To Eat or Not To Eat, That is the Question

Let me start off by saying that I am very sorry that I haven't written in a few days. We have been overworked. Let's start off where we ended. Wednesday morning we were picked up at noon by Pearl's brother Daniel. I have loathed him since the first day I saw his weasel-y face. He spies and then squeals on everyone. Andrew and Bequer have the misfortune of having to live with Daniel. So everything they do is relayed back to Pearl. Anyway- He picked us up and drove us to the school. When we were getting out of the car I said "I'm gonna run across the street and get some coffee from Starbucks so I will be back in a few minutes". He then said "Don't you have class?" Strongly implying that I had to go upstairs now. I wanted to seriously punch his stupid face. I went upstairs where lo and behold: the teacher's weren't even in yet.  So I settled for some instant coffee and that was the closest I've gotten to real brewed coffee since I've left home.

Pearl assigned to me 3 more kids. The kids are cute for the most part. One kid, who I call Lucifer, is the Devil incarnate. He doesn't listen and is arrogant. He leaves his cell phone on the table and really doesn't want to participate in our 1 on 1 conversations. I want to backhand him across the room. I swear I do but I can't. So in retaliation- I assigned him massive amounts of HW. Which he has to handwrite in full sentences. 

You Bin, another boy that is taking private lessons from me is also another difficult boy. He must have some French ancestry because when I asked him to adopt an American name like Tommy or Billy he said that he "don't like America and Americans". What a rude little... Anyway, He hadn't understood the book that he was supposed to have read so I told him to reread chapter #1 and to write down every single word he didn't understand because he was going to be quizzed on them. :) Ah, kids.

After work we all went out for Korean BBQ. It was beef that we grilled on our table. FYI- If you are ever really hungry, don't do Korean BBQ because it takes FOREVER!!! We were brought many many dishes like skate with veggies, rice, salads, bean pastes, etc... It was really delicious and filling. It was also the first time that I had a full belly since leaving America. It was almost an uncomfortable feeling. When we got home around midnight Pearl was up waiting for us because she wanted to have a conversation. 3 hours later we got up from the table with our heads bobbing about. 

Pearl had let us in on a secret. Apparently, Daniel had gone to install internet in Tiffany's house and he had riffled through her stuff and had taken pictures of her medicines so that the family could research them online. I was appalled when I heard this but kept a poker face. That's when I realized that I hated Daniel. Tiffany has no knowledge of this and I don't have any plans on changing that. If she found out she would flip and then it would all come back to me. 

Yesterday, I had to give lessons to Tom. He is my absolute favorite kid so far. He is sweet, eager, very  smart, and always excited to learn English. He gave me a small orange juice and asked me if we could drink our orange juices at the same time. He then regaled me with stories of "Super Tom and his Adventures in Africa". This kid is fantastic and his mother looks at me with gratitude in her eyes after I told her how much I liked him and how smart he was. This was the child that I was told was  "A little retarded" on my first day. His English is really good, what we are doing is expanding his vocabulary. 

For dinner, Bequer and I went to Mc Do's cause let's just say that my stomach can't take any more weird foods. Apparently Bequers couldn't either. FYI- When you try to cross a street in Korea the drivers try to speed up. Crossing the street was like a game of Pac Man. Fun. So Bequer and I ordered our meals when all of a sudden I notice a bona fide black chic eating her fries. We just stared at each other. I approached her and she said "Hey". Bequer and I were then invited to join her table. As we are eating and talking EVERYONE would just walk by and stare OPENLY. Others would just stand by the door talking to their friends and giggle when we'd stare back. It was and still is very surreal to me.

At the end of the school day, we were driven home by pearl and her husband. She informed us that they have found us a 2 bedroom apartment but it wont be ready until the end of the month. So we have to stay with them for 3 more weeks. How friggin depressing. When we got home we were so tired because we had only had 4 hours of sleep the night before. Erin and I just went into our rooms and as we fell asleep. On a side note: I sleep with soundproof airplane headphones and while listening to my Ipod (James Blunt to be more precise). Apparently Erin woke up this morning saying that they were banging on our door last night but she pretended to sleep. She could tell that I was out because I had my eye mask on and was snoring. they also tried waking us up by turning on and off the light on the porch that is connected to our room. I was happily oblivious to all of this. I guess we are gonna find out what happened in a few because we are heading to work now. Hasta Luego!