Mexico...let´s go

"Dear Ms. Peck:

I am pleased to offer you the job of instructor of English at the Sinaloa Campus of Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey."

What's the job?

• Commit to a one-year contract (with possibility of renewal).
• Start work on July 25, 2011. (Classes start August 8.)
• Be on campus 40 hours a week (teach 4 different classes for 4.5 hours each which means 18 hours a week).
• Teach in high school and university divisions.

And what do I get?

• Salary of 23,000 pesos per month (that is about 2,000Euros/month)
• Paid airfare from point of origin to Culiacan, Sinaloa
• Paid airfare from Culiacan, Sinaloa to point of origin at end of one-year contract (and paid return to Culiacan if renewing contract)
• Paid housing (homestay) during first two weeks in Culiacan
• Assistance in finding apartment
• Five weeks’ paid vacation per year (two at Christmas, two in the summer, one during Easter week)

Why I am super excited?

• I am really excited to be back to working with older students
• I am super excited about being in a Spanish speaking country again
• I am thrilled about the weather (yes I know gross humidity, but my hair rocks humidity anyways)
• I am closer to home (actually be able to fly home for holidays or maybe even weddings!)
• The pay is enough that I can actually save again (wohoo!)

Ice Festival

Walking to the festivals we found random masks


The crew


Weeeeeeeeee!


Me and an igloo...COOOLD


Pretty ain't it?


Snowman!!!



On a weird sled thingy


Giant snow fish thingy and ME


Me and a giant dancing soju bottle


Snow sculpture


Flying fish...kinda


This cost $4,000,000,0000!!!!



Fish are EVERYWHERE

My birthday :-)

So the day before my birthday I walked to school...in the SNOW!




After school I went to Eugene's where he made yummy yummy pasta alfredo... DELICOUS! He also gave me a hat, gloves and a scarf. Leona brought over a cake. And Tori came all the way from Daegu to celebrate!! At midnight we toasted to my birthday and I was yet again reminded of how grateful I am to have AMAZING friends.




The next morning I took a two busses to get to a winter festival in the north of Gyeongi-do! We all know how much I like festivals, but pictures speak louder than words so here:













Then we went out to dinner in Seoul and had some of the yummiest sam gip sal I've had yet!!! YUMMY

I live in snow

OK, that might be a slight exaggeration, but it snowed for the first time since I arrived in Korea Thursday.

I now live in a place where it snows.

Yuck!