I haven't posted in a while. Things got a little busy around here with test time, report cards and intensives. Plus I was sick and had to go to the doctor!
Well I will start with what I have, the doctor told me I have Bronchitis and Pharyngitis. Basically the infection is in my throat and lungs I am told. The doctor was very helpful and spoke very good English. I even had my first chest x-ray (that I know of, or remember having done.) I was given lots of meds and now I am feeling pretty good. I am done my meds now, so lets cross our fingers that it doesn't come back!
I held off in telling a story because I wanted to ensure Kylie got her passing RN/ graduating present before I said anything.. just in case she read this! haha I went to Nampo-dong for some serious shopping and found her the best fake Louis Vuitton wallet I could find! It is wonderful! Fake designer stuff is huge here, and you can find stuff that looks very real. Her wallet is Paten pink leather that zips up... I hope she likes it.. I bargained for a good price! :) She even had them locked away in a drawer... haha It was a lot of fun!
This past weekend I started to learn how to surf. I love it. I decided it is my new favourite thing.. my arms are a little sore from all the paddling, but it is well worth it! I am going to continue to learn... I will keep you updated on how that goes! It was such a great morning though! I got up at 7 and left at 8 and was in the water by 9:30-10ish... My friend who is teaching me came first in the festival here, so this should be a lot of fun!
Later on that day I went across town to a friends house for a pot luck... it was wonderful... great food, great people, and fun music! I love when people bring their instruments!!
We also went to a bar after where that friend was djing... lots of fun!
The next day I went to Socrates and we discussed the topic: does contentment inhibit progress. Very interesting! I would like to talk more about it, but I have to run and teach a class...
BUTTTT!!!!
JEJU TOMORRRROOOWWWW!!!! :)
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Monday!
MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY!!!
Today is my second last Monday until my vacation.. and I don't really count the last Monday because my vacation starts next Tuesday!!!! I can't wait to go to Jeju!!!!
Before I tell you about my weekend I must tell you what I saw a while back and cannot remember if I actually wrote about it or not... A man was driving down the street on his motorcycle with his small child on his lap!!! I almost fell over when I saw that! Good god! Safety?! Driving here is nuts, I have said that before.. and it is apparently pretty easy for anyone to get a license... especially if you are a foreigner... but that is only word of mouth. I have no idea for sure.. I don't plan on ever driving here EVER so I never looked into it that seriously.
So, lets recap, driving is insane.. people drive then look, only follow the light signs when they feel like it.. you have to really look before crossing the street, and you see people driving with children on their laps.
Okay.. I am explaining this, because I just found it to be really weird that you cannot drive a jet ski without a license... not even for recreational purposes... anddd apparently these are hard to get with long wait lists... I just found that to be interesting...
Now for my weekend!!
Friday I was really tired after a long day... my Fridays are insane teaching 11 40 min classes! So, I decided to go out to eat with some of my friends. We settled on a pizza place (I think we were all feeling a little homesick)... it was probably the BEST idea we had yet to eat... well not really, but it was good. The pizza place, Mr. Pizza it was called, had an all you can eat salad bar!!! I was in heaven.. I can't remember the last time I had salad.. and produce here is expensive. This buffet only cost 6500 won for TWO people!! It has lots of veggies, ready made salads, fruit, jello, and even cereal... I was sooo happy. I didn't even need the veggie pizza we ordered! (So I took it home and ate it the next day! mmmm!!!)
Saturday started off well.. I woke up at 7am and couldn't fall back asleep, so talked to a friend for a bit, then became very productive. I swept, and mopped my floor, I did all my dishes and washed my bed sheets and hung them to dry on my roof's clothesline. I also read more of my book "The Girls." I would like to say a big thank you to Dianna Thoms for recommending that one.. I lovedddddd it. Seriously I think everyone should read it.
After that was all done it was 12ish, so I went to a kimbap place, bought two and ate those, then went to the subway to meet Heather. She lives about 20 min away from me, so I met her at the seomyeon stop on subway line 2 (http://lookatkorea.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/busan-subway-map.jpg) I live at the Geumnyeonsan stop. After meeting her we switched to the orange line and took it all the way to end and went to Nopo-dong... not be confused with Nampo-dong (where all the shopping is). Nopo-dong is where the bus station is. We got to the bus station which took 35 min and then got on a bus to Tongdosa which took about 45-50 min. Once we got to Tongdosa we took a short cab ride and it took us to the Tongdosa Buddhist temple!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongdosa here is the wikipedia site since I don't have any pictures yet. Heather had her camera, so I will steal them next time I see her.
It was BEAUTIFUL there and had so much fun! We walked around, read about the Temple (this is something I have wanted to do pretty much since I went to a Unitarian Church in my pre-teens and started to learn about world religions!) We went into the gift area and I even bought incense! I have Buddhist incense from a real temple!!! :)
We were taking pictures by this pond thing where you throw change into it for dreams to come true when this older man from Ulsan (South Korea) came up to Heather and I and wanted to have his picture taken with us. This happens a lot... seriously when you live here you get stared at a lot, approached just to say hello by kids who just run away giggling because they are happy they got to practice their English, or asked for photos.
This man turned out to be a non-governmental diplomat... whatever that means? He told us that if we ever wanted to go to Ulsan he would show us the sites... he said there are many beautiful things there...
Heather and I then continued our adventure at the Temple and even said hello to a few monks who lived there. One in particular stuck his finger in the air and waved it around in circles and this dragon fly just followed his finger... it was actually pretty cool! We then walked to this grassy area before we left and ate apples and just read our books in the sun. It was a great day!!!
My Sunday was although not very great. I woke up and went to Socrates. Which I love going to!!! This particular conversation was about truth and falsehoods... I wasn't completely into it because I have gotten so sick, so instead of going with everyone to eat afterwards, I went straight home.
I napped until 4, woke up and decided I still wasn't better then napped again until 6. I woke up and finished my book and then let myself sleep for the night at 9.
I woke up this morning feeling much worse, but I still have to make a living, so got ready for work and now I am going to the doctor with my boss tomorrow morning! I think it is just a chest infection, so I just want him to listen to my chest. I even got a fever today in class, and so I just want to be safe. I will update you on that tomorrow. I am told the English at the Doctor's office is pretty good, so wish me luck!
Before I leave, I also want to apologize for my terrible grammar and spelling... I know you should expect more from an English teacher.. first of all I know I can't spell... we grew up in the day of spell check.. but I am so rushed sometimes that I don't get a chance to do it... sorry! (This is for you Scott who brought this to my attention this morning! haha) This also explains why most of my stories are at face value rather being too in depth as I would like to do... I think I need a computer haha.
Now I must go home and sleep!!
byeee!!
Today is my second last Monday until my vacation.. and I don't really count the last Monday because my vacation starts next Tuesday!!!! I can't wait to go to Jeju!!!!
