Right, So I'm In Korea
Ok, blog-readers. I've been in Korea for two weeks now and I haven't updated my blog yet. This is because I have not had regular internet access, as well as being exceedingly busy!
As you can see from the above photo, my job here is to be King. It is a hard job especially now with Koreans rioting about beef. BEEF.
These are the types of riot police I saw holding back the mob of angry beef eaters. The rioters had surrounded Seoul City hall and the police had in turn surrounded them with buses. I didn't take any pictures of my own, because what kind of person takes pictures of a RIOT? Actually, lots of my friends from orientation did as we marched through it on the way to Chongdong Theater to watch a bunch of Korean people play the drums REALLY HARD and dance around really impressively in traditional costumes.
Alright, so I'm not actually long lost Korean Royalty. But I AM an English (ESL) teacher here for the next two months, and I figure that is pretty much the same thing. Especially considering the Korean name some of the students here have given me is "Wong-Ja", meaning "Prince." I like it and hope none of my readers will assume it is because I look like a canine.
I teach two hours of adults in the morning, and three hours of children in the afternoon. Three hours of children in the afternoon is going to be interesting indeed. I like children but we're talking about a hundred different ones here.
In a week I will start teaching a Bible class in the evenings. I think I'll be doing one themed on the life of David. If any of my astute and good-looking readers would like to suggest some good resources I'm all ears.
I know essentially no Korean. I do know the words for "Hello" "Thank you" "Elephant", "Yes" "No" and of course "Prince" now. So if I'm not greeting and thanking and playing a game of 20 questions with a Royal Elephant I'm in trouble. Reading is worse because I can't read Korean letters. I've tried learning the alphabet but the sounds the letters represent are often hard for an english mind to grasp. So I now know what it's like to be an illiterate. Yay!
Well, that is all I will write right now. Next week I will be back with more information on the adventures of an Illiterate Korean Prince who can't find an elephant to talk to.
