The Silver lining...but...

Yes it does appear there is some...I have many issues with my holiday too, but I shall focus on the positives for this post.

Firstly I got to hold a baby for the first time.  For some reason everybody that I tell that to seems to be suprised, well I am the youngest in my family and nobody I know has young kids.  So it was a first.  Also I got to play with the kids.  Now everybody seems to paint me in a grumpy mood around the babies, but I liked them and unless I am completely mistaken, they liked me too, or at least they smiled and seemed happy around me.

I got to meet all of my family over in New Zealand and I got along with everybody and made some very close connections very quickly.  They are no longer just my family, but also firm friends that I hope to keep in touch with.

I got to ride on a bike and a trike.  I think that may be something that I would like to persue at some point in the future.  I am not entirely sure if I will, but if the oppotunity presents itself I won't say no.

I lived with two kids for the majority of my time there and that experience along with the introduction to the babies has helped me confirm that I do in fact like children, which is something that I think I had discovered from my teaching.  Therefore I think teaching kids at a school may very well be a career that I can see myself persuing in  the future.

Now there are some things that I have taken from my holiday that are causing me to have some isues, I was not going to mention them here, but I do not think I can be bothered to write them in another post, so altough I am deviating from the original path...When I see building work here in Korea my mind immediately turns to earthquake damage and my heart begins to pound...not good hopefully it will pass.  Also when I was in the various airports druring my return to Korea, when the planes rumbled past and shook the buildings mildly, my body reacted as if it were a quake.  Finally my perspective on things have changed somewhat and I have developed some feelings of homesickness.  Hopefully my first day at work will aleviate some of my worries, so I cannot say whether this new perspective will be a good thing or not.  I shall reserve my judgement for now.