'Twas Lunar New Year . . .
theres been some events this week!
Ethan's last day at work, so we had another excuse to hit a noribang (karaoke). usually friday or tuesday is all we can think of.
Brian and i took Jeanine, new teacher from South Africa, for a game of 'golf'. she did really well too, came close to beating us on one or two holes. she even chipped in the hole from a sand bunker! give her a couple of months, i reckon. anyway, i managed to shoot -1!!! easy course, but still, rah rah.
a teacher from another school fell foul of his boss, the police and Korea in general, so a few of us spent many an hour delving into Korean immigration law, contracts etc etc, and found, basically, that he didn't have a leg to stand on, unless he wanted to stand on it in another country.
after being fired, he ended up getting blackmailed into paying a large amount of money back to his boss that he, by law, didn't owe. he had to for reasons i won't disclose, but it was pretty slimy and made me consider myself very lucky to be working with the people i do. my view of my school has taken a very positive leap in the past week.
and we got a few days off for Lunar New Year, wahoo! Brian is in Thailand with his lady friend and i headed into Seoul to take more photos (posting soon) and watch my first games of rugby since moving here. WAHOO, i thought. then i watched 4 very not entertaining games. i think i was expecting too much (y'know, don't eat a kahlua and chocolate cheesecake for a few months, and it may be dissappointing when you do - actually, maybe not . . bad example, let's move on).
so i was disappointed by the rugby, got booted out of the bar at 320am-ish then headed to a jimjibang. 24 hour sauna's in Korea provide a sleeping room, and they're cheaper than a hotel room (actually, they're cheaper than a super-sized Big Mac combo). it was my first time and, as it turns out, will be my last. in the sleeping room, i had a really scary looking dude choose to sleep right beside me (and i mean right beside me). i moved over a little, but he seemed intent on spooning, so i went downstairs and watched tv until near sunrise. after a shower, i headed to the subway and went northwest to a small hill that was free to roam around. i saw the sun come up, took more photos (posting even sooner) and listened to Shamanists praying on the clifftops around me. a great start to the new year.
thanks to those who've emailed and posted comments about the book and i'll find a couple more photos soon.
Ethan's last day at work, so we had another excuse to hit a noribang (karaoke). usually friday or tuesday is all we can think of.
Brian and i took Jeanine, new teacher from South Africa, for a game of 'golf'. she did really well too, came close to beating us on one or two holes. she even chipped in the hole from a sand bunker! give her a couple of months, i reckon. anyway, i managed to shoot -1!!! easy course, but still, rah rah.
a teacher from another school fell foul of his boss, the police and Korea in general, so a few of us spent many an hour delving into Korean immigration law, contracts etc etc, and found, basically, that he didn't have a leg to stand on, unless he wanted to stand on it in another country.
after being fired, he ended up getting blackmailed into paying a large amount of money back to his boss that he, by law, didn't owe. he had to for reasons i won't disclose, but it was pretty slimy and made me consider myself very lucky to be working with the people i do. my view of my school has taken a very positive leap in the past week.
and we got a few days off for Lunar New Year, wahoo! Brian is in Thailand with his lady friend and i headed into Seoul to take more photos (posting soon) and watch my first games of rugby since moving here. WAHOO, i thought. then i watched 4 very not entertaining games. i think i was expecting too much (y'know, don't eat a kahlua and chocolate cheesecake for a few months, and it may be dissappointing when you do - actually, maybe not . . bad example, let's move on).
so i was disappointed by the rugby, got booted out of the bar at 320am-ish then headed to a jimjibang. 24 hour sauna's in Korea provide a sleeping room, and they're cheaper than a hotel room (actually, they're cheaper than a super-sized Big Mac combo). it was my first time and, as it turns out, will be my last. in the sleeping room, i had a really scary looking dude choose to sleep right beside me (and i mean right beside me). i moved over a little, but he seemed intent on spooning, so i went downstairs and watched tv until near sunrise. after a shower, i headed to the subway and went northwest to a small hill that was free to roam around. i saw the sun come up, took more photos (posting even sooner) and listened to Shamanists praying on the clifftops around me. a great start to the new year.
thanks to those who've emailed and posted comments about the book and i'll find a couple more photos soon.
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