Summer Sizzle Almost Over!

We've been hit by high temperatures, steamy humid air masses, and intensive summer teaching days (which would have been better spent on holidays!). 1 week of hammering English classes to go. It will be easy for our students, they're only in the school for a few hours a day, it's the teacher's that really deserve all the glory (if there is any?). The meek, or easily-tired need not apply for ESL teaching jobs...a lesson easily learnt in the course of a year contract in South Korea. Otherwise, we are very happy, and we have nothing to complain about either! Mi's in her first trimester, so she had headaches and feels nausea often through the day. Poor girl! I tried to give her a scalp and neck massage, it seemed to work! She is now reading "Anne of Green Gables" and is quiet, the massage must have been therapeutic. We rested most of the weekend, and today went into the computer market in Yongsan. The place has every gadget associated with computers, gaming, audio, or entertainment(minus Xbox's and true commercial US products). We realized in all their gagetry for sale, their are no printers available. Maybe Homever, Lotte Mart, or Homeplus will solve that problem. The weather has cooled off, with rain showers throughout the day today. In Sokcho, along the east coast...I read about flooding and other problems in Kangwondo province and other provinces south of here. We've been spared, but I still wish we could see more sunny, smogless days. This is not the ideal environment to be cancer-free, so the daily exposure to Seoul's washout isn't appetizing if your looking up. We spend the majority of our times in school, teaching English, hoping the lessons will eventually hit home...and more Korean children will learn to be fluent in their official second language. Hope all is well when you read this! Greetings to Andrew in Washington, you'll be long missed in Ansan! Farewell!

Summer Sizzle Almost Over!

We've been hit by high temperatures, steamy humid air masses, and intensive summer teaching days (which would have been better spent on holidays!). 1 week of hammering English classes to go. It will be easy for our students, they're only in the school for a few hours a day, it's the teacher's that really deserve all the glory (if there is any?). The meek, or easily-tired need not apply for ESL teaching jobs...a lesson easily learnt in the course of a year contract in South Korea. Otherwise, we are very happy, and we have nothing to complain about either! Mi's in her first trimester, so she had headaches and feels nausea often through the day. Poor girl! I tried to give her a scalp and neck massage, it seemed to work! She is now reading "Anne of Green Gables" and is quiet, the massage must have been therapeutic. We rested most of the weekend, and today went into the computer market in Yongsan. The place has every gadget associated with computers, gaming, audio, or entertainment(minus Xbox's and true commercial US products). We realized in all their gagetry for sale, their are no printers available. Maybe Homever, Lotte Mart, or Homeplus will solve that problem. The weather has cooled off, with rain showers throughout the day today. In Sokcho, along the east coast...I read about flooding and other problems in Kangwondo province and other provinces south of here. We've been spared, but I still wish we could see more sunny, smogless days. This is not the ideal environment to be cancer-free, so the daily exposure to Seoul's washout isn't appetizing if your looking up. We spend the majority of our times in school, teaching English, hoping the lessons will eventually hit home...and more Korean children will learn to be fluent in their official second language. Hope all is well when you read this! Greetings to Andrew in Washington, you'll be long missed in Ansan! Farewell!

Summer Sizzle Almost Over!

We've been hit by high temperatures, steamy humid air masses, and intensive summer teaching days (which would have been better spent on holidays!). 1 week of hammering English classes to go. It will be easy for our students, they're only in the school for a few hours a day, it's the teacher's that really deserve all the glory (if there is any?). The meek, or easily-tired need not apply for ESL teaching jobs...a lesson easily learnt in the course of a year contract in South Korea. Otherwise, we are very happy, and we have nothing to complain about either! Mi's in her first trimester, so she had headaches and feels nausea often through the day. Poor girl! I tried to give her a scalp and neck massage, it seemed to work! She is now reading "Anne of Green Gables" and is quiet, the massage must have been therapeutic. We rested most of the weekend, and today went into the computer market in Yongsan. The place has every gadget associated with computers, gaming, audio, or entertainment(minus Xbox's and true commercial US products). We realized in all their gagetry for sale, their are no printers available. Maybe Homever, Lotte Mart, or Homeplus will solve that problem. The weather has cooled off, with rain showers throughout the day today. In Sokcho, along the east coast...I read about flooding and other problems in Kangwondo province and other provinces south of here. We've been spared, but I still wish we could see more sunny, smogless days. This is not the ideal environment to be cancer-free, so the daily exposure to Seoul's washout isn't appetizing if your looking up. We spend the majority of our times in school, teaching English, hoping the lessons will eventually hit home...and more Korean children will learn to be fluent in their official second language. Hope all is well when you read this! Greetings to Andrew in Washington, you'll be long missed in Ansan! Farewell!

