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Published: September 23rd 2008
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Outside of my School
The top three floors are TOP, the red TOP banner is covering the 3rd floor windows. An-nyeong! This morning my Kinders did pretty well. They seem more tame than they did before Chusok. They like to scream when they count numbers or say the alphabet, and it’s annoying, but at least they’re doing it. When I was helping a student, I had another one come up at my side and grab my chest. I moved his hand away and told him, “No,” but that just made it a game. Since it’s Thursday, we had singing time with the other classes in the common room. I think I sang, “Here we go Loo-by Loo” about 500 times. I actually got dizzy from spinning around so many times, but I think the heat also had a lot to do with it, so I decided to quit and just sing along. When the foreign teachers left, we all crowded in the elevator, and the first thing Tom said to me was, “Have any pee their pants?” and of course, I replied with, “No, but one of them kept grabbing my boob.” He just laughed and said that Michelle (his girlfriend and the teacher who left when I arrived) used to be bent over writing something in a child’s journal and
she would have four of them pounding on her butt and then another one going for her boob and she would just push his hand away and keep on writing, push his hand away and keep on writing, over and over again. I think what fascinates them is that we actually have bigger parts than what they’re used to with Korean women. That doesn’t make it right, but I have a feeling that that has something to do with it.
During our lunch break, Paulilne, Sonya (the foreign teacher who is filling in for Joni), and I went to the western foods store. It was nice to see things like Cheetos, Doritos, tortillas, tortilla chips, and salsa, but everything was very expensive. A big can of Swiss Miss hot cocoa with marshmallows was 10,000W which is a little less that $10! I don’t want cocoa that bad! But it was nice to see things that reminded me of home. Paula needed to get some hard to find items for her cooking class, and luckily they had them in stock. We then needed to grab a quick bite to eat, so we went to the Korean version of McDonald’s. It’s
called Lotteria (or something - it sounds like lotto and cafeteria mixed together) and it’s a cheap version of McDonald’s. I had chicken strips and cheese sticks with a Pepsi and I thought it was as delicious as it was unhealthy. I’ll probably be paying for it later since I’ve been eating very well over here so far. We then left and started to walk back and Sonya had to go to the bank, so Pauline and I walked on. We managed to stop at a little convenient store to buy snacks and look at school supplies (teachers, we love school supplies!). I got some (what I thought were) animal crackers and what they call digestives. The animal crackers are actually very good. They have many different vitamins in them, so they’re healthy, and they taste kind of like a cheese cracker, but they’re not really crackers, yet they’re not cookies. They’re very hard to explain. The digestives were also very good. They come in a roll and it’s a wheat cookie/cracker thing with chocolate fudge on one side. I guess they were originally supposed to aid in digestion, so maybe it was good that I got them today! Haha!
After leaving the store, Pauline and I managed to get back to school just in time and we both had classes at 1:10. I had free play with my Cookie class, so I played blocks with them and then we all got in trouble (wait, aren’t I the teacher? Haha). After cleaning up, I read two stories with a puppet on my hand. They thoroughly enjoyed that, especially if they were close enough to pull on the puppet like it was something very intriguing. Wow! I just had a terrible time trying to spell thoroughly.
After my 1 o’clock, I ran home to change my shoes because my feet were hurting and I grabbed my computer so I could get some work done in the lounge. My 3, 4, 5, and 6 o’clock classes basically went smoothly and then Joni’s 8 o’clock were talking badly about me in Korean as usual but I scared them this time by asking them to repeat what they said to one of the Korean teachers and they freaked out. At least I don’t have to tolerate their poor attitudes anymore. I don’t need that negativity in my life. Negativity is like the plague,
and I don’t need it! So I was glad to leave with Pauline and go to J.R.’s Saloon for Ladies Night when all the foreigners come out to play. We were the first two there and ordered pizza and chicken from the place below and then played some pool while no one was around to watch and gawk at our poor abilities. We enjoyed ourselves and soon the place was starting to fill up. We stayed for a while and Pauline shot some more pool with her husband, Brian. We soon got into a heated debate about guns and it was getting ugly, but we finally agreed to disagree. We all come from different worlds and different circumstances, so it isn’t possible to change someone’s mind if they have lived a certain way and it makes sense to them. Oh well, it’s not the end of the world. I talked with some other foreigners and was having a good time, but the cigarette smoke was getting to me, as it was to Pauline, so we decided it would be best to leave.
On our walk home, we chatted about a number of things and I’m so glad I know
Pauline and Brian. They are such nice people who really care. When I got home, I basically just got into my pajamas and went straight to bed (after talking to Mom and Dad for a while, of course).
An-nyeong-hi-kye-se-yo!
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Aunt Marshy
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cookies....
Cookies...crackers...chocolate...pepsi...nuggets...yep! Covered all major food groups!!!