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well i'm getting some time to update so here goes:

school and my crazy co-t are pretty much the same. i had an argument with her this past thurs. because i told her a long time ago i was going to be a judge in the english competition (this past fri.) and she was supposed to make sure the official paperwork came and tell the principal, other teachers, etc. and she did nothing. it was thurs. and i was like so you know i won't be here tomorrow right? and she's like what? no! the paperwork never came! well i told her i was upset at her for not telling the principal about it ahead of time (whether the paperwork came or not) and then she proceeded to make me apologize "10 times" because she was offended by that!! can you believe that??? i didn't know what to do. you can't really argue with insanity! so i just laughed it off and said sorry really quickly 10 times and she was like "no however- sincerely!" well that crossed the line and i just said- no one sincere sorry is enough. although i wasn't sincerely sorry at all because she WAS at fault to a certain extent. granted i probably should have asked her about it more often before the actual day (her having "dementia" and all, as she puts it) but she too should have said something to someone- either to the principal about the possibility of me not being at school that fri. OR to me about how the paperwork had not come. since she never said anything i assumed everything was fine. i guess because that's how things always went at the elem. school. i'd tell my co-t about something, she'd get it done and it'd just work out. no problems. i keep forgetting i'm dealing with a lunatic lol

anyway, in conclusion i was able to go to the english competition fri. and i judged the 5th grader interviews. it was nice to have a day out of school and get paid extra but it was a loooong day. felt longer and more difficult than last year. i guess cuz last year i judged the middle/high school speeches and they speak english much better and therefore it's not so monotonous and tedious. some of these 5th graders were great (which were the ones that won the contest) but so many were horribly bad lol i'm sure most of them were put up to it by their parents. parents really need to find out the actual english ability of their kid and other kids before they make them enter into such a contest. several kids couldn't even read the questions we needed them to read in order to pick one for us to ask. one girl came in and just cried the whole time. it was so sad :o( the contest was just an exercise in humiliation for many of them :o( but like i said a few of them were really great and they ended up with the first prize of getting to visit new zealand! pretty awesome! i wanna go! lol

other than school jens and i have just been taking it easy. hanging out with friends here and there and just relaxing at home. last week was our 3 year anniversary so we went to gwangju the weekend after (last weekend). we went to the underground (a western food market), ate at a nepalese/indian buffet (which was ok), shopped around, ate at outback, went to a noraebang (karaoke room), hung out at ethnic bar (cool place with lots of pillows on the floor), ate at another, better nepalese/inidian place the next day (which was awesome!), shopped around some more and came home. oh and it was the first time we ever drove the scooter there and back. it was nice to not have to take the bus and get motion sick, etc. overall it was a fun weekend centered around food Po:

things are gonna get pretty busy again here shortly. this month we've got a bridal shower, bachelor/bachelorette party, birthday party and a baby shower and then next month we're having our big annual 4th of july fiesta here at our place which will be fun :o) then a wedding and then vacation starts! we're going to japan for about 10 day and then our friends ben and vivienne will be visiting us for 2 weeks :o) i'm super excited about that! i just hope this whole swine flu problem doesn't mean they have to stay in quarantine for 7 days when they get here. hopefully it'll all blow over by then.

the puppies are doing well :o) jjang's getting bigger and even cuter lol but we haven't been able to teach him not to bark so much yet. he's even got sadie barking more than usual. we've started really cracking down on them for barking recently so hopefully it'll get better soon.

anyway that's about all for now! have a great week!