Vacation Decisions

I hate making vacation decisions, cuz I want to do it all! But I think I've made the decisions finally! Two weeks on an island paradise in the Philippines, Open Water/Advanced Open Water/Underwater Digital Photography courses, kayaking, trekking to waterfalls, mountain biking, and some snorkeling should do the trick.

I'm old.

I realized how old I am this week. On August 3rd, 16 years ago, I got my driver's license. (I remember the date because it was 8/3/94.) This year, I've had my driver's license as many years as I waited before I could get one. Good god.

Teaching Review

Guess my boss doesn't hate me as much as previously thought, since I got a combined score on my review of 94% (from her survey and the students' surveys)...bonus. 5 more days of summer session! Woohoo! One more hell day until the weekend! Double woohoo!!!

Prop 8

‎"The evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same sex couples." Snap.

10 down, 6 to go

Had a good day and good dinner. Finishing up some business and off to bed. Up early for day number 11 of 16.

Story Presentation Questions

This brief exchange took place after a female student finished her presentation. The inflection she used made me smile.

Boy:
Why do you get ready with a hat?

Girl:
Because my face is important.

Note to self...

Made it thru another hell day, barely. Note to self: taking a muscle relaxer during the first half of the work day is ALWAYS a bad idea. 9 intensives days down, 7 to go.

Dinner with the Yongsan Special Girls

I went to dinner one night with Sharon and Christianna for some Korean food. It was good, but a bit spicy for me. Sharon took care of pouring the beer.


Sharon and I waiting for dinner to cook down.


Korean peppers, like most peppers, are way too hot for me.

Down with Mondays!

Another Monday? I thought we voted these out already...

Forrest Gump Day

One day during our summer camp class, a boy named Doo Young said he was hungry. He said I should bring some food for him the next day. But he couldn’t decide what sounds the best. He started thinking:

Chicken. Or pizza. Or chocolate. Or kimbap. Or kimchi. Or mandu. Or kimchi mandu. Or kimchi-jjigye. Or dwinjeon-jjigye. Or…

For literally TWENTY MINUTES he went on and on. The whole times I way having a serious Forrest Gump moment. (Shrimp pasta, and shrimp salad, and…) It was hilarious. He even continued through the following classes that day, and the next.