Hooray for School!

Yes, hooray for school!  School gives me the power of the internet, in English!!  It's quite amazing how much my quality of life is affected without the internet.  Not that things were bad, but once I got the internet back on my own computer things were just so much better.  Not going to lie, you can call me a big nerd or whatever you please and I will gladly accept it, I miss my iPhone already and not having internet at my apartment yet doesn't help.  

Enough of my griping, things are going great so far.  I'm having fun, no major problems yet.  School is pretty hectic for the Korean teachers.  This is the first week of class this year, so they are all trying to figure out their schedules and whatnot.  As a result, I don't have any classes to teach this week.  It's allowed me plenty of time to do some reading on teaching ESL and get my first few lessons planned.  They don't have my schedule done yet, so I can't do too much specific planning, but I have been developing some fun activities for the kids.  I am teaching at a middle school (equivalent of 7th, 8th and 9th grade in the US).  I will be working with the 3rd grade middle schooler for sure, and then it sounds like I will be working with either the 1st or 2nd grade students this semester and the other next semester.  

The bus to school is nice.  The stop is right across the street from my apartment building and is only about 8 minutes to school.  There is also a stop right in front of my school, quite convenient.  Some of my friends have to walk 20-30 minutes from the closest bus or subway stop, including one up to the top of a mountain (probably a great view though).  

I made the decision last night that I am going to be brewing over here.  There is absolutely no good beer in this country.  There are 4 or 5 generic varieties and then the imports consist of Heineken and Guinness, I settled for the Guinness last night.  I will be on the prowl this weekend to find some fermenting vessels.  I am going to be doing small batches, about 1.5 gallons and once I get rolling will be brewing once a week (should keep the stock of beer pretty nice).  Sorry, it's a pretty scattered post, but it's been awhile since I posted.  More to come momentarily...