on monday a new semester started here at my school. and sadly, i hardly have any of the same kids that i had before. :( this time around, things were much more relaxed and ran much smoother. i remember the first day of spring semester, all i wanted to do was cry but i knew i just had to keep going and not think too much otherwise i would've broken down. but it did get much easier once i was more familiar with the way things work here, what's expected, and what the kids are capable of. and now i have to start all over! at least this time, i have less classes so planning is already much easier. and no more atlas class! yay! no more dumbfounded looks for 75% of the class time. i will be much happier now. 

before i came and when i first came to korea, i was nervous about whether i'd like it here and whether i'd be a good teacher. although it has taken some time for me to adjust to constantly having to mime english words to most everyone who is korean, i've come to really enjoy being here. but that might possibly have to do with the fact that i don't have to pay rent and i can spend the weekends with people my age who also speak english as their first language. hopefully soon i can break myself away from continuously going to seoul for drinks and actually do some touristy things. i'd like to explore more when i'm not exhausted during the week and not hungover on sunday, hah. sundays have been quite the waste lately. but i gotta say, the fact that many of the clubs and bars i've gone to play techno or drum & bass or whatever makes me incredibly happy. that is something i have never experienced in the u.s. and it just makes me want to start my own club in the u.s. for fellow techno/trance/drum&bass fiends. now that would be a good use of my degree.