Co-teacher: "Did you hear about today?" (a scary question, because you can never tell if it's gonna be a good thing or a bad thing, lol)
Me: "Umm...no. What is happening today?"
Co-teacher: "Grade 1 of high school will not be here. They are going on a field trip."
Me: "So, I don't have class today?"
Co-teacher: "No."
Me: "Ok." (with a look of concern on the outside & cheering on the inside, haha!)
I was convinced today would be horrible considering I hit the "off" button on my I-touch alarm instead of "snooze" and woke up with 3 minutes to spare, BUT it has turned out well!
I have spent most of my "work day" catching up on favorite television shows (How I Met Your Mother & Being Erica), watching random YouTube videos, playing "words with friends", skyping with Dewayne, Sarah, & Owen (who is soo cute & makes me want to get home even faster to meet him), listening to music, and of course the usual chatting/facebooking.
Now I've decided to turn the day into productiveness. I've already found a lesson plan for next week, since my speaking tests are almost complete. That is, if any of my students will come to class. Seems that lately they have way more important things to do than come learn English. It used to bother me (the ever-changing schedule) but now I'm so used to it that it doesn't phase me. In fact I enjoy my free time at my desk. While it may bother some people to sit at a desk, I figure if I'm getting paid to decide how I wish to use my free time, then that's ok with me!
And now that I've done some actual work, I figured I'd take the time to update my blog completely. Nothing too crazy, but I did have a nice random weekend recently.
Last weekend I went to Busan where I got the chance to finally go to the aquarium on Saturday. Of course, the only reason I wanted to go there was to see the PENGUINS! It cost me a whole 18,000Won ($18) but I think I got my money's worth. It would have been even more awesome if I had got to go inside and hang out with the penguins...but maybe some day.
Ironically, earlier today I was looking at a YouTube video that a friend had posted about amazing marriage proposals, which led to watching more linked videos. AND I came across the best one yet...in my opinion:
Haha, like I said, that's the best one to me because it involves penguins of course! (And she got to go inside with them!) Moving on to other creatures I discovered in the aquarium:
Cool Jellyfish
Happy Stingray
Sand Fish?
Shark Attack!
Coral
After the aquarium I went to a salon that my friends recommended. The last time I attempted a haircut in Korea, it turned out bad! A trim turned into "I'm gonna cut your hair up to your chin" lol. So, to be safe I went to a lady who used to cut hair in Canada and even did hair for some TV shows there. She forgot to write down my appointment, so I got a discount...AND my hair turned out just how I wanted. You can hardly tell I got it cut, but that's what I wanted...a trim!
Sunday was my random day spent with a friend who lives near Haeundae Beach. We started the day early with a mini-hike through a trail in some woods. The trail led to the best part...the ocean! Which next led us somehow to some random railroad tracks, lol.
Makes me wish I lived near the ocean
Playing on the tracks :)
Shortly before this picture, we had a train sneak
up on us, so we snapped this picture fast, lol
So the first picture above was taken by my crappy camera, but the rest are from my friend's camera. I really need to save some money for a professional camera! Anyways, we ended up taking random pictures throughout the day and I even learned a few camera tricks. This is the result of our photo session:
My attempt at "fake jumping" off a cliff
Then I got to be the photographer :)
After our random walking adventure Scottie wanted to go to a gaming expo. Korea loves their video games, and this event definitely showed how much they do. Lines of people everywhere just to play one game! But, they were giving out alot of free stuff! So, of course we stood in line a couple times as well.
Turns out I really suck at most of these games! They weren't like the old school Mario Cart or Mortal Kombat, lol. After the gaming expo I made the journey back to Gumi, which sums up my random weekend!
Now it's time to work on my writing. A group of friends here are doing the 50,000 word challenge for the month of November, and while I would love to do that, I have chosen to do a more personal writing challenge. That is to see how far I can write a story by the end of the year. So far I'm at around 5,000 words! If I ever finish it, I'll post it on my Tumblr Blog that's focused on poetry, quotations, and other stuff I find interesting.
K, that's all for now! Back to "work" for me! :)
XOXO,
Amanda
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