June 30, 2005
Well, the last few days have been quite the adventure. At work I started doing what are called level tests. These consist of me having a conversation with a possible student and then deciding what level of English they speak. Usually I scare the students. Which means that they are scared of conversing in English. Hopefully they'll get over that. I'm scared of conversing in Korean, but I'll do it when I have learned a little.
So that was my Monday and Tuesday. Nothing but level tests. Tuesday night a bunch of us went out for Rachel's birthday. She's from Canada as well, but is going home at the end of July. It was interesting. We went to a Korean restaurant and had cake.
Wednesday I went out touring with Rachel and Eun Ji. They went to the Blue House which is where the Korean President lives. I was going to go on that tour with them but I did'nt have any form of identification. I am still waiting for my alien card and while that is happening, Korean immigration holds onto my passport. When they got back from the tour we went for a walk through the nearby palace. It was home to the regions King and Queen in the 1390s. I have pictures up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjfriese. Click on the June 29, 2005 set. After that I went back to the office and Jae Sung, Rachel, and I went out for Korean food that I cannot pronounce. It was pork that you cooked on your table and then wrapped in a lettuce leaf and gobbled down whole. It was very good, but the whole process tool an hour and a half as you have to wait for the pork to cook before you can eat it, and you can only cook one piece of pork at a time. The food here so far has been very good so far. I love all the seafood and the spicyness.
Today Rachel, Eun Ji, and I went to the Korean Parliament buildings. We got to sit in on the National Assembly for about 15 minutes. We weren't even going to that as today was the day that they were going to vote to impeach the defence minister after what has happened in the military over the past two weeks. So, because of this you needed a ticket to get in to see the National Assembly. We didn't have a ticket, but as we were about to leave the building one of the workers came up to us and tols us in broken English that he was going to do what he could to get us in to see the Assembly for a little bit. Finally he came back and told us that we could go in. So, we went with him to his office where he grabbed his suit jacket and we proceeded to the seating area. We got to sit through one vote concerning decorating some famous tombs with flowers. No word yet on the impeachment.
Tonight I think I will go for a walk through Seoul Grand Park (which happens to be right behind where I live) and tomorrow I will head into work again.
So that was my Monday and Tuesday. Nothing but level tests. Tuesday night a bunch of us went out for Rachel's birthday. She's from Canada as well, but is going home at the end of July. It was interesting. We went to a Korean restaurant and had cake.
Wednesday I went out touring with Rachel and Eun Ji. They went to the Blue House which is where the Korean President lives. I was going to go on that tour with them but I did'nt have any form of identification. I am still waiting for my alien card and while that is happening, Korean immigration holds onto my passport. When they got back from the tour we went for a walk through the nearby palace. It was home to the regions King and Queen in the 1390s. I have pictures up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjfriese. Click on the June 29, 2005 set. After that I went back to the office and Jae Sung, Rachel, and I went out for Korean food that I cannot pronounce. It was pork that you cooked on your table and then wrapped in a lettuce leaf and gobbled down whole. It was very good, but the whole process tool an hour and a half as you have to wait for the pork to cook before you can eat it, and you can only cook one piece of pork at a time. The food here so far has been very good so far. I love all the seafood and the spicyness.
Today Rachel, Eun Ji, and I went to the Korean Parliament buildings. We got to sit in on the National Assembly for about 15 minutes. We weren't even going to that as today was the day that they were going to vote to impeach the defence minister after what has happened in the military over the past two weeks. So, because of this you needed a ticket to get in to see the National Assembly. We didn't have a ticket, but as we were about to leave the building one of the workers came up to us and tols us in broken English that he was going to do what he could to get us in to see the Assembly for a little bit. Finally he came back and told us that we could go in. So, we went with him to his office where he grabbed his suit jacket and we proceeded to the seating area. We got to sit through one vote concerning decorating some famous tombs with flowers. No word yet on the impeachment.
Tonight I think I will go for a walk through Seoul Grand Park (which happens to be right behind where I live) and tomorrow I will head into work again.
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