We’ve been here for just a bit more than a week, and we’re feeling more than a bit lost. We decided that the Yael Naim song “New Soul” (you know, the song from the Macbook Air commercial) is our theme song for the week:

“I’m a new soul. I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit ’bout how to give and take. But since I came here felt the joy and the fear finding myself making every possible mistake.”

Today we watched the kindergarten classes perform for their parents in a thing called Festival (see photo below). It was adorable — until it lasted for 2 1/2 hours. Afterward we went back to the school to give tests to the older kids. At work, everything’s cool because we’re busy and surrounded by English speakers.

But once we go home, we have nothing to distract us. We have nothing to do but learn Hangul and go shopping/out for food we’re not entirely sure about. (Guess this is all part of the adventure). I think part of the problem is that we have no phones or TV, so we’re feeling a little disconnected from people here. So, it’s a little rough right now, but I have no doubt we’ll figure things out.

“I’m a young soul in this very strange world hoping I could learn a bit about what is true and fake. But why all this hate? Try to communicate. Finding trust and love is not always easy to make. La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…”

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