Autumn is here!

I have been in Seoul for about two months now, and it definitely feels like home. I haven't really felt homesick at all, which I guess is unusual. It probably helps that I hear English all the time, and have a lot of friends in my area who speak English. I really want to learn Korean, but I'm not exactly learning it by immersion right now. My head instructor at my school offered to teach us Korean once a week, so that has been nice- I know most of the alphabet now and some phrases. This is a shot of the sunset in Seoul tonight. 

This is a shot of some students from one of my classes. Korean girls tend to be excellent students; they listen and participate very well and are very sweet. Korean boys, on the other hand, tend to be difficult to control. They like to fight with each other, and it is impossible to keep some of them in their seats. Part of the lessons I teach involve reading a story and then showing pictures of it, where they describe what is happening. Then I ask what happens next. Every time, one of the boys inevitably yells out, "He die!" or "He kill him!" and then proceeds to act this out while all the other boys laugh and encourage him. [Edit: Justin pointed out they all have the same green backpacks- they are not goverment issued. :) I think they give them those so that the bus driver knows which kids to pick up.]

On the right is a shot from the baseball game I went to a few weeks ago. It wasn't as exciting as the soccer games I go to, but it was only 4 bucks. I found the fans interesting- they take their team very seriously.

This is some random street art I came across one day. It was actually an advertisement, but it was still pretty cool to watch him paint it on the ground.

Finally, a candy bar I recognize! Hey, wait a minute...

These are some shots of my new apartment! I complained to my school about my old one, because I didn't have a kitchen. I had a plug in burner, but no counter and no kitchen sink, which made it hard to cook for myself. One of the staff at my school called me a few days ago and told me he found a new apartment for me with a kitchen, so I moved in. It is on the same floor as my old one, so it only took an hour or so to move. 

It is a bit bigger than the other one, and has a better view. The kitchen is tiny, but it is a kitchen, so I'm not complaining. It's actually a pretty nice apartment. The only downside is that the internet is much slower here, and I have to sit in the corner of my apartment to get it.

On the right is the view from my new apartment at night. I can actually slide the screen out and look straight down 11 stories... kinda scary.

This is a video I took from a temple at probably the highest point in Mok-dong. I love the view of the mountains to the north.