules and climbing amongst them to get a photo...anyone who knows me will understand that breaking any rules is very difficult for me. But luckily no one told me off!

katie visits korea

Katie came to Korea which was lovely but also surreal to have a little taste of home! When we met at the hostel in Seoul it felt like about 7 days, not 7 months, since we last saw each other. We had a very busy schedule including Seoul and Jeju then Daegu. We were incredibly lucky to get beautiful weather in Jeju so we could even swim in the sea. When I had looked at the weather forecast there was a big grey rain cloud predicted for nearly the whole time she was here but in reality it stayed dry and hot the whole time. Phew! I had to work two of the days she was here, so Katie came in school for one day which was fun. She had to greet the vice and principal, was asked to stay for school lunch and joined the English teachers for dinner.

The first photo is of me looking very happy with the scrapbook my Manchester friends and family made me. It blows me away how fantastic my friends are but on the downside makes me miss them a lot.

Lazy Sunday in Daegu

Lovely slow paced Sunday in Daegu...

Bike ride with Jefa...cool view of Daegu in the background

Followed by a cheeky waffle and some kindle time

Daegu IAAF Athletics World Championships

Well, it was what the whole of Daegu had been waiting for, almost all. I was never particularly interested in going to watch the athletics, I didn't think I was interested and in an attempt to cut unnecessary outgoings I decided against it. I'd never even heard of Usain Bolt, shameful I know. But when the time came and everyone I knew seemed to be going, I began to regret my decision. By the time the second Saturday came round, I was pretty desperate to go but all the tickets were sold out.
Some friends said there were touts outside the stadium selling tickets at face value during the week, so me and Rebecca went along on Saturday afternoon to chance getting a ticket. Well, after thirty minutes of trying to get tickets things were starting to look a bit grim. We almost bought some tickets at 100,000W but came to our senses thankfully because we then met a British international school teacher with spare tickets. He had bought tickets for the parents and children at his school but a few didn't turn up. After a tense fifteen minutes of waiting with him, in-case they turned up,  the tickets were finally ours for just 14,000! We were very happy with ourselves. It could very easily have been a different story. We had a lot of fun watching the high jump and a few races and I even got slightly swept away in the moment when Usain Bolt won the 200 metres final.

Very excited after bagging some tickets!

A bit different to the fast food at home

Some guy called Usain Bolt

Entertainment outside the stadium