Before I tell you about my weekend I must tell you what I saw a while back and cannot remember if I actually wrote about it or not... A man was driving down the street on his motorcycle with his small child on his lap!!! I almost fell over when I saw that! Good god! Safety?! Driving here is nuts, I have said that before.. and it is apparently pretty easy for anyone to get a license... especially if you are a foreigner... but that is only word of mouth. I have no idea for sure.. I don't plan on ever driving here EVER so I never looked into it that seriously.
So, lets recap, driving is insane.. people drive then look, only follow the light signs when they feel like it.. you have to really look before crossing the street, and you see people driving with children on their laps.
Okay.. I am explaining this, because I just found it to be really weird that you cannot drive a jet ski without a license... not even for recreational purposes... anddd apparently these are hard to get with long wait lists... I just found that to be interesting...
Now for my weekend!!
Friday I was really tired after a long day... my Fridays are insane teaching 11 40 min classes! So, I decided to go out to eat with some of my friends. We settled on a pizza place (I think we were all feeling a little homesick)... it was probably the BEST idea we had yet to eat... well not really, but it was good. The pizza place, Mr. Pizza it was called, had an all you can eat salad bar!!! I was in heaven.. I can't remember the last time I had salad.. and produce here is expensive. This buffet only cost 6500 won for TWO people!! It has lots of veggies, ready made salads, fruit, jello, and even cereal... I was sooo happy. I didn't even need the veggie pizza we ordered! (So I took it home and ate it the next day! mmmm!!!)
Saturday started off well.. I woke up at 7am and couldn't fall back asleep, so talked to a friend for a bit, then became very productive. I swept, and mopped my floor, I did all my dishes and washed my bed sheets and hung them to dry on my roof's clothesline. I also read more of my book "The Girls." I would like to say a big thank you to Dianna Thoms for recommending that one.. I lovedddddd it. Seriously I think everyone should read it.
After that was all done it was 12ish, so I went to a kimbap place, bought two and ate those, then went to the subway to meet Heather. She lives about 20 min away from me, so I met her at the seomyeon stop on subway line 2 (http://lookatkorea.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/busan-subway-map.jpg) I live at the Geumnyeonsan stop. After meeting her we switched to the orange line and took it all the way to end and went to Nopo-dong... not be confused with Nampo-dong (where all the shopping is). Nopo-dong is where the bus station is. We got to the bus station which took 35 min and then got on a bus to Tongdosa which took about 45-50 min. Once we got to Tongdosa we took a short cab ride and it took us to the Tongdosa Buddhist temple!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongdosa here is the wikipedia site since I don't have any pictures yet. Heather had her camera, so I will steal them next time I see her.
It was BEAUTIFUL there and had so much fun! We walked around, read about the Temple (this is something I have wanted to do pretty much since I went to a Unitarian Church in my pre-teens and started to learn about world religions!) We went into the gift area and I even bought incense! I have Buddhist incense from a real temple!!! :)
We were taking pictures by this pond thing where you throw change into it for dreams to come true when this older man from Ulsan (South Korea) came up to Heather and I and wanted to have his picture taken with us. This happens a lot... seriously when you live here you get stared at a lot, approached just to say hello by kids who just run away giggling because they are happy they got to practice their English, or asked for photos.
This man turned out to be a non-governmental diplomat... whatever that means? He told us that if we ever wanted to go to Ulsan he would show us the sites... he said there are many beautiful things there...
Heather and I then continued our adventure at the Temple and even said hello to a few monks who lived there. One in particular stuck his finger in the air and waved it around in circles and this dragon fly just followed his finger... it was actually pretty cool! We then walked to this grassy area before we left and ate apples and just read our books in the sun. It was a great day!!!
My Sunday was although not very great. I woke up and went to Socrates. Which I love going to!!! This particular conversation was about truth and falsehoods... I wasn't completely into it because I have gotten so sick, so instead of going with everyone to eat afterwards, I went straight home.
I napped until 4, woke up and decided I still wasn't better then napped again until 6. I woke up and finished my book and then let myself sleep for the night at 9.
I woke up this morning feeling much worse, but I still have to make a living, so got ready for work and now I am going to the doctor with my boss tomorrow morning! I think it is just a chest infection, so I just want him to listen to my chest. I even got a fever today in class, and so I just want to be safe. I will update you on that tomorrow. I am told the English at the Doctor's office is pretty good, so wish me luck!
Before I leave, I also want to apologize for my terrible grammar and spelling... I know you should expect more from an English teacher.. first of all I know I can't spell... we grew up in the day of spell check.. but I am so rushed sometimes that I don't get a chance to do it... sorry! (This is for you Scott who brought this to my attention this morning! haha) This also explains why most of my stories are at face value rather being too in depth as I would like to do... I think I need a computer haha.
Now I must go home and sleep!!
byeee!!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
correction.
correction.
In my previous blog I said my berks were 4100. I meant to say 41 000. hahahah Well the ones I got were 47 000. They are amazing and my feet love me.
Yesterday was a great day.. I had this thing called Ugane... it was chicken, veggies and fried rice with some sauce and kimchi... it was amazing... then I had ice cream with pop rocks in it haha. YUM!
I always walk past this construction site on my way to work.. they are building a new school... construction here scares me. They climb scaffolding without any protection, and even cut metal without any eye wear.... scary. Yesterday it looked like the tractor was going to tip.
I also want to quickly comment on my man to man class. The last lesson was called "beautiful men." It was asking opinions regarding make-up on men, long hair, shaving legs, etc...
My university student said that it is ok for men to have long hair, and even shave their legs, but definitely not wear lipstick...but foundation is ok. He said that men who wear lipstick must be gay and he just wants to hit them. I felt a little weird by that, but didn't want to cross any cultural boundaries so laughed and ask why. He said he didn't know, he just did. So I told him to think of why, then left it at that. haha.
Well.. today is Friday! TGIF! :)
Have a good weekend!
Happy First Birthday little Kassandra! xo
In my previous blog I said my berks were 4100. I meant to say 41 000. hahahah Well the ones I got were 47 000. They are amazing and my feet love me.
Yesterday was a great day.. I had this thing called Ugane... it was chicken, veggies and fried rice with some sauce and kimchi... it was amazing... then I had ice cream with pop rocks in it haha. YUM!
I always walk past this construction site on my way to work.. they are building a new school... construction here scares me. They climb scaffolding without any protection, and even cut metal without any eye wear.... scary. Yesterday it looked like the tractor was going to tip.
I also want to quickly comment on my man to man class. The last lesson was called "beautiful men." It was asking opinions regarding make-up on men, long hair, shaving legs, etc...
My university student said that it is ok for men to have long hair, and even shave their legs, but definitely not wear lipstick...but foundation is ok. He said that men who wear lipstick must be gay and he just wants to hit them. I felt a little weird by that, but didn't want to cross any cultural boundaries so laughed and ask why. He said he didn't know, he just did. So I told him to think of why, then left it at that. haha.
Well.. today is Friday! TGIF! :)
Have a good weekend!
Happy First Birthday little Kassandra! xo
Field Trip
Maybe I am mean...
Today was the field trip day. We went to Omyland... it was a dump of a place from what I saw... a little run down, but the children's museum part was kinda nice... but strange.
