Also: touched the sea, discovered a pile of salt (FROM THE DAMN SEA) and licked it (to see if it was, in fact, salty), and found dragon claw barnacles. it was sunny. made plans to swim in the ocean for the first time in my life (that I can remember) this summer. Then I ate Nangmyun (ice noodles) which tastes like Korean summer and bopped on home for a shower. AH SO GROOD. ahhhhhhhhhhh.
p.s. THIS guy. yesssssss.
And now I'm at work. Had 7 classes yesterday and in comparison, the 3 classes I have today feels like having a small sleep. Wrote up lesson plans that were surprisingly easy to make with Robot Teacher (Rebecca--the littles can't say her name). On Fridays I work until 10:10pm but I don't have to come in until 3:30pm. And my last class is a couple of AWESOME kids. Then playing some DAMN darts with my friends (I'm really good alluva sudden. yessss).
Oh, 1 or 2 more teachers are leaving. Seems that someone in the administration is a bit of a bellend, but it shouldn't really affect me (according to the staff) because Bellend can't speak English and my job description is radically different from everyone else's. However, won't be at all shocked if I get fired and I'm not worried about it. Gonna keep doing what I'm doing and if shit goes down, I've got unemployment insurance from the government. I have a small theory that this new program is a PR measure to counterbalance the slew of shady hagwon happenings. That nonsense can really leave you with a bad taste in your mouth and even put you off Korea altogether if you're not careful (see: Dave's ESL Cafe). It's all very silly to me and the most I worry about is the pain in the ass the paperwork and moving would be. In all honesty, this job is lovely for me and kind of shit for the Korean staff. That happens a lot, I think. I feel a bit sheepish about it most of the time, but at least I know I haven't drifted off into some distorted sense of entitlement. I've heard/read some disgusting whingy expat rants before and boy am I glad to not be that guy.
I AM GOING TO GWANGJU THIS WEEKEND TO PLAY WITH STEPHANIE AND MEER. chocolate, tea, movies, pizza, all day breakfast, fancy samgyeopsal. yesssssssssss
I love my life. Loads.
Miss family, though. Internet at home Monday. THEN LET THE SKYPE / MAGIC JACK CALLS FLOW FORTH. Noah will show me his all Christmas toys again (for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th times at least) and Ally and Tyler will wing their super long limbs around. Mom will make that sarcastic face and Dad will tell a story. BEST.
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