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Name: Kristen
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Metro: Ann Arbor
Birthday: 2/27/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: Becoming who I was meant to be, and embracing those (awakward in between steps) because in those moments beauty is found. Never settling but living in contentment. Seeking truth, and justice.
How I see the world: Through the eyes of a child and a beautifully coherent conversation with the mentally ill. Through the lense of a camera, or on paper from within a coffee shop, during a long country drive simply reflecting, on the streets of a busy city, in the mind of the creative, or through liberating conversations, in those moments when you swear this song was meant for me, and by recognizing this very moment to be enough.
Someday you'll find me: Working at an orphanage overseas...for an adoption agency...or in a public school.
Occupation: Rehab. Counselor
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
11/16/2005
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| For those of you I haven't informed yet...I'm making a pretty big move at the end of February. I will be transitioning to a new company called Berlitz. Within this company I'll be teaching English for business professionals. I'm so excited that this door has been opened for me. I'm looking forward to teaching a more mature population, living in the great expanse of Seoul and finding my very own apartment in the city.
My last day with GKI is on the 27th, my birthday. In Korea the term ends at this time. This month should prove to be both intense and fun, as I am writing a playscript that my kindergarden students will perform on graduation night.
As for Korea, I've fallen in love with so many things here. Society is certainly different...but a world of fast paced entertainment and fun.
A few things I've come to love:
Riding the bus to and from the city (it's the perfect chance to catch up on all that reading I've been meaning to do for years).
Shopping at the outdoor markets and fruit vendors on the streets.
Sipping coffee in the many coffee chains all across Seoul
Worshiping at IWE international church
Mountain hiking
Attending live clubs and listening to underground bands
Eating everything with chopsticks (and I do mean everything)
teaching my kindergardener's new songs and reading them stories (in very dramatic voices)
The expat community here
My amazing Berlitz friends
Having my very own apartment
Noribong (private music rooms)
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| Time for another post. I am very, very bad (I've realized) at keeping the world informed about me. I have officially been teaching at a Hagwon in Guri (right outside of Seoul) Korea for a month! Life on this other side of the planet is different, yet strangely the same. My job here holds my time, and much of my attention. I teach Kindergarden students four hours a day and Elementary students for almost five hours in the evening. I've learned a lot about grammer (it's funny how the American system can pass you from level to level without knowing much about the fine details of language. One thing I love about this job is the creative aspects it holds. Each week I plan around a theme the schools has assigned. For example, this week I am teaching about Simple Machines. Paper mache', coloring projects, songs, reading books, and interpretive acts are now a part of my everyday life. I would love to tell you about Seoul. Shopping is a major aspect of Korean lifestyle. And I look forward to my paycheck on Friday!
This year I think will give me the chance to do some introspective work. Which I'm hoping for the first time in my life I won't shy away from. I live in my own apartment and have found moments of quietness very unusual, scary...but good for my soul. I read more novels, and am an avaid pursuer of the good ol' journal.
Soon, I hope to travel around a bit. There's so much to see (people keep telling me). And I want to get on that bandwagon of climbing the mountains, seeing the temples, and stretching beyond the walls of typical work, and weekend affairs.
I miss you guys! One thing I've come to realize is that people and relationships matter so much to me. Wish you all were here. But soon enough, we'll be in touch again. | | |
| Faithful friends who continue to check my xanga, as I struggle to remember to update. Thanks! Okay, here's what I need from you. As a method of contact I'd like to gather friend's e-mail and home addresses so I can keep in touch in Korea. If you feel uncomfortable leaving your address on xanga for the world to see (ahh!) go ahead and send me a private facebook message.
Thanks so much dear friends!
Love each one of you:) | | |
| My own pagesI am awake, and so happy. It's as if I've found myself again. Do you know that feeling? Simple things bring me joy and I can feel myself living, no longer becoming but here. The world is so big, left for me to discover in my new sharpness and clarity.
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| Accept it-life is fateA good friend of mine told me something last night I really appreciated, "Live anywhere and everywhere as if your whole life is spread out in front of you-in that place." To be content struggles to even make it in the book of virtures for me.
But as Josh is away and I am still in this one place I have attempted to escape over and over, the time is now. I am satisfied in this moment. | | |
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