The old man is snoring

This week the rainy season started in Korea. It's been cloudy and raining on and off since Monday. The good thing is the rain has brought some cooler temperatures in. I was having some trouble sleeping because of the heat. Yes, I have AC in my room but my throat has been sensitive lately (due to pollution?) and I didn't want to deal with a dry throat and what felt like a cold coming on. I didn't get to sleep until after 3am on Monday and face Monday morning on less than four hours of sleep. My students didn't irritate me nearly as much as I expected. I tried going to sleep in the male teacher's lounge but it just wasn't going to happen.

At the end of the day a bunch of students decided to skip my class. They're one of the worst classes (mostly because any class with this certain co-teacher is a bad class) and not that smart. Here's an example of the sheer stupidity of the students skipping class. Now one would think that if one if to skip class then one would not draw attention to oneself. Two dumb ass girls waved to me as they were standing outside of class and didn't show up. Supposedly, Korea has the highest average IQ in the world. This is another case where I don't care how well people test if they don't have any common sense. Repeat. Common sense is something most Koreans sorely lacking. I too could do well on a test if I memorized a bunch of stuff without understanding it. In fact I once did this on an exam and got an A without understanding a damn thing.

Recently,when I make comments like this bashing Koreans I wonder if I'm being an "ugly American." hmmmm

Where was I? Oh right. After work on Monday I went home and napped in my 80 plus degree room with 100% humidity in the air. I hate napping in those situations cause I usually wake up feeling more tired and confused. On top of all that I couldn't fall asleep until after 1am. That was two nights in a row where I drank warm milk to help me fall asleep.

Tuesday night I climbed at the artificial outdoor wall near my school. There is one route that I haven't been able to finish. I thought I had enough in me but I didn't. And I did a really bad thing. I let the rope stay behind my leg when I took a lead fall. It whipped me upside down and gave me a little rope burn. I forgot to bring long pants that day too, which would've probably cut down on the burn. Lesson relearned.

Random thoughts:

Patrick's niece N'shai (pronounced Nuh-shay) is visiting for the summer. It's kind of nice having an American teen around (she's 12). In her first two weeks here she's made some great observations. When asked about the differences between here and the U.S. she mentioned the spitting. People don't spit right where you're walking in the U.S. Cue the guy making the ever so pleasant throat clearing sound and spitting three times on the sidewalk at a busy intersection. Shai also mentioned how uncomfortable women here looked in their heels. "They have this miserable look on their face." But for some reason they feel they have to wear them. It's because trends dictate what you think, feel and wear here. Herd mentality. I'll stop before I feel "ugly."

Two posts in one morning?!? WTF?!?!

They're having a national test today. Because of the test, I don't have classes today. I assume it's some kind of aptitude test. I'm sure they'll all do very well cause they've been studying to pass the test. 'Nuff said.