Update!

Everyone I talk to I exclaim how I can't believe how fast time is flying.  We've been living and working in Bundang just shy of SEVEN months now.  I'm still finding this insane.  The weeks are flying by in the blink of an eye. Our year contract will be up before we know it.

I think time passing so quickly has a lot to do with just how awesome our lives are.  I contribute this largely to our jobs.  Never have I had a job that I really loved (or ultimately didn't dread going to some days).  I feel fortunate to wake up evey(week)day and earn money doing something I actually like.  I feel even more fortunate to finally have every single beautiful weekend off!
Plus the kids are pretty hilarious.

Halloween was... different.  Definitely deserved my wine after that day.  The kids were allowed to bring a friend to class.  Add candy to the situation and it was insane!  Very fun, very exhausting.  Halloween isn't celebrated here, its totally a western thing.  So as for buying decorations/costumes it was very difficult.  Students got creative.  Particularly one of Ben's students who wrote the creepy letter pictured below to hang on their classroom door. Also the wizard in the ski mask.

Lina's Wedding! 

We worked with Lina for about 3 months when we first got here.  She was very shy but very sweet.  She got engaged and quit HR to move back to her hometown to prepare for the wedding, as is customary...I think?  Everyone in the office go invited to the wedding and we were super excited to go.  Everyone kept telling us to calm down that Korean weddings are not anything like western weddings and that they aren't necessarily fun.  Well Lina looked AMAZING! A very beautiful bride.  Upon arrival we paid our dues. Handed over an envelope of cash to the Brides side (which they counted and recorded in front of us).  The amount was expected to at least cover dinner expenses.  Then we went to find the bride where she sat for 2 hours allowing all guest to have pictures taken with her!

Then as the wedding before crowd exited the hall, Lina's wedding party entered.  This is what I found the strangest....nothing was personalized.  Straight business. Out one wedding, in the next.  It was a very noisy room and even if I could understand the ceremony I could barely hear it!  People just chatted the whole time...EXCEPT for when 2 friends sang songs during which was excellent.  They cut a fake cake right up on stage then the whole thing ended with everyone gathering for a photo.  

Afterwards, everyone went upstairs to enjoy a buffet dinner while the Bride with the Groom and his family performed the Korean ceremony somewhere in the building.  They then joined their guests near the end of the meal.  There was no head table, no dancing, no music.  There was beer though.  The whole thing was over very quickly.

Ben is in the championships with his football team this weekend!  His team is a lot of fun and he/we usually go out with them most Saturday nights after their games.  Like 2 weekends ago when we went to an all you can eat meat BBQ restaurant and stayed there for nearly 4 hours...

He has also really been getting into screen golf and he's now joined a league that has a monthly tournament. 

As for me, I found a place not far that sells real caesars and I bowled a turkey on Monday night.

I have a load more things to post that we have done in the last month but I'll split it into another post soon, promise! 

LOTS OF LOOOOOOOVE ALWAYS