December Already

It's hard to believe that it is already into December already!  We have finished an entire nine months of teaching and have officially been in Korea for nine months as of today.  It seems to have gone by so quick, but at the same time when we try to remember what we were thinking and what things were like back in March, it's so hard to remember.  It seems like so long ago but I guess that is because we feel like we have come a pretty long ways since then.  Only three more months and the first year will be over already.

Our weekend was not too exciting this time.  A few errands, house chores, and more crockpot use were about it.  The Christmas decorations around the city will not start appearing for another week or two.  The Christmas season is pretty short compared to America but we will still enjoy it.  We were excited to get some Christmas lights shipped to us from home which we just finished putting up in our living room.  We are already loving that we can sit on the couch with only the Christmas lights on lighting up the living room with some Christmas!

Speaking of the Christmas season being much shorter than home, there is another season that is much shorter here than America too: election season.  The presidential election will take place on December 19th here.  The candidates were only allowed to start campaigning about one week ago.  They get four weeks to do their campaigning.  That's it.  Sure there have been news articles and reports on the candidates trying to win over support but the advertisements and public rallys were not allowed to start until about four weeks before the election.  It could be an interesting time for this country as they have the potential to elect their first female president, who is also the daughter of a former South Korean dictator.  She has come under a lot of criticism because of some things her father did as a leader nearly 40 years ago.  In the Korean culture, if your father was a "bad" person it is automatically assumed that you are a "bad" person and should pay for the sins of your father.  It sounds like it could be an interesting election and the news continues to say it looks like a close race between the two primary candidates.

 

It was starting to snow on our way home tonight.  Snow showers are in the forecast a couple more times this week, not enough to stick yet though.  The weather continues to get colder.  The highs will be in the negatives (Celsius) beginning in the next couple days!  Here are a couple pictures of our Christmas decorations.  We will sure enjoy them!  :)

 

 Not the best pictures but the lights go all the way around our living room!