Test week

How I love it. This week we are giving the students monthly tests. It os my favorite and least favorite week of the month. The classes fly by and all I do is sit and write in my journal or play on the computer. If you haven;t guessed already, I am writing this as I am sitting in class. It is so nice. Th epart tthat is the least favorite is at the end of the week, I must turn in monthly report cards. It sucks and I hate it. haha. Oh well. SO far so good. This week I have actually been able to finish up each classes report cards while still in their class. I graded their papers quickly and recorded the grades as fast as possible. I am up to date on all classes. It is awesome. :) I am trying really hard because this weekend Jack and I are planning to go to Seoul. We are leaving Sunday and coming back on Tuesday morning.

We have Monday off for 3.1절 (Samiljeol)- Independence Day, March 1
On this date in 1919, Koreans declared their independence from Japan. The fight for independence was a struggle to preserve the Korean way of life. During the occupation Koreans were forced to give up their Korean names, their language and their food, so other ways to commenorate this day might include cooking a Korean meal or learning a new phrase or Korean song. We thought what better way to celebrate Korea than to visit its capital city and visit some of it's most important land marks.

We will hopefully be visiting the palace as well as the main temple in Seoul. It is a Buddhist temple where foreign Kings/Emperors went to worship. I am not sure if this will be weird or not, but it worth a try. We though about visiting a Korean folk village outside of the city, but we decided we would go at a later date with our friend Seona in Daejon. I am really excited. We are going to celebrate the holiday as well as my 25th birthday. :)

Soju and public displays of nudity

Well, I observed my first public display of nudity last night. Jack and I were walking home and there was a man on the sidewalk up ahead of us. I noticed he was acting weird, but it didn't occur to me that anything else was going on. As we approached a bit closer, we realized that he was just taking a piss right there on the side of the rode. Keep in mind that we do not live in a shady part of town. We live in one of the newest areas of town. It is considered a hip area where college to late twenties people come to hang out. We thought it was hilarious. We were walking along the main strip and there at the walkway overpass was a drunk old man taking a leak.


It isn't good for you to hold it. Long term kidney damage and all. I guess he just takes that idea seriously. :)

Poop Face

So today I had a student call me poop face. I was cracking up at his comment which of course made him mad but he was being super disrespectful despite his inadequacy to come up with a decent cut down. I started to get on to him and his Korean teacher came to the door. He started crying (apparently I can look at a student a certain way and they cry) and then I looked like the jerk. SO now I was called a poop face and actually temporarily felt like a poop face.

I am doing better now. He deserved it, but crying kids have a way of getting sympathy. I just need to be more of a hard ass.