Instead of writing the 50 report cards I have to write by tomorrow on my planning period I am eating and writing in my blog. I feel bad, the Korean teachers work much harder than we do. They plan out what we will teach (each foreign teacher is paired up with a Korean teacher and we teach the same students once a day) on top of planning their own lessons. Sometimes they are on the same material but usually we'll be teaching from different books each day. Most of them are young, mid twenties, and we are able to communicate fairly well even with the language barrier. So instead of doing work and setting a good example for all American workers I usually write out my lesson plans each day quickly then spend the rest of the time on Facebook, send emails back home or eating. Stressful work day, let me tell you. This week is the last week for "intensives" meaning that I will no longer be working 8-5 but from 4 pm- 9:30 pm. All of the English teachers are looking forward to this because it will give us most of the day for other things. Another plus is that I'll be able to talk to y'all more since I'll actually be awake/not working when it's evening for you!

This past weekend was great, we watched the Koreans take home the gold for baseball. Which was very exciting considering South Korea has some of the most enthusiastic baseball fans I've ever seen, seriously. Everyone in the bar where we were watching it were glued to the tv, and the roar when they won was like nothing I've ever heard. Sunday was devoted to beach volleyball, which I am terrible at, but it was a beautiful day and it still was a good time.

Songjeong Beach volleyball

And last night I went with some foreigners to see Dark Knight again, but this time at an Imax theater. The tickets cost about the same as back home and the theater was very nice. Assigned seating with really comfortable chairs, a VIP lounge, and even a hand drier in the bathroom like the one at Brick Store (i.e. the best hand drier in the world). Before hand we went out for dumplings, if you come and visit this is where we will be going. 8-10 dumplings for $2 if they're steamed and $3 if fried. Delicious.

Here are a few pictures (my camera mysteriously works again!). I'll put up more soon I hope!