So I had my first Western craving tonihgt after a sub-par dinner of rice and some black slop ontop and cold dumplings once again, so a couple of guys and myself headed for some pizza. Oh my lord was it ever tasty. So I had to write about it. Other than that I started my new semester today with all new kids and once again I get the quitest bunch of the whole crew. I have never seen 13 year olds so dosile. I mean not even a peep. I honestly would rather have kids running and climbing the walls than quite because i can relate to that and use some sort of guilt or punishment to take things away from them, but silence doesnt work well with me.
Tommorow I actually start with the curriculum and I am looking forward to it. Actually a little update on the whole sexual harrassment bullsh$t, all the girls t.a's are not longer with us. They either left because they thought it would be uncomfortable or were canned not too sure, but we got 3 new girls in from seoul right away and they seem pretty cool. I have already challenged one girl to a little one-on-one.... pingpong that is. I hear shes the best and I have to put that to the test. I will probably get my ass served, but whatever all in good fun.
I have been looking for schools in Seoul in all of my free time and have come upon some cool hagwon's (privately owned schools that have students come and go) and some public schools, which i am more interested in for stability. And a plus side to the public schools is that some give you 2 months off for winter and summer break instead of only 2 weeks, so I plan on doing my research.
For anyone that is interested in coming to Korea, a few really good websites are:
www.worknplay.co.kr
www.pusanweb.com
www.daveseslcafe.com
www.englishspectrum.com
Also a cool thing to do is come here and live at a homestay, which is someone who rents out rooms in their house. It can be as cheap as 15,000 won (less than 20 bucks a night) to 30,000 (around 40 cdn). A benefit to doing this is that they know the area well and can tell you about museums, nightlife, subway routes, they have internet, free breakfast, a washer and dryer ( and dryers are very sparse here, so thats key, and you can stay from one night to however many. Lots of times if you teach their child english they will wave the cost for like an hour a day, so you can actually stay in seoul for free until you find a school. A great website for this is,
www.english.tour2korea.com ;unfortunately the website is down at the moment keep on checking.
But dont only check out Seoul, if you arent into the whole crowded scene, Busan is a lot of fun and has a lot of universities, shopping and is right on the East Sea (pacific ocean).
If you have any questions about visas, where to stay, recruitors, what to do, schools, just leave a comment or email me at sweetlou1983@hotmail.com
Working on a song and Halloween class... too full to type anymore.
Heres to the mom and pops
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Hey Lou, this has nothing to do with your blog...but I guess I still have to mention that it was well written...anywho...you have a friend who got into real estate. Can you tell me how he got started and all that. I'm going to research it myself but if you know of anything can you share with me? Thanks a bunch!! Hope you're having fun!! Talk to you soon...miss you xoxo
What was I gonna say... oh yeah ive just finished going through all the blog that I have missed , your adventures or misadventures are excelent and always fun tooo read , p.s you probably smell terrrible right now so I suggest showering in your tiny shower.
Halloween class? What do you teach in it?
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