no.466 140810 Thank you for the fun day with my mentor teacher

A wonderful sunday morning spent well:)

A day full of fun memories.
It was the last time I got to see my mentor teacher during her visit in Toronto. She purposely took some time off from her busy schedule to spend it with me. I'm really glad she did, because I enjoyed my time with her today. Our first stop was Unionville Village - it's one of my favourite places in the GTA, so I wanted to take her there. She kept telling me how the pretty the village is and how much fun she's having. That made me feel so good and I was glad to have brought her there. Both of our favourite part of Unionville was near the train track/ train station. Out of how many times I've been there, I've never seen this train station exist! I've seen the track before but I never really walked that far. The scenery was  beautiful - the clear blue sky, the summer greens and the freshly painted red station. It looked like an image from the movies. And then there were balloons along the fences. It was cute how someone put the balloons all in different colours on purpose!

And it was time for us to say our goodbyes. After all our planned activities were done, I dropped her off at her homestay house. We promised that we will keep in touch and see each other again in the future. Hopefully I'll get to visit her in Korea:)

no.454 140729 Thank you for the reunion with my mentor teacher from Korea

Never again… Momofuku ice cream.

4PM, Union Station.

I've been waiting for today since the day I found out that my mentor teacher was coming to Toronto. We were planning on meeting on the platform at Union station. I got there a little earlier than the meeting time because I didn't want to keep her waiting. My heart was beating fast every time a train arrived. I looked left and right to spot my mentor teacher and a group of her friends whenever the train doors opened. I waited for about 20 minutes, and I'm pretty sure more than 10 trains passed by me. Still, there was no sign of her. Then I heard someone calling my name and it was a familiar voice. There she was! She said she's been waiting for me outside - I guess there was a little bit of a miscommunication, but I was thankful that we finally met in that crazy busy area, full of construction all over the station.

We went out, and there were four teachers waiting for me in front of Starbucks. They were also teachers who came to study English for the 4 weeks in Toronto. It's so amazing that out of all the places in North America, that she came to Canada. And out of all the places in Canada, that she came to Toronto! I knew that I was gonna see her again when I left Korea, but I didn't think I would see her in Toronto! I thought, if anything, that we would meet again the next time I visit Korea. It is incredible! I am so thankful for this opportunity to see her again here in Toronto. I'm thankful for an opportunity to treat her and serve her, because she's done so much for me when I was foreign to the school and the countryside "si-gol" life in Korea. She has two more weeks left in Toronto, and I'm probably gonna see her a couple more times while she's here. I want to make the most out of it, and spend as much time as possible with her!