This was Tuesdays I think
Man- you have NO idea how happy I am to find these posts in my email so I can copy and paste them for the record! Wooohooooo!!!!!!!!!! I gotta get up and jump around the room now!
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Okay, today was pretty good. I didn't feel as nauseous as I did the day before. Busy enough not to think about that kind of stuff I guess. I can't believe how good it is feeling to be working. Every DAY!
Well the story today goes as follows: I started work at 1 pm.- but I went EARLY today and got there successfully! It really does take 10 to walk there. I woke up at about 7 30 am this morning. That's fine, and almost surprising. I dont know what clock my body is doing, but it seems to be adjusting just fine...to the light and dark anyway. Still feel a bit hazy at times, yawning after 4 pm, but whaddya do about that?!
My first class was honestly a disaster. Kindergarten in the 'morning', and elementary in the afternoons. It progressively gets to students who are more knowledgeable (is that spelled with that d or ...? oh man...am i really an English teacher?!). The kidsters just need sooooo much stimulation and CONSTANT movement and direction. I need to learn the Monster song at least!! The Monster song for those who are wondering what the HECK i'm talking about is a story that the kids have made into a song/play. It's great! And can u imagine me singing and doing the actions right along with them? It's fun! I forgot how simple and fun it is to be a kid! Just to sing a song over and oer again is the greatest! haha! I remember when I was in elementary and we did a play, I felt so proud and confident in myself! (the old oak tree swing was my favorite song).
The next class I asked another Korean teacher to come and help me control the kids. That one went WAY better. So until I figure out all the songs, etc...I'm hopefully going to have someone help me do this. Then I'll be running around the class and singing the songs like a mad woman! Ha ha.
oh man...I'm just watching Ben and Jerry in Korean ...welll subtitles anyway. The commercials are cool! Every interior seems to be white and shiny surfaces with hints of color here and there . The colors are fresh and bright. The wood here is gorgeous! I'm trying to figure out what it is. Laminate everywhere actually, but the colors are wonderfully warm and inviting. AND i LOVE radiant heating in the floors. Dad, you'd be addicted! Good for cleaning, and no allergies!! IT's so nice to walk on a warm floor in the morning!
Weather is sunny again. I have NO complaints. It feels like spring to me here, except the trees are orange and rusty, and the leaves are falling. The streets are cleaned everyday it seems. The street vendors are always sweeping up the sidewalks with their hand made brooms. I HAVE to get a picture or two of the old ladies squatting on the side streets with their bowls of PEELED garlic, (now that feels like a luxury!), and green onions, lettuce, cabbage, mandarin oranges, persimmons that I have yet to try, and then there's the bins of fish, and dried stuff. Eels swimming around, baby octopus, other wierd fishes that I dont know whre they got the idea that they would like to eat them!
Oh, I tried kimchi here for the first time today, and let me tell you..I could be addicted or eat it every meal like Koreans do. It didnt seem to be anytihg like the kimchi I tried in Canada. Similar though. There seems to be several different types of it or somehting. There's one vendor I walk by every night that has restaraunt bins full of it. about 6 different kinds.
There are vendors EVERYWHERE on the streets selling everything from clothes to food. I feel like I'm at the fair or something. I walked by a store tonight that had vats lined up on the wall of rice cookers I assume. And that's it. My word....you can really make a living off of rice here....obvious I think.
So I got my toilet fixed today...finally. The seat wasnt attached to the bowl. Kindof awkward to pee! Man I love the 'wet room' showers and stuff. I'm going to be addicted.
Mike, the guy that just left before me told me today that the girl on the back of the motorbike was a 'street girl' or a prostitute! Imagine that, a guy running around town with a prostitute plainly displayed ont he back of him motorbike loudly screaming music. I love that they run around with loud music! It's kindof freeing. I always feel so paranoid not to be too loud for other people...but hey...why not when you're driving a hot bike around town! It's almost like the pimpin-mobiles pumpin the music at home or something. Doing the summer cruise down Robson blasting the tunes that make you hotter. Ha!
I gotta run and get lessons together for tomorrow. I love how they all run up an dcrowd around you and try to get your attentionn! "wendy teacher" is my new name! Tee hee!
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