Well this past week was a pretty chill week. There weren't a lot of outings and things around work were alright other than the usual disorganization of our management and the big decision to move me to the IVY campus one floor above us.
In the office, Jameson was on holidays for a few days while his girlfriend was still in town, and Andy came back after his two week marriage break, though we couldn't have cared less if he came back or not. My big news came first to me on Monday through Margaret, who came downstairs to tell me that the Nokchiwan, IVY campus, wanted me to switch with their new teacher because she was not happy up there. It has actually been a 3 week struggle to get a teacher up there because in the beginning a replacement was brought in for the former foreign teacher, but then he got in an argument with the director and got fired. So then they brought a girl up from another campus who had only been here for 2 weeks. She is an older lady who seems to have nothing but working at an elementary school in mind, so she did nothing but complain about being moved. Since she wanted out and I don't care where I am, I threw out the offer to switch with her which the people upstairs really liked the idea of. Apparently I am held with high regards by my students and fellow teachers, which is beyond me because there is nothing I do that is very special I don't think. Anyways, on Tuesday my director pulled me into her office and let me know that the switch was going to come into effect as of the coming Monday. While we were in her office though I got the impression that they thought I wanted to move, so I had to explain that it wasn't a want thing is was a willing thing. She understood but did let me know that if it was up to her I wouldn't be moving anywhere, which felt nice to hear.
The week after that went on as usual. I let all my kids know of the change and got things ready for the new teacher to make the switch, which I am apprehensive of since not once did she come down to see any off my classes or get any information until after work on Friday. After Tuesday we spread the news to the rest of the teachers and then waited for Friday. Its going to be a really big change between the levels and I'm going to miss all the people and kids I got to work with, but in reality they are only one floor away and I can go see them anytime.
Friday night after work I stayed late to try and get the new teacher up to speed and then to do my record input for the week. I never got out of there until almost 11, and when I got home I got a few phone calls from Jameson and Margaret asking where I was and if I wanted to meet up for a few drinks. I did, so I went over to Cheonho to meet Margaret, Haley and Diana for a couple drinks at some new bar before going to meet a bunch of the guys at another new bar that was selling 500 cc beers for a dollar. We had a couple beers there before they closed and we went to another place to finish off the night. In the end it turned into a really late night of just talking and hanging out and I ended up taking the subway home around 630 am.
I slept until around noon on Saturday before waking up to hear the rain that would end up lasting all day and ruining the rooftop bbq we were planning. So instead, I met up with the girls from last night and went to Dos Tacos in Gangnam and then had my first DVD bang experience. Its similar to the norae bangs but you just sit around in a small room and watch movies. They are meant for couples since the dating culture her almost forbids couples from going to each others houses unless they are into the serious about marriage phase. So instead they go to DVD rooms, some of which have couches, others of which have beds ; P. We watched a terrible Korean action movie and then I called it a night and came home on the bus.
On Sunday we decided to catch a baseball game since it was such a nice day out. Jameson, Brian, Frank, and I all went to the sports complex to catch the 5 o'clock game. However when we got in we realized that they were already in the 7th inning and it was only 430. We were a little confused at first until we figured it out that it was going to be a double header. After that we settled in with a few beers and enjoyed some good old fashion mediocre baseball. We sat right behind some really nice Koreans who offered us fruit and laughed every time we cheered for either team. In the end we were getting ready to leave in the 8th inning when the home team loaded the bases and then hit a grand slam. The stadium went nuts and so did we just for the sake of fitting in. After the game I went over to Bret's place, who is the head teacher from the elementary school, and watched Korean War movie with some people and then called it a week and a weekend.
From what I hear the weather is warming up back home. Hope you are all enjoying it and getting ready for the summer.
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