Saturday, September 5, 2009

You will want to know that I am at the Sangdo school in Seoul. Yes, that is correct, it's on line 7 and is at least 2 line transfers away from anywhere I want to go to in Seoul. No complaints here, though. I could be at schools that are 4 hours of bus riding from anywhere I want to go. The school is a 6 story building and operates on all but the ground level which is a Papa John's Pizza. My classroom is 501, the 5th floor, and teaching has been swell so far.

Two events that will enlighten you: I agreed to act in a skit about carrying baggage for the Vespers program this past Friday. As it turned out in the skit, you can't kiss your bride if you're carrying travel luggage you accumulated from bad grades and playing video games. I'm pretty sure the students were inspired to give up their Wii's after my performance. I felt like I was very well received. Also, today I visited the Seoul Forest. It is actually a large city park with some interesting playgrounds and various ponds and streams. It is not a forest. It is mostly open space with some landscaped trees that line the sidewalks and streams. Despite this, the place was packed. Many citizens of Seoul lying on blankets wherever there was level space.

So, an excitement filled weekend over here.

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