Side note: this photo is to demonstrate Fan Death. It is said, that to explain many deaths which people believe were results of alcholism, binge drinking, too much soju consumption, police officers and doctors and the powers than be created "Fan Death", if someone was to fall asleep in front of a fan they would die.
Another afternoon, staring at this screen and fighting the urge to take a brief nap at my desk. What a change from last year, hours, schedule, people.
My hours...the are horrible for me who is not a morning person, 9-5...up at 7:15 is not good for my soul.
The people are wonderful, each day telling me how wonderful I am and filling my head with kind complements, "teacher you are so beautiful"...."teacher you have kind eyes"..."teacher i love you"....other teachers come in to my office, look at me, speak a bit in Korean to someone else and then look to me and say "your re more beautiful each day". Although I know they could be lying...I don't think I have ever entered a job in the states and had my co-workers tell me such things.
I teach four lessons a day. Each lesson is prepared for me, I download it, print it out and tweek it a bit then execute it four times in a row each day. Go figure, by 12:20 I am finished, by 12:25 I am at lunch with Daniel and by 1:35 I am back in my office trying to stay busy.
One downside...in the summer...there is no AC. In the winter, there is no heat and there are open windows and doors EVERYWHERE! I don't get it. Come one people, it is freezing!
Tuesday thru Thursday I am at my city school which is situated between "old down town"...seems newer than the "new down town" but I don't ask questions and the University where Daniel works. So each day we go to lunch at our favorite "Wory Mandu" where the grandmother like woman welcomes Lea with open arms (I have begun preparing Daniel for America when they will not be so welcoming to dogs in restaurants).
We then grab a coffee or a "fruits juice" from "Sand and Food", this sand which shop owned by a nice couple who's children attend my school. There seems to be an influx of coffee shops opening lately, with names ranging from "Tom n'Toms"-
the logo is very similar to that of Starbucks,to Tom's House- also another variation of Starbucks, Holly's Coffee, Coffee Holiday, Coffee Agoshi- which means old coffee man and our friend Eun Su's family recently opened "Ti-Amo", an Italian coffee and gelato cafe (the lemon is amazing and is the closest thing I have found to sorbet in this country). Today, as we stood outside Sand and Food we noticed a new sign inside "Tom's House" and a new sign to match going outside. Wondering if corporate Korea had taken over this mom and pop store we asked. As it turns, they are simply upgrading their product as it seems that these days there is more of a demand for coffee than for sandwiches. It seems lately Daniel and I fall asleep talking of what we will do with the future...we will go to the states and then what? For how long? What will we do for work. I think his angst is a little greater then mine being that he will be staying at my house for a bit in a new country, however, I too am beginning to feel the stress of moving back. Korea is a wonderful place to go to get away from it all, to do some soul searching and try to figure out which direction o go in. However, going in that direction is the hard part.
So, it is 3:30pm now, I will drink my third green tea, check my facebook, check my email and then slither out the door around 4:15....
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