I realize that it’s been well over a month since I’ve blogged and I didn’t mean to do that. Part of that is because I have a new Kindle(!) and the other part is that my life here has become more normal to me so I don’t find it as necessary to write everything down. Anyway, here are some highlights from my life since the last time I wrote:
I learned the Korean emergency numbers (a little late, I know):
119 - Firefighters & Ambulance
112 - Police Station
113 - If I spot a North Korean Spy (yes, I'm serious)
Kim Jong Il died
Erin asked me what it was like here right after he died, and I was waiting to see if anything would change but nothing really did. Everyone goes about their business as usual here because crazy North Korea simply continues to be crazy North Korea. In the back of everyone’s minds there is always the small fear that NK will do something one day, as well as the hope that the two countries will eventually reunite. Either way, though, the South Korean people continue with their lives just as they did before.
I finally played soccer!!
It took way too long for me to get out on the "field" (no grass)! I finally got to play with some friends of a friend and I had a blast. Girls don’t really play here so it was just me and all the guys…the same as it was when I played in Mexico and Cali. I had the wrong shoes but I’m playing with them next month (yes, they ONLY play once a month because they’re always studying) and I’ll be ready next time!
My students have continued to be ridiculous and entertaining:
-One told me in all seriousness that his greatest ambition is to go to the Black Hole.
-Another wrote “aroused” as a synonym for “excited” in her homework.
-One of my craziest kids told me I was “So good, so hot, so sexy” on his way out the door.
-And lastly, when I asked, “What would you do if you had a lot of money?” one kid told me that he would buy a car, a house and me…so that I would be his slave. ...Rude.
