So, the kindergarten classes went on a field trip Friday. We went to Ppuri Park (here). The kids seemed to have a good time. My class kept coming up saying, "Brenna-teachah! Happy". Of course, that was only when they weren't saying, "Brenna-teachah! Annnnngry!" because another student touched/looked at them/said something wrong or they dropped their candy. They aren't quite there with the English, but they know how to get their point across.
View from the bridge at Ppuri Park
Kids waiting in line to drive around in mini cars
What I was looking at when I was supposed to be making sure the kids didn't drive off the road. It was a pretty peaceful place. Birds chirping, mountains all around. You just have to tune out the screaming kids.
See what a good teacher I am! My 6 year olds know how to drive!
She looks so worried here. What's funny is, I've run into a few adult women who don't drive in Korea, simply because they're scared. If you saw the drivers here, you might be scared too. Maybe Amy's just getting her scared face on early in life. . .
Admittedly, one of my favorite kids. This is the girl who told me I was tall. She is shy, adorable, sweet and hilarious.
Kindergarteners
With all of the teachers (the lady taking the picture was having problems, as you can see, we are missing a child or two in the bottom corner)
Ooops. Rewind. Thursday evening I went and met up with some girls from South Africa. It was wonderful to be able to spend time with people my age; and they were normal to boot! They actually work at the same school I do, but a different branch in Daejeon. So we talked about our classes, and the differences between Korea and our homes. Talking about it made me miss home some. And I heard some crazy stories about South Africa. That kind of made me miss home too haha.
So on the way to meet up with them, I got lost. Well, I took a different bus than usual and I got off too early. Like 15 blocks too early. And let me explain something to you. Korea does not have street names. They name the big intersections, and to tell you the truth, other than that, I don't know how they get around. I put everything into Google maps and take a bus or a taxi. Me-a no drive-a. So I'm lost, right. I figure that if i walked far enough in one direction I'd make it to a large intersection, and maybe figure out where I was. En route, I pass a woman selling chickens. Alive. A woman selling live chickens. I wanted SOOOOO badly to take a picture, but for all I knew, I was in the Harlem of South Korea. I'll just have to draw a picture of it for you.
See my beautiful artistry? No wonder these kids love me. Those look like real chickens! PS- i made it to the destination all by myself. (my proudest korean moment so far)
I think officially, Sunday has become my adventure day. It seems like I always have things (work) to do on Saturdays that I'm afraid to put off in case I can't get everything done. Therefore, I do nothing on Friday or Saturday, and it's always a Sunday Funday for me. I'm not sure yet what tomorrow holds. Either a. I'm going to the Cherry Blossom Festival, or b. I'm going shopping. for clothes. in Asia. Yeesh!
On a personal note, I think I miss having blonde hair again (or "yellow hair" as the korean kids call it). Alas, I don't think I can dye my own hair blonde and have it look natural. So I'm sticking with the brown. Although I noticed that there is an Aveda between my apartment and the school. I might need to go get a haircut soon!
my class when we made fruit kabobs. they absolutely loved that day.
notice, little edward scissorhands is not in either of the photos. that's because he is terror on wheels and no human could get him to stay still long enough to take an actual photo of him most of the time. i'm thinking of putting a seatbelt on his chair. he is cute though.
the kids and i were playing a game on the bus to and from the field trip: the kids say a word and i repeat it. once they discovered that i knew what pokemon was, i was saying (what i assume to be) pokemon character names the whole trip. they thought i was awesome when i said "pikachu is yellow". because i know one pokemon character, I am now officially cool to the six year olds. thank god. i had been losing sleep.
and speaking of sleep, 잘자요 [goodnight].
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Hey Bren,
ReplyDeleteLove the photos from the field trip. It was good to see some of the kids you teach and your fellow teachah's.
Glad you made contact with the South African girls. It must be great to sit down with someone your age and speak English. Now you have friends you can do some exploring with.
Don't get lost.
Oh by the way, the crawfish at Uncle Tony's were terrible.......NOT!
Wish you were here.
Love, Dad