have nice day!

one more week in the books and almost in the bank.  im sick.  i have a fucking sinus infection.  it is whiggity whack.  i went to lotte mart after work to buy a lot of fruit.  and i came home and ate a lot of it.  i am going to make popcorn and watch a movie.  i have my space heater going, making me toasty.  i am in ugg boots, grampa sweats, and an oversized fleece that the previous owner left behind at the apt.  i like the previous owner so therefore his old clothes are fine.  (relax, i washed it.)

i was talking to some work people and they said its completely normal to get sick around this time.  the amount of stress my body has been under the last month is incredible and it was only a matter of time b

efore it got to be too much.  so i got sick.  at least i have some drugs for it.

i bought rosehip/hibiscus yogurt tonight.  i wonder what it will taste like.

my students think that my hair should be long and blonde.  im not sure my students would pay attention if they had a leggy blonde as their teacher.  i will go next weekend to get it short and dark.  i will take a student with to make sure it does not end up red.  hair color need not get lost in translation.

teaching is a humbling experience.  i love teaching pronunciation and i like to think that im decent at it, at least the little bit ive taught.  i found some good materials last night to teach f and v sounds.  i didn't really go over it.  i didnt really think about how the mouth is shaped when producing the f and v sounds.  in class today, i had to think rather quickly to cover my ass and make myself look like i wasnt completely unprepared.  teaching is humbling and it teaches you to be creative on the spot.  i cant even tell you how many times in the last week i have pulled random topics out of my ass.  it is necessary to wing this gig every now and again.  one of my students left class during the break to go buy snacks.  he came back with banana milk and choco pies for everyone.  we toasted our banana milks and he said, 'cheers to kendra findin

g a boyfriend in korea.'  

oh sung, if only you knew...

we had student evals today.  i wonder what my students said about me. 

im becoming a bit of a celebrity in my neighborhood.  the lg telecom boys always say hello and smile as i walk past.  the dakpoki girl and her coworkers will always be my favorites, though, as they give me two

-handed waves and loudly and happily say, 'HELLLOOOOOOO HAVE NICE DAY!!!!'  they always make me smile.  i will invite them to any parties i may have.  anyone who wears a red 'have nice day' apron, makes fried rice cake and chili sauce concoctions, and waves at the foreign girl is a friend i want to have.  more to come on rice cake girl.  she will be like my boulanger friends and cheese mongers in france.  i already have my kimbap friend.  score.

i really love my coworkers.  i really enjoy going to work.  i have fun with my students and i have fun with the other teachers.  and then i can come home and enjoy my me-time.  life is good.

and now for my big bowl of popcorn and some mad men.  i have two seasons to get through.  it will be the perfect cold-cure.

and tomorrow, american apparel should take care of the rest of this infection!

and this is what a sick pussycat looks like.  blahhhh!!!!!!