Bring on the weekend
So I've got two days under the belt of teaching, and it's saturday now and I'm pretty beat. Last night I took the subway for the first time around Seoul to meet up with Jon Plantinga (a guy from Kings) and had a few beers (there seems to be a trend happening here) and I met his buddy Jin Sau, or something like that, and we had some duck, chicken, and pork l. A word to the wise for anyone taking the subway in korea: make sure that you are within 5 feet of the door when you're stop comes, or there is no way you're getting off the train... so crowded. We were out too late for me to go back on the subway, so I crashed at his place last night and woke up early today so I could be back at my apartment by 9:00, which is when Mike was picking me up.
Mike took me to this brand new 'fitaness club' that I had asked about, and as you can see from the pictures, it is really nice, nicer than most places I've been in Canada for sure (and it beats the crap out of body quest, you edmonton folk). So I worked out there for an hour and enjoyed a long, smoking hot shower after, which was especially good because I didn't have to hold the shower head in my hand the whole time. I met a nice janitor there as well who I eventually figured out has a daughter in Canada (which must be why he wouldn't leave me alone, maybe he thought I knew her, being from Canada and all...?)
The School, you ask? Well, that has been quite a different story altogether. The old teacher seemed to have forgotten to tell me where the kids were in the curriculum, so I have to make up each lesson plan as I go, literally from the point that I ask them to open their books and point at the page that they're on. It's pretty unorganized, but I'm getting used to it, and once I can find a good rhythm, it will be a snap.
Well I should get going, the old teacher also wasn't the tidiest of people, and I need to clean this place like crazy (I just looked in the fridge and found milk that expired on November 3rd, that is just plain disgusting), so I'll blog you later.
Mike took me to this brand new 'fitaness club' that I had asked about, and as you can see from the pictures, it is really nice, nicer than most places I've been in Canada for sure (and it beats the crap out of body quest, you edmonton folk). So I worked out there for an hour and enjoyed a long, smoking hot shower after, which was especially good because I didn't have to hold the shower head in my hand the whole time. I met a nice janitor there as well who I eventually figured out has a daughter in Canada (which must be why he wouldn't leave me alone, maybe he thought I knew her, being from Canada and all...?)
The School, you ask? Well, that has been quite a different story altogether. The old teacher seemed to have forgotten to tell me where the kids were in the curriculum, so I have to make up each lesson plan as I go, literally from the point that I ask them to open their books and point at the page that they're on. It's pretty unorganized, but I'm getting used to it, and once I can find a good rhythm, it will be a snap.
Well I should get going, the old teacher also wasn't the tidiest of people, and I need to clean this place like crazy (I just looked in the fridge and found milk that expired on November 3rd, that is just plain disgusting), so I'll blog you later.
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