Time Goes By, So Slowly...

So, this week has been very slow and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I'm anticipating my trip to Cambodia tomorrow. Also, I have no camps this week, but I still had to show up to school and work half days. It's weird being at the school with no teachers or students. I actually kind of liked it because I had more freedom and it was quiet. Unfortunately, with the temperature being as hot as it is here in Korea now, my air conditioner in the office is locked, so it makes for an extremely hot work day. However, I turn the fans on full blast and open the windows all the way hoping for some cool air. It never fails though that I break out into mild sweats, it's just that hot and humid. Although, the week has been extremely breezy and easy it has taken forever for Friday to get here. I spent every day at school this week watching movies and working on camp preparations, so they are ready for my return from summer vacation. As proof that I didn't spend all my days wasting away watching TV and dying from the heat I took some pictures. These are the shapes I traced on to the construction paper and then cut out into squares. The students will be making animals, so they will have to cut the shapes out and glue them together to create the animal.

This is a close-up of the 'Lion' that the students can choose as one of the animals to make.

Tracing all of the animal shapes onto the construction paper and then cutting them out into individual squares was very time consuming, but I'm glad I got ahead for camps and I can't wait for the students to make the animals. I hope that the Arts and Crafts project turns out for the better and that the students have enough time for it. I also spent about 30 minutes creating a game board, much like that from the game 'Clue'. One of my lesson plan topics is, My House. I will introduce the students to the main rooms in a house and the furniture that goes in that specific room. The game I have planned to play with them is much like Clue, but condensed and easier. They will basically, go around the board going in different rooms of the house and they will have to make sentences using the words learned. Ex, "I am in the Kitchen. I'm sitting at the table."I decided to also take a picture of the game board because I'm pretty proud of the job I did. It's still not finished, but looks good nonetheless.

I haven't really done much this week, but I have taken advantage of the noon dismissals. I've gone to the gym, bought US dollars for Cambodia, caught up on laundry, went to the market and got another Korean hair cut. I'm still trying to decide if I like the hair cut. I just got it done yesterday, but I need to do it for myself before I decide what I think. I did manage to meet up with some friends a couple days this week for lunch and dinner, which was nice and I went for some drinks with Lindsay at Mad Max in Yeonsu last night. While we were enjoying our drinks this older Korean couple came in and sat at a table by us. I noticed the lady had a tattoo on her arm and I couldn't figure out if it was real or fake, so I took a picture. Lindsay and I decided that the tattoo must be fake because it looked faded and it was too funny of a situation to be real...you decide. Anyways, I'm spending the rest of today packing for my trip and then I might catch a movie with Laura later on this evening. Just so you know, I will be absent from blogging for the next week because I will be in Cambodia, so once I return to Korea I will post all about my trip.