Internet and more

I found out today that I should be getting internet on October 1st. That means I can use Skype without it cutting me off or echoing because of my bad connection. It also means that I can start posting videos to youtube and on this blog.

Why October 1st? Good question. Apparently I was hired by the current owner who is a very strange lady who seems to not care at all about what happens in the school. The native Korean teacher that speaks English calls her "the chubby lady" when in reality she is no bigger than your average American. (I wonder what they call me?) Anyways, she sold the school during this past month and the new owner takes over on the first. The internet has to be put under the owner's name or they will price gouge the heck out of me because I am a foreigner. She said she wont do it until she is the owner. Whatever.

On a cool side note, I had tater tots and orange juice at school today. I guess there is a snack time every day and one of the Korean girls brought me the snack in my back room/office area while I was doing a lesson plan. I kind of hide in their while doing lesson planning because I don't have my own classroom. I just go to each classroom at a designated time and teach. Anyways, the point is that I had tater tots and orange juice and it was delicious.

Today I got to teach Mike (the new owner's son) and YuJin, a boy who has been taking after school lessons there for a year. Mike understands English, and can read well, but he has a hard time speaking (mostly because he is nervous). YuJin used to live in Laos, where he learned to speak very well, but he has a harder time reading and writing. They work very well together, and I think that they will end up helping each other out with their respective difficulties.

I also met Julie, my other after school student. All of the teachers had predicted that she wouldn't want to be taught by me because they thought I would scare her. They also said she barely speaks. I got her talking and laughing during our time and she said she wants me to teach her because she thinks it will be fun. Simply put, I am the man.

On my way home from work, I saw something weird. The building that is 4 feet away from mine had a basket on the side at about chest height. It was made out of mesh and had a wire frame. The weird part was that there were fish in it. I'm pretty sure the person was drying them, but the thing is that it rained today. I'm not sure that's how it works.

This post is coming out as a stream of conciousness mainly because I keep thinking of things I want to say and I don't want to move all the text around so it reads better. Like right now I just remembered that the new owner is giving me her old office furniture (I think a couch and two chairs) so I can use them in my porch. She apparently was an interior designer and is redesigning a lot of the school, which includes her office. I guess when she has her new furniture delivered, she is going to have the movers take the old furniture to my apartment.

Alright, I think I covered everything for now. I'm going to try and find some food.