Right, where to begin? I'm living in Eunpyeong-gu which is a district in the north-west of Greater Seoul, which approx. 20 mins on the subway (which is amazing and really easy to use) into Jongno which one be considered the main centre of the city. It's a bit mad living in such a high rise city, for example my apartment is on the 7th floor of an 8 story building (Liberty Hall is 16 stories) and is dwarfed by all the buildings around it. Also I seem to be the only westerner living in my area. My apartment is only a 15 minute commute from work which is pretty cool.

My first weekend here involved meeting up with the lads from Lokomotiv Goyang, a football team i joined when i arrived here. There was an international snowboarding competition in the centre of downtown so we all went to that and went for a few pints later in Hongdae, the University district. Also one of my co-workers was nice enough to show me around Seoul on Sunday so we went to one of the palaces, cheonggye stream and myeongdong shopping district where I've never seen so many people in my life.

I officially started teaching this week because the American guy went home for a while so it's just me and the Kiwi (thought he was Australian and found out the hard way!) teaching in the hagwon with the Koreans. The "headmaster" sat in on my first lesson which was really uncomfortable but after that i've been flying it. The kids are great craic and so far it's been smooth sailing and hopefully it'll continue to be as such. Oh, and I passed my medical today so I'm nearly officially completely settled (just have to get my alien registration card).

As for getting my bearings on Seoul, it's a ridiculously massive city but i've got a grasp on downtown Seoul and a few other areas due to extensive walking around. For thoses of you not on facebook, i joined a local football team with a few Irish, English, Americans, Canadians and Korean lads and i went training last Thursday when it was minus 10C and the sweat in my hair froze after about 5 minutes. Also, all the water/gatorade we brought to drink during training froze after about 15 minutes so that was a bit mad!

Next Thursday (Christmas Eve) the manager/captain of the team's having everyone over to his place for a few drinks and a turkey dinner and on Christmas everyone's going to the Hilton for a turkey dinner and an open bar so I'm lookin forward to that as i only have Christmas day off work. I get New Years day off too so I might go skiing. The bus and pass cost around 30 euro and equipment hire costs a little more so it's a no brainer really.