The Kimchi Chronicles
Yes, I’m a horrible blogger, I’m sorry. My maintenance of this blog is as bad as a two week old used porta potty on a hot summers day. I guess you can say I’m too busy/lazy/tired to write two sentences on a daily basis. There really is no excuse. To make up for it, I’d [...]
I met an older Korean gentleman on the subway last night who was reading a beginners Spanish book. Intrigued, I struck up a conversation with him, assuming since he’s learning Spanish, he can get by with English. After an interesting conversation and assisting him with Spanish pronunciation, we exchanged emails, agreeing that if he had [...]
Yesterday, my lesson for the 5th graders was on prepositions. As a fun activity after the lecture, I decided to have the kids act out prepositional phrases, so I brought mouse and cat ears to class so the kids could be different characters if they wanted to participate. I had simple phrases in mind such [...]
You’d think after six months of being here, I’d be used to all the last minute plans and surprises that my co-teachers throw my way, but I don’t think I’ll ever become accustomed to it. The other day, about two hours before the end of the work day, my main co-teacher (HyunKyoung) happened to inform [...]
This is my school after a light snow fall last week. Luckily it’s going to reach about 50F here sometime during the week. This excites me. I’m actually starting to feel the warmth of the sun. Hurry Spring!
Every Monday and Wednesday I teach two after school classes with (or without) my coteacher. My first class is with five rambunctious 3rd and 4th graders. Today, I realized that I never remember their names, so I resort to saying “Hey, you” a lot of the time. I figured it’s time to give these kids [...]
On Christmas Eve, I had a faculty luncheon with the… faculty. We drove out to an island near Incheon airport and had some of the freshest raw fish I’ve ever had. Now, I’m not much of a fan of things that aren’t cooked, although I like sushi every now and then, but this stuff was [...]
This week I practically have the school all to myself. The majority of the faculty is off on winter vacation, but since my contract says I have to teach 22 classes a week, I need to come in anyways. There are a few students who come to school for an English Diary class that I [...]
There were some snow flurries falling as I was walking to work this morning. So it begins…