Time

Living in Muju, far far away from everyone, leaves me with a lot of time on my hands. A lot...of time...For the past week, I've bummed around at home, watching movies and dramas. Except for that one exception where I actually went out.

I think I'm at a loss as to what to do with all that time. I can think of a couple key things I should be hunkering down and doing with all the free time.

1. Learn Korean. I definitely want to be able to speak at least basic Korean once I'm done this program. At least enough, so when I come back I won't be a total n00b.
2. Work out! Aside from the bet I made with my brother, the amount of time I have, plus the cheapness of the gym (1,100 won! Which is about a dollar) and the closeness of the gym leaves me no excuse to slack.
3. Write? I've been meaning to get back into poetry. Albeit, not very good poetry, but I do want to start again!
4. Draw. And lo and behold I left my sketch book at home. FAIL. Must buy one soon, but the lined paper works out pretty well.

I think those 4 should keep me occupied. Although I need to find motivation...somewhere. The most I've done is binge eat because I'm so bored, eating was the only thing to do. Damn you ramyeon and cheap pastries at Paris Baguette. Damn you.

PS: I cannot wait for my paycheque. I've been eyeing a couple jackets and shirts for ages, and they will be mine.

In other daily activities, I've been cooking for myself lately. (go figure) and it turns out, it's actually way cheaper to eat out than make your own food. It would cost me roughly 6 or 7 dollars to buy the ingredients I need at the local Full-Mart, but it would cost me 4 dollars for 3 meals if I chose to eat nothing but kim-bap. Not such a bad trade-off as kimbap is delicious here.

Also, interviewed more kids today. Almost all the grade 1-2's know nothing about English. Anything they do know is scripted.
Jose: Hi, How are you.
Student: It is sunny.
Jose: ...Good job. You can take a seat now...

It should be interesting (I will regret this later) to teach them. My co-teacher suggested cutting the grade 1 and 2's who don't know ABC's in order to make room for grade 3 and 4s who also, don't speak a word of English. We shall see...

The grade 3 and 4's are also on the same boat. I already see some characters and cheeky buggers who I predict will both make my classes entertaining, and a living hell. I've got my eye on you, student #1 who I interviewed today...

Tomorrow will be the grade 5 and 6's. Hopefully, they will know more than just basic. Then we can have conversations, about Starcraft.

That is all. Did I mention I have a bed now? It is glorious. I'm sure I could use more editing in terms of my blogging. It's pretty much all over the place, but as of now, I'm just recording everything that came to mind, in no particular order. But hey, it's on my to do list of things to improve. It'll get there...