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| I was quickly asked this morning if I would be interested in the head teacher position for SSAT. All I said was that it would be interesting. Why would I say that? Well, I'm not sure what that would entail since SSAT is not a very big part of this company. There hasn't been a head teacher for SSAT this past year because there was never a need for a head teacher. So, that's why I said it was interesting... is it bad of me to think there's some shadiness going on? Should I be happy that they want to give me more responsibilities or should I be worried this company wants something in return from me? I really think they want to keep me here so I can continue tutoring that little devil girl. My contract is up at the end of February and I am definitely going back home for a couple months. I am planning on coming back to Korea but this offer is interesting, though I think they're gonna screw me over somehow.
Work was actually kind of fun this week. The TOEFL tests that we use are complete audio garbage so we spent the week re-recording new audio conversations. We went into a recording studio and just recorded lectures and conversations while trying to sound as natural as possible and not moving. It was fun.
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| I had Monday and Tuesday off this week. It was nice. I didn't do much. I was originally planning on going to a nicer part of Seoul on Monday but ended up reading and watching Top Chef on my computer.
Tuesday, I didn't want to stay in all day like I did on Monday. Well, I did go eat dinner really late on Monday. Tuesday, I decided to go watch Eagle Eye by myself. On the walk to the theater, there was a huge flower display on the sidewalk. I took some pictures. I was glad I brought my camera. It was nice. I got to the theater and went to Quizno's. Man, it was nice to have Quizno's again. Ate by myself. I bought my movie ticket, I found out the movie just started 5 minutes before. I didn't want to wait til 4PM by myself so I said it was fine. There quite a number of people in the theater. And I'm sure they giggled when I sat by myself. It was nice though. I might do it again. I mean, I have nothing else to do out here.
It was a nice day today. I enjoyed myself today. Lately, I've been keeping to myself. I think I'm trying to stay away from the alcohol consumption these days. It's no longer fun to me. Lots of stuff been running through my mind. Especially the future. The business idea is coming together clearer and clearer. I think I need to focus my life on exercise right now. I'm such a pudge.
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| i've noticed that there are a bunch of blogs with pictures of babies. so i suppose, when i have a kid, i'm going to start a blog. the cute part is when the parent blogs in the POV of the baby.
i've also noticed a huge number of hispanic bloggers. it's a shame i don't know spanish. i took three years of it in high school but i was mainly just fooling around. i hated my teacher. she was a dumb lady.
if you're wondering, i'm still in korea. still enjoying my time here. sadly though, my friends are slowly leaving me. i'll be here by myself for the most part. i won't have many friends at work. i guess thats my fault. but then again, i don't like the people there. i'm a friendly guy. everybody else is a douche bag. so yeah, i'll be back in ohio in march. or so i hope. i think i'll be going back and forth from korea and the US for a couple more years. why? it's nice. i'm saving up for a business. or grad school.
i have a business idea. hopefully, within the next 4 years, i will be able to start my new life.
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| i went to coex mall today after work to buy some pens. man, it was hot today. as i was walking home, one of those weird religious people stopped me... i think they're Buddhist. anyway, i've had friends get stopped by them periodically. and their job is to try and talk to you about something about your aura. something weird like that. she kept talking to me and i decided to tell her that i don't speak korean that well and i'm here to teach. then she goes on about how i came to korea for a reason and something about my parents. she kept asking me to spare some time so she can talk to me. i kept telling her it was 8:45. eventually, she let me go and i felt weirded out. this must be how girls feel when minkyu tries to approach them.
anyway, this was the second time this happened to me in korea. while she was talking to me, i understood a lot of what she was saying. though, i wished i didn't. while she was talking, i was trying to think of ways to dumb down my korean. it backfired on me. i guess my korean has improved. i didn't even know how to put a weird american accent into it. i was thinking of this while she was yapping away. i was trying to think of other ways to get her to stop talking to me. perhaps, a twitch or a dance move. i should have started dancing. she really startled me when i was walking. i had my headphone in and she tapped my shoulder. she proceeded to compliment me about how big my back was and how big my hair was but how small my face is. it made me think, 'wow, i am losing weight' but why is my back so big. i was so confused. as she was talking about how we could get coffee and how she could potentially brain wash me, i was actually kind of interested in getting coffee with her. but my logic told me that i already lied to her about how poor my korean is and drinking coffee at 8:45 pm is way too late.
i think next time, i will do a dance move as shes talking or just straight up speak english with no korean at all. i know it's hard to believe since my hair is so korean now and my face is so koreanly square. and i have all the korean accessories. fuck, i'm full blown FOB now!!!
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| when i ride the bus to and from work, i enjoy seeing the bus drivers wave at each other. especially, the bus drivers that are on the same route.
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