***Highlight of the week....witnessing a father on his scooter with his son between his legs in front of him, his wife sitting behind him and in his arms...a new born baby....madness!
So 3 weeks or so in and I am almost fully adjusted. Still no phone, cable or internet but I am realizing I really dont need them...crosswords, soju, reading.... all that h with the amazing amount of spare time I seem to have in my days at school.
sitting, where I have sat since 9am, it's Monday and it is now 11:25... a single class is yet to show up!!! One of my co-teachers just came in and said, "oh, no second period". I said well first period did not come either. He looked perplexed, said ok, turned and left. Although having this time is nice, gives me time to catch up...I would have loved to sleep for a few more hours.
My weeks are easy, 3 schools, five days, 20 hours of teaching and 2 hours of volleyball and soju drinking on Wednesdays. Here they drink at school, the teachers that is, can you imagine the uproar if all of the teachers gathered in the NHS gym at 2pm for a game of volleyball, a few budlights, a few shots of jager and a pizza. It still amazes me the freedom their culture gives them to enjoy life in a different way then we do in the states. They are slowly catching on the ways of western life that create a more structured environment, suing people for mindless reasons, changing school programs, however, still their mindsets often revolve around being with friends and family and having fun.
I am teaching 6th grade in my school for the next 4 weeks, the same lesson, 7 times in a row, then on to the next one 7 times in a row again. It could be work for a robot, but, it can be fun if you are willign to put the time in and come up with good activities for the children.
This weekend Daniel and I headed to Yesou with some friends, such a beautiful beach! The weather went from rain rain rain (it rained consistently from 8/24-9/9...)to 90!!
While I was home the battery in our 1988 Hyandi also died. 75,000 won later it is runnign better than ever...minus a horn. The other day on our way back from the market the horn somehow got stuck on and remained so for 20 minutes. Needless to say, all pedestrians around us were annoyed and a kind gentleman came and disconnected it for us. Now....I am hornless...and have resorted to using my middle finger to show anger. Here in the land of few rules there are many ignorant, careless and eratic driverers, with no horn to tell them they are in the wrong, we now just scream out the window. They are often very suprised by this!
My apartment is much nicer this year, 3 good size rooms, a normal bathroom, galley kitchen and a nice veranda!!! The downside to living in Shidae- PAKAYBOOLAYS...COCKROACHS! I hate them! Each time I see one I instantaniously feel the urge to vomit. We have also learned that when you leave the dogs food out you get ants. Suppodsly ants and cockroaches dont coexsist in the same apartment, mine is the exception. And so, the race begns to keep an extra clean house!!!
Pictures coming soon....
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