A brief entry

Well, this one will be pretty brief. I've had a fairly uneventful week. It did go by quickly, but nothing much happened in it. Classes seem to be getting better all the time. At least it's easier for me to be up there doing the teaching. The TSE class is quite interesting at times. These students are supposed to be preparing for a test that could determine what job they get or what school/program they get into and yet they still won't take the time to do the homework that I give them. Oh well.

This weekend has been quite eventful. I spent the day Saturday with someone that used to attend our church in Calgary, but who now lives in Ottawa. He is in Seoul for the week for some meetings. We spent Saturday afternoon at a palace near Insadong. Not Gyeongbukgung, but a smaller one. It has a secret garden. Chandeokgung. That's what it's called. Yesterday and today have been two of the hottest days I've experienced so far. 38 on the Humidex. Insane. After the palace we wandered around the Insadong shops and then made our way back to the Novotel hotel where my friend was staying. We met up with one of his coworkers who had just arrived in Seoul that day and went for lunch at a really good Korean/Japanese fusion restaurant near where I teach. Quite an eventful day it was.

This afternoon I had a picnic with my host family. After we went swimming. This was the first time that I've done real swimming (practicing all the strokes) in a long time. I am exhausted. After swimming we went 10 pin bowling and had supper at a nearby restaurant. I had some sort of soup with strange gelatinous noodles in it. It was actually quite tasty. On the way home my little host brothers went for hair cuts. It was quite a good day. That was the first time that we've spent to much time together and I think it went well.