Wear Me Eraser????

Weekend's finished and so is my Monday. Uneventful weekend. Lots of fun Saturday night. It was a duel birthday party for Bailey and Jessica. Lots of foreigners sitting on Jordan's rooftop somewhere near Busan Station. We all then made our way to Kyungsandae and to Cuba where Jordan was dj'ing. Small crowd, but nonetheless a good time.

Sunday was beach day as usual. The weathers getting warmer and warmer. Loads of foreigners crawling around at the beach. So many folks are making their way down from places like Seoul, Ulsan, Daejon and Daegu. Soon it'll be time to move over to Songjeon Beach. Oh yeah....There was the big 2 on 2 beach volleyball tournament at Haeundae this weekend. There were some very good matches, but I left before the final match, so I'm not sure who won.

Last night was pub quiz night at Starface. It's become a regular thing for me. it starts around 8pm and since Starface is a short walk from my place, it's a great way to spend a Sunday night relaxing. The usual suspects were all there, but this week Marty was hosting . It was a good time. I teamed up with Aubrey and Liz to come a "strong" third from last place. We were holding last for several round, but eventually pulled ourselves out of the ditch and held our heads high in the valley of mediocrity!

While working this afternoon I was snooping around the CDI message board and found an amusing post. A CDI teacher somewhere in Seoul posted this. This teacher recently had cute experience with some bizarre grammar and a funny situation.

Post was as follow:

" walk into class and see that a student is sleeping with pieces of eraser in his hair and shirt. He wakes up and seems a little confused. He then looks at me and asks "who damage me eraser?" i thought it was hilarious. but then again i do have a weird sense of humor..."

I think that's some funny stuff.

Korea played France at 4:00am today (Korea time). I had no intention of staying up to watch it, but all Koreans sure did. I was fast asleep when I jumped out of bed, nearly crapping my sheets...Korea scored against France at about 5:36am and the streets were filled with Koreans watching the game on big outdoor screens. They were screaming and cheering...and Kevin left his window open so awake I was. I saw the Switzerland vs. Togo match tonight at a big screen across the street from my apartment. Korea has to absolutely beat Switzerland on Saturday morning if they want to advance. A lot of Koreans weren't too pleased with the results of tonight's match....lots of Korean profanities flying through the air.

In a few hours....GAME 7....Stanley Cup Finals.....Go Oilers...I was so surprised that they won game 6!

Was asked again today (for the 15,000th time since coming to Korea) if I had a perm. I explained to my students that it's common for non-Asians to have natural curly hair. Usual response..they didn't believe me. They of course love to give me shit about having grey hair. "only old people have grey hair...only grandfathers!" Many Korean men do, but they just dye theirs. This is of course a cultural that values superficial appearances more than anything. If you are a Korean applying for a new job, the fact that you may have a grey hair could actually be the deciding factor when you "don't" get the job. I mean, you do, literally, have to submit photos of yourself when applying for a job. I once had a boss of an English academy in Ilsan who disregarded job applicants on their appearance alone. he wouldn't even read they're resume. I sat in his office with him as he looked through foreigners pictures...."Too fat...too old...not fun looking....too short.....I don't want any of these people!" True story.....