Unedited thoughts

Sorry to all you professional writers and editors out there, but this will just be undedited blabbering…

Seoul summer heat isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.  Not sure if my body is just “used” to it or if it’s really just not that bad.  I always have a few drops of sweat on my forehead after walking from the subway to work at 8:30am, but that’s normal for summer, right?  Okay, maybe not that early…

My students are mostly pretty good again for this chapter of my teaching life.  Overall, I have to say the behavior at this hagwon is quite good.  I give them the don’t mess with me eyes when necessary and so far, they don’t really mess with me.  They try to, but know when to back down, hide in a corner and tremble.  Most of them do their work and most of them try in class.  That’s a lot more than I can say for a good majority of my Chinese college students.

I don’t know why I do this, but every now and then I’ll check out various websites, wondering what job openings they currently have.  Why do I do this when I don’t need to be yet?  It makes me feel ill and annoyed and worried.  Not good emotions.  I know I’ll have to be doing all that in less than a half year which makes me feel like throwing things, but please please please economy get a little better and please please please friends and networks, help me find a job in Minnesota again…I promise to work hard and kick ass…

This weekend is the GOA’L conference.  I plan to go.  More later!

해운대 playing at Yongsan CGV with English subtitles!

Joe and I went to Yongsan to look for a tripod for his fancy new camera.  After he found one, we went to see if the movie theater was playing any Korean movies with English subtitles.  I wanted to see the blockbuster movie “Haeundae” but assumed it wouldn’t be playing in theaters here with subtitles for a while.  I was wrong to my delight, so yesterday we were able to see this film.  It’s got all the special effects I was hoping to see.  I was entertained, to say the least.  I tried to go online to find the movie times a few days ago, with no luck.  I guess in Korea sometimes, though a bit inconvenient, it’s best to just go to the place and inquire.  Joe asked the ticket booth if we could reserve tickets for next weekend, but the woman said they didn’t have the movie times yet for next weekend.  That seemed odd to us, so we just decided to go yesterday.  It was a fun date night. 

Being “Poor” = Cooking More

As I’ve bitched about before, the won has been weak to the dollar since moving to Korea.  Having moved here with financial obligations in Minnesota means I’ve lost a lot of money to the crappy exchange rate when wiring money over yonder.  Some months were worse than others, but never has the won been even close to the dollar.

This last week I wired over half of my monthly salary which stretches a person to be more creative on how they finance.  Generally speaking, eating at home is cheaper.  Though I love dining out, for at least the next month or two, those days are behind me.  So, here is some photographic evidence of me cooking at home. 

Cooking the carrots, onions, scallions, and zucchini.

Spinach and cellophane noodles are all ready.

Add the raw fresh pressed garlic!

Mix in some sesame oil…

Then add the veggies and mix everything together….Yummy!