first day of school

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Originally uploaded by galaygobi.

today was my first day of school.

due to being drunk during the placement tests, i was put into the remedial class full of handicaps and retards. haha just kidding, but i was put in a level that i find too easy. the proof? one of our textbooks is the exact same one i finished last term. go me.

my class is alright. too many goddamn koreans, and not enough variety of people. cute indonesian girl with a HUGE mole under her eye. the irony if she loves to cry.

anyways after class i went with my american friend to the cafeteria to try things out. it immediately scared one of his classmates from the states who left promptly, but i thought it looked alright. settled on the 2nd floor of the main dining hall which didn't require cafeteria cards. bought a plate of fried beef noodles which tasted not half bad and only cost me 65 cents canadian. my friend agreed that it wasn't bad so i think we'll frequent there more often since it's so cheap anyways.

after eating i came home intending to sleep but decided to check recent ads for english jobs. phoned one up that said '20 english teachers needed,' as i figured they were desperate enough to even hire a chinese-looking foreigner. the lady on the phone just told me to come quickly for an interview and even forgot to tell me what the school name was. i eventually figured it out as i thought she said 'C E school' but it turned out to be '71 school' which is pronounced 'qi yi.' anyways i got there, got lost for a while, then finally found the office. she then goes on to ask me to teach a class right then and there and she'll see how i do. wow i was not prepared for that at all. i just made the kids (who were grade 1) keep repeating and repeating what they already learned. i wonder if they were bored or not.

anyways, finally got home around 6 and decided to take a nap. died for about 90 minutes and woke up to phone my friend and see if he had eaten yet. turns out he didn't so i met him at school for dinner before returning home after groceries. decided to study a bit while watching the grammys which i downloaded so that tomorrow when the teacher quizzes me because i want to change classes, i'll be fine.

i sure hope she lets me switch classes or it looks like it's going to be a boring, redundant term. either that or all hell is going to break loose in the office.