No body stole we egg!!

Today was Tuesday of week 3 at the English hakwon, and it's definitely getting to be easier and more fun. Now that the tone is set and I've met all the students, I can be a little more myself and a little less stick-to-the-book-and-schedule. Yes, there are still those few kids who don't listen, but I'm realizing that once they see I'm not going to stop class just for their sake, they don't fool around as much. They have a system where if doing something nice or doing well on a test earns them Talking Club bucks, and if they fool around, leave class to go to the bathroom or get water (it's only a 50 minute period), or other naughty things, we take away Talking Club bucks. Every 4 months, they get a Market Day where we provide food and goodies that they can buy with their bucks. It just so happens that the next Market Day is this Friday, so maybe that's why they're behaving a little better in class...

Speaking of markets, here's a picture of an Angry Birds sweatshirt I found at a 5-day market (오일장, a market that opens every 5 days); the caption made me giggle:

Not sure whether the birds or the pigs are talking.

I bet you're wondering, how do people keep track of the 5-day market? Well, at least I did when I first heard about it. It's simple, they just open on the same days of every month, i.e., the 1st, 6th, 11th, etc. through the 26th. I know, I thought it would be something nifty and complicated and exclusive like someone has to tell you or you have to stumble upon it yourself the first time you go and then you get some sort of calendar for the year or... maybe that's just me.

First time staying up til midnight in a while for me. Staying for a few days with my aunt, uncle, and cousins who come home and stay up super late as opposed to my grandma who sleeps by 9pm-ish and wakes up at 4:30 in the morning and who keeps bugging me to go sleep if I don't go to bed at the same time as she does. What a change from 3 or 4am during school... Point being, I's tired from switching from my grandma's sleep schedule so good night! Will try updating again within the week =)