Sooo... to the mean part. We were in the indoor playplace which looks just like the playroom here at school... but ours is a little better and we don't have little tykes play piano's with missing pieces... (too much?)
Welll... we were getting ready to leave the building and there was a huge spider.. and I mean a mother of a spider. I was a little squeamish... it didn't help that the other teachers were acting the same way... hard to calm down. I ended up practically throwing a poor little kinder boy in front of me in the process to bringing him to his shoes so we could move on to the next station to protect me from the spider... hahaha Poor little guy! He laughed at me though.. and then Ricky (my buttercup student who got me a Burberry drawstring bag) almost stepped on it with his bare feet.
In the children's museum they had the weirdest things... they had celebrations from around the world posted on the wall, they have old toys, and then a weird statue of Charlie Chaplain... but they also had a room with skeletons (fake looking) in a cage and Dracula in a coffin. A little boy in my class ventured over, so I went over with him so he wouldn't be alone and I didn't realize he was scared once inside, and me putting my hands on his shoulder and saying ouuu didn't help. For the rest of the time there he didn't leave my side. And a little girl Nicole came through with the rest of my class and I had to pick her up and carry her because she was crying so much... but don't worry.. I am not that mean... I didn't scare her! We then went up this weird hallway with carpet and wood and weird things on the wall for you to feel, then pass this door with rope hanging from it to a room a hallway painted with glow in the dark paint. Then you just had to turn around and go back. It was really strange.
In the museum they also displayed a few barbie dolls. For some reason in this small collection they had people from the X files... don't ask.. I have no idea what that had to do with anything.
but to get to this place we had to drive through stop and go traffic then up a windy mountain road... gosh it made me a little car sick!
Well.. I should get going now.. I am done for the day, but I am going to Nampodong to this placed called ABC mart. They have an AMAZING deal on Berks! I am going to get some sandals! They are on sale for 4100 won! (1000 won is equal to one dollar)... remember... my main mode of transport is my feet... I need something comfy with the condition of these roads... and a good excuse for this sale! hahah!
Today was the field trip day. We went to Omyland... it was a dump of a place from what I saw... a little run down, but the children's museum part was kinda nice... but strange.
Sooo... to the mean part. We were in the indoor playplace which looks just like the playroom here at school... but ours is a little better and we don't have little tykes play piano's with missing pieces... (too much?)
Welll... we were getting ready to leave the building and there was a huge spider.. and I mean a mother of a spider. I was a little squeamish... it didn't help that the other teachers were acting the same way... hard to calm down. I ended up practically throwing a poor little kinder boy in front of me in the process to bringing him to his shoes so we could move on to the next station to protect me from the spider... hahaha Poor little guy! He laughed at me though.. and then Ricky (my buttercup student who got me a Burberry drawstring bag) almost stepped on it with his bare feet.
In the children's museum they had the weirdest things... they had celebrations from around the world posted on the wall, they have old toys, and then a weird statue of Charlie Chaplain... but they also had a room with skeletons (fake looking) in a cage and Dracula in a coffin. A little boy in my class ventured over, so I went over with him so he wouldn't be alone and I didn't realize he was scared once inside, and me putting my hands on his shoulder and saying ouuu didn't help. For the rest of the time there he didn't leave my side. And a little girl Nicole came through with the rest of my class and I had to pick her up and carry her because she was crying so much... but don't worry.. I am not that mean... I didn't scare her! We then went up this weird hallway with carpet and wood and weird things on the wall for you to feel, then pass this door with rope hanging from it to a room a hallway painted with glow in the dark paint. Then you just had to turn around and go back. It was really strange.
In the museum they also displayed a few barbie dolls. For some reason in this small collection they had people from the X files... don't ask.. I have no idea what that had to do with anything.
but to get to this place we had to drive through stop and go traffic then up a windy mountain road... gosh it made me a little car sick!
Well.. I should get going now.. I am done for the day, but I am going to Nampodong to this placed called ABC mart. They have an AMAZING deal on Berks! I am going to get some sandals! They are on sale for 4100 won! (1000 won is equal to one dollar)... remember... my main mode of transport is my feet... I need something comfy with the condition of these roads... and a good excuse for this sale! hahah!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Mutant Mosquitos!
First of all I need to tell you about the mosquitoes here.
THEY ARE MUTANTS. Seriously. They are smart. VERY smart. I was drove nuts trying to sleep last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on my light and tried to track it down, but it went into hiding.
This morning, right before I went to shower I got it though. It felt so good to finally get him too... he got me good last night.. a few times on my foot, ankle, legs and chest. grrr. But seriously now, every time I go to get them they fly away and hide, then come out to taunt me and ten fly away away again... and picking only the best times to actually get me. They are super-power mosquitoes and I need to do something more... I was fine for a while, and then one day my kids in my odyssey 3B class asked me about my bites, and I said they must be sick of my blood and I don't need to be a mosquito blood donor anymore! I spoke way to soon!
Yesterday was a great day. I went to the beach after work. On Thursdays this month I am done work at 4:30, so I get a bit of sun! :) I met up with my friend and co-worker Bryony and just let it all in. You can see mountains past all the buildings in the distance and it was just amazing to see what a different place we were living in. She was offered a position in a university she had been wait listed for, but decided to finish her time here instead. (This makes me very happy!!) So to celebrate life and living in Korea we spinned on the beach! We were both wearing skirts that flare out really far when you spin.. so we just spinned and spinned until we fell in sand. Life is great! :)
Tomorrow we have a field trip with the kids. We are going to this place called "omyland". I have no idea what this place is... I have heard that it may be some sort of playground... well regardless I am excited to spend a fun day in the sun with my Buttercup class! :)
I had lunch with the Buttercups today! :) They called me "Baby Teacher" because I sat in the chairs with them to eat. haha They were so excited to eat with me! We had chicken, kimchi, radish, rice and soup. It was yummy! :)
I had to go into my friends classroom again today and ask for her CD player.. my Bravo CD player is on the missing list... her kids laughed at me again calling me small teacher! haha They laugh whenever they see me.... apparently I am really small!
THEY ARE MUTANTS. Seriously. They are smart. VERY smart. I was drove nuts trying to sleep last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on my light and tried to track it down, but it went into hiding.
This morning, right before I went to shower I got it though. It felt so good to finally get him too... he got me good last night.. a few times on my foot, ankle, legs and chest. grrr. But seriously now, every time I go to get them they fly away and hide, then come out to taunt me and ten fly away away again... and picking only the best times to actually get me. They are super-power mosquitoes and I need to do something more... I was fine for a while, and then one day my kids in my odyssey 3B class asked me about my bites, and I said they must be sick of my blood and I don't need to be a mosquito blood donor anymore! I spoke way to soon!
