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I'm Cinderella today.

So I have another open class today. It’s for the fourth grade lesson about telling time. My co-teacher has decided to do role-playing as today’s main activity. I sort of like doing role-play in class so it’s cool. This time around, we’re doing Cinderella. For about five minutes of today’s lesson plan, I have to walk around the classroom with a fake tiara on my head asking students what time it is. It’s going to be a great day.

So The Pentaport Rock Festival finally posted some of the line-up on their site.  LCD Soundsystem looks like it's going to be the headliner.  More importantly, Hoobastank is still around?

What I learned in Korean today:

Hangul/Pronunciation

• 그조셉/gu jo saep

Translation

• It's what I tell people when they ask if I have a Korean name. It literally translates to "that Joseph."

I made this up without the intent of being funny. I got 그 from taking the first character when I transliterate my whole last name, 그티에레스, I was told afterwards by my co-workers it meant "that Joseph."

How I know I'm running late for work:

There's this little old lady who is always walking on the same street as me, but in the opposite direction. If I beat the lady to the crosswalk or get to the crosswalk at the same time as her, then I'm going to be on time. If she beats me to the crosswalk or I run into her at any point before the crosswalk, I'm late. Today, she caught me right in front of my house.

It must be something I ate.

Western Bacon Cheeseburger at Hooters

That's right. There's a Hooters in Korea. It's right across the street from Yongsan station. The food is pretty much exactly the same as it is back in the States, so if you've been before, you know it isn't the greatest. It isn't bad though and you know it hits the spot. The waitresses are just as friendly as they are back home too.

I have a new student, sort of.

Last week, the 6th grade P.E. teacher asked me to help him with his English, so we ended up scheduling a tutoring session once a week. I'm not entirely sure what he's expecting, but he's a nice guy, so I'll help him out. I sort of feel like I should be friends with him since I'm the only other employee younger than him (he's 26 and I'm 24 in Korea). Anyway, we have our first session in 10 minutes and I have no clue what to do. He's not the greatest at English. When he asked me to teach him, he said, "My English, I want to level-up." He's not horrible though. He understands a lot of what I say when we make small talk at lunch. I just have no clue what he wants to learn. Hopefully this all goes well.