Back to School for the Weekend

I've just returned from a Teacher's Conference at Korea University, which was organized by the Cambridge University Press. The location was very well chosen; Korea University has a very beautiful campus, and the accomodations were more than big enough for the event (i'd estimate about 500 people in all showed up). There were Five lecturers, in a span of 8 hours - three of which were excellent.


One of the Professors gave an awesome lesson/song to share with any age groups, entitled 'Five Key Steps to Happiness', (there were gestures associated with each 'Step'); Which were: 1- Smile from Ear to Ear; 2- Take a deep breath ; 3- Look at the Sky ; 4- Sing a Melody ; 5- Dare to show your love. He had the entire auditorium Point to the Sky (roof), Smile from Ear to Ear, and said 'Now how can that not make any person happy?'. Possibly one of those 'you had to be there' moments, but it was great.

It's strange to admit, but I kind of do miss lectures, and general University life. Maybe it's just starting to dawn on me that school is over - for now at least. I suppose after doing it non-stop since I was 4 years old, it's strange to be without it. Even in the reversed-role of Teacher, it's not even close to student-life. Ah well - reason more to look into an MBA program when I return.

Friday Night, a few teachers went to see the new James Bond movie. It was pretty cool to go to a Korean Cinema; When you buy your ticket, it's assigned seating, so there's no need to rush to get a good seat. All English movies are actually shown in English, with Korean subtitles - the only part where you run into trouble is when people start speaking other languages (The new James Bond, particularly, likes to have people randomly start speaking Spanish or Italian). Fun night, but not the greatest movie, in my humble opinion.

Saturday, I (unfortunately) had to work from 9:30 to 3 - but really, it was nothing too difficult. There were 9 groups of kids who came from a Private School that our company recently bought out, to experience the 'Experience Rooms'. They were all very, very well behaved - so it ended up being a breeze. During the evening, I made my way with a fellow-Canadian to meet my friend Chris in Seoul, to witness my first Sens Game of the Year, at a bar called 'Rocky Mountain Tavern'. It was a re-broadcast of the previous night's Ottawa vs Carolina game, which we lost. Arrr. The next time I make the trip, they better make it worthwhile (although that's bound to happen when Gerber's finally kicked off the team).

Nothing too special going on during this coming week, but i'll keep you posted. Hope Canada's still in one piece when I come back (seriously, if you guys let Quebec somehow get away, i'll be mad at you).

Cheers.