Yesterday was a great day. I went to the beach after work. On Thursdays this month I am done work at 4:30, so I get a bit of sun! :) I met up with my friend and co-worker Bryony and just let it all in. You can see mountains past all the buildings in the distance and it was just amazing to see what a different place we were living in. She was offered a position in a university she had been wait listed for, but decided to finish her time here instead. (This makes me very happy!!) So to celebrate life and living in Korea we spinned on the beach! We were both wearing skirts that flare out really far when you spin.. so we just spinned and spinned until we fell in sand. Life is great! :)
Tomorrow we have a field trip with the kids. We are going to this place called "omyland". I have no idea what this place is... I have heard that it may be some sort of playground... well regardless I am excited to spend a fun day in the sun with my Buttercup class! :)
I had lunch with the Buttercups today! :) They called me "Baby Teacher" because I sat in the chairs with them to eat. haha They were so excited to eat with me! We had chicken, kimchi, radish, rice and soup. It was yummy! :)
I had to go into my friends classroom again today and ask for her CD player.. my Bravo CD player is on the missing list... her kids laughed at me again calling me small teacher! haha They laugh whenever they see me.... apparently I am really small!
Friday, July 11, 2008
My kindergarten lesson this morning.
This is what I had to teach my Buttercup kindergarten class this morning. Keep in mind they are Korean age 6... so 5 years old.
Final Activity A
Once upon a time, there lived a princess, Sandy. She lived with her family in a castle. She had a father, a mother, a brother and a sister. She was an ugly girl.
But, after ten years, she became a beautiful woman. Many men wanted to marry her. One day, a man came to her castle. "Will you marry me?" said the man. "No, I don't like a tall and dirty man like you." He was so sad.
The next day, an old man came to the castle. "Will you marry me, Sandy?" said the old man. "No, no. I don't like an old man." He became very angry. Everybody was scared.
Sandy was sick in bed because she couldn't find a right man for her. Finally, a man named Randy came to her. He was young and clean. "Will you be my wife?" said Randy. "Sure, I want to be your wife." Sandy was very happy.
Seriously, word for word! So lets play a little game. Who thinks Sherry was happy about teaching this to her children? Who thinks that this story teaches a young mind a valuable lesson? Ok... I am teaching key word vocabulary, such as father, brother, sister, girl, man, woman, boy, and feelings like happy, angry, sad, and scared... but this story put together the way it was... oh gosh... I hated this lesson!
Final Activity A
Once upon a time, there lived a princess, Sandy. She lived with her family in a castle. She had a father, a mother, a brother and a sister. She was an ugly girl.
But, after ten years, she became a beautiful woman. Many men wanted to marry her. One day, a man came to her castle. "Will you marry me?" said the man. "No, I don't like a tall and dirty man like you." He was so sad.
The next day, an old man came to the castle. "Will you marry me, Sandy?" said the old man. "No, no. I don't like an old man." He became very angry. Everybody was scared.
Sandy was sick in bed because she couldn't find a right man for her. Finally, a man named Randy came to her. He was young and clean. "Will you be my wife?" said Randy. "Sure, I want to be your wife." Sandy was very happy.
Seriously, word for word! So lets play a little game. Who thinks Sherry was happy about teaching this to her children? Who thinks that this story teaches a young mind a valuable lesson? Ok... I am teaching key word vocabulary, such as father, brother, sister, girl, man, woman, boy, and feelings like happy, angry, sad, and scared... but this story put together the way it was... oh gosh... I hated this lesson!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Teacher... why are you....
Been a bit busy, but wanted to tell you what happened yesterday during my Phonics class with Bravo.
A Korean teacher came in and took my CD player that I was planning on using, so I had to hunt down another player while my kids were left alone in the classroom... with these kids, once they are seated nicely they should never be left! hahah They are bonkers! Well I ran into the neighbouring class, no luck, so I went to the next one. It was my friend Bryony's class. One her students upon seeing me called out, "Teacher, why are you so small?" Hahaha... even here in Korea I am known as the small teacher. The whole class laughed at me.
I get back to my own classroom and feel a little better because Deborah and Ellie run up to me (because of course I had to leave the class unattended and everyone was out of their chairs) and said "Teacher Sherry (which they said like Shelley), you are BEAUTIFUL!" They tell me this all the time! :)
Julie in my buttercup class has also been commenting on my warobe more... everyday she likes something else... and gets me to draw it on the board when I draw me as a stick person after we discuss the weather... (I draw me to show my feelings with the weather, since we are learning about feelings! haha) Steph Power... she lovessss when I wear the bracelt you gave me.. and Jill Saunders.. she also loves our matching braclet! haha :)
I feel like there is a lot more for me to post, but I don't have much time... I have my long afternoon stretch coming up... and I need to make sure I can explain percentages to my older crowd. If you know me at all... I can't even add simple math in my head... this should be fun... at least I am going in prepared!! ughh!! Oh well.. I can do it... I have all my notes with whatever what if question they ask already answered! And I have been told Korean children are amazing at math anyways!
buttt.. yayyyy!!! It is FRIDAAYY!!!! :) (TGIF!!! BIG TIME!!) Last night was the first time I ever thought... ohhhh I hate KOREA! haha I don't actually.. but I have a cold and the air conditioning makes my throat worse, so I turned it off... and couldn't sleep with the humidty.... opened the windows and the mosquitos killed me... then I had really weird dreams.. and ughh.. no sleep at all!! Halls are saving my life right now... and I am almost out of them. I worry that this isn't actually a cold, but my body acting out the the air quality rather.
A Korean teacher came in and took my CD player that I was planning on using, so I had to hunt down another player while my kids were left alone in the classroom... with these kids, once they are seated nicely they should never be left! hahah They are bonkers! Well I ran into the neighbouring class, no luck, so I went to the next one. It was my friend Bryony's class. One her students upon seeing me called out, "Teacher, why are you so small?" Hahaha... even here in Korea I am known as the small teacher. The whole class laughed at me.
I get back to my own classroom and feel a little better because Deborah and Ellie run up to me (because of course I had to leave the class unattended and everyone was out of their chairs) and said "Teacher Sherry (which they said like Shelley), you are BEAUTIFUL!" They tell me this all the time! :)
Julie in my buttercup class has also been commenting on my warobe more... everyday she likes something else... and gets me to draw it on the board when I draw me as a stick person after we discuss the weather... (I draw me to show my feelings with the weather, since we are learning about feelings! haha) Steph Power... she lovessss when I wear the bracelt you gave me.. and Jill Saunders.. she also loves our matching braclet! haha :)
I feel like there is a lot more for me to post, but I don't have much time... I have my long afternoon stretch coming up... and I need to make sure I can explain percentages to my older crowd. If you know me at all... I can't even add simple math in my head... this should be fun... at least I am going in prepared!! ughh!! Oh well.. I can do it... I have all my notes with whatever what if question they ask already answered! And I have been told Korean children are amazing at math anyways!
buttt.. yayyyy!!! It is FRIDAAYY!!!! :) (TGIF!!! BIG TIME!!) Last night was the first time I ever thought... ohhhh I hate KOREA! haha I don't actually.. but I have a cold and the air conditioning makes my throat worse, so I turned it off... and couldn't sleep with the humidty.... opened the windows and the mosquitos killed me... then I had really weird dreams.. and ughh.. no sleep at all!! Halls are saving my life right now... and I am almost out of them. I worry that this isn't actually a cold, but my body acting out the the air quality rather.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Nice people
Koreans are so nice!
