Pusan International Film Festival

This weekend Amanda, Gideon, Derek and I are traveling south to Busan,the port city on the edge of Korea and the second largest city in Korea to attend the Pusan International Film Festival. (www.piff.org) We plan to see several films in several different genres. I have never experienced a film festival before, so I am excited to attend.

We are taking the Korail train to Busan. The train travels upward of 180mph. This will allow us to travel what would normally take 4 hours in only 2. I am excited about the train ride. I slept on the Chunnel for the most part last year, so hopefully I will be able to remember this experience.


We are planning to play around in the city and site-see as much as we can. I am looking forward to seeing Haeundae Beach, hopefully without the vast sea of umbrellas.

Will keep you posted on our adventure!

Today my kids made paper guns that they used to mortally wound each other...next came the ninja knives used to strike down their least favorite classmate. Finally, we found miscellaneous objects in the classroom to elicit intense pain on each other such as plastic crates, paper cuts, chairs being stomped on little feet and Indian rug burn... not sure what to make of the day today. I have started bringing my journal to work; it helps center me on days like today. I'm sure when I go back to read the entry from today I will think that I am in maximum security prison rather than an English Hagwon.

On a positive note, today is Tuesday, which means Bible study and french toast... it also means that there are only 3 more working days this week, so much room for improvement and fun.

Word for the day at school: "Birthday."
Lesson for the day at school: "Turn around, be quiet, TIME OUT!!"

It's possible that I am not really an English teacher, or just a babysitter, but that I am a covert CIA agent working to uncover the hostiles here in Korea, aka, the children!