Being in YeongJu again

So Seoul was a lot of fun to visit. I definitely feel the lack of bookstores with books in English here in YeongJu, but Seoul has bookstores with a decent supply of them. I didn't buy any, but I was tempted on a few. As it is, I'm borrowing Josh's book about this agnostic that decides to try to strictly follow the Bible for a year and see if he's convinced by the whole experience. He makes it pretty funny, and visits the Amish, a creationist museum, and a bunch of other places that are important to different groups of Christians. So far I'm enjoying it very much. But to get back to the topic at hand, while we were in Seoul, Jennifer, Kirsty, Josh and I ate lunch, visited a Kimchi museum, a big market, Namson (spelling?) Tower, ate dinner, and Kirsty, Josh and I also stopped in at a Noribong karaoke place and sang songs for a couple hours. It was lots of fun, but terribly humid. Bleh. For pictures, please see my Facebook photo album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2220381&id=27222544&l=8cec384031.

Work is still good, and so is the food around here. Josh and I made dinner tonight out of some odd looking mushrooms I bought from the market (don't worry, I haven't died yet...), green onions, garlic, kimchi, and some sausage things stuffed with ground up organs and noodles. That sounds gross, but don't be deceived. :) 'Twas scrumptious, mmmm. This past week our middle school students were taking tests, so the schedule at English Island was all messed up, and we all taught classes that we normally don't. I think I'll like going back to my regular classes. One point of worry is that my kindergarteners have a midterm coming up. Yikes! I hope they do well.Anyway, that's about all I have to say. Ok.

Going to Seoul tomorrow

Yes, that's right :D I am going to Seoul tomorrow. I should actually say we, since it's me, Josh, and Kirsty (my Scottish friend) going to meet up with Jennifer there. She (Jenn) actually lives in Incheon, but it's fairly close to Seoul, I believe. The airport is technically in her town. Anyhoo, we are all going to be tourists tomorrow, and it should be lots of fun. Jenn talked about maybe going to a Kim chi museum, and there's talk of going to a big market they have over there, and a restaurant or two, among other things. :) Should be good.

School has also been going well. I still make many mistakes, but they're all fairly easily fixed, and I have a lot of flexibility in the classroom. They provide the material, and in that the topics and things, which takes out a lot of the planning that I'd have to do, but I still get to decide what activities to do for the most part. Recently my kindergarten class has been going over the different articles of clothing. I enlarged a bunch of pictures from the book and copied them off, then cut them out and stuck them on different places on the board. There was also a boy head and a girl head. Most of the time I would put a blouse and skirt or something like that on the girl head Julie, and I'd ask, "What is Julie wearing?" Then we all say together, "Julie is wearing a blouse and a skirt". One time, though, I put a dress on the boy head, Mike, and all the kids giggled and snickered and shouted, "No, teacher! Ha ha ha! Teacher, no!" Then I asked what Mike was wearing, and they all laughingly had to say, "Mike is wearing ha ha ha a dress!" Haha :) I love my job :) My school is a private one, and the kindergarten portion is the most popular part, and thus brings in the largest portion of the funds for the school. The importance of making the class a lot of fun is therefore frequently mentioned to me. In my Kinder Times class (don't let the title fool you...they are not as young as my kindergartners, and they actually know a fair amount of vocabulary) I taught them how to play Simon says, which turned out to be a huge, hilarious hit. The first day when they all did things that Simon didn't say, they all looked shocked. The same kids would always get out, especially one girl in particular. The students that weren't fooled would laugh and shout, "Teacher, me no! Me no!" By now they're getting better, and a little harder to trick. I still get them when I say things like, "Simon says touch your nose", but I touch my ears instead. Then I point to the ones that are touching their ears and say, "Nose???" and they collectively cry out, "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!" Hilarious. :)

Anyway, I need to get up in the morning. I'll let you all know how Seoul is soon. :) Hurrah! :D