Hello. Apologies for the delay in posting new material!
Last weekend we went up into the mountains where we had a barbeque for a couple of the teachers that are leaving our school. It was a really beautiful day and it was nice to spend some time with our directors and colleagues outside of work. The food was wonderful- barbequed Korean steak, lots of rice, kimchi (yuk), salmon, potatoes, beer and soju (the equivalent of sake but made from potatoes.) It was all paid for by our director which made it even more enjoyable!
Having had wonderful juicy Korean steak for lunch we then had severe steak cravings so in the evening we splashed out and went to a fancy steak restaurant. It really was amazingly tasty as they bring your steak to you raw on a 'yum yum grill' which is just like a really hot stone. You can then cook it to exactly the way that you like it. Mmmmm....
Having had wonderful juicy Korean steak for lunch we then had severe steak cravings so in the evening we splashed out and went to a fancy steak restaurant. It really was amazingly tasty as they bring your steak to you raw on a 'yum yum grill' which is just like a really hot stone. You can then cook it to exactly the way that you like it. Mmmmm....
This week has been a bit busier at work than previous weeks. We have now been given full time schedules and we do a couple of hours of kindergarten classes in the mornings on some days. Lee's kindergarten classes take place at a school which is about a 10-15 minute cycle ride away. Kim's kindergarten classes are cooking classes that take place in the Kindergarten attached to TLC. She has done four cooking classes already which have been fairly successful. She doesn't have a choice about the recipes and so each morning she is handed a set of ingredients with a food title but no method. Creativity is the key. So far she has made crab rolls Korean style and cheese canapes also Korean style. The latter involved no cheese just Spam, tuna and banana, it tasted absolutely disgusting, but the kids loved it. There's no accounting for taste. Lee's Kindergarten classes are a bit different in that he has been given a couple of themes for the month and basically has to think of fun and engaging ways to teach the kids. A rousing game of "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" at 11am is certainly one way of getting the blood pumping.
Aside from this the rest of our classes have been much the same as they were before the schedule change, the difference being the times and textbooks. Same kids, different day.
In the evenings we've been fairly low key. Kim has been attending hip-hop classes three times a week, and on the other evenings we've been for dinner with friends. On Thursday we went back to a Vietnamese restaurant called Hoa Binh for some dinner with work friends and on Friday we went to a traditional Korean restaurant for some marinated pork. The evenings are really alive in Nae-dong, with many restaurants and bars staying open to the small hours. This means that late dining has been relatively easy.
The weekend just passed we had another session at Norebang on Friday night, which was great fun again. We spent Saturday exploring a little more of Gimhae, taking in the weekend markets and scouting out the mall and cinema to pass the time. Today we met up with Sarah and Jake for coffee and a session at the local driving range. Golf is not our sport and after an hour we were all feeling sweaty and strained. And Lee managed to injure a Korean woman with an errant ball, even after a lengthy golf instruction from her husband!
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