Yes, I’m still here. Been a while since I’ve posted. I did make it to the always expensive (for me, anyway) Seoul, and took a few photos, which I haven’t yet posted to the gallery. I’ll try to do that soon. This past Wednesday was {{link http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200405/200405260003.html Buddha’s Birthday}}, and it is a national holiday. Having the day off, I went with my taekwando instructor, several other western teachers in another one of his classes, and 17 taekwandolets (ages 5-11, about) to visit a pottery making area, {{link http://www.ongkinara.co.kr Ongkinara}}, down by {{link http://www.gunwi.go.kr/html/english/ Gunwi}}. I was able to make . . . ummmm . . . something. Well, it’s supposed to be a candle holder, but it looks more like an old fort that got shot to pieces, with holes riddling the walls. We get our creations back in about a month, I’m told, so I’ll take a photo of IT when IT arrives. If I’m lucky, IT will be destroyed in transit. Everyone had a good time, though, and the little kids were adorable working with the clay. See the gallery for some of the photos I shot, with more to be posted soon.
I may not be posting for awhile. On Wednesday, June 9th, I have to give a speech at a teacher-training session to about 45 Andong area elementary and high school teachers. The talk has to last about 40 minutes, and it will cover, more or less, the newer methodologies in ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching. I was chosen to volunteer because of my Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics. I knew I’d be cursing that thing eventually. (LOL) But, the powers that be want a 5 page (about) manuscript of the speech by this Wednesday, so I’ll be working on it (or it’ll be working on me) and my time will be somewhat limited. I hope to get most of it finished this weekend, BUT tomorrow I am supposed to go to the taekwando academy and take my test for the blue belt, only two shy of the black one. See {{link http://visionmartialarts.com/student.htm#belts here}} for the order of the belts, except the brown comes before the blue in the academy I attend. Thus, I’ll be pretty busy this weekend. It’s raining as I post this, but it’s supposed to stop tomorrow and the weather for the rest of the weekend is supposed to be nice. Argghhh! That’s going to make it tough to concentrate on getting my speech together.
Sidenote to all the Yankee haters–the hitting is coming around. 18-5 over Baltimore today, following thrashings of 12-9 and 11-3. Watch out!
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