Happy Friday

Happy Friday!

I had a lovely week out here in Gyeongju - no classes Monday, let home early on Wednesday, and today I got to watch the students practicing for Sports Day for a period. Sports Day will be a bunch of competitions both individual and teams. I watched a relay race and it didn't take long for my heart to be in my throat. So exciting!! I can't wait for the actual Sports Day.

At lunch today we had deep fried fish in like a sweet sauce, kimchi, green things that I think are seaweed, a really good tofu soup with a darker broth than usual, veggies and something in a red sauce, and of course rice. While I still can't finish that much plain rice, the head teacher said it was good to see me eat everything. I am awesome.

The kids are too cute. I told them I would be going to the KPop concert this weekend and I would see them there, which caused them to squirm and hide behind their hands while saying "noooo". The two girls who spoke to me about Gizmo last week came back to my room at lunch and started telling me about all the handsome boy bands. I have posted a video of their (and most of the other girls too) favourite band: Infinite.

My camp themed grade 4 class went really well today, and those kids are just ridiculously cute. I played some loon calls for them, which was neat. They were surprised that a "duck" made such scary sounds.

Walking home I passed a bunch of students. Their reactions ranged from bashful bows, to awkward waves, and finally to a little voice excitedly calling "ANNE TEACHER!" from across the street.

Those of you who know me know that I never really loved children, but it turns out that these children are awesome. Except my cranky grade 6 class, but what can you do.

I went out for dinner last night without any Korean speakers for the first time since the hagfish debacle and had much more success. My friend and I sat down and could not for the life of us make sense of the menu. My Translator App was being incredibly unhelpful, my phrasebook was useless, we were panicking. The waiter, most likely frustrated with us, sent out his wife who saved the day by pointing to an item and saying "Korean Pizza - Pajeon." I have been looking for Pajeon since that first night! We said yes and thank you about a hundred times, and were given a glorious feast of pajeon (savory green onion and octopus pancake), marinated tofu, kimchi, sprouts, seaweed, and a like deep fried tofu/potato cake that pretty much was a giant latke. The octopus was definitely fresh as there was a tankful outside! We gave them a tip, which isn't customary and confused them, but when we insisted the man smiled ear to ear and wouldn't stop bowing. 

This morning I decided to bring a batch of munchkins in for my teachers (sadly there are no Timbits to be found) and they were a big success. I hope they like meeee!

Picture time! My super amazing beautiful glorious Samsung phone is so handy for taking random shots.

Oligosaccharide I found in my cupboard...?

I don't only eat octopus! This is a delicious
Italian dinner: fettucini with cream sauce,
pumpkin and sweet potato. Yumm indeed.

Anne in Korea - the photo.

Feast! The tofu/potato thing hadn't arrived yet.

Close up to ensure you all see the tentacles.

Not the best photo, but this amused me a lot.

Dunkin Donuts Coffee. Amused me because of
all the Korean city names on it.

Waiting for me at my desk after my last class. Second lunch
anybody?

And as promised, here is the music video of Infinite, whom I will be seeing this weekend LIVE. The girls kept asking me which was handsome, and they didn't understand why I kept saying "beautiful" and "pretty" instead haha.