A message from ByeongSu!!

Hey guys ByeongSu couldn't blog in Ukraine, so he sent me an email and wanted me to pass it on!!!

I'm here in Southern Ukraine now, 5 hours away from the city, Dnipropetrovsk, where the LC in charge of me is located.

Last camp was one hour away from the city, but there weren't much work for me to be honest. There I met another EP from

Japan, Hiro, I think I told you about him earlier. What I did in that camp was just representing different cultures.. But had a

big language barrier because there was only one girl who spoke fluent English, and she was rarely at the camp.

Anyway, people were very nice there, not to mention I met a former Soviet Union police officer who was appreciated with an AK rifle (I don't know if it's AK-47 or not) 

for his 29 years of service and he handed me the full loaded gun to take a picture! How awesome is that?

And working with little children, although we couldn't communicate so well, was fun, they loved me as much as I loved them. And now I miss the group of children

I met at the first camp.. they were so naive and kind.

Anyway, after a few days at the city following the departure of the children at the first camp,  I came to another camp in Southern Ukraine, right along the Azolf sea 

(if you look at the Ukrainian map, it is located on the right side of the Crimea peninsula.) Before I mention about this camp, 3 days in the city was like a heaven

for me, because I had internet access, power sockets, and stores to buy things I need! And I went to a big electronics shop called City Com with a fellow @er and

Hiro, because Hiro had to buy a new camera. And there I found a new released game, The Sims 3, at $5. Which in the U.S., it'll be probably $40! So I bought it right away, but it doesn't work on my laptop..

Anyway, in this camp, my job is to teach children English. And although I am grateful that I actually have a lot of jobs to do here, because my director in the camp is so pushing and not so kind, I sometimes feel nostalgia.. It was hard for me to even find a time to write to you or to my parents because apparently, she is not willing to win any accommodation prize here.. But other than that problem, everything else is fine. Because of the remoteness and limited access to the internet, I'm experiencing so many things that I wouldn't have otherwise. I've been reading books, gaze at the stars in the night.. and I'm writing diaries to keep up with my everyday experiences. 

Not to mention that I actually learn English teaching the children, like until now, I didn't know how to say a wardrobe in English.. lol So armoire was what I called it because I learned that in my French class.. and before this camp, in the city I actually taught someone that wardrobe is called armoire in English.. This camp is full of amazements, everyday is special, yesterday was an opposite day, so people dressed clothes inside-out, and celebrated New Year and Christmas in the night. The other day I was a god of Indians of my group because I speak English.

People dance off every single night here, they have disco every night at the camp (as it was at the last camp), and during the day, because of its advantage of location, people go to the beach everyday. I got tanned a lot here!

Another thing that I have to mention is that I have to pretend I'm an American here. Because my director told the parents of the children that I am a US born American, because that's what they demand, and when children ask me many questions about America, or even ask some words in English, I have hard time to answer from time to time. I came up with names Lucy and David, for my parents name with one of the children asked me my parent's name, lol and I go by Todd here, because that was my English name back in High School. But it's fun to be an American, it has different feelings to be one.

Well other than the fact that I have a cold here, everything is going well.

I hope you to enjoy your summer, and have another day of great experience!

Oh, and I'm sorry I didn't post things on the blog, but it's difficult for me to actually blogging in this situation, so please post these emails if you can.

Thank you,

ByeongSu Jun