I have had many great experiences with Korean people while I have been here. During my first few weeks here I had to go to Seoul and got lost trying to find the bus to the train station. I had a man who worked at the 7/11 practically walk me to my stop. On the way home trying to find the subway I had a girl walk away from her bus stop to make sure I found the subway safely, missing her bus in the process. The best part of that was she spoke VERY little English, and I could try to say hello, but that was it. She spoke to me using her cell phone's English translator! :) Oh gosh, and let me not forget my friend from the plane. She texts me and calls me to make sure I am ok! I heard from her yesterday for the first time in a while.. she apologized because she was in China!! She is really nice and super helpful!!
Well the reason I bring this up is because I had another great experience yesterday. (Well a few of them!!) Bryony and I went to Nampodong (I think I spelt that terribly wrong)... but it is a great place to shop and get good bargains. There is an underground shopping area and we were walking along there (Dad you would love it... so many camera shops!) But we walked past this costume jewellery store and the man invited us in... like many vendors will to get you to spend money. He spoke English to us so we went in. When we went in they were eating, so they gave us chopsticks and invited us to try some. Who knows what it was, but it was good! I think it was some sort of pork dish. They also gave us some Soju. (oh yuck!! You see men drinking that stuff all hours of the day).
Later on during our adventure a lady helped us find the electronics area of the market and I bought a Sony CD player for $45! We got a deal! :) It was supposed to be 50... but hey, $5 more in my pocket! It is a pretty sweet ghetto fabulous CD player. It is pink! haha Now that I have a CD player you should send me loads of English music!! :) I actually bought some blank CDS and friends here are going to help me out a little as well! Last night when I got home I listened to Steph's Ben Harper CD... it was magical! I missed English music!
Anyways, after I bought the CD player we walked around a little more. We passed this side of the road restaurant thing and the food looked AMAZING. We stopped and asked the couple who spoke a little English was it was. They couldn't really explain it so picked up some food with their chopsticks and fed it to us! hahaha Then also a taste of their beer mixed with soju to wash it down! haha It was great!
Also, today at work I got a present from one of my students. He was on at trip with his mom and they brought me back a Burberry draw string 150th anniversary bag. It looks a little long, so I don't know what it should be used for... but it's BURBERRY! hahah anddd I am pretty sure it is real.
Well, I have class in about 10 min. I get to teach a phonics class about the long vowel sound i.
I have had many great experiences with Korean people while I have been here. During my first few weeks here I had to go to Seoul and got lost trying to find the bus to the train station. I had a man who worked at the 7/11 practically walk me to my stop. On the way home trying to find the subway I had a girl walk away from her bus stop to make sure I found the subway safely, missing her bus in the process. The best part of that was she spoke VERY little English, and I could try to say hello, but that was it. She spoke to me using her cell phone's English translator! :) Oh gosh, and let me not forget my friend from the plane. She texts me and calls me to make sure I am ok! I heard from her yesterday for the first time in a while.. she apologized because she was in China!! She is really nice and super helpful!!
Well the reason I bring this up is because I had another great experience yesterday. (Well a few of them!!) Bryony and I went to Nampodong (I think I spelt that terribly wrong)... but it is a great place to shop and get good bargains. There is an underground shopping area and we were walking along there (Dad you would love it... so many camera shops!) But we walked past this costume jewellery store and the man invited us in... like many vendors will to get you to spend money. He spoke English to us so we went in. When we went in they were eating, so they gave us chopsticks and invited us to try some. Who knows what it was, but it was good! I think it was some sort of pork dish. They also gave us some Soju. (oh yuck!! You see men drinking that stuff all hours of the day).
Later on during our adventure a lady helped us find the electronics area of the market and I bought a Sony CD player for $45! We got a deal! :) It was supposed to be 50... but hey, $5 more in my pocket! It is a pretty sweet ghetto fabulous CD player. It is pink! haha Now that I have a CD player you should send me loads of English music!! :) I actually bought some blank CDS and friends here are going to help me out a little as well! Last night when I got home I listened to Steph's Ben Harper CD... it was magical! I missed English music!
Anyways, after I bought the CD player we walked around a little more. We passed this side of the road restaurant thing and the food looked AMAZING. We stopped and asked the couple who spoke a little English was it was. They couldn't really explain it so picked up some food with their chopsticks and fed it to us! hahaha Then also a taste of their beer mixed with soju to wash it down! haha It was great!
Also, today at work I got a present from one of my students. He was on at trip with his mom and they brought me back a Burberry draw string 150th anniversary bag. It looks a little long, so I don't know what it should be used for... but it's BURBERRY! hahah anddd I am pretty sure it is real.
Well, I have class in about 10 min. I get to teach a phonics class about the long vowel sound i.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Last night
Last night after work I went to the pizza place beside my apartment. The cooking time was estimated 15 min, so I went up to my room and put away my laundry while I waited which was drying on the rack and the homemade clothes line. 15 min later I walked to get my food and ran into my friend/co-worker Rick. The pizza man was so excited that we were friends and started talking to me! It was great! Of course Rick was the translator since he knows Korean pretty well and I can maybe say "Thank-you" and "hello" on a good day!
I found out that the pizza man used to a pharmacist (there are TONS of those around) and said if I ever had a question to ask him. I showed him my thumb (because I burnt it on friday and it was looking kinda gross... maybe since I didn't have it in a band aid when at work with germy kiddies!) He brought me and Rick into the backroom of the pizza parlor and put ointment on it and a band aid and gave me an aspirin. He also told me if it doesn't get better to come back! haha He even called me his friend in Korean when I left the parlor! :)
I also forgot to mention what some of the public bathrooms are like here in Korea. They are a bowl like toilet thing on the ground that you have to squat over. I usually avoid them since I am terrified on peeing on myself in public! Well... friday night during our 4th of July celebrations Steph and I mastered this washroom! hahah
A funny note. The time difference between here and Newfoundland is 11.5 hours. It can be a pretty interesting phone call at times. Friday night is their friday morning. I called my friend a little intoxicated to tell her about this bathroom adventure and how proud I was that I didn't pee on myself. Embarrassing? YES. Well the best part was she was at work and I was talking loud.
Anyways... off to prepping I go. Today I teach my kids what it means to be scared. We are learning about feelings!
I found out that the pizza man used to a pharmacist (there are TONS of those around) and said if I ever had a question to ask him. I showed him my thumb (because I burnt it on friday and it was looking kinda gross... maybe since I didn't have it in a band aid when at work with germy kiddies!) He brought me and Rick into the backroom of the pizza parlor and put ointment on it and a band aid and gave me an aspirin. He also told me if it doesn't get better to come back! haha He even called me his friend in Korean when I left the parlor! :)
I also forgot to mention what some of the public bathrooms are like here in Korea. They are a bowl like toilet thing on the ground that you have to squat over. I usually avoid them since I am terrified on peeing on myself in public! Well... friday night during our 4th of July celebrations Steph and I mastered this washroom! hahah
A funny note. The time difference between here and Newfoundland is 11.5 hours. It can be a pretty interesting phone call at times. Friday night is their friday morning. I called my friend a little intoxicated to tell her about this bathroom adventure and how proud I was that I didn't pee on myself. Embarrassing? YES. Well the best part was she was at work and I was talking loud.
