Teaching and Life

I've failed at twittering on Twitter, so my daily complaints and egotistical yammerings about life will now be featured on my blog! Yay!

Last Thursday, July 12, 2012, was a crazy day. I don't know why but I had all boys in every single one of classes. In my second class of the day, within the 40-45 minute class time, five of them cried. One cried because boys who were younger than him called him a name, another cried because another boy grabbed his hair and slammed his head against the table repeatedly, another cried because he lost all his pieces in a game called "dak chi" (딱지) and I think the other boys cried because they were sleepy. It was so ridiculous, I almost wanted to cry myself.

딱지. It's like pogs where you flip you opponent's piece with your piece, and if you succeed, you  take it

Continuing this note of ridiculousness, I want to tell the world about the team names some of my students come up with. They are epic. In the past two weeks I've had Team Helicopter Jet, Team Ice Dragon, Team Koopa Song, Team Angel, Team Ace, Team Rocky 3, and Team Angry Bird Rio. They're so creative and silly and weird. I love it.

On a another ridiculous, slightly unrelated note, I am on my ninth day of twelve continuous working days. Which isn't so bad considering my coworkers will have sixteen consecutive days or working. Why do I only have twelve days? Because I'm going to Jisan Valley Rock in 2 days, that's why!

Finishing with a completely unrelated note, and signing off with a rant, three of my favorite bands are going to be in Minneapolis when I'm not there! Insert sad face here. I feel like so many of my favorite bands and DJs have made stops in Minnesota while I've been gone, and whenever I go home, no one will be there. 헐. So for you Minnesotans, if you see Two Door Cinema Club, San Sisco, or The xx (who I just featured on my recent Music Monday) please bring my cardboard cutout and install skype on your phone and skype me throughout the entire concert. Thanks.

Oh well. I'm living in Korea! Insert big obnoxious grinning smiley face here.

IN OTHER NEWS: Congratulations to my brother and his wonderful girlfriend on their engagement!! I normally wouldn't make a news announcement like this on my blog, but they've made it Facebook official, so they cat's already out of the bag.

Music Monday

Mmmm The xx. Sexy and whispery and minimal (in a good way). 

The xx is releasing a new album "Coexist" on September 11, their first since their self-titled debut album in 2009. Their first album was amazing. Delicious. Decadent. Lovely. The combination of the voices of Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft, (I had to wiki their names, don't judge me), is hauntingly beautiful. It sends goosebumps up and down my spine. Seeing them live would be a dream come true.

Here's the studio version of Angels (just released last week! I recommend watching in full screen, HD):

Their first single from their upcoming album, Angels is available for purchase now. I think that The xx will keep with their sexy sound which is so uniquely theirs. And from listening to bootleg concert videos, I have a sense their new album will be just as sultry as the first. Mmmmmmmm, yes.

I'm not sure what this song is called, but YouTube comments suggest Leave: