I'm still alive...

Sorry for the lack of posts lately.  Still no internet at my apartment and no sign of that happening anytime soon.  Short version is I need paperwork from my school so I can get my alien registration card.  My school doesn't have the paperwork yet.

Enough of that, things are going pretty well here.  I just finished my first full week of teaching.  The kids are pretty good, for the most part they pay attention and listen to me.  I have a Korean teacher in the room with me, so they do most of the disciplining, which is nice, I just have to focus on teaching.  Corporal punishment was made illegal a few years ago in Korea, but it still happens, so that may be part of the good behavior.  I witnessed it first hand the other day.  One of the other male teachers had three students lined up in the hall after class, in the push-up position.  He then proceeded to give them each three whacks on the butt with a wood stick, roughly the size of a ruler (a little longer and a little thicker).  The students just took their lashings and went on their merry way.  I was told that the students respect the teachers more, and understand that they are being hit for their own good...

I hear lots of broken English from students and staff.  The female students' favorite saying is "Hello, I love you!"  I hear that multiple times a day.  I am getting settle-in a bit.  I have obtained many essentials for my apartment, a 22" LCD monitor and computer speakers.  I am lacking many other things that some may call essential, but as far as I am concerned my place is livable now.  I have been exploring the city after school lately, partly because I have been meeting people to buy things from and partly just to explore.

I posted more pics.  They are a pub crawl hosted by the EPIK class that arrived in Busan last September, photos of exploring and some other random stuff.

Two of my friends got some pretty bad food poisoning and I guess a lot of foreigners have been getting sick lately.  So far I have been able to miss it, but I am not looking forward to when it does catch up with me, and I'm assuming it will...

I promise posts will become more regular once I get internet at my apartment!  Until then I hope everything is going well for everyone!  Feel free to shoot me emails or messages of facebook.  I also have AIM kparatumich