I’ve
been keeping pretty quiet lately, with lots of excursions to Seoul on the
weekends. School has been nice, though a bit chaotic for everyone but me
lately, as class after class has been cancelled due to approaching midterms.
Easter was my favorite holiday spent in Korea so far. My
friends Hannah and Trevor made the loooooooooooong trip from Yangyang on the
East coast all the way to Cheorwon for a day of hiking and eating lots of
amazing food. After their arrival late Saturday morning, we headed over to
Dongsong, where we met Cal and Blythe for a fantastic lunch of Budae Jiggae
(Army Stew). From there we headed straight to the hiking trail. Unfortunately,
I had injured my toe earlier in the week by accidentally kicking a door (yes,
that is what actually happened, one of the perils of being a naturally clumsy
person.) So the hike was a bit painful, but I arrived at the top despite my
injuries and enjoyed a beautiful view of Dongsong from the top before heading
back down (which was actually a great deal more difficult than going up.)
After
a brief respite at Cal’s place, we headed out to the somewhat isolated gem of a
sushi restaurant which is sort of in no-man’s land in-between Dongsong and the
miniscule town of Gwanin. Massive sushi consumption followed.
The following morning after a
delightful Easter breakfast cooked by myself, Hannah and Trevor and I headed to
Seoul for the Easter church service together.
We ended by going to Hacienda for an absolute feast of
Mexican food. Then Hannah and Trevor said their goodbyes and headed back to
Yangyang, while I headed to Yongsan Electronics market where I spent a confused
hour or so trying to make sense of the flashing displays on every kind of screen
imaginable. Feeling too overwhelmed, I put off computer shopping for another
time and headed back to Cheorwon.
This week I have had very few classes and have mostly been
desk-warming. No classes today! Here’s a list of what I’ve accomplished so far:
1.
Wrote a rubric
for the speaking exam for the students applying to go to Japan.
2.
Updated my
schedule.
3.
Read several MLS
articles.
4.
Updated my
fantasy team.
5.
Folded an origami
penguin
6.
Watched Simon’s
Cat videos on youtube
7.
Chatted with the
class 2-4 homeroom teacher
8.
Adapted a
powerpoint game.
9.
Looked up recipes
to try.
10. Retrieved some supplies from the old English room.
11. Printed some pictures.
12. Planned a lesson for the highschool students.
13. Facebook
14. Mended the hole in the sleeve of my jacket.
15. Wrote this blog post.
