Training in Seoul

So back to Korea, I had training the first week I was here in Seoul. We stayed in a hotel. Of course, I ended getting the cab driver who took me to the wrong hotel for the first 2 days but I got it straightened out in the end. The most important thing to know right away in Korea is it is that it is very rude to wear shoes inside a house and a lot of the restaurants too. So there is always this area, usually tiled where you leave your shoes. Thanks mom for always telling me to, "Take off your shoes in the house!" so this is not too big of an adjustment for me. So you can see our little shoes lined up in the area. In my apartment I actually have a little shoe cupboard.

In this picture you can see our hotel room. It was kinda cool because you got a little kitchenette and everything. In fact it was a lot like the apartments here. But it was a nice setup while we in training. You must excuse the fact that it is a bit of a mess in the picture because I took in most of the way through the week. The beds are off to the right and straight ahead you can see the mini sun room that a lot of Korean rooms seem to have. That is where the washing machine is and then you hang dry your clothes.




So in this picture you can see our beds behind us and my roomate Jocelyn who was really cool. We got along real well. She is stationed in Seoul so I hope to go see her soon. She also was conversational in Korean which was really cool the first week. She helped me out! Thanks Jocelyn. Lots of love.

Here you can see the girls in my training class. Christina, me, Stephanie and Jane. We had a lot of fun in class. Christina and I especially got along well and we had both our training sessions together so that was cool. But they put this big fear in us that if we didn't do real well we were on our own to try and get a different job in Korea or to get home on our own. So we studied A LOT. I am sure that is why they do it, but it ended up being a bit of overkill. It actually was not as hard to pass training as they led us to believe. So we got stressed for nothing. Tsk, tsk! But what can you do? We did find time to go out on the last night though.
Here you can see Rayna, Mark, Gordon and Dan. Mark actually ended up at my branch with me. Rayna is crazy! I love that girl. Gordon was in my training classes, he is gonna be a real good teacher. And Dan is my hero cause he returned my rental phone for me. I am gonna miss my training friends! So training is over now and I am starting to settle in at my branch in Cheongju. I have not really taken any pictures here yet, I am still getting settled in. But I promise to take some pics to post soon. Don't forget to drop me a line or contact me on Skype or AIM when you get time. I miss everyone back home, but I am having a great time here so far.