So, it's Tuesday! My favorite day of the work week because I get to come into work and just relax for the first two and a half hours or so. Yesterday was kinda an "off day" for me in the sense that when I got home from work I was zoned out. I got on the computer to blog but suddenly felt tired. Since it was about 7:30 I figured I could lay down & watch some T.V. and relax. Bad idea! I dozed off, woke up to my alarm at 8:30 and had my laptop beside me in the bed. Tried to wake up, but just couldn't! So needless to say I slept off and on for about 11 hours!! I guess I needed the sleep, but come on I didn't even wake up to eat dinner! lol.
Reverse to Saturday, my weekend at home. Considering my case of "chinomia" I chose to stay at home all weekend. Saturday morning I woke up early, before 9am, and decided to go for my check-up at the doctor. Walked into the office and noticed there wasn't even a place to sit in the waiting room! They have a "take a number" system at this dermatologist office and the next number was 80! I figured since I was starting to feel better from the meds I didn't feel like waiting just for the doctor to tell me that the meds were working. I think it was just a recommendation to come in for a check-up, not a requirement.
With this self-conclusion, I decided to venture to Lotte Mart to shop. The round trip taxi fare is about 10,000won to Lotte Mart, so I tried to make my trip worth it and bought a few necessary items as well as some "just for fun" items. I checked my bank account before venturing out just to make sure I got paid correctly! However I noticed I did not receive my entrance allowance (reimbursement for my airplane ticket, etc.) so I need to e-mail my coordinator about that.
The rest of my Saturday was pretty uneventful. From the posts on Facebook and a few text messages from friends it seemed like everyone was having a crazy fun time in Daegu and Seoul! Not saying that as a pity party for myself lol, but even though I was a tad jealous from their adventures, it was nice and relaxing to rest for one weekend. I have plenty more weekends to go out to clubs & drink in different cities around Korea! :)
On Sunday I felt even better (no swollen mouth or lymph nodes) so I decided to walk around Gumi and explore. Ended up downtown to do a bit of shopping. First I saw a man selling cotton candy, so of course I had to buy some :) As I walked further with my cotton candy I stumbled upon some sort of dancing/musical festival on the street. Next I browsed the open market, but didn't find anything too exciting. Towards the end of my adventure downtown I found a neat store to buy stationary stuff and small gifts. I also bought a new scarf for 5,000won...I figured it wasn't a bad price seeing as Korea's cold weather is taking it's sweet time in departing!!
On my walk back to my apartment I figured I still had time to explore, so I ventured further behind my apartment building. Last week I found a park with a swingset, so I stopped there a bit and then walked further to where I discovered a nice relaxing spot to read :) Korea is full of parks! Love it!! At this park I noticed a trail leading up into a small hill/mountain area. I decided to check it out and got approached by a man who was asking me questions. Not sure what message he was trying to relay to me, but it had something to do with walking on the trail. I decided to kind of ignore him and ventured cautiously up the hill. Seemed like it might have been under construction and since the sun was starting to set I only walked up part of it and turned around. I shall return there another time to explore.
With all my free time this weekend, of course I did not do much lesson planning. I found a powerpoint about describing objects, but didn't plan much further. Monday morning at work with 30 minutes until my first class I put together a game to go with it. Worked perfectly!! :) My kids love competition so they were all anxious to play! The game was for them to write a correct sentence describing a picture. The key words were bowl, cup, glass, plate, jar, bag, etc. During the powerpoint, before the game, we went over the names of these objects. I had a picture of a bowl and they repeated "a bowl." Next was "a cup." So I put the picture on the screen and my class of 32 boys goes, "A cup!....(laughing) B cup, C cup!!" Gotta love the maturity of high school Korean boys! :)
So, to end my blog...Monday afternoon before leaving to work I spot a package on my desk!! YAY! :) My dearest friend Scottie, who is coming to S.Korea in August through the same company I work for, sent me a care package! From all of our skype chats he put together an awesome assortment of things for me. I got new purple headphones, Lucky Charms cereal & fruit snacks, tons of post-it notes, an 8gb sd memory card for my camera to replace my lame 1gb one, and some other cool stuff with a letter to explain it all. Needless to say it made my day/week! :) Can't wait until he gets here so I have someone to join me in all my crazy adventures!
XOXO,
Amanda
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