친구

So, what have I done this week?

1) gave my knee a rest by not going to Gomdo
2)lost my bank card, resulting in a trip to my bank, stopping the card and getting a replacement; one of the new-style ones with a chip.
3) Near my home I bumped into Ed , who was on his way to meet his adult students at the local bar/soolchip. He invited me to join them. Four glasses of maekju and a coin toss later, we were singing our hearts out in a naerubang.
4) The next day, I had a splitting headache all day. At the end of my working day I have four 1-to-1 students, two of which are sisters, aged 11 and 13 (taught serperately). Thursday is game day, so we played scrabble...the first word the sisters produced was "beer". I read the word on the board through my migrane, a sorry reminder of the night before (but I only had 4 half pints!). I was not impressed.
5) Two of my teenage classes were better behaved this week, and we had fun. However my other two teenage classes were quieter, but still very noisy.
6) Spent friday night chatting to Rob on messenger, discussing arrangements for taking half my stuff back to England, the other half to be carried in a 65l rucksack during my travels in the rest of East Asia.
7)Today Eun-Jung accompanied me to the sauna. I was approached by a 7 year old who was looking for friends (친구) to play with, and wanted to practice her English on me. She asked me (in Korean) where I was from, and was suprised to discover that people in England talk English. She then commented that I speak English very well!!!

I have been in the 45, 75 and 94ㅇC rooms, but passed on the hottest. Eun-Jung is currently taking a bath downstairs, naked with other women. Despite the sweatiness, I really didn't want to join her. Women are so critical of each others bodies; to make matters worse, I am a foreigner...all eyes will be on me.