Yes thats right folks..that is my official job title. There are also a few other things I go by around here. " Beautiful Yellow and Br own Hair Teecha" just plain " TEECHA!" and my favorite, "No Wedding Teecha?"( which in 8 year old Korean terms means: you are an old woman and you no marry? " Why Teecha, Why?" Honestly ,you want to get upset but then you realize that this 8 year old has been in school longer today than you have been awake,( and he still has 4 more hours to go,plus another 3 hours of homework) and you begin to feel much better about yourself.
So I have noticed that in my last 3 blogs I have mentioned at least once that everyone here is in a hurry...so no more mention of that, because honestly I am over it. Now I am starting to get settled and truly become an inhabitant of this country and to be honest it never fails to amaze me.
Lets start first with the CCTV. Does everyone know what CCTV is? OK well it is a "hidden" camera in the ceiling of EVERY ROOM IN South Korea and someone , in most cases no one really knows who , but someone watches every move that you make. Oh and it includes audio as well. At my school it is in the classrooms and the Head Instructor's job is to watch your CCTV's everyday and make sure that you are doing everything that you are supposed to do.That includes sticking to the strict time and class structure that CDI trains you on. But in a perfect world with 10 screaming 6-8 year olds, can you really complete the Dialogue exercise in 6 minutes?
Today we had an early meeting that included myself, the 2 other foreign teachers, the Head Instructor, the Director and the Owner/Manager. Can anyone guess what we did for the entire 2.5 hours??? Thats right we watched our CCTV's! Then we exchanged comments. Although I cant complain because I did get a free lunch out of it.
So on a lighter note I went to the Korean Folk Village today which is the only Korean thing that I have "done" here besides eat Kimchee and drink Soju.
That is a traditional rice field. Notice the scarecrow..very nice. Dont you just want to hang your laundry out to dry when you see this photo?
This is traditional Korean "sleeping quarters". This is also where the traditional Korean weddings are held but we were a bit late for that.
EAT YOUR HEART OUT!
Thats yours truly on the shortest boat ride ever, in the amusement park with in the folk village. You are not going to believe this but I rode the pirate ship there" my fellow kennywood fold from back home know what that is" and I was hoping for a candy apple...but I had to settle for chicken on a stick instead.
This is self explanatory I hope. It was absolutely beautiful! You had to take off your shoes before going in..and once inside you just stand there...and feel instantly at peace. This was also a Korean "nap" hotspot.One of many in the Korean Folk Village.
All in all...I am really just taking it all in and enjoying the constant paradigms that I stumble into. Its as though the county is still trying to catch up with the "consumer revolution" that swept this country 60 years ago, and it makes for good dinnertime conversation.
things to remember:
SOCKS!!!( more to come next blog)
Drunk Korean men on scooters blasting 50 cent "lollipop"
Soju is liquid xanax
You are supposed to drink coffee after every meal
"black black Barakobama"
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