The best time of the week is Friday after luncheeeeee!

 

This is how happy I am every Friday afternoon. 

I love my cute and sweet students buuuuuuutttt...there is NOTHING LIKE the joy of Friday afternoon.

Woooooohoooooooooo!!! Freeeeeeedummmmm!!!

Two days to either bike or veg and watch movies or sleep in or do absolutely nada!

Yes, my smile is that big and yes I do look younger on Friday afternoons! Give me freeeeeeeeee!! Bye, kiddies, woooohooooo!!

Autumn's flowers 2020

 

Look at how gorgeous the flowers are near the river this year!

I say it every year but....damn I love this area.

My city is really making an effort to create a beautiful place for the citizens to walk, take pictures and enjoy the amazing flowers near the river. 

Kidnapped? By my bus driver?

 

This morning, 7:30 am, my usually crowded bus was empty. Totally empty. No uniformed Scared the sh@t outta me. I thought the bus driver was about to kidnap me. I even asked him why the bus was empty, ten stops after the bus terminal. He said he didn't know why. 

I kept one eye open until a few more people got on the bus three stops later. 

What you will NOT do, Sir, is to add kidnapping to this troubled 2020 year.

No thank you!

Soooooo....I was not kidnapped by my daily bus driver and ended up at work safely. 

True story. LOL.

Caught you, kitty cat!

 

South Korea recycles food garbage but has not perfected how to keep the street animals from dining out. This kitty was enjoying a delicious breakfast a few blocks from my school.

Deskwarm in a hot room with no air con or fan for eight hours? HAHAHAH

Warning - Rant ahead 

summer heat wave 2019

So this society is built on listening and obeying your superior without questioning. I'm from a country where we are tasked to question everything. I would never follow a fool into a ditch willingly. 

There is a long term heat wave. The temperature is over 100 degrees.

 
Last Thursday, after having me deskwarm in a different school for three days, I returned to my main school to stay for two days and end the week. 

Well, the major construction was still going on and my "handler" actually wanted me to stay in a room with no air con, no fan and no water in the building for 8 hours, no students, no classes, no reason.

 
I WENT OFF on her. 

I raised my voice and said THIS IS AN UNHEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT and I am NOT DOING it. 

She responded by saying other Korean teachers, a few of them and some students were in the building. 

That has NOTHING to do with my health and my own standard for safety. I asked her to please ask the VP what options were available because I was NOT staying at the school . 

She said she would...and then this little heifer went to her classroom and went about her business. 

Long story short , I told her off and explained that there was NO WAY I would stay in that unhealthy work environment and I left the school and went to the bus stop to return home. 

UPDATE

October 2020

Miss Little Heifer left teaching to be a stay-at-home Mom. Her open class was shitty and other Korean teachers complained about her. She never met her paperwork deadline and acted like a punk ass, crying all the damn time. Thank God other teachers saw her incompetence so she couldn't say I was ganging up on her. Good riddance, @sshole. 

Since I have been at this school that was the only problem I had with anyone. I even asked for a meeting with the then-woman principal to get ahead of any lies she would say. But the whole school knew she sucked as a teacher and was not even trying to make an effort. that worked against her lazy ass. The only time I ever saw her smile was when she was leaving the cafeteria. She would smile like the cat that ate the canary. Witch. 

Shadows tip toeing down the hallways

Pre-Rona post

Sometimes I take an early bus to work just to enjoy the peace and quiet of the school before it is filled with the students' laughter and chatter. I love how the rising sun creates beautiful shadows. 

You can almost hear the silent's echo.

Wow! That doll looks just like you!

I had these two dolls made from scratch for my favorite young ladies. 

There is a lady in Gwangju who makes the dolls by hand. She can make any color to match your flag, any color dress or outfit. She made a Ghana one for me two years ago so I looked her up again when I was ready to have these two made. My only concern are the eyes. The eyes kinda creep me out. They are spaced too far apart but otherwise she did a great job. I love that they have underwear and I can make new clothes for them.