Thanksgiving in Korea is just like any other day.

What can I say about my 2009 Thanksgiving? I ate Kimbap for dinner, along with some other little snack thing I have yet to figure out... and drank a Coke. I guess it wasn't that different from last year considering I was in Vegas and decided the crab legs at the buffet were more appealing than the turkey. I worked, which is something new, but oh well, Thanksgiving isn't in my top 5 favorite holidays anyway.

Maybe I'll make it a new tradition to be somewhere different for Thanksgiving every year... Las Vegas last year, South Korea this year.. next year I plan on visiting mom in England during November. Then maybe it'll make it to the top five, only because I'll know I'm going somewhere. Although, if I get my happy little house in Florida I so badly want, I won't mind if everyone wants to come to my place. (Print this out and show it to me in like 7 years...)



Is it really holiday time though? I'm seriously stuck in summer mode. I have a feeling Christmas is going to fly by, especially with no one around to really do the whole gift thing with. I am experiencing the cold of winter time, and I'm getting used to it! I even thought it felt good outside tonight, and it had to be in the 50s at most. I'm sure by the time I fully adapt to the weather, it'll change. I can see the sweat dripping now when I walk to work. Yikes.

Phone! And gifts from Santa...

I found out I will actually be able to get a phone before I get my ARC, thank goodness! I won't have to worry about getting horribly lost and having no way to get in touch with anyone anymore. My director said he has a line I can use until I can get my own, and then just switch it to my name. Thank goodness....

Also, I found out I'm getting a totally cool gift from Santa! I'm super excited! My poor old iPod that I bought about 5 years ago, well he's going to retire. Yay for new one. =) I love my music.

Ah, Korea. You never fail to amaze me.

I couldn't help buy stare at one of my 7-year-old student's jacket yesterday. He ended up accidently leaving it after school, so I took the opportunity to take a picture.

Is it me... or does the symbol resemble what my oblivious grandmother would call "a pretty plant?" (Yeah, she should live in Korea... obviously they think it's pretty too...)

Hilarious. It was like a jumpsuit right out of a rap video. I realize since this country has pretty much no tolerance for drugs it would make sense they have no idea what that looks like, but imagine if they did?

Oh whatever. I don't smoke, but seriously, if I wouldn't be thrown into a torture jail (haha or wherever...) for doing it here, I probably would.

The kid who wore this actually told me today that he doesn't listen to me because he doesn't like me. It took everything I had not to tell him he's the biggest pain in the ass himself and that I really don't like him either.

Another one of my students told me I give him a headache because I'm so loud. Imagine that, me loud... I told him I get a headache trying to talk over all of his classmates. Then I talked in my normal voice to prove my point, and guess what? Yeah... no one heard me.

Really, I think I'd love this job if I didn't have to discipline all day. I mean, I know kids don't really want to be in school... but at least back home they know they have to at least fall asleep or scribble on their books while pretending to listen. Here, it's like, what random object can I play with next or who can I talk to while the teacher's talking, or can I go to the bathroom/get a drink/see so and so, blah blah blah.

Ok, just a quick rant. It's really not too bad, but there's some days I just feel like it's a bigger pain than it's worth.

Oh yeah, and supposedly the parents who can look in on our classes, can also hear us. Joy.

I think that's just my lack of turkey, gravy and stuffing talking. Don't be alarmed anyone who's thinking of coming here. There are some really good things about being here. I'm forming a list for another day... ;)

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