another update...

another week has gone by... i've officially been here over 4 months now... pretty crazy. at work i'll be finishing my first 'term' this week and then starting a new term next week. new kids, new faces, and starting over... it's been kind of a roller coaster with the kids and work... some days the kids are excellent and other days they could really give a shit... it's exhausting. i have such a greater respect for teachers back home now... and feel sorry for most of the teachers i had. i don't think i was that bad of a kid, but who knows, i probably aided in mental/emotional breakdown of some poor teacher... i remember ms johnson's science class in 7th grade... me and brandon would take whole pieces of paper and shove them in our mouths, wait until it was nice and juicy, and then chuck them at overhead projector screen... they'd make the loudest thump when they hit, but since the paper was white and she was blind, she never figured out it was spit wads we were throwing... maybe it was the giant wart on the side of her head that blocked her peripheral vision... i dunno.

anyway, so a chapter closes and a new chapter begins. it's still hot here, but i think it's slowly starting to cool down a bit. it's not as bad as when i first arrived. i still sweat like a 400lb lineman eating his cheerios, but yea... it's much improved. i kinda can't wait for the fall and winter. still can't believe august is almost over...

i picked up a book the other day at the book store... it's called 'essays in love' by alain de botton. you should read it. i picked it up and started reading it, and haven't been able to put it down since... i think the author describes everything to a 't' and his writing style is similar to mine (although his is way better), but i feel like it makes it an easy read, and very relatable... i also picked up a book on korean... gotta try and get my korean better... i know it has definitely improved since i've been here, but i'd like to get it going to the point where i don't sound like a dumbass when speaking... i'll let you know how that goes...

anyway, i think that's about it for today. if i could describe in one word how things are going lately, it would be 'happy'.