Anyways... off to prepping I go. Today I teach my kids what it means to be scared. We are learning about feelings!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
music
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_yk-B4Q80
I also wanted to post this link.
This song is HUGE here... and I think you all need to hear what little English music I am exposed to.. haha
I am buying a CD player this week. It is a MUST!
I also wanted to post this link.
This song is HUGE here... and I think you all need to hear what little English music I am exposed to.. haha
I am buying a CD player this week. It is a MUST!
My weekend
Hello Hello
I had a great weekend. This was our first weekend in a while where it was really nice with no rain at all!! I loved it!
Friday we celebrated 4th of July with our American friends. I never made it to Krazy Burger, but I did go to the beach to light firworks, and clumsly burn my thumb! :(
We met some old friends on the beach and even made some new ones! At a bar called Thursday Party we met some Korean guys who were celebrating their friends bachelor party. He was visiting home from the States and was gettig married the next day. He even invited us to his wedding reception! haha We never went though.
Saturday was a nice day, woke up and went directly to the beach. Ate some kimbap and mandu for lunch and just hung out in the sun. Met up with some friends on the beach randomly (ones that introduced me to joining the socrates cafe). One of April's friends (she is a socrates friend) went to grad school in Newfoundland. We both went to MUN, and of course we played the who do you know game. Since he was doing grad school I named a good friend of mine, and the first name I said he knew pretty well haha. Small small world! He was even apart of the GSU and me MUNSU so we knew a lot of people in that circle too. It is wild you who you can meet on the other side of the world! (Did I mention I also found a cousin here too?!)
After the beach April and Tom took me and our new friend Pete who April found lost on the subway for Vietnamese food. It was AMAZING. You were given this pot and you put the meat in the pot and mushrooms and let that cook then had these thin wrap things you put the cooked meat and veggies in and it was wonderful!
After that I went home to shower and took the subway to Seomyon and met up with April and met some more socrates goers. We went to this rock and roll bar and they were playing some great 90's tunes! Then once we tired of that we went to this bar called Vinyl. It was a lot of fun!!
This is an internet explaination of this bar:
Vinyl UndergroundLocation: Near Bukyoung University. Take the subway (Line 2) to the Bukyoung/Kyoungsoung station. With your back to Kyoungsoung at the T-junction, walk toward Bukyoung University on the left side of the main road. Turn left at the "TTL" shop (the next-to-last street before you reach the Bukyoung campus). Walk past Monk bar on your left ( about 100 meters up the street ) and make a left, its right there on your left hand side. Look for the banana.
Review: What can be said about the Underground? It has really been "the" place to party on a Saturday night for a couple since it opened. There's an awesome line up of live DJ's spinning music of various styles on Saturday nights. DJ's come from Seoul and beyond to play for the typically jammed dance floor.
There's lots of live music on the weekends as well. Mojo plays here, as well as bands from Seoul like Heady, and the occasional relatively big named (Korean) punk band. The stage is large and set apart from the rest of the bar a little bit, and there's plenty of room to stand, sit, lounge, talk, check your email, dance, or sleep ( only in Korea ). Great drink prices, considering the alcohol content, the standard 'DongHa' pour, and they have draft beer as well as an assortment of bottled beer. The staff is super friendly and English speaking.......the place to be in Pusan.
Sunday I woke up and went to my first socrates cafe. The topic chosen was "is sexuality a social construct". It was really interesting to hear differing views of this topic. The group consists of many different people, and the main man who runs the group is a masters university student who studied philosophy. Sometimes it felt like I was back in a university class... I loved it. It was also great to hear the views of the Koreans that went, especially since sexuality is a very hush topic. I can't wait to go next week and see what topic gets voted on then.
After that we went out for some yummy food.. went home, got a funny phone call from home, then went directly to the beach where I stayed until supper time.
This weeked was really fun, and this week at school will be less busy since I am in the swing of things for the new month and new books.
Well I must be getting to my prep!
toodles!
Happy Birthday Lisa.. and Happy Korean Birthday Dad!!! :)
Oh, also... TODAY IS PAY DAY!!! My first pay day! I shouldn't be too excited yet, since I haven't gotten my bank card yet, waiting for that in the mail. Going to the bank was surely an adventure too. They bow to you when you enter the building, and they spoke no English. I was taken by the secretary at school. I just signed what she said I needed to do... the whole process felt a little weird since I didn't really know all the time what I was signing. Good thing I trust my employer!
I had a great weekend. This was our first weekend in a while where it was really nice with no rain at all!! I loved it!
Friday we celebrated 4th of July with our American friends. I never made it to Krazy Burger, but I did go to the beach to light firworks, and clumsly burn my thumb! :(
We met some old friends on the beach and even made some new ones! At a bar called Thursday Party we met some Korean guys who were celebrating their friends bachelor party. He was visiting home from the States and was gettig married the next day. He even invited us to his wedding reception! haha We never went though.
Saturday was a nice day, woke up and went directly to the beach. Ate some kimbap and mandu for lunch and just hung out in the sun. Met up with some friends on the beach randomly (ones that introduced me to joining the socrates cafe). One of April's friends (she is a socrates friend) went to grad school in Newfoundland. We both went to MUN, and of course we played the who do you know game. Since he was doing grad school I named a good friend of mine, and the first name I said he knew pretty well haha. Small small world! He was even apart of the GSU and me MUNSU so we knew a lot of people in that circle too. It is wild you who you can meet on the other side of the world! (Did I mention I also found a cousin here too?!)
After the beach April and Tom took me and our new friend Pete who April found lost on the subway for Vietnamese food. It was AMAZING. You were given this pot and you put the meat in the pot and mushrooms and let that cook then had these thin wrap things you put the cooked meat and veggies in and it was wonderful!
After that I went home to shower and took the subway to Seomyon and met up with April and met some more socrates goers. We went to this rock and roll bar and they were playing some great 90's tunes! Then once we tired of that we went to this bar called Vinyl. It was a lot of fun!!
This is an internet explaination of this bar:
Vinyl UndergroundLocation: Near Bukyoung University. Take the subway (Line 2) to the Bukyoung/Kyoungsoung station. With your back to Kyoungsoung at the T-junction, walk toward Bukyoung University on the left side of the main road. Turn left at the "TTL" shop (the next-to-last street before you reach the Bukyoung campus). Walk past Monk bar on your left ( about 100 meters up the street ) and make a left, its right there on your left hand side. Look for the banana.
Review: What can be said about the Underground? It has really been "the" place to party on a Saturday night for a couple since it opened. There's an awesome line up of live DJ's spinning music of various styles on Saturday nights. DJ's come from Seoul and beyond to play for the typically jammed dance floor.
