BALI!

Just back from a week in Bali, was a great family holiday.  It was more expensive then I expected especially the price of food and beer.  Also the people were generally not very friendly and always trying to rip you off.  I felt that they had a lot of resentment towards tourists and their history shows this.  When I try to view Bali from their perspective. I can understand their feeling.  their whole way of life has been affected by tourism both positively (a great source of income) and negatively (their way of live and environment).   I would love to have seen more of Bali, but with 2 young children who were only interested in the pool we felt that we would just stay close to the hotel...  I bet the island is beautiful and on the last day as I sat on the beach I felt saddened by the continuous, monotonous drone of the speedboats, jet skis and various other water craft dragging parachutes and inflatable tubes dragging tourists at inflated prices.  I fact the beach at Benoa, Nusa Dua was so busy that you could smell the fumes from the hotel balcony long after the tide had drifted beyond the reef and the touts had packed up for the day.

The Holiday was expensive; first there was the visa fee $25 US per person (even the kids), food and beer was much the same price as UK (more expensive than Korea) then just in case they hadn't managed to sting you for every last cent you have to pay Indonesian the departure tax  150,000 rupiah (about $20 US) in cash!

Beer was about 30,000 rupiah and food about 60,000 rupiah

  

Another classic moment!

Yesterday in my grade 3 lesson, my co teacher said "Rob teacher will show you a gesture can you guess what it means"... I crossed my fingers and raised my hand showing the palmside of my hand with my crossed fingers. One boy raised his hand enthusiastically and shouted "Fuck You!"

... priceless!

Another classic moment!

Yesterday in my grade 3 lesson, my co teacher said "Rob teacher will show you a gesture can you guess what it means"... I crossed my fingers and raised my hand showing the palmside of my hand with my crossed fingers. One boy raised his hand enthusiastically and shouted "Fuck You!"

... priceless!

Get in FIT!

Today is thursday   on monday I started going to the gym... I am pleased to be able to say that I have made it there everyday, so far, this week at around 6:20 am.

even this morning when I only had 4 hours sleep and knew that 15.5 hours later, as I write this, I would still be 30 mins from home. to be honest I am knackered!  but proud of my 1st week, if I make it  in tomorrow.

The gym is in a local government building, is very cheap and full of people twice my age and twice as healthy!  I am almost embarrassed as I break out in to a heavy sweat after 5 mins on the exercise bike.

open class 2

I had my second open class today. We had no time to prepare properly for the class...but it went really well! There was 8 people watching. They said pyo and I comunicated well and that we taught all children well. I hope it is also going to be good feedback from p and vp! I actually enjoyed it as kids were quiet and listendd...and engaged in the lesson... wish every lesson was like that!

today i recorded the listening test for grades 3 and 5. despite not getting past q2 for 15 mins due to sponanious laughter we cracked it. just grades 4 and 6 to record on monday.

MMM Magnetic field source map, my favourite!

Google translate made lunch sound more interesting:

Hello? Fried rice is the source of the magnetic field on the menu today. Rub rice to eat in the magnetic field source map please. The weather is getting hotter. Washing hands before eating map please. Thank you.

MMM Magnetic field source map, my favourite!

Summer COLD and Korean lessons!

It has been circa. 30 degrees for the last month or more... and I have a cold! a proper winter cold runny nose, temperature, cough, sore throat and I am so so tired!

I need to sort myself out physically as I am seriously lacking energy, lately.  I have joined the gym but can't start until July! - I shall be using the free facilities along the Tancheon until then, once I shake this cold!

I have also started proper Korean lessons, through my church, on Sundays at 12pm!  I am so excited to finally get some proper korean lessons.  1st lesson was great. I have been told to start at level 3 Korean, as I Can read and write korean and speak (a bit)!  To be honest it was a bit hard for me but I am looking forward the challenge!  My Grammar is poor... I know the work I need to do!  The text book is simple and dialogue based....  I am looking forward to next week!