Summer Sizzle Almost Over!

We've been hit by high temperatures, steamy humid air masses, and intensive summer teaching days (which would have been better spent on holidays!). 1 week of hammering English classes to go. It will be easy for our students, they're only in the school for a few hours a day, it's the teacher's that really deserve all the glory (if there is any?). The meek, or easily-tired need not apply for ESL teaching jobs...a lesson easily learnt in the course of a year contract in South Korea. Otherwise, we are very happy, and we have nothing to complain about either! Mi's in her first trimester, so she had headaches and feels nausea often through the day. Poor girl! I tried to give her a scalp and neck massage, it seemed to work! She is now reading "Anne of Green Gables" and is quiet, the massage must have been therapeutic. We rested most of the weekend, and today went into the computer market in Yongsan. The place has every gadget associated with computers, gaming, audio, or entertainment(minus Xbox's and true commercial US products). We realized in all their gagetry for sale, their are no printers available. Maybe Homever, Lotte Mart, or Homeplus will solve that problem. The weather has cooled off, with rain showers throughout the day today. In Sokcho, along the east coast...I read about flooding and other problems in Kangwondo province and other provinces south of here. We've been spared, but I still wish we could see more sunny, smogless days. This is not the ideal environment to be cancer-free, so the daily exposure to Seoul's washout isn't appetizing if your looking up. We spend the majority of our times in school, teaching English, hoping the lessons will eventually hit home...and more Korean children will learn to be fluent in their official second language. Hope all is well when you read this! Greetings to Andrew in Washington, you'll be long missed in Ansan! Farewell!

Teaching is a conquest in Korea

Either conquest or be conquered in the institute (henceforth, Hustle or Be Hustled) Our summer intensive session has been a pounding on the body/mind/voice, tremendous efforts in 44+ hours spent mainly teaching. Of course, spare moments in the office are used to speed-prepare for the 10 daily classes, 4 hours in the morning, and 8 more on MW and Fridays back-to-back. Tuesdays and Thursdays I add another 8 hours of work...Overtime Overtime Overtime, uh oh! No paid overtime, no union, nobody with the nerve to complain about it either. Ouch! Democracy is only a fairy tale in the world I work in. Tis' Tis' ^^++ I'll keep my chin up and try to enjoy more classes...the next job will be much better! But hard work will pay off in professional teaching experience abroad, a salary, and a life I could only have dreamed of years ago. ^^++ Korea is an excellent adventure, a challenge, never easy, but a very rewarding place live/work!

Teaching is a conquest in Korea

Either conquest or be conquered in the institute (henceforth, Hustle or Be Hustled) Our summer intensive session has been a pounding on the body/mind/voice, tremendous efforts in 44+ hours spent mainly teaching. Of course, spare moments in the office are used to speed-prepare for the 10 daily classes, 4 hours in the morning, and 8 more on MW and Fridays back-to-back. Tuesdays and Thursdays I add another 8 hours of work...Overtime Overtime Overtime, uh oh! No paid overtime, no union, nobody with the nerve to complain about it either. Ouch! Democracy is only a fairy tale in the world I work in. Tis' Tis' ^^++ I'll keep my chin up and try to enjoy more classes...the next job will be much better! But hard work will pay off in professional teaching experience abroad, a salary, and a life I could only have dreamed of years ago. ^^++ Korea is an excellent adventure, a challenge, never easy, but a very rewarding place live/work!

Teaching is a conquest in Korea

Either conquest or be conquered in the institute (henceforth, Hustle or Be Hustled) Our summer intensive session has been a pounding on the body/mind/voice, tremendous efforts in 44+ hours spent mainly teaching. Of course, spare moments in the office are used to speed-prepare for the 10 daily classes, 4 hours in the morning, and 8 more on MW and Fridays back-to-back. Tuesdays and Thursdays I add another 8 hours of work...Overtime Overtime Overtime, uh oh! No paid overtime, no union, nobody with the nerve to complain about it either. Ouch! Democracy is only a fairy tale in the world I work in. Tis' Tis' ^^++ I'll keep my chin up and try to enjoy more classes...the next job will be much better! But hard work will pay off in professional teaching experience abroad, a salary, and a life I could only have dreamed of years ago. ^^++ Korea is an excellent adventure, a challenge, never easy, but a very rewarding place live/work!