I’m in Thailand.
I guess that I forgot to mention it, but I am in Thailand and I’m here until Sunday. It’s been great so far and I’ve been having fun. I’ll post more about it later.
Test time!
I finally take the TOPIK tomorrow. I’ve been studying for it for the past few weeks, so I’m glad it’s finally here. I’m sure that I’ll pass it. I’m actually more worried about waking up for the test and getting there.
“The doctor is going to say, “Sorry, I transgendered you.”
— One of my students worried about getting circumcised
Merry Christmas!
I’m sitting here in my classroom at work, waiting for the two students who are supposed to show up today. Personally, I’m not too angry that I have to work Christmas. I’m just annoyed that I have to work on the weekend in general, but I guess that’s life at a Korean academy (at least some of them). Anyway, I hope you are all enjoying your holidays!
Busy as fuck.
I have been swamped with Korean academy and have been in the midst of resigning for another year, so posting on my blog has taken a back seat. Luckily, the last day of Korean class is Friday. However, winter camps are starting soon and I am taking the TOPIK in January. I am also picking up two new hobbies, woodworking and leathercraft. I am signing up for woodworking classes with a friend and I ordered leathercrafting tools last week. So, it looks like blogging is still in the backseat, but I will try to post enough so everyone knows I am still alive.
Link: Top 40 Korean foods according to CNN
I think that it’s a pretty fair list, although I think that bibimbab and galbi are too low on it. I am definitely not going to argue with first though. I fucking love haejangguk.
I am on my way to Korean class.
I have been busy for the past few weeks. The term at my academy was ending, there was a speech contest I had to prep some of my students for (they took first place), and some good friends were leaving Korea so there were all the good-bye parties to go along with it. However, I am back on the ball now and I have decided to try being a little more productive. The big thing is, that I am going to take the TOPIK in January and I am going to a Korean language hagwon to study. I am actually on the bus right now and its the first day of class. The academy is pretty far, but I still think its worth it. I will be attending the academy four days a week from 10AM-1PM until December 23rd. I am not entirely sure what to expect yet, but I am sure it will be a funny story to tell later.
This was the strangest thing I saw in Hong Kong while I was there, just a bag of live frogs. I knew that they were for eating, but it still weirded me out.
“Avocados are pear-shaped vegetables, with hard skins and large stones, which are usually eaten raw.”
— Another vocabulary notebook
