More Snow, Good Times

So it's been almost a week since my last post and it's hard to believe that. Time here is flying and that time is amazing. So where do I start. Well, it's been snowing here on and off for the last week. Even though it snows hard, it doesn't really stick much, but it's still very pretty. So I have some pictures of that again here.

I got my second assignment here this week. As being an RA, we have a second assignment at the school and that assignment for me is to help with sound for chapels and other events here. I'm so excited to be in this position as it relates to my major and it's fun for me. I already helped out with sound for the chapels this week and it was fun to be back in the booth again.
As for the rest of this week, it's been a pretty normal week. Although I did buy a table this week from someone I didn't even know. Let me tell you a story:

So, I was looking for a new table in my apartment because my table was a hideous green and I wanted something to blend in to my apartment more so I looked online on an ESL forum for Korea and found a guy selling a table for 15,000W which is like $15. So I contacted him and he gave me a place near his house to meet him since to tell a taxi where his house was would be too hard. So I meet him and we introduce ourselves. Turns out he is a russian working here in the science field with chemistry and biology, but now he is moving back to Russia. Nice guy. Then we walk to his apartment to get the table. As we are walking I think about how just 50 years ago, you never would've seen this....an american walking with a russian just chit chatting about what we do. Anyway, we get to his apartment, and he invites in, introduces me to his wife and shows me the table. Then he also gives me a desk lamp, a vase, a korean learning book, and a calendar. So as a normal american, I was about ready to leave because I got my table and I thought that was it. But he said, "hey, do you want some tea". He had heard me sniffling on my way there, so since I was cold, he offered tea. So there in this strangers house, I had some russian black tea and cookies and we just chatted a bit about Korea. Then about 15 minutes later, we put the stuff in a taxi and part ways.

What I got from this though is that I need to be more hospitable. If I were in his shoes, I probably wouldn't have invited someone into my house and offered them tea without even knowing them. You know? It's a weird concept to us Americans.

So yeah, that was my cool table buying story. Oh yeah, it was fun, last night, the one spanish teacher invited me to her house as she was having a spanish party with some of the kids from her class and was going to be playing spanish games. So I went and played and heard spanish again. Oh, how I love hearing spanish. Anyway, there was even a girl here who is from Argentina. So we talked a bit about argentina.

This saturday I get to go skiing. The dorm program is doing a ski trip, so that is exciting. My first korean skiing experience. I'll let you know how that goes.

Also, next week I have to go to Osaka, Japan for my Visa. They thought they could do it all here, but it turns out the government rejected that proposal, so now I have to travel to Osaka to get the visa. So pray for that please. It should go smoothly, but prayer is always good.
The trip is paid for, so that's not a problem.

Well, this has been a fairly long post. So I'll leave you with this.
Blessings