December 2009
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my intention to ring in the new year quietly and booze-free has turned into a night at the barboom. korean boys, champagne, and soju. awesome.
happy new year you guys! cheers! ^^
If this girl can give a soul to those who have lived without one, if she can...
– Basil, The Picture of Dorian Gray, p. 71 (via moleskine-dreams)
me: i brought you guys presents from the states but i am not gonna give them to you because you are so noisy.
sam student: teacher today you are very beautiful.
me: HA! that's not gonna work.
sam student: please please please (puppy dog eyes) please?
me: (goddammit) alright fine. but you better be quiet next time okay?
sam student: okay!!
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Hugs
Chuck: I can't even hug you? What if you need a hug? A hug can turn your day around.
Ned: I'm not a fan of the hug.
Chuck: Then you haven't been hugged properly. It's like an emotional Heimlich. Someone puts their arms around you, they give you a squeeze and all your fear and anxiety comes shooting out of your mouth in a big wet wad and you can breathe again.
silvia teacher: shannon teacher you’re coming back right? please come back.
i might be tempted to stay in florida but, of course, i won’t. i had to pinky promise that i would return to korea and finish off the school year. it makes me feel good that the monkey school teachers like me enough to want me to come back. it really does.
karl student: teacher why are you smiling?
me: i am happy!!
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the monkey school teachers decided that it was too hard to buy me a gift so they went ahead and bought about 20 lbs of hot pepper paste for my mom. which i just had to carry all the way home. its okay though because tomorrow i am flying home!!!
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me: oh no i made a mistake!
jacob student: OH MY GOODNESS!!
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sometimes i feel like the only things my monkeys will learn from me are "oh my goodness" and the bullhorns. that's okay right? ^^
my friend sent me a box of Kinder Eggs for christmas. its the best present i’ve EVER received.
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green (age 9!): "mumble mumble baby baby mumble mumble sex bomb mumble mumble." teacher do you know that song?
me: OH MY GOODNESS! where did you hear that?
green: my mom's car. it played on the radio two times. "sex bomb sex bomb you're a sex bomb."
me: PLEASE PLEASE STOP! its time to study. get your book please.
green: yes teacher.
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sometimes things can get pretty awkward but this definitely takes the cake.
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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different...
– Hermann Hesse
tonight debauchery will ensue.
there will be tequila and foreigners in santa suits. i LOVE korea!
instead of teaching phonics i got to make christmas cards at the monkey school this morning. perfect start to a friday!
AND only seven more days til i’m back in the states!! YES! ^^
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its starting to get really difficult to uphold my reputation as a sexy beast with this very aggressive onslaught of gray hair. its ridiculous!
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its snowing!!
time to break out the christmas music. ^^