Update time!

Ok, I owe yall an update. I plan on uploading a whole slew of pictures from the last few weeks that include a few events such as a friends birthday, my new class, a going away party, St Patricks Day and who knows what else. So, as soon as I can find the cord to connect my camera to the computer, I will put those up (EDIT: I just found the cord so the photos are UP).

Things are good at school, the beauty of having a new class that has never had a teacher before is that they are so impressionable! I am quickly molding my 7 year olds into mini-Quincys, complete with my mannerisms and accent (on a side note, my accent was mocked my some drunk girl last week, she was wearing flannel so Im assuming she was from Canada). My class is progressing nicely, since this is their first time learning English, their progress is very obvious and rewarding since almost every word they can speak they learned from me. Teaching is not without its challenges though, last week I had one of my best kids poop his pants. Im serious. Ironically, the week before, there was a note in the staff room not to restrict the kids from using the bathroom, since it was the first time they had to ask to go for the many of them. I know what you are thinking, and the way I wrote it should have created an obvious assumption, but I WAS NOT KEEPING MY KIDS FROM USING THE BATHROOM. I guess it just snuck up on this kid.

Things have been good outside of work, also. I currently have about 4 1/2 months left in Korea and I am already counting down the days, so let this be a warning to all you readers, you will be sick of me talking about it. But, its really your fault since Im counting down the time until I get to see all of you again. I am pretty sure these remaining months will go fast, I really only have to make it until the end of July and then I get my summer break for a week and then my contract ends around the middle of August. Speaking of my summer break, I just booked a plane ticket to Cambodia today, so I will be spending that week seeing the sights (Angkor Wat), shooting automatic weapons (here) and avoiding the sex tourists. On top of that, one of my best friends from school, Charles, is supposed to join me and my coworker, Kyle, on this adventure. So, with that to look forward to and the weather getting warmer by the day here, it should be a pretty fast couple of months.

One last thing before I go: I was recently approached at a bar by a guy I had met before. He told me him and his boss liked my style, look, etc and wanted to make me a model in Korea. I dont think Im model material, but having white skin goes a long way here. Their company deals mostly with the Korean home shopping network and they asked if I had any tall, good looking friends that would also be interested so I successfully recruited a guy I work with from my school and a girl from Charleston I met here. They needed one more girl so they took me out to the foreign area on St Patricks day, bought my drinks and pointed out girls they thought had a body shape appealing to Koreans. My job was to go talk to them since their English was inadequate and see if they would be interested. They ended up settling on a tall Canadian girl who teaches at a university. Anyway, last weekend we went and met their company photographer (who they claimed was famous in Korea, he did have a nice studio) and he took our pictures and told the Koreans that me and Kyle were very good and the girls were "a little good." They are very critical of girls over here. We are supposed to go back this weekend to get the equivalent of head shots done so when companies call the photographer looking for models, he will have something to offer them. Who knows if anything will come of this, but it has been an interesting and funny story so far.

Godspeed everyone, enjoy the pictures.