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Week 7 (April 10th to April 16th) |
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Tuesday April 12, I'm not really homesick, but sometimes being here is really boring. I mean, the job is alright, but it's a job like any other. Also, the hours are really long, and I'm kind of tired of cleaning up booger-covered children for 10 hours a day. Socially, I haven't really met anyone new for awhile, and it seems like all we do on a regular basis is watch movies and drink. Coming from Toronto, I was used to seeing live music every week, but it doesn't seem like there's any of that happening in Daegu. Plus, I would really like
to meet some musicians, so that I have someone to play with once in awhile. Fortunately, we've planned a weekend trip to Seoul for
the last weekend of April, so that will be a great change of scenery. There are several U of T grads teaching at a university in Seoul, so maybe I'll even get to play a little that weekend! On the Saturday, we've booked spots on the De-militarized Zone tour--
we're going to see the border of North and South Korea, so it should be really interesting and politically charged. Only two more weeks till then!
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Thursday April 14th, Today was our monthly field trip. We took our 55 morning students to a botanical garden . . . Idon't know whose idea this trip was, but taking 55 little kids to a forested area complete with ponds and mazes is quite possibly the worst idea I've ever
heard! Even our "good" kids were nuts today. I'd be chasing after one kid who was running into the forest, while the next one was jumping into the pond the second I turned my head. All I have to say is never again . . .
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Saturday April 16, I made my first big purchase today: I bought a keyboard! There's a music centre in the basement of our Home Plus, which I didn't know about until today. I was going to trek out to the Walmart downtown and go nuts in their music centre, but I
probably saved some money at Home Plus. The keyboard I ended up buying is kind of crappy, but I need something. I've been going crazy without being able to write music, transcribe stuff, whatever. The sucky part: I have to wait five days, because they have to
order it in. Trying to buy the computer was really funny, because the lady didn't speak a word of English, and she didn't seem to understand that I don't know any Korean, so it was a bunch of her talking, and me staring blankly. At first she didn't realize that I wanted to buy it, so I took out my wad of cash, and pointed to the keyboard. Then she was trying to tell me that it had to be ordered, but she could have said anything and I wouldn't have known. I did figure it out when she took out her daybook and pointed. Then there was the issue of pick-up or delivery. She took me over to the pharmacy section because the guy there spoke some English. But he
couldn't figure out what my address was because I don't live in a high rise apartment. He kept on saying "What's the brand name of your apartment?" (all of the apartments have names on the side according to what complex they're in, like Nesvill 201, or Woobang Heights 102). But since I live over a restaurant, I don't have a brand name, so I kept on saying "Brand name, no". I suggested that I pick up the keyboard instead, but he kept on insisting that having it delivered would be easier. It took almost half an hour to convince him that me picking up the computer would be the most logical solution. Even with that decided, the lady still insisted that she come in the cab with me to help me carry the keyboard. At least I think that's what was going on. Of course I could be completely wrong, since I couldn't follow about 80% of the conversation . . . I guess I'll find out next Friday when I pick up my keyboard!
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