the weekend and today
so saturday the school held an open seminar for the students and their parents. they had all of the teachers attend. it wouldn't have been so bad if wasn't smacked right in the middle of our saturday and if we had gotten paid. our purpose there was to introduce ourselves and answers questions from the parents. only one parent had a question. it was a good turn out, i'd say about 70 parents attended. we left after the Q&A portion.
after the session a bunch of us went to ansan station for food and to walk around. i bought an asian corn and ate it as we walked around. that shit was goood. whilst walking, i saw a butcher shop with dog meat for sale. the meat was sitting in a tray outside the shop mixed in with other meat. the thing that caught my eyes were the dog's legs. they were hanging out from a large metal tray. in the other tray next to it layed the dogs head. it was a horrible, distrubing sight i hope never to see again.
the rest of the evening was pretty chilled. i went to john and anne's (the couple who are also new teachers) to play the wii.
sunday: i went to Namdaemun market in seoul in attempt to find postcards and gifts to send home but it was unsuccessful. that maket is nothing but trash. they had a shit load of cheap quality clothes and knockoff items like wallets and bags. after the market i went shopping in meyeong dong. i found some tights in a size large at H&M but they only had two pairs. i bought them. i had my first indian meal in meyeong dong on sunday with my friend wes. it was actually really good and pretty authentic, a little pricey but well worth it. after the meal, he and i continued shopping. we found a shop with those asian photo booths where you can add the crazy cute stuff in the picture. we tried one but had no idea what we were doing so our picture came out with just our pose, no cute stuff. next time will be better!
today after class my head instructor told me my students said i am too scary. i guess that is a good thing since i have control over the class but at the same time bad. if they're too scare of me, they won't participate in class discussion. they'll be too scare to talk as they might think i'll yell at them if they make a mistake. by god, that's the last thing i would do. i actually praise them for trying, hell i give them kudos just for speaking out. i guess i will have to tone it down a bit.
i seriously need to get back into the gym routine. lawwd, if it wasn't so hot inside the gym, i'd me more motivated. i swear the gym is actually hotter than being outside some days.
i've been listening to a lot the avett brothers. good stuff.
irene is going to Beijing in september. i'm planning a couple of trips to go and see her, one probably my birthday weekend, another for thanksgiving and one before she takes off. i was stoked when i found she got the project. being able to hang out with a close friend will be nice and comforting.