There's lots of live music on the weekends as well. Mojo plays here, as well as bands from Seoul like Heady, and the occasional relatively big named (Korean) punk band. The stage is large and set apart from the rest of the bar a little bit, and there's plenty of room to stand, sit, lounge, talk, check your email, dance, or sleep ( only in Korea ). Great drink prices, considering the alcohol content, the standard 'DongHa' pour, and they have draft beer as well as an assortment of bottled beer. The staff is super friendly and English speaking.......the place to be in Pusan.
Sunday I woke up and went to my first socrates cafe. The topic chosen was "is sexuality a social construct". It was really interesting to hear differing views of this topic. The group consists of many different people, and the main man who runs the group is a masters university student who studied philosophy. Sometimes it felt like I was back in a university class... I loved it. It was also great to hear the views of the Koreans that went, especially since sexuality is a very hush topic. I can't wait to go next week and see what topic gets voted on then.
After that we went out for some yummy food.. went home, got a funny phone call from home, then went directly to the beach where I stayed until supper time.
This weeked was really fun, and this week at school will be less busy since I am in the swing of things for the new month and new books.
Well I must be getting to my prep!
toodles!
Happy Birthday Lisa.. and Happy Korean Birthday Dad!!! :)
Oh, also... TODAY IS PAY DAY!!! My first pay day! I shouldn't be too excited yet, since I haven't gotten my bank card yet, waiting for that in the mail. Going to the bank was surely an adventure too. They bow to you when you enter the building, and they spoke no English. I was taken by the secretary at school. I just signed what she said I needed to do... the whole process felt a little weird since I didn't really know all the time what I was signing. Good thing I trust my employer!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy 4th of July!
Today is the 4th of July. We have a few teachers here from the states, and a friend in a neighbouring city who is from Henderson Nevada. She is close to the same age as my cousin Cody... but she dosen't know him... but I thought that was interesting.
Anyways, the plans for the night is to go to Crazy burger and eat gormet burgers, then go to the batting cages then back to the beach for beers... should be an interesting night, we tried to make it American! hahah
Also... I have heard that my Mother is sending me a package... I sent her an e-mail and told her that I am going mad without anymusic.... Steph has a CD player.. and I am thinking about getting one if I find one cheap. I look on Pusanweb.com... a lot of teachers are leaving now, so you can get things cheap there... anyways... if you are so inclined to make me a CD... I would love that... just get in touch with my mom and maybe you can send it altogether to save on shipping!!! :)
My friend Steph thought that she might have a shellfish allergy because her eye gets swollen sometimes.. and we thought maybe it was from that.. that was cut out from her diet as well as red pepper paste (just in case) which is not easy!! (Watch out Dad if you come! I will talk to my Korean friends and get translations for allergies!) Buttt... her eye swelled up again... soooo nursing friends.. we think it is from the air quality now.. what do you think? This has happened four times! She is going to see a doctor soon... but it is hard with the language barrier sometimes. My friend Rick had to go because his ear got infected and he ended up missing two work days because of the mis-communication about his meds from his doctor.
Well.. I have my last class in 10 min! Have a good weekend everyone!
Anyways, the plans for the night is to go to Crazy burger and eat gormet burgers, then go to the batting cages then back to the beach for beers... should be an interesting night, we tried to make it American! hahah
Also... I have heard that my Mother is sending me a package... I sent her an e-mail and told her that I am going mad without anymusic.... Steph has a CD player.. and I am thinking about getting one if I find one cheap. I look on Pusanweb.com... a lot of teachers are leaving now, so you can get things cheap there... anyways... if you are so inclined to make me a CD... I would love that... just get in touch with my mom and maybe you can send it altogether to save on shipping!!! :)
My friend Steph thought that she might have a shellfish allergy because her eye gets swollen sometimes.. and we thought maybe it was from that.. that was cut out from her diet as well as red pepper paste (just in case) which is not easy!! (Watch out Dad if you come! I will talk to my Korean friends and get translations for allergies!) Buttt... her eye swelled up again... soooo nursing friends.. we think it is from the air quality now.. what do you think? This has happened four times! She is going to see a doctor soon... but it is hard with the language barrier sometimes. My friend Rick had to go because his ear got infected and he ended up missing two work days because of the mis-communication about his meds from his doctor.
Well.. I have my last class in 10 min! Have a good weekend everyone!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
yesterday
I was walking home yesterday from school after forgetting my keys and phone.. well.. this guy that hangs out at the restaurant beside my house talked to me... he normally says "Hi, Sherry." But yesterday he needed to tell me how beautiful I was. I laughed and said thank you. He looked hurt and said "No joke, you are really pretty! I never realized that until today" hahaha
I also took an adventure to the Mega Mart last night to pick up a few things. Man... going there at night is surely an experience! That is when the food starts going on sale and everyone is mad... they push. That is common here. I walk down the street and if I am going to slow people have no problem to push me out of the way! haha
I have deicded to join this club called "Socrates Cafe." It is a bunch of people, Koreans and foreigners that get together and talk about various issues.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4766189585
This is the facebook group made for it. The last topic was memory and personality. I met some people who were in the group and they were super nice and made me really excited about it. Memory and personality was a topic that I talked about a lot in my last semseter of school... and I find it so interesting.. I am reading a book called "The Girls" by Lori Lansens it follows the whole idea of not really being able to trust your own memory, and memory is more of a creation rather than a recollection.
But I have to teach a class soon... So I must be going.
Happy Canada Birthday Johanna! :)
Mike, Rachel, Sandy and Sarah... I heard you read this blog... I miss you!! :)
I also took an adventure to the Mega Mart last night to pick up a few things. Man... going there at night is surely an experience! That is when the food starts going on sale and everyone is mad... they push. That is common here. I walk down the street and if I am going to slow people have no problem to push me out of the way! haha
I have deicded to join this club called "Socrates Cafe." It is a bunch of people, Koreans and foreigners that get together and talk about various issues.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4766189585
This is the facebook group made for it. The last topic was memory and personality. I met some people who were in the group and they were super nice and made me really excited about it. Memory and personality was a topic that I talked about a lot in my last semseter of school... and I find it so interesting.. I am reading a book called "The Girls" by Lori Lansens it follows the whole idea of not really being able to trust your own memory, and memory is more of a creation rather than a recollection.
But I have to teach a class soon... So I must be going.
Happy Canada Birthday Johanna! :)
Mike, Rachel, Sandy and Sarah... I heard you read this blog... I miss you!! :)
random
I came back to work because of course I forgot my keys and phone. However I am proud. This is the first time I have misplaced something. I know you are impressed!! :)
Today Steph and I went out to eat after work.. we found a Chinese spot, it was really good. Some Korean guys we randomly bumped into on the beach helped us find it! I like making new friends who are very helpful. They knew to ask the right questions too.. haha along the beach the food is usually quiet expensive, so they helped us find a spot in our price range! :) The bread appitizer was interesting though... it was bread wrapped in the same dough that they wrap mandu in... it was plain... but it was good to dip it in the sause from our chicken!
