I woke up in anticipation of a long day ahead. Today’s English camp theme was the body and clothes. I had two units planned, which included a full day. The students were not as attentive as they were earlier in the week. We covered: lecture/ppt on body parts “this is an arm”, taught them the “head, shoulders, knees, and toes” song as we pointed to the body parts, body parts worksheets, taught the “hokey pokey” song/dance, and we read the “Feet Book”. To transition into the clothing unit I played an episode of ‘Shaun the Sheep’ from youtube (one of my favorite Aardman Animations). The students really liked the video clip and wanted to watch more, but I wanted to get through the lesson plan first. We covered: lecture/ppt on clothing “do you wear a scarf in the summer”, “What are they wearing” speaking exercise, fashion/clothing worksheets, and Clothing Bingo. We had about ten minutes to spare before class ended so I showed another ‘Shaun the Sheep’ episode. And the students left happy. I had lunch again with the ‘guys’; we had some sort of spicy seafood soup with rice and kimchi. I reviewed my ppt for all day class and made copies of my worksheets. All day class lecture was on Animals part 2, different/more animals than the day before. I also included with each slide “where do they live” multiple choice on the whiteboard. It gave them a chance to use their brains a bit more. After that they had the worksheets and to conclude class we read/sang ‘Old MacDonald had a Farm’. The students really enjoyed it, after class ended many of them were still singing ‘e-i-e-i-o’, it was really cute. Then I worked on the next day’s lectures and printed out copies of worksheets for the last day of English camp. I got a ride home from one of the teachers, thankfully, since I had to rush to get ready to meet Jen in Osan and I desperately wanted to get into some comfy clothes. I hurried to the Osan College station to take the train to Osan and I met her there around 5:45 pm.
We took the bus to Seoul (3,000 Won) at the Express Bus Terminal and then got on the subway to meet her friend Lucy two stops over at the Nambu Bus Terminal. At Nambu we ate some dinner at a food court, we tried three different dishes: iced noodle soup, fried fish and chicken, and sushi. After dinner we went downstairs to the ‘low-priced’ shopping area, were we looked and looked at over 40 small shops. Many were reasonably priced, but low quality fabrics. It took me a while to find what I was looking for. I made a couple key purchases while shopping there and I got some great discounts with the help of Jen and Lucy. You’re always supposed to barter for a lower price in Korea. Which I’m still getting use to. In total, I spent 45,000 Won in all my purchases: 10,000 Won for a cute headband, 10,000 Won for edgy shoes, 15,000 Won for a light blue summer dress, 10,000 Won for a white t-shirt and a rose-colored shirt.
Then we parted ways with Jen’s friend and waited to take the last bus home at 9:40pm. From Osan we took the 20 bus to our homes, Jen got off first and I got off near the Osan College station. I walked home and sent her a message to let her know I made it home okay. I got home around 11pm and went to bed at midnight. A long day, but every minute was worth it. I know tomorrow I will not be as willing to get out of bed. :p
cute shoes!
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