Week 1

This post is about my my first week in korea.
As previously posted, Friday was the best evening so far. I was feeling a little dehydrated the next day, grabbed some grub, and hung out at my apartment for a while. I was exhausted. but at the same time i was very determined to get to busan. i met another teacher in this area - goes by the name kevin. kevin and i ate some food and then headed to busan. dude knows his way around the city. we took a bus to the main bus station here in jinju. it was good to be on that bus as i got to see the main downtown area of my city. as of them, i had only seen my apartment/work's area, along with a small university area where we visited dem bars.
from there, we got on a bus to busan. i slept the whole way, missing all the traffic that we hit. from there we met some friends of kevin's, got some korean goodies, including bimbop - rice, seaweed, meat, veggie rolls. seeew good.
fun fact about busan: it smells like shit all over the place. goooo does it smell bad - some mishap with the sewage system - so that's definitely a plus about living here in jinju. but overall, busan seems nice. i can't say much about it since i was only there for about 20 hours, but it was fun. the food was good, the subway system is extensive, and of course, there are plenty of places to partay. i believe we went to four different bars. good times. there were a lot of foreigners all over the place. we did a lot of dancing, danced with a dj at one of the places - dude knew all the words to thrift shop haha.
then we went back to our friend's place, took a walk on the beach in busan - so nice. i believe i fell asleep around 5am. korea does it right.
the next day we got some grub and were back on the bus system. i was exhausted when i got back sunday night. then it was to teaching six hours of classtime on monday. woof. so i've slept like a rock the last couple nights and i am very ready for the weekend to start. our new native teaching is arriving tomorrow from australia.
my director said that he said that he is looking for someone to drink with. haha. i think i can do that.

other news in work:
the staff here is great. we haven't bonded a whole lot but we still get along very well. everybody's  pretty laid back despite how busy things can get and the same goes for our director. turns out that my director is not the guy who picked me up from the airport. it's really his son, scott, a 33-year old guy who might be the nicest boss i've ever had. he has a great attitude, takes care of whatever we need, and does his best to keep us teachers happy. we have breaks, tea time, and dinner is provided every night by his mom, who makes legiiiit korean food - bimbop, kimchi, soups, beef, chicken. best meals of the week.
so what happens at school is that we get a bunch of students every week - i probably see around 10 students in each class, five or six classes a day, five days a week - so at least 200 students every week. i try to learn names but there are so many. and sorry, kiddo, but if you don't have an english name it's gonna be that much harder for me to remember your name.
the material is very easy. i have an entire curriculum laid out for me, including textbooks, powerpoints, comprehension questions - it's legit. and it's great when the material is more advanced - the kids know what i'm saying and can follow along very easily.


also, i've been officially approved by the korean government to work here. on monday i took a pee test, had blood drawn, had my teeth checked, had my blood pressure checked, took xrays - all that good stuff. now i'm here to stay. yaaaaa.
that's the news in korea for now.