Yesterday after school, all the teachers got together and played volleyball in the gym. My team got off to a slow start losing the first two games but winning the last. It was a great bonding experience and keeps the school teachers tight. This is a weekly event. I was suppose to teach an after school class at 3:30, which is when we play volleyball, but they changed my after school class to thurdays. It was very kind of them to change my schedule like that. The teachers are all very welcoming and want to make sure I can participate in their activities.
After getting our heart rates up, we went to eat sushi at a restaurant by the sea. There were so many new types of food that I have never tasted. This included raw octopus, raw clams, raw fish, crabs, snails, urchins, and other types of food that were not familiar to me. I proudly say that I try every single item and for the most part they were all pretty good. The raw clams were very different than any thing I ever experienced. They were hard and crunchy. At first I didn't know if there was bone or if I was supposed to eat the whole piece of clam that I put in my mouth. It turned out that those types of clam were hard and everything was to be eaten. After eating many raw types of seafood, a fish soup was brought to the table. Everyone serve themselves from the big bowl into personal sized ones. My vice-principal served mine and gave me two fish heads. I think fish head is supposed to be one of the best parts. I ate all the meat that I could get from those heads. This was also served with rice and kimchi. There has not been one day in Korea so far that I have not eaten Kimchi.
There were also many bottles of soju (korean alcohol) and I had many glasses with the vice-principal. Keep in mind the glasses are the size of a shot. That is about one ounze. By the time we left the restaurant, the vice-principals face was glowing red. I think that may be a tipycal experience for many Asian people. I heard from one source that Asian peeple have a different gene that does not allow them to process alcohol the same way western people can. Maybe this explains why they get so red and hot.
The vice-principal was having so much fun, that he brought myself and two other teachers to a kareoke bar. Koreans seem to like singing. There we drank beers, sang and even danced together. In Korea, kareoke is different than it is in Canada. Here a group rents a room and sings with those people in their private room. Another group of people would get their own private room. Our room came with a platter of fruit. I don't know if someone ordered it or if all rooms come with fruit. I initially thought it was a strange mix with beers, but it turns out that beer and fruit is not a bad mix.
I sang a few English songs, and the other teachers sang Korean songs. The math teacher sang gangnam style. It is perhaps the most famous song in Korea. After that, the night was over and I was home by 10:30PM. A lot of activity but ended at a good time. Waking up and going to school the next day was no problem. Thats all for now!
After getting our heart rates up, we went to eat sushi at a restaurant by the sea. There were so many new types of food that I have never tasted. This included raw octopus, raw clams, raw fish, crabs, snails, urchins, and other types of food that were not familiar to me. I proudly say that I try every single item and for the most part they were all pretty good. The raw clams were very different than any thing I ever experienced. They were hard and crunchy. At first I didn't know if there was bone or if I was supposed to eat the whole piece of clam that I put in my mouth. It turned out that those types of clam were hard and everything was to be eaten. After eating many raw types of seafood, a fish soup was brought to the table. Everyone serve themselves from the big bowl into personal sized ones. My vice-principal served mine and gave me two fish heads. I think fish head is supposed to be one of the best parts. I ate all the meat that I could get from those heads. This was also served with rice and kimchi. There has not been one day in Korea so far that I have not eaten Kimchi.
There were also many bottles of soju (korean alcohol) and I had many glasses with the vice-principal. Keep in mind the glasses are the size of a shot. That is about one ounze. By the time we left the restaurant, the vice-principals face was glowing red. I think that may be a tipycal experience for many Asian people. I heard from one source that Asian peeple have a different gene that does not allow them to process alcohol the same way western people can. Maybe this explains why they get so red and hot.
The vice-principal was having so much fun, that he brought myself and two other teachers to a kareoke bar. Koreans seem to like singing. There we drank beers, sang and even danced together. In Korea, kareoke is different than it is in Canada. Here a group rents a room and sings with those people in their private room. Another group of people would get their own private room. Our room came with a platter of fruit. I don't know if someone ordered it or if all rooms come with fruit. I initially thought it was a strange mix with beers, but it turns out that beer and fruit is not a bad mix.
I sang a few English songs, and the other teachers sang Korean songs. The math teacher sang gangnam style. It is perhaps the most famous song in Korea. After that, the night was over and I was home by 10:30PM. A lot of activity but ended at a good time. Waking up and going to school the next day was no problem. Thats all for now!
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