Everything has finally fallen into place. I got my ARC (Alien Registration Card) this past Monday at the local immigration office. Apparently the reason why it takes two weeks now is that the cards are now processed and made by the Korean Mint. The cards do look quite a bit different and are apparently now harder to counterfeit.I also went to the bank and set up a bank account on Tuesday. I feel a lot more secure now with almost all of my money in the bank.
I also went to the weekly Teacher's Meeting held on Wednesdays even though I only have to go for the last 5 minutes. I found out that I have been guilty of letting some of my classes leave five minutes early which the previous teacher who was leaving told me I had to do because the kids had to catch the bus home. The kids of course were also convincing that I was going to make them miss the bus if they didn't leave early. I have no idea why they waited for five weeks to pass before I was told any different. There were no problems or fallout as I explained that I was simply doing what I had been told to do and nobody bothered to tell me any different. The NHL season is now over so it's back to the gym full time starting tomorrow. It certainly sucks that the Bruins had to win another Stanley Cup in my lifetime. The last time they won the Stanley Cup was just before I turned two years old!
I went back to Asan today and went to the Oeam Folk Village(see pictures above) which was nice as it wasn't quite as "touristy" as the Yongin Folk Village although I liked the Yongin Folk Village better as there was more to see. You can check out the rest of the Oeam Folk Village pictures on Facebook.
I also went to the Onyang Folk Museum (see pictures above) today which was the nicest Folk Museum I've been to in Korea as the museum that they have is quite large and covers most aspects of Korean life as even I learned some new things there today even though I've been here for 14 years now. You can check out the rest of the Onyang Folk Museum pictures on Facebook. The grounds surrounding the museum are really beautiful as well.
Unfortunately, starting Wednesday here in Choenan we are supposed to get approximately 50 - 80 mm of rain every day for a solid week so I guess I'll spend more time next weekend being a drinker rather than a tourist so these will be the last pictures for a while.
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