This week has been long. Fast as in the time flew, but it was a very draining week. So I need a nap. I am going to take one. I figure I am going to write this, and then if the bug really hits me, I will nap, then I will finish later. Otherwise I will finish now and then nap. Or I guess the other possibility is that I start to take a nap, hear from a friend, and then go out, only to finish typing this later. Any of these can happen, I am just not sure which, and you will not know until the end of the post, when I reveal it to you.
School was pretty busy today. Since the kids had off on Wednesday and the kindys were gone on Thursday, there was a lot of work that we had to catch up and do. Basically my Denmark and France class each missed 4 classes this week, and Australia missed 2. Throw in that is was a Friday today... well it gets kind of crazy.
Kids crying is an interesting thing. I know that sometimes it happens just for attention... or happens to convey a feeling that they cannot otherwise let out. One of my kids was just standing by the playmat, but as soon as I come in, she looks and me, starts to cry and comes to me. I highly doubt that she would have cried had I not come into the room. I have seen this alot. It is just so interesting to really try to understand something that really cant be understood. There are some students that if they were to cry, I would think something may be wrong. The others, I think just sometimes need a hug.
I met one of my students mothers today. I mean, I have met several on and off, but this one is a mom of one of my Canada kids. This girl, I may have mentioned before calls me 'Happy Teacher.' She was talking to Louise, and I was walking around the lobby. This girl gets out of the elevator and runs up to me and wraps around me. The girls girls mom (whom I had not yet me) says to me with a smile on her face "You must be happy teacher" and that made my heart warm. As her mom was talking with Louise I entertained her and her sister (who is one of the 5 year olds). Both of whom like me and had a blast just being with me for a few minutes in a situation where I am not just a teacher as their mom talked.
I also pretty much gave up my week off in July. ECC is sending its top students to Jeju Island for a week of classes and sightseeing. They needed several teachers and asked me. I said yes. I get paid a pretty penny, jet transportation down there, accommodations, food, and admission to everything that the kids do. I will also have the weekend free. I want to go to Jeju. Flying down is about 200 round trip, plus the a hotel... So I get to do something I wanted to do, I get paid, and I still just love being with my kids. So hopefully it works out. I have seen and heard of some things like this planned that fall through.
Kids are pretty amazing. I was going to, last night, talk about one of my Denmark girls. Erica. She is such a low maintenance happy go lucky smiling girl. It seems she often tries to make other people happy instead of herself. For our cartoon presentation, she really wanted to be one of the characters, and I assigned it to her. One of the other girls did not like the character she was, so Erica changed. In class she tries hard. She helps out her neighbor and encourages him. Some students just help but she roots him on. She almost never complains or causes drama. I saw a lot of myself in her. She is almost always smiling and just joyful. Then today... Drama filled, emotional, trouble maker, complainer. I know we all experience different emotions and have good days and bad days. It is just different to see how much of a shift that can cause.
Tonight I went out to Dal (or Dar). It is a restaurant/bar that is the reddit bar in Seoul. I thought there was supposed to be live blues. I have been wanting to go. So Sarah Rob and I went. This week the blues are going to be on Saturday. So we had a beer and a burrito. They advertise the best burritos in Seoul. Expensive (as all burritos in Seoul are) but delicious! They use cheese to keep the burrito closed. Yummy. I'll be back! (Korean food is cheap- any kind of good western food is expensive, Its interesting)
We then decided to walk from 합정 to 홍대. We met up with Ama and his group of friends. The bar was a music bar, or a place where you can request songs and they play them. Vibe was okay, but not what Rob or Sarah was really feeling. So we had one drink and left. We did not know what to do. We flipped a coin. Fate said to stay out. So we went to a street with several bars/clubs. We did not know what we wanted. We flipped a coin which lead us to Club Bloo. It was a hiphop club. Very empty. We were not feeling it. We left. We went to the other place the coin was bringing us to, GoGo. We went there and each bought a drink. Some US soldiers came in and killed the vibe that was nice when we first got there. All of a sudden GoGos was nearly empty and a bunch of grunts were being loud and annoying. We left. I had to take a picture of this sign.
We got a cab and headed back to Bobo.
So, only a few drinks spread out over 4 hours. Less than 1 drink an hour. And nothing was strong. I'll be waking up early tomorrow, and hopefully will clean my room. I really just need to finish cleaning in total instead of getting half done every time I clean.
Oh, and to answer the question that most likely nobody was asking. I wrote a little, I took a nap, I woke up, typed more, decided to go out, came back, and finished typing.
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