My Achilles's Heel

I wish you wouldn't ignore me.

Easter Weekend

Friday night was in a word, bomb.

M's older bro and his girlfriend came to visit for a day, and we met up with them for sulbing, naturally. We played a few games of pool before heading downstairs to the HOF to chill.

Showing great potential as a pool hustler.

Going insane.

First time hanging out with just the summer trip crew, and I think we're going to be okay.

Saturday

I went to Centum City to eat cake with my friends. That was our primary goal, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. The rainbow cake with cream cheese icing at Dore Dore was divine.

Summer crew went to R's to play poker and eat pizza.

R serenading us.

M losing all his chips.

My accumulated wealth before I lost it all.

These are addictive.

My Sunday was uneventful but pleasant, but 8236 kilometers away, Melissa was getting married and all my family and friends were celebrating.

The bride looking beautiful.

My childhood friends dressed in wedding finery

Queen Elizabeth Park

The ceremony was at 5pm before dinner at Seasons In The Park, and it's the look of pure happiness on Mel's face and the beaming pride on Uncle's face that makes this shot my favourite.

 I love you guys and miss you all very much.

My dad being himself. I think I got my laugh from him.

Yet, life goes on. M and K are probably on their honeymoon, and my parents are happily vacationing in Cuba right now.

It's a beautiful day today, and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. 

I wish I didn't have Korean class today.

I wish I was already fluent in Korean.

I wish I weren't seeing some people.

I wish I were seeing others.

I wish for a lot of things.

Just shut up and be happy.

Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi

On Monday I went to LanguageCast for the first time in what's probably a month, and it wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be. I did go with Agnes to be fair, and we went early, so there were plenty of free seats and nervous Korean first and second timers. I spent a productive 75 mins studying my manually made flashcards with new friends while Michael laughed at me, and spent the rest of the time chatting to Julianne and Evan while Eddie attempted to teach me how to march Korean-military style.

It's hard to do with a skirt.
Having a lack of kinetic talent adds another level of difficulty.

We waited for the LC crew to clean up the cafe before we all headed out for BBQ together. Jules and I wanted to help, but they wouldn't let us. So we sat and listened to Evan tell stories about the times everyone in the crew got wasted.

Dinner Shenanigans

BBQ After LC

Tuesday

Continuing with the theme of Korean boot camp this week, I went to Momo's Cafe near Oncheonjang with Deb and Em to drill flashcards while drinking coffee and eating cake. The coffee shop was recently renovated, and now resembles a charming and spacious tree house with multi levels, surrounded by foliage and big stone statues of dogs standing on their hind legs. It's quirky, but I like the concept.

Wednesday

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Of course, it would have been better if JW went, but it doesn't really matter. I was barely civil though. And I don't even care. 

Thursday, today.

I'm going to korean class today after a three week hiatus, so hopefully I won't be too far behind. Not working out at all this week makes me feel sluggish and lethargic; this weekend will be spent being active.

Wednesday Broadcast - Willy The Dreamer

Last Wednesday, I adapted this story into a simplified power point presentation for my students over broadcast. It was Willy The Dreamer by Anthony Browne.

Afterwards, I challenged the students with a worksheet that asked them about their dream jobs. I would pick the five best submissions, and those students would win a small prize this Wednesday. Unfortunately, we only have a total of eight submissions, and my co-teacher wants to delay the deadline until next Wednesday. I really don't mind either way, as the students who did submit their worksheets did a fantastic job.

Sometimes I forget that children hold infinite potential, and their innocence allows them to be fearless with their ambitions, even if they are as high as the stars. Some of us as adults are embarrassed, afraid even, to even say aloud what we really want. Because if you never admit it, you can never be held account for it right?

Nikki's Birthday Saturday Night

Saturday morning was spent working out and eating healthy. This is my attempt at making brunch for one.

It tastes as mediocre as it looks.

I spent the afternoon skyping with my mom, and we talked about everything and anything.

After chilling for most of the day, I met up with Em and Deb at Centum to browse for a birthday cake and a present for Nikki. We grabbed coffee, and ended up with a box of chocolate truffles and a red velvet ice-cream cake. I also picked up the Dinoplatz Guggenosaurus Concealer and the marshmallow puff from Too Cool For School. I already used them so they don't look cute anymore without the packaging, hence no pictures. 

We had dinner at Ashley Queen's on the fifth floor of NC department store in Seomyeon before grabbing a drink at Sherlock Holmes. 

Bader, Em, Nikki, Christina, and Faye decided to call it a night, but the rest of us headed to KSU for some more drinks, and ended up at Ghetto, thanks to Sam's skills at getting us in for free.

A non-flattering shot yes, but still, it was fun.

Happy Birthday Nikki! It was, all in all, a fun Saturday night that led into an awful Sunday, but Monday night made up for it.

Grade 3 Telepathy Writing Game for Lesson 1

My third-graders see me once a week on Thursdays, and last time we met we did a telepathy writing game to wrap up lesson 1. My students' English abilities vary so much that some students are being exposed to the English alphabet for the first time whilst some students are reading stories by themselves in afternoon English classes and are able to hold decent conversations with me.

My co-teacher didn't want any students to feel left behind. Not only did I have limited vocabulary to work with; I also had limited alphabet letters. She wouldn't let me use anything after the letter "F" in the slides, because the textbook didn't cover it yet.

Three of the four choices would disappear, and the longer the answer you chose stays up, the more points you get.

The students didn't have any trouble copying the short words on their blackboards.

I think that we could have used even more vocabulary, but it's safer to err on the side of too easy than too difficult.

They loved it, and were super lively and ecstatic. I only wish that my sixth-graders were more like them. Those kids on the other hand won't even participate in a game unless they could get stamps.

Green Lipstick

It's just a gimmick, it's not actually green on your lips. The product is called Dinoplatz - Lost Identity by the brand Too Cool For School. From the same brand, I have tried their pumpkin sleeping mask, egg mellow body butter, McGirly rice face scrub, McGirly come clean face wash, Morocco Ghassoul foam face cleanser,  Art Class by Rodin contour trio, and egg cream sheet masks.

I like this brand for their high quality and lesser known products, which are not as mainstream as Innisfree, Etude House, Skinfood, and such. I also like that they use interesting ingredients with cute, gimmicky packaging that looks sleek, cool, and adorable all at once.

The green lipstick turns pink when it comes in contact with your body temperature. Somehow it looks more rose pink on me and fuchsia on my mom. Nonetheless, it's quite moisturizing for a lipstick, and stays on well even after a meal. 

Future products that I want to try from this brand include:

Milk Tint Lip Tint

Dinoplatz Guggenosaurus concealer

It's rainy today, but I'm in excellent spirits. I'm playing basketball tonight, and I'll have a productive day tomorrow. 

Toodles~

Arcade and SulBing

Last night, I had an early dinner with my two co-teachers at a western-style restaurant near our school, and it was delicious, though I did have to get a mozzarella burger from Lotteria afterwards to feel full.

Ricotta cheese salad

Chicken Tomato Spaghetti

Margarita pizza

I met up with D and E at the station around 8, and we went to get some dessert.

It was so good, especially when we poured condensed milk onto it like there was no tomorrow.

Then we relived our high school days at the arcade. I totally kicked both of their asses at a super entertaining and weird Japanese game, and also this pirate treasure-hunter shooting game. Time and money spent having fun is never wasted, I think.

We headed home around 10:47, and I finally got to bed by 11:44. Precisely.

Oh, we saw a random cat just strolling atop the arcade machines at a leisurely pace.