Note: I wrote this May 23rd and forgot to post
it… sorry!
Last weekend for me involved some much-needed downtime. That
being said, I still didn’t actually stay in my town the whole time.
Friday night the English teacher that comes to school twice
a week and is my age agreed to come help me get a smart phone. Since I decided
to stay here for at least a year I figured it was time I got a real phone. We
went straight to Gwangju after school to an SK (Korean cell phone company)
office her uncle owns. It took about 3 hours with paperwork and translating the
contract but eventually we figured it out and I am now the proud owner of a
Samsung Galaxy S2 HD lte. After that I took her to dinner at my favorite
Italian restaurant in Gwangju as a thank you for being my translator all night.
I had planned on being home and in bed early but by the time I got back it was
already past midnight.
Saturday I had the opportunity to interview Korean
university students for teaching positions at an English summer camp. I met up
with my coordinator and 2 other English teachers at the Mokpo bus terminal
around 10 in the morning and we got on a bus and went back to Gwangju. We spent
6 hours interviewing the future teachers. Each group came down in pairs and I
spent 10 minutes asking questions and the Korean teacher I was paired with
asked 2 or 3 minutes follow up. My job was mostly to rate how their grammar,
vocabulary, conversation, ect was. The Korean teacher’s job was to check for
attitude and ability to survive English camp. Apparently these camps are pretty
stressful since the teachers basically work from 8am to 9pm. Once we finished
with the interviews my coordinator and I went downtown for some Indian food. I
think that was the first time I’ve actually eaten Indian food and it was
delicious!
Sunday I walked around Rose Street since the roses are in
bloom now!
Next weekend is Buddha’s birthday so we have a long weekend
but I think I might take another weekend off before my big trip to Jeju!
xox
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