Happy Chuseok!!!!
For those who don't know, I went to Suwon Sunday to visit Brittanie, but also bring her back to Seoul with me for the next two weeks. Long story extremely short, Saturday evening she was attacked by a guy not far from her apartment who tried to drag her into one of the sketch motels. Fortunately, she was able to get away uninjured, but as one can imagine, she is very frightened and no longer feels safe in her area. I went to school with her the next day as well to be her support as she talked to them about what to do. I also wanted to see a Korean public school and compare to my job at a private after-school program. Ultimately she decided to leave her job, choosing her safety over the paycheck. After talking with the co-teacher and principal, she was told that they could move her, but it was not known how long this would take, or if her new place would be any safer, and she'd have to fund her own housing. They rushed her to make a decision, so we'll see if maybe she can get out of her contract and find a job her before she has to leave the country October 3rd.
In the meantime, today we met Sean, a friend of ours from high school and also currently teaching in Korea, to check out Lotte World, the largest in-door amusement park in the world. Amusing it was. It's basically a knock off of Disney with a similar logo, raccoons as your main mascots rather than mice, and parades throughout the day. At one point in the afternoon there was a talent show and we were fortunate enough to witness this beauty of talent:
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