week 1

i'm on a plane to jeju-do in about 6 hours.

i've signed on for another year in korea and felt a little apprehensive. the feeling's subsided a little the past week. it just feels like routine now.

i'm currently sitting in the english multi-study room with about 5 or 6 students waiting on their after-school classes. about half of them are staring intently at their phones meticulously trying to outdo their last high score from whatever game they are playing. beats their earlier game of serious-physical-harm-blind man's bluff.

after a year here i've gotten used to (for the most part) their violent behaviour and nature. i'm wondering now if kids back home now are just as rough and tumble. i was home for a couple of weeks in the summer time and thought about that observation. perhaps it's just a miscommunication thing.

i made a grade 2 boy cry today. that was a miscommunication thing. kids fighting and making fun of each other...oh my life for one more year.

and round 2 officially begins. ding.