Right, well, if you've lived in Korea you may be familiar with the concept of fan death. Most of us foreigners just dismiss it as hooey - so did the Korean, who later did his research and blogged about it. It's more than an interesting and informative read.
So, I am now sitting at work uploading photos like crazy. There are a few excuses I could give for my absence recently, but I'd rather not be like that. Instead, I'll just offer you an update on my life.
It's only just been sunny the past 2 days - that's after more than a week of cloudy, rainy, and bitterly cold days. Very unusual for Korea, even more so for Busan. I worked for a whole 3 days before classes started to be cut in favor of end-of-year festivities and preparations. Class president elections, graduation practice, movie showings, classroom cleaning, old-book-recycling and -new-book-acquisition... The list goes on. So, last week I taught 10 of my 21 regular classes and 2 of my 6 afterschool classes. We had a long weekend for the Lunar New Year holiday (aka Chinese New Year), then this week I have taught 0 classes so far! I have had to come into work and "desk-warm" (mainly consisting of watching movies/uploading/downloading/facebooking/blogging/a little desk cleaning). Might have 4 on Thurs/Friday, but I kind of doubt it. Next week I'm off work entirely~ yessss!
So, last weekend commenced with a dinner and singing room outing on Friday night, then an early morning train to Daegu for the Seollal (Lunar NY) holiday. Spent most of Saturday eating, as per usual on this holiday and went out for beer and more food later with a bunch of Koreans who didn't speak much English. Humor ensued.
Unfortunately, this Seollal fell on Feb 13-15th which meant I skimmed over Valentines day this year. Just as well I guess, in Korea V-day indicates the time when girls give to boys. A month later, 3/14 is White Day, when boys give to girls. Won't miss that one! ;)
On Sunday it was back to Busan for a quick rest before round 2 with a friend at his gramma's place. All the aunts and uncles, cousins, and grandparents from his mother's side were there, and we ate all day then drank beer at night again. Swear I gained measurable weight over those 3 days... His grandma did give me some Seollal money, as is the tradition with the grandchildren!
And with that passes the last big holiday of the 2009-10 holiday season. Next one to look forward to I guess is my birthday, which is Children's Day in Korea; great because I always have a day off school! But, this year it's a Wednesday. >.<
Til the next interesting thing happens, hang in there; after all, spring is almost here!
