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These are my train tickets for Seoul this weekend, there and back. Sherry got me a Dongguk University discount sheet for the KTX, and it did save me a lot of money. The KOTESOL Conference is this weekend in Seoul, so I'm going up Friday night and coming back Monday morning. The cats will be more than pissed at me, but I'm the boss, and that's just the way it is. Hope to spend Sunday in Ansan, my 'hometown'.
I listened to Sarah Palin's remarks in Virginia about "real America" and it convinced me she's not ready for national public office. People wonder why the country is divided, and there it is, another Republican candidate saying that some citizens are real Americans because they believe the same as they, implying that some citizens are not real Americans because they dare to disagree. And she says Obama's a socialist? She obviously hasn't checked out the Bush administration's socialized banking system lately.
It has rained all day. Yuck. The rain makes Korea beautiful and full of fresh, clean water, but it's still yuck. My one class today played 'Password' much better than my other classes so far this week! There were a few students who obviously had studied the vocabulary to a pulp, because for them, all it took was one hint word and they got the password! However, because of students sharing the nature of my test with others, I have put together another pair of tests so that my other classes this week will not get the same test as their friends got earlier in the week. The students have to sit side by side at little two-person tables, so I took Sherwin's idea and made a pair of tests so that they could sit next to each other and not be able to copy. It has worked like a charm. Thanks Sherwin!
The house governors put up a sign. Apparently there is a new clothes line or clothes pole or something like that on the roof, but you have to use your own clothes pins. I didn't know we could use the roof for our own personal laundry drying needs. Live and learn.
Since my midterm test is only 30 minutes long, I decided to use a game to relieve stress before the test. We played Password. I had wanted to show the students a clip of the TV game show Password, but the overhead projector for the computer in the classroom wouldn't work. We played anyway, but they sucked at it. I did it in lieu of a vocabulary section of the test. Should have had a vocab section on the test! They are SO lucky!
This house is a wreck again already! I can't keep a place clean to save my life. Need a maid... well, probably need an engineer the way I absolutely destroy a house just by living in it!
Laura and I made some arrangements to go to a Halloween party in Daegu at some hotel. There's supposed to be a buffet and all that. She said it was basically an event where Koreans can gawk at foreigners having a good time while wearing costumes. I would love to see Koreans let loose sometime and enjoy themselves without inhibitions. Not holding my breath, though.
Lotte SuperCenter isn't selling Hoegaardens at all anymore, so had to go to HomePlus for my favorite beer. Lotte is on my list. grrr
I'v discovered this spread they call marron. It's like carmely goodness you can spread on toast. It's basically candy posing as a breakfast accoutrement, but I don't care. It's great. Tomorrow I'm going to mix it with peanut butter to see how it holds up under the conditions of my bizarre eating habits.
