Since today is the last day of winter camp, I decided to do something really fun with each of my classes. Unfortunately the only class that didn't tick me off in the process was fifth grade. With the third grade, I had a pancake breakfast. My host mom helped me make 20 pancakes this morning for them. BTW, I am officially the worst cook ever! I'd like to blame it on the gas stove that I'm still not used to, but in reality, it's ALL me. I would have gotten then hang of it eventually... Anyway, the kids were to decorate the pancakes with chocolate syrup, sprinkles, and almonds. They made a little bit of a mess (ok...they're kids), but they weren't being incredibly helpful in cleaning up. I went to get some rags, and then they helped clean up. One girl came up to me to tell me that she had a stomachache, I told her that she would be okay. When I got back over to the class, she was still eating the pancake drenched in chocolate syrup. I said, "If your stomach hurts, STOP eating the pancake." She didn't realize that she didn't have to eat the whole thing. Is that strange only to me? Don't kids normally just stop eating if they don't want to eat something?
I semi-went off on a fourth grade student who was mocking me every time I read a students name off to get their invitations back to them. I took him to the back of the room and made him stand there. Normally it wouldn't bother me, but this kid has been pretty disrespectful each of the three days of camp. They finished their invitations, and I told them I had a surprise for them. We threw a real party. The fourth graders weren't very polite...or rather the fourth grade boys. I wasn't very happy with them. I love the fifth graders though. They were happy to have a party and actually thanked me. We were working on party manners. "Can you please pass me the ____." "May I please have some more to drink?" "May I please have some more chips?" "How is everything?" ^^
After school, we went to a buckwheat kalguksu restaurant. It was the first time I had had it. It was good, but I think I like the original kalguksu better. Hee went with us; I was really happy to see her!! When Seok and Hee dropped me off at home, it was really sad! I told them that I would stay in touch over the next two months.
My host mom had to take me back to the photo studio that Hee took me to, because somehow they lost my picture file. There was crazy traffic downtown, so my host mom parked in the church parking lot nearby, and I just ran over to the photo studio. I was literally in and out in about a minute. When I got back to the car, my host mom thought I had gotten lost, because I was back so soon. Ha!
Tonight, I watched about 4 episodes of Heroes with my host family. My host dad downloads them to his computer and then uploads them onto the little silver trashcan looking thing. So, we watch a few episodes at a time.
I decided not to go to the Friday Korean English meeting tonight. 1) I didn't have any desire to discuss the topic that had been posted. It was about what you do with bad Christmas gifts. This was not something I was willing to spend an hour of my life discussing. 2) I was watching Heroes with my host family until 10:30PM. 3) I didn't really feel like going. It's kind of sad that I chose to stay in instead of going out to meet friends, but I really am quite content sticking around the house. Pretty soon, I will be traveling and gone for weeks at a time; I want to spend time with my host family. I do miss the people of the group, and I'm going to try to go next week, but it is the day before I leave for my workshop trip. I felt even worse when Chan (the leader of the group/like a father figure to me) called to ask if I was there because he was getting ready to head over. Sadness! I love Chan! He's such a great guy, and his son is adorable! Many times he leaves the group early; when I ask him why he's leaving using my puppy dog eyes, he explains that his son called asking why he isn't home. It's super cute! He's such a good father!
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