Chuseok Holiday

My director from my work decided to take the whole week off during the Chuseok holiday, which I am really excited about. I am looking forward to having a whole week off. Chuseok is like Thanksgiving in Korea. I plan on going down to Jeon Ju to visit my uncle and my cousins.

This week went by pretty quick, since we went on field trips on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, we went to Han River park and made it a sports day. On Friday, we went to the Children's Transportation Park. It's a park that educates the children on how to cross the street, obey traffic laws, etc. It had working traffic lights, streets, bridges, underpasses, etc. The highlight of the day was when we were walking around the park and we all stopped at one of the traffic lights and were waiting for it to turn green, when this man cross the street. All the teachers were looking at each other and was a little pissed, since he did that in front of the kids when we were trying to teach them the proper way to cross the street. The best part was when one of our 5 year old students yelled out, " Ajoshi! (ajoshi means old man in Korean) You're going to get hit by a big truck and die! " I thought that was pretty funny.

Television shows

I just had to make a few comments on some of the television shows in Korea. I will tell you about the ones I like, ones that I don't like, and ones that I don't know why it's on tv.

First, I will talk about the ones that I don't know why it's on tv. Why do they have 2 channels that shows people playing online games, such as Warcraft, Lineage, etc. They even have broadcasters that tells you play by play of what is going on. The other game channel shows people competing with each other. They are all dressed up in this jumpsuit with logos on it. They look so serious. I want a refund for those two channels!

Now, the ones that I don't like. I don't like most of them, since they are mostly Korean dramas and a show that has a group of singers, actors, and actresses that are playing some weird games.

The ones I do like are K1 and Pride. I've always been into martial arts, boxing, kickboxing, etc. In the states, it only comes on every once in a while; but in Korea, it is on all the time. Also, there are about 7 English channels that shows American shows, but most of them are old.

I don't know why, but the show " Cheaters " is on all the time here. For those of you that don't know what this show is about, it's a reality tv show that tries to catch people that are cheating on their girlfriends, boyfriends, wives, etc.

What's new?

Nothing too exciting has been going on here. I have been working a lot these days, but I am enjoying it. I start my day at 9am and don't finish until 9:30pm. Also, I have to work every other Saturday for couple of hours too. It ruins my whole day, since I have to be there between 12pm to 2pm. Sundays, I am at church for the most of the day, so I don't mind that.

When I am free, I am usually with my girlfriend. I introduced her to you on my last post. We just hit it off right away. We have a lot of things in common, and we have a great time when we are together. The funny thing is, I was never really attracted to Asian girls. All my ex-girlfriends have been Caucasian or what not, but never Asian. When I did meet Asian girls, I just didn't click with them. My girlfriend definitely changed my views.

Also, I finally got my work out equipment, so I can start working out again. I did lose some weight, but I lost a lot of my muscle tone as well. I got a really good deal on a bench press and some weights. They are not that great, but it will do the job. There is very little padding on the bench, so my back hurts when I am using it. Also, I need to buy more weights, since I don't have enough. It's going to suck for the first week, since I am going to be really soar. This is what happens when you don't work out for 4 months.

Until next time, take care.

P.S. Helen, Michelle, Mom... I MISS YOU!

Summer is over

I start working full time, now, since summer vacation is over for the grammar school students. I've been getting off at 4pm, but now I have to work until 7pm. I was getting use to working until 4pm and doing my private tutors at night and be done by 8pm, but it will not be the case anymore. I did lose one of my tutors last week becasue he moved to Australia, but I picked up 4 adult tutors. That means I will have a full schedule during the week. The only days off will be Wednesday nights and Friday nights, but it looks like Wednesday nights will be filled up too. I went to get a haircut the other day and the lady that was cutting my hair turned out to be my next door neighbor. Apparently, the whole apartment building knows that I am from California and that I am an English teacher. She has a 15 year old daughter that she wants me to tutor. I will definitely leave Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays open to have fun.

I haven't been partying as much lately, since my schedule has been hectic. Also, I've been hanging out with this girl (Ha Young), a lot, that I've met couple of weeks ago. We've spent the last two weekends together. We went to the 63 building and went to the Fish Aquarium.