Thursday, October 14, 2010

I hope you know where you live....

Yesterday started out pretty normal for the most part until the end of my first class. My director looked at me and told me to take the "little ones" down to the bus.  Normally her sister takes them down to the bus, but her sister was not at the studio yesterday.  I said "just take them to the bus?"
.... her response was "yes!"  ---- I said...... "I ride the bus?" and she said "yes."
So.... we headed to the elevator and down to the bus we went. We got outside and I opened the school bus door (which are more like small mini vans here) .... the bus driver looks at me and I look at him and we then take off! All the while I am thinking that I really hope these 4 and 5 years old kids know where they live because I sure as heck do not have the slightest idea.
We first pull into a brand new apartment complex and it was "ballin" to say the least.
It was sooo NICE!  The bus driver turns around and looks at the little boy and they chat for a minute in Korean..... then he spots his mom and I let him out of the bus. Then his mom chased down the bus because he forgot his backpack (which he left at the dance studio.... he had hidden it in a dance locker and it only took us like an hour to find it) ..... first kid at home ---CHECK!

We then headed out on the main road again. While we were riding YunSul Yun and YuGee Won are chatting it up with me in Korean and I just keep laughing because I have NO IDEA what they are saying to me and they just laugh back at me.  We pull into another apartment complex and YuGee Won and the driver get into a heated chat (keep in mind she is only 5 years old) ... she turns to me and says NO YuGee Won... NO NO !!! I then understand this is NOT her house and he is dropping her off at the wrong home.  We then go across the street where he tried to drop YunSul Yun off with a ton of mothers at a small store on the corner and come to find out she was to get out where the driver tried to make YuGee Won get out.... SO, back across the street we go again. This time YunSul Yun gets out and we say bye...... second kid at home ---CHECK!

We then head to YuGee Won's home but she wanted to take a few pictures on the way :)

We finally made it to YuGee Won's house and her mom came out to meet her and I tell her bye and then shut the bus door...... third kid at home ---CHECK!

The driver takes off out of the complex and I wonder where we are headed next. Around 10 minutes later we arrived back at the studio and I quickly jump out of the bus and tell him thank you !!!!  I am so glad these kids knew where they lived because I had no idea. It was a great adventure though!!!!

Today my first class was the "little ones" again. We are getting ready for a dance performance on the 23rd this month ---they are performing for their parents and friends at the "studio open house!!!"
I taught them what it meant to be HAPPY, SAD, ANGRY, COLD and HOT today. We then pretended to be sleeping on the dance floor and ended the class with caramel candies from another student :)

I am now watching belly dance and then my next class will begin which is suppose to be advanced ballet (HA!) more like beginner ballet for elementary school aged students! LOL

The last class of the day went well. They decided half way through the ballet class they wanted to do some jazz --- so I gave in. After class one of my students came back in the studio crying because she thought she had missed the bus and I walked back outside with her and made sure that she got on the right bus :)

The night ended with soup from TGI Fridays and coffee from Angels In Us with Zack.... while enjoying coffee --- we saw a mother let her child pee in a cup in the middle of the coffee shop --- I guess she didnt want to stop chatting with her friends who were sitting with her to take her small child to the restroom??? LOL

Well... That's all folks... Good Night from Korea.


4 comments:

  1. sounds like quite an Adventure... EVERY DAY!! :)

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  2. Sounds like you are having fun! we miss you here. Getting ready for FNO and we need your expertise. We might have to do a skype call to make sure we arent forgetting anything!! HA

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  3. LOL - let me know !!!
    I would love to help if I can. Skype can make it happen. This will be the first FNO i have missed in like my entire life!!!!!!!!

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  4. Oh my goodness, well you know Chase not only knows where he lives but he can tell you where to turn, these little girls are so cute! Please bring me a few of them home with you, I can get candy and polish for my nails here, but these sweet little girls are just precious!

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