Just was invited by a guy I’ve been chatting with to go out drinking with him. Go out drinking right now. It’s midnight here in Seoul.
Adding this to my dissatisfaction with my teaching job…
Long time no see, Tumblr!
I’m actually not here to update on my life, which has really been a nearly seamless blending of days since vacation started, but rather to promote a new blog started by my little sister.
She’s 16 years old, and has struggled with trichotillomania since the age of 6, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 12, was given an adjusted diagnosis of borderline personality disorder at 14, and was committed to a psychiatric hospital this past year for a week after a teacher at her high school found her cutting in one of the school’s bathrooms.
Now she’s joined an Internet support group and has started her own blog as a means to create a virtual safe haven for other teenage girls coping with similar circumstances.
Too say I’m proud of my sister doesn’t begin to cover it.
If you know anyone who might benefit from participating in this conversation, please share with them the posted link.
Thanks.
Sigh, my life.
Finally ate the infamous seagull meat/갈매기살.
I don’t want to eat anything else for the rest of my life.
COUPLE STAINS
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Josh and 도도 singing a Taylor Swift song. 노래방 at 2:30 in the morning has never been more adorable.
Later these same two would be caught in a spooning position on the floor of a jjimjilbang, but the moment was ruined before it could be captured.
My babies are back! So. Good.
Can’t wait to stand out in sub-freezing cold at 5 in the morning to see this performed live.
This has been my Night Out Pump Up jam since November, and I wished they would play this at the clubs instead of Party Rock Anthem. >.< Korean rap/hip-hop at its finest.
I’m going to circulate a petition.
Please stand for Korea’s national anthem…
desk warming is the greatest…
Korea’s national anthem indeed. Can’t go clubbing without hearing this song played about five times at a single venue.
Thanks to everyone who fan-mailed me suggestions! I’ll try my hand at implementing them and will report back!
Second period went much better than the first. Probably because it’s majority girls, and they were actually paying enough attention to hear me say that the class was more of a competition with a prize at the end, something the first period boys missed out on. Their point-grubbing did get a bit annoying, but it was good to see them wrestling with English in order to answer questions.
Then there was the surprise visit from my favorite third grader Jo. While the girls were working on sn activity, I stepped out into the hallway where Jo filled me in on her winter break plans. They include the following: reading 30 Korean books and writing a review of each; reading 3 English books and writing a review of each in English; 1,200 math problems (600 middle school problems, 600 high school); memorizing 3,000 English vocabulary words; preparing to take the TOEFEL. Everything to be completed by March. Granted, Jo is going to be a first year at Seoul Global High School, so I understand that it’s an academically rigorous program and that students need to adjust quickly to the environment. But Jesus Christ on a stick, that’s a lot of work to ask kids to do in two months. Does anyone know if this workload is common across the board for high school first years?
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