a double take

During the one hour lunch break at my workplace.
A preschooler that I teach science to once a week (yes, yes, lets overlook the fallacy of me teaching, out of all the subjects to teach: science, to anyone or even to anything) saw me walking through the hallway.
She yells "Alicia Teacher!!!"
runs to me with open arms
I wave and say 'hello...' (trying to avoid saying her name since I could not remember her name)
She hugs me and doesn't let go.
She stays there for 5 minutes grabbing on to me..as I pat her back, trying to think about ways to be released out of her kiddie grasps..and how awkward this was.
Shella comes by and says "awww...whose maternal instincts are kicking in?!"
The girl lets go as I redirect her attention to another teacher/victim she could grab onto..
and then I immediately check my pocket where my wallet is located to see if it was still there.

Maternal instincts indeed.

The other night:
Shella "OH MY GOSH! YOU HAVE A G-STRING!!"
me "WHAT?!"
*shella picks up "g-string"*
me ".........
dude, that's my sports bra"
shella "....."
me "my arse is not that big"
shella "well...i gotta go now..."


Last week:
In my younger elementary class in which I have vehemently and repeatedly indicated to them that I am not Korean but Chinese-Canadian;
one of the girls came up to me at the end of class and said
"Teacher, I know you're not Korean because you're beautiful"
I didn't know what to say...b/c I didn't know which one to address first:
1) the error of me being beautiful or
2) The fact that she believes Koreans are not beautiful
so I just smiled to her and thanked her for her innocent, yet all too revealing, compliment.

Yesterday, I had 2 male younger kids grab my right boob (yes, JUST the right)
one grabbed it and yelled "MILK!"
and the other, grabbed it and I immediately grabbed his wrist and almost twisted it off until i realized that he was just a child...
and there was CCTV...

Also, today, while correcting one of my elementary kid's homework,
her assignment was to write a letter to one of her friends and to tell him/her how much she appreciated them.
She wrote one to me and wrote down how happy i made her
and that she loved me.
I was really touched.
I'm glad I make her happy...b/c *Gawd* knows i have so many miserable children who make me miserable and in return, I make them even more miserable.
*ah* such a vicious cycle.



I can't wait until this weekend.
I'll be going to a traditional show-buffet with a few co-workers.
It's called "Korea House",
i'll also hopefully fill my gullet with a big juicy burger, thanks to Melissa who will be giving me access into her army base...
and then sunday, i'll be attending the cherry blossom festival.
GLOOORIOUS!!
and then next May..i'll be in a new semester (*YES* no more 2 horrendous classes)
and there will be two long weekends back to back.
One long weekend will be spent w/ co-workers at either a spa or somewhere else out of seoul...paid by by our boss (accommodations and so forth).
^_^ V *yeeeeeee*

things are looking good.

By the way: Where the F**K are my letters?!?!?!?