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Cool thing for the day:
There's a guy in Gimpo I've talked to a couple of times-- American, I think, working at another hakwon a little ways down the road. He's married to a woman I assumed was Japanese, because I'd only heard them speaking Japanese together. I was talking to a coworker of his, who's in my yoga class, and found out that his wife is, in fact, Korean. She doesn't speak English. He doesn't speak Korean. They both speak Japanese. They are married. I'm kind of amazed at how this arrangement seems to have worked out for them, because they seem very much in love-- it's amazingly cool, and quite strange at the same time.
I'm considering adding another dance class to my lineup. Our regular night-dance teacher is sick this week, and her substitute-- who teaches a "Diet Dance," or aerobics, class at 8:00-- took the class in a completely different direction-- kind of high-impact, repetitive, very strenuous, but fun. I think it's just something about her personality that I like. She also seems to teach very quickly, without a lot of repeats-- I like a faster-paced class, and came out of this one feeling pretty awesome. (Also, exhausted.) I'm not sure if I can swing Yoga, Diet Dance, and Night Dance straight in a row, but I'm going to watch the new instructor's class on Wednesday and see what I think. I've been feeling a bit lazy and complacent lately...
My mother sent me a Christmas box. I'm over the moon. :) Fudge, chocolate, and brownies (mostly shared out and/or eaten already), plus candy canes, which I might hand out to one of my classes. Two packs of mini-Christmas lights, battery-operated; a box of garland; a packet of holiday gel-stickers. Two packets of 4-bean soup mix. A few months' worth of bank statements. :P Most importantly, I now have cream of tartar, powdered sugar, and green and red sprinkle-sugar, which means Dara and I are well on the way to experimenting with snickerdoodles and crinkles in the toaster oven. :D (Fortunately another friend, Kristen, has got some real vanilla, which is hard to come by here except in strange little vials with Dutch or German labels.) So that's exciting. I really need to write to her and thank her, tonight if I can.
I think that's all for right now. :) Have a great Monday (or whatever)! ^__^
There's a guy in Gimpo I've talked to a couple of times-- American, I think, working at another hakwon a little ways down the road. He's married to a woman I assumed was Japanese, because I'd only heard them speaking Japanese together. I was talking to a coworker of his, who's in my yoga class, and found out that his wife is, in fact, Korean. She doesn't speak English. He doesn't speak Korean. They both speak Japanese. They are married. I'm kind of amazed at how this arrangement seems to have worked out for them, because they seem very much in love-- it's amazingly cool, and quite strange at the same time.
I'm considering adding another dance class to my lineup. Our regular night-dance teacher is sick this week, and her substitute-- who teaches a "Diet Dance," or aerobics, class at 8:00-- took the class in a completely different direction-- kind of high-impact, repetitive, very strenuous, but fun. I think it's just something about her personality that I like. She also seems to teach very quickly, without a lot of repeats-- I like a faster-paced class, and came out of this one feeling pretty awesome. (Also, exhausted.) I'm not sure if I can swing Yoga, Diet Dance, and Night Dance straight in a row, but I'm going to watch the new instructor's class on Wednesday and see what I think. I've been feeling a bit lazy and complacent lately...
My mother sent me a Christmas box. I'm over the moon. :) Fudge, chocolate, and brownies (mostly shared out and/or eaten already), plus candy canes, which I might hand out to one of my classes. Two packs of mini-Christmas lights, battery-operated; a box of garland; a packet of holiday gel-stickers. Two packets of 4-bean soup mix. A few months' worth of bank statements. :P Most importantly, I now have cream of tartar, powdered sugar, and green and red sprinkle-sugar, which means Dara and I are well on the way to experimenting with snickerdoodles and crinkles in the toaster oven. :D (Fortunately another friend, Kristen, has got some real vanilla, which is hard to come by here except in strange little vials with Dutch or German labels.) So that's exciting. I really need to write to her and thank her, tonight if I can.
I think that's all for right now. :) Have a great Monday (or whatever)! ^__^