1. Woke up to what I thought was a massive gas leak in my apartment; it scared the heck out of me. Turns out it was just Mi Nam… he had MAD gas today… nasty!
2. I love rainy days… I especially love rainy days with friends! Met up with Jae Min for lunch. We went for shabu-shabu and I had to laugh at the fact that my taste buds have definitely changed since I first came to Korea. I use to love steak but now I cringe at the thought of Western food, it’s too boring for me, and now, instead, I’m all about pumpkin and mushrooms and about half a million other totally Korean things that I don’t even know what they are… ha, ha, ha.
3. Jae Min was all excited about bringing me to this particular restaurant until he realized I’ve been there before. I told him Ryan brought me here and so that sent Jae Min into “20 questions” mode.
4. Twenty questions turned into more like a million questions and so when we went to the newly re-opened Roman Holiday Café, I knew not to tell him that this was kind of Ryan and my place. Ryan and I use to always meet here, before we were an official couple. Quite a few months back this café had closed down and so I was quite happy. It meant I didn’t have to feel uncomfortable every time I passed by it. Apparently it just closed for renovations… found that out today.
5. Jae Min was all jokes until I beat his butt at chess. He had insisted we play chess at Roman Holiday Café and so I finally was persuaded to play. We put a small wager on the game… thanks for the money Jae Min! He thought I didn’t want to play cause I didn’t know how to play. Truth is I don’t like games because I get rather competitive.
6. Rushed off to school only to be surprised yet again by another Monday class of ONLY three students!!! Last week 30/33 students were attending a ceremony instead of my class. This week, those same 30 students were on their MT (field trip… not mandatory). So, I had the same three guys from last week.
7. Besides the obvious fact that now my students in this class have missed about 4 hours of material, homework, and a quiz, it now means I might have to fail some students. Yes, I said fail. I know, I know… it’s only the fourth week but the GOLDEN RULE is that if a student misses three classes they AUTOMATICALLY fail the course! So I felt rather stressed out tonight and, to help relieve my stress, I sent out a mass email to those absent students expressing my concern and stressing that they MUST not miss another class or else…
8. Wow… what a gentleman!!! I had asked June (one of the TA’s) to call me a taxi and then when it came, he escorted me to the cab. I know it doesn’t seem like a big deal but it was to me. I was really flattered and very impressed. So sweet.
9. Today was definitely quite an “interesting” day and it reached it’s peek tonight when Sue cried!!! I headed over to her house tonight to see her and her mom. I don’t even remember what we were really talking about but I had used the phrase “puppy love” and Sue stopped me to ask me what it meant. So, I explained. Her mom jumped in on the conversation and said, “Oh, Sue had a puppy love… don’t you remember [boy’s name]?!” And with that Sue totally blushed and her eyes swelled up with tears! Both her mom and I sat there in total shock. I consider Sue to be quite the tough cookie and, even though she’s a 7 year old girl, she’s definitely not a girly girl or sensitive.
10. I didn’t know what to say or what to do. I felt so sad to see her cry and so I didn’t know what to do but grab her close to me and hug her. I joked around with her and said, “Come on, where’s that tough cookie Sue that I love? Is that you? You told me only girls cry but you’re not a girl… you’re my super hero… Giggle Girl”! And with that I had her smiling again. It felt so strange though to see this side of Sue cause well, you just don’t understand. Sue is by NO means an ordinary 7 year old girl. No ordinary 7 year old girl studies 2 different languages, 2 different instruments, goes to exercise class on the weekends and studies till 9pm on weeknights with numerous different private tutors. Sue is my mini superhero. Her super power is her high IQ and her superhero name is Giggle Girl… ha, ha, ha. I’m always amazed at how happy she is considering the HUGE pressure she’s under to excel in everything and anything her parents put her in. She’s simply awesome.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Can a little child be a hero?
2. I love rainy days… I especially love rainy days with friends! Met up with Jae Min for lunch. We went for shabu-shabu and I had to laugh at the fact that my taste buds have definitely changed since I first came to Korea. I use to love steak but now I cringe at the thought of Western food, it’s too boring for me, and now, instead, I’m all about pumpkin and mushrooms and about half a million other totally Korean things that I don’t even know what they are… ha, ha, ha.
3. Jae Min was all excited about bringing me to this particular restaurant until he realized I’ve been there before. I told him Ryan brought me here and so that sent Jae Min into “20 questions” mode.
4. Twenty questions turned into more like a million questions and so when we went to the newly re-opened Roman Holiday Café, I knew not to tell him that this was kind of Ryan and my place. Ryan and I use to always meet here, before we were an official couple. Quite a few months back this café had closed down and so I was quite happy. It meant I didn’t have to feel uncomfortable every time I passed by it. Apparently it just closed for renovations… found that out today.
5. Jae Min was all jokes until I beat his butt at chess. He had insisted we play chess at Roman Holiday Café and so I finally was persuaded to play. We put a small wager on the game… thanks for the money Jae Min! He thought I didn’t want to play cause I didn’t know how to play. Truth is I don’t like games because I get rather competitive.
6. Rushed off to school only to be surprised yet again by another Monday class of ONLY three students!!! Last week 30/33 students were attending a ceremony instead of my class. This week, those same 30 students were on their MT (field trip… not mandatory). So, I had the same three guys from last week.
7. Besides the obvious fact that now my students in this class have missed about 4 hours of material, homework, and a quiz, it now means I might have to fail some students. Yes, I said fail. I know, I know… it’s only the fourth week but the GOLDEN RULE is that if a student misses three classes they AUTOMATICALLY fail the course! So I felt rather stressed out tonight and, to help relieve my stress, I sent out a mass email to those absent students expressing my concern and stressing that they MUST not miss another class or else…
8. Wow… what a gentleman!!! I had asked June (one of the TA’s) to call me a taxi and then when it came, he escorted me to the cab. I know it doesn’t seem like a big deal but it was to me. I was really flattered and very impressed. So sweet.
9. Today was definitely quite an “interesting” day and it reached it’s peek tonight when Sue cried!!! I headed over to her house tonight to see her and her mom. I don’t even remember what we were really talking about but I had used the phrase “puppy love” and Sue stopped me to ask me what it meant. So, I explained. Her mom jumped in on the conversation and said, “Oh, Sue had a puppy love… don’t you remember [boy’s name]?!” And with that Sue totally blushed and her eyes swelled up with tears! Both her mom and I sat there in total shock. I consider Sue to be quite the tough cookie and, even though she’s a 7 year old girl, she’s definitely not a girly girl or sensitive.
10. I didn’t know what to say or what to do. I felt so sad to see her cry and so I didn’t know what to do but grab her close to me and hug her. I joked around with her and said, “Come on, where’s that tough cookie Sue that I love? Is that you? You told me only girls cry but you’re not a girl… you’re my super hero… Giggle Girl”! And with that I had her smiling again. It felt so strange though to see this side of Sue cause well, you just don’t understand. Sue is by NO means an ordinary 7 year old girl. No ordinary 7 year old girl studies 2 different languages, 2 different instruments, goes to exercise class on the weekends and studies till 9pm on weeknights with numerous different private tutors. Sue is my mini superhero. Her super power is her high IQ and her superhero name is Giggle Girl… ha, ha, ha. I’m always amazed at how happy she is considering the HUGE pressure she’s under to excel in everything and anything her parents put her in. She’s simply awesome.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Can a little child be a hero?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
True friendship brings sunshine to the shade, and shade to the sunshine.
-- Thomas Burke
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