I am sitting in the library right now with no school work to do... so I thought it would be the perfect time to write, especially since if I don't do it now, I probably won't do it at all until Monday :) I am feeling quite sick and tired, so I don't know how long I will be able to stay awake once I get home to my warm, quiet apartment! :)

Breakfast- leftover curry

lunch- rice with black beans; kim chi; minty collared greens; pork; fishy seaweed soup

dinner- well I haven't eaten yet, but I am mentally taking inventory of my current food supply... I am guessing it will be some kind of veggie omelet? maybe with a sweet potato on the side? Not sure.

I taught three classes with the student teachers today. The first was a man, which was very interesting to me... I like to see how the kids responded differently to a male teacher. I think they saw him as more authoritative than the female teachers.

I can't imagine how nerve wrecking it is for these college students to teach an entire 40 minute lesson in English... most of them do not speak English!!! I've had more than one teacher tell me (in the middle of the lesson!) they think they are going to start crying because they are so nervous and upset about it. I am thankful I have a skill (English) that is of some value to them. Although it is exhausting, I really enjoy working with the student teachers and trying to help in any way I can.

I really love these kids. One girl who I thought disliked me came to my desk and talked with me for like half an hour after school. So fun... Also, a lot of the kids who were afraid to talk to me have started coming around, too. I have a big jar of candy on my desk to lure them over ;)

My baby gave me a gift this morning- his awesome interpretation of the Korean flag. It looks like it belongs in the background of some anime action movie, yet I can still tell what he was basing it on. Super cool... He's been reading books to me all afternoon. Earlier I was gmail chatting with Jason (shhhh don't tell!) and the little dude put his book on top of my keyboard. Without knowing it, he was holding the number 3 key down, and Jason kept getting messages that looked something like "3333333333333333333333333333333333333fas35fhtfkghfs4sg5233333333333333" etc. You get the picture. I didn't say anything - I was just cracking up. Little dude looked at me like I was crazy. After all, he was showing me a book about construction equiptment... not exactly comical material. When I pointed to my computer screen and he could see his "work" he started laughing too, and we were both laughing together so hard for a good 5 minutes. So, now I call him "3".

Yoon Jin took me to the school nurse today, and she gave me all kinds of medicine (one was a SUPER tasty drinkable one... I'd love to know where I can get some more of that. Took my sore throat away instantly). No fever- she just said to get a lot of rest. I hate to admit this, but I accidently left the gas line open all night (the one that connects to the stovetop in my apartment) and I think that might be why I feel so sick. Ooops!

I hope it works out to meet Steffany (another foreign teacher I have been talking with on Facebook) at Emart for lunch tomorrow! I really should get some warmer clothes too :)