Dear Korea Friends

[yohja134]

Though my emails are sporadic and its hard to see me often, Im sorry.
My house is a cold 12C indoors, 37F for americans, and quite unlivable
as snow is coming~!
Youve heard the rest of my problems living in Sancheong.
My EPIK supervisor Mr. Jeong may be mad at me, but.. I made it!
Hurray! At last my school is helping me. Don't worry anymore :)

My coteacher kindly lends me her room to sleep in, and in February
I'll move to Jinju a real apartment in a nice area, Pyeonggo-dong.
By March my current school is closing, so I'll be teaching instead in Doksan.
A daily commute by city bus, then long-distance bus, then a short walk
- but a much better option than living in the Tiny Isolated town of
Doksan.

For now my stuff is stored at the school and i'm between houses, also
on vacation - so i'll be hard to contact. Sorry!!
I miss you all, why not come to Jinju in spring or summer.. stay at my
new place, rafting, hiking Jirisan, ice skating, cycling... nightlife
is nice too with a western style bar and cool bartender Julie.

Your support gave me the strength to stay in Korea. You know who I
mean. you rock!
-deborah

[shanja]

Deborah mate! Goodonya! Marvellous to hear that you will be surviving the winter without getting frostbite, pneumonia or even frozen boogers.:D We'll definitely be down Jinju for some of that action...Jiri San midwinter is a great hike...great! Take a lot of film, some walking crampons (those dinky strap on 4 pointer things are enough), a bottle of courage for the 4am starts and a few good friends.
You've had an epic with EPIK, and pulled through like a trooper. Champion. See you soon matey and thanks again to youy and Songmin for the ski ticket hook up, we had a blast!:p
Later matey,
Kyung Ah and Jake