Dear room 3

Thank you so much for your questions room 3, I will do my best to answer them.

Hulu, Kiana and Tia congratulations on finding my mistakes I will be sending you out something soon.

Sinead: Is it hard to understand what people are talking about?

Yes! For 98% of the time all I hear is Korean and they talk really fast so I can't understand a thing. The only time I hear English is when a shop is playing an American song, or I meet a westerner!

Hulu: Are you getting lost?

Yes! Seoul is huge and there are hardly any road names, all the streets look the same and there is only a small amount of directions written in English. I have been using google maps and I have a translator on my phone.

Jonzena: Are the children there kind?

Mostly! The children here are really interested in me because I look so different to them. Most have never seen a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. They are very tactile and love to hug and hang off me but also hit and kick. I have to turn into angry Miss Walker when that happens! But overall they are very nice and respectful.

Togia: Is all the foods big?

Most of the food that you buy in restaurants is made to share, so we order one dish for 2 or 3 people. You can buy normal sized servings to and Mc Donalds is exactly the same as home.

Fatu: Is it noisy there?

Yes! Seoul is one of the most populated cities in the world so I hear a lot of people, cars, motorbikes and trains near my house. Luckily my apartment in sound proof so I can play my music as loud as I want. I still listen to 94.2 the edge!

Kiana: If you can't read Korean, how do you get around?

With a a lot of difficulty and guesswork. The main places have english signs but mainly I have to search google maps before I leave and take the map with me.

Jimmy: Do they have Sumo wrestlers there?

Haha Jimmy I have no idea! I think sumo is more from Japan but it wouldn't surprise me if they did I will keep an eye out for you.

Amiria: Do you have people to help you?

Yes I am very lucky and have another teacher at my school who speaks english and has shown me around and helped my buy a phone and translates things for me.

Mara: What don't you like over there?

At the moment I like everything, but I think I will start to wish I had a bigger apartment especially in the summer. I don't have a garden or a deck so I will feel a little confined. The pollution is pretty bad and I often walk around with my scarf up over my mouth. Of course I miss NZ and the sun and the beaches and all my wonderful family and friends and my dog.

Miss Clinch: How is your mouth? Do you think it could be the food? Sometimes heaps of ulcers is what they call foot and mouth so make sure you get it checked out you poor thing.

My mouth is a lot better now. I got the ulcers because two weeks ago I got a wisdom tooth out and it took 3 hours. The dentist caused a lot of traumer in my mouth and I think thats how I got the ulcers.

Feel free to ask more questions.

Miss Walker