But I did think of something I wanted to mention. Back on the subject of my Man to Man class. (The class where I tutor the university student.) Today we talked about lucky vs unlucky things. He knew about four leaf clovers... but didn't believe in them... the same problem as the tarot cards... his girlfriend broke up with him! haha However, I did learn something interesting! If you dream about pigs you will come into great fortune (money!!) :) Lets hope we all dream about pigs! And for those of you wanting babies... dream about dragons. But don't dream about getting money... that is very unfortunate!
And one more thing that I needed to post... Rebeccah, this is especially for you! I was watching tv and a commerical for the station came on... they had a preview for some of the movies that would be playing.... some examples are pirates of the carribean, harry potter and then some for some action ones that I didn't recognize... some of my friends who like law and order, CSI and action films would like tv here... that is on ALL THE TIME! I either watch CSI or childrens stuff.
Anywho..
the song to go with that was MIKA LOLIPOP! hahaha!!
Johnny Depp was even made to wink!
Well gotta run!
xo
Today Steph and I went out to eat after work.. we found a Chinese spot, it was really good. Some Korean guys we randomly bumped into on the beach helped us find it! I like making new friends who are very helpful. They knew to ask the right questions too.. haha along the beach the food is usually quiet expensive, so they helped us find a spot in our price range! :) The bread appitizer was interesting though... it was bread wrapped in the same dough that they wrap mandu in... it was plain... but it was good to dip it in the sause from our chicken!
But I did think of something I wanted to mention. Back on the subject of my Man to Man class. (The class where I tutor the university student.) Today we talked about lucky vs unlucky things. He knew about four leaf clovers... but didn't believe in them... the same problem as the tarot cards... his girlfriend broke up with him! haha However, I did learn something interesting! If you dream about pigs you will come into great fortune (money!!) :) Lets hope we all dream about pigs! And for those of you wanting babies... dream about dragons. But don't dream about getting money... that is very unfortunate!
And one more thing that I needed to post... Rebeccah, this is especially for you! I was watching tv and a commerical for the station came on... they had a preview for some of the movies that would be playing.... some examples are pirates of the carribean, harry potter and then some for some action ones that I didn't recognize... some of my friends who like law and order, CSI and action films would like tv here... that is on ALL THE TIME! I either watch CSI or childrens stuff.
Anywho..
the song to go with that was MIKA LOLIPOP! hahaha!!
Johnny Depp was even made to wink!
Well gotta run!
xo
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
new lessons at ecc
Okay... this will be a funny post for those of you who know me well.
Let's play a game...
What am I most scared of?
If you answered with the word snake.. (as I normally call them s-words) you get a prize. Post back if you knew the answer and maybe I will send that to you in the mail! haha
So. This is the story.
It is a brand new month here at ECC and I went into class with no idea what books I was teaching... we couldn't seem to find them. I was told my book was called "We went Walking"... but it is actually called, "I Can See." In class we read this book about different colours and animals who are those colours and carry out various activities to help with comprehension.
Okay. I am in class. I found the new book. We open it up, and I read aloud to the class. A few pages in, what is dead center in the middle of the book? The biggest flipping yellow s-word I have ever seen! NO JOKE! What am I supposed to do? I mean if you know me well you know that this fear is actually a phobia and I can't even see a picture of this creature without feeling nervous. I can't act different... can you imagine if you were my student and you found out this valuable information? Put yourself in the shoes of a kindergarten student. My teacher is extremely afraid of snakes, what do I do? Answer: EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO SHOW HER SUCH PICTURE EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY!
This is going to be an interesting month. (SIDE NOTE: This stupid I can see yellow s-word is HUGE and its' mouth is open with fangs ready to attack.) Thanks ecc... too bad phobia's couldn't be added to contracts!
My day ended well though... my last class of the day is really fun. I have told you about this before. I have a university student I tutor. He comes to class everyday with his own material, so I don't have to prep a thing! Yes! :)
In his class the lesson was about fortune telling. I asked him if he understood what that meant while we looked at pictures of palm reading, astrology, fortune cookies, crystal balls and tarot cards.
His response was comical! He said that he knew about the crystal ball because of Whoppi Goldburg in some movie I don't remember, fortune cookies.. well I guess because everyone knows about that.. and tarot cards because he knows it is all lies! haha I laughed and asked why he would say that.
He told me he went and he hated it. He said, two years later he still wants his money back! He told me he had a girlfriend, but not anymore. The tarot lady said he was a "play boy", a guy with many girlfriends. His girlfriend said he was crazy.. but he said no no no! (Of course all of this is explained with a lot of gestures and broken English). It turns out, she was the "play girl" and this fortune teller got it all wrong. He partly blames her for his life being single hahah. He won't go back.. it is all lies and makes me have no girlfiend he says! hahah. Give me my money back, 5000 won too much!
Now for my last class of the day! The bell just went!
Let's play a game...
What am I most scared of?
If you answered with the word snake.. (as I normally call them s-words) you get a prize. Post back if you knew the answer and maybe I will send that to you in the mail! haha
So. This is the story.
It is a brand new month here at ECC and I went into class with no idea what books I was teaching... we couldn't seem to find them. I was told my book was called "We went Walking"... but it is actually called, "I Can See." In class we read this book about different colours and animals who are those colours and carry out various activities to help with comprehension.
Okay. I am in class. I found the new book. We open it up, and I read aloud to the class. A few pages in, what is dead center in the middle of the book? The biggest flipping yellow s-word I have ever seen! NO JOKE! What am I supposed to do? I mean if you know me well you know that this fear is actually a phobia and I can't even see a picture of this creature without feeling nervous. I can't act different... can you imagine if you were my student and you found out this valuable information? Put yourself in the shoes of a kindergarten student. My teacher is extremely afraid of snakes, what do I do? Answer: EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO SHOW HER SUCH PICTURE EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY!
This is going to be an interesting month. (SIDE NOTE: This stupid I can see yellow s-word is HUGE and its' mouth is open with fangs ready to attack.) Thanks ecc... too bad phobia's couldn't be added to contracts!
My day ended well though... my last class of the day is really fun. I have told you about this before. I have a university student I tutor. He comes to class everyday with his own material, so I don't have to prep a thing! Yes! :)
In his class the lesson was about fortune telling. I asked him if he understood what that meant while we looked at pictures of palm reading, astrology, fortune cookies, crystal balls and tarot cards.
His response was comical! He said that he knew about the crystal ball because of Whoppi Goldburg in some movie I don't remember, fortune cookies.. well I guess because everyone knows about that.. and tarot cards because he knows it is all lies! haha I laughed and asked why he would say that.
He told me he went and he hated it. He said, two years later he still wants his money back! He told me he had a girlfriend, but not anymore. The tarot lady said he was a "play boy", a guy with many girlfriends. His girlfriend said he was crazy.. but he said no no no! (Of course all of this is explained with a lot of gestures and broken English). It turns out, she was the "play girl" and this fortune teller got it all wrong. He partly blames her for his life being single hahah. He won't go back.. it is all lies and makes me have no girlfiend he says! hahah. Give me my money back, 5000 won too much!
Now for my last class of the day! The bell just went!
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