September 7-13
Well what did I get up to this week? I was working some more on my Korean with Alex across the hall and eventually Margaret started up again. We are getting the hang of it but there is so much vocabulary to remember that it takes a lot more time than we thought. Aside from that, I have started planning my trip for after my contract is up. I spent my spare time at work this week typing up things from the Southeast Asia Lonely Planet for both Vietnam and Cambodia so that it would be easier to go over with Jameson than trying to flip through the book all the time. I did Vietnam during the week and Cambodia on the weekend, so hopefully we can get a game plan going.
The one thing we did this week was a return trip to the Renoir exhibit to see the things we missed the last time since we were in a rush. So Margaret, Blake, Alex and I went there on Wednesday. Other than that the week was OK. As usual the kids are busy with regular school and have put academy on the back burner, not that I can blame them, which means many of them aren't handing in their work; giving me an easier marking load. I do this semester have a few kids who are going to give my patience a run for its money though. As the academy system work, children get pushed up so that they will return without having to repeat levels. Unfortunately this mean we got a dozen new students this term who shouldn't be at our level and even a few who shouldn't be in academy at all. I am doing my best to work with it but it makes me pretty angry when they sit around not trying.
Enough about school. The week went by without any major problems and then it was the ever popular weekend. On Friday night we headed to Gold Bar for a few drinks, but nothing crazy since I wanted to be productive the next day. I was home at a decent hour and got up Saturday to type up some stuff on Cambodia.
Saturday night Blake, Danielle and I went to Emily's new area for her birthday party. It was pretty cool to go out in a different area for once and meet some new people. We ended up in the little foreigner bar in her area and then a small dance club before going to Noraebang. It became a late night and we took a cab back to Blake's around 5 am. I slept over at Blake's and got up in the morning to get to Olympic Park to tutor.
After tutoring I just hung out at my place, cleaned up a little and then got a hold of Dave and Kate. We decided not to do trivia again and they came up to meet Jameson and I for samgyup-sal and a few beers. It is always nice to see them because they are super nice and easy to chat with. Eventually it was time for them to get on the subway to head home. So we all dispersed for the night.
Hope you are all enjoying the changing weather. Talk to you soon.