AAAAANd I'm back

Wow. So, long overdue for a blog update. To say that I've been crazy busy is somewhat of an understatement. Moved to my new apartment which is much nicer than my old one. Still in the "ghetto" of Suji. Obviously, it's nothing like an American ghetto, but Suji is a really nice city, so this place is indeed a shithole, at least by comparison. I don't mind the apartment conditions, it's really just the sketchballs that live around here that I want to avoid. There are lots of teachers who live in the complex, so at least that makes it somewhat better.

Showerhead/bathroom is your shower=Normal for Korea

the essentials

desk... bare wall.. need to do something about that

There's the grand tour!

So what have I been doing all of this time? INTENSIVES. ugh. Essentially, working an extra two classes per week in the morning because the kids had break from their public schools. In Korea, break from school=more school. Been busy with that and extra work the director has had me doing so, still coming in and working at 1 three days a week. What has also consumed my life as of late is the LSAT. I don't know if I'm going to law school, as I really like the international affairs-oriented MA programs, but I figured I'd keep my options open. Plus, if I do well on this then hopefully that will better my chances of receiving some $ for school.

Another new thing is that the new term is starting! Woo! I will miss my old kiddies though, for sure. I took some pics though and I will put them up next post, as this one is getting very long.

Also, something I feel compelled to talk about that is really bothering me right now is the blind eye people turn to domestic violence/abuse against women in general. I thought maybe it would happen more frequently here than in America, but I never realized it would be in my face this much nor could I have predicted the extent to which people just ignore it. It's pissing me off. I was just making a sandwich about 20 minutes ago and I heard shrill screams, so I paused my music and opened my door. These two foreign women were standing there and yelled, "Do you need help?" in the direction of the screams (next door to my apartment). Then, I heard a man's voice and the screaming stopped. They said that he had shushed the screamer a few minutes earlier, too. In America, I would knock on the door and call the police. Here though, if I did such a thing I would probably be met with scorn from the woman and the other parties involved, as well. Ridiculous. Why do women let this happen? They need to realize it's not okay. The men who do this are fucking cowards.