Weekends Galore
// June 12th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
A few days ago, I told my parents on the phone that I’d been spending a lot of my free time playing computer games to avoid spending money. I’d like to come back with some money, you know. But I think this may have been misleading because I didn’t exactly define free time. For me, free time is time when I’m neither working nor doing something I feel obligated to do. The thing is that I feel obligated to do a lot of things here. This isn’t a bad thing. I’m just forcing myself to get the most out of this experience since I knew from the beginning it could very well be a single year, no more. Now I’m down to two and a half months left.
What are my obligations? Naturally, I should learn Korean. There are very few excuses not to. So I am. This consumes about 6-8 hours of time outside of work. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I’m scheduled to meet with Minseon from 6:00-8:00, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I meet with Sunny from 5:30-8:00. At every lesson, an hour is spent teaching me Korean, and an hour is spent teaching them English, proofreading a thesis, or any number of other activities that enhance their English ability.
My other obligation? Do things on the weekend. I’ve been incredibly busy on the weekends this summer. Let’s see..my last post was..WOW! Two months ago! Let me fill you in on the last couple months.
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have proofread Sunny’s thesis for her master’s degree in English Education.
have proofread Yoonju’s thesis for her master’s degree in English Education.
have proofread Lily’s thesis for her master’s degree in English Education.
went to Taiwan for 5 days, 4 nights.
went to Busan at the southeastern tip of Korea for a beachy weekend.
went bungee jumping three times.
have eaten three meals at Lily’s house. Her mom is an AMAZING cook.
have played pool, badminton, and frisbee on numerous occasions.
have been all around Seoul – Yongsan, Euljiro, Insadong, Nakwon, Gangnam, etc.
went to the night parade with glowing floats for Buddha’s birthday.
have finished a few books and started a few more.
have gone spring shopping.
bought another ukulele and learned to play two new songs.
got my netbook fixed and successfully installed Windows 7 on it.
bought some sunglasses.
sent mail to my parents, Kelley, and Joe. (Cat is next)
made dozens of wonderful dinners.
have been running on mountains and working out with rabbits.
have watched five minutes of television.
have taken lots of pictures. A few are in this post, the rest are in my albums. Enjoy!
