North Korean YWCA camp has been a blast. What spunky kids! Kids will be kids no matter what their background. We're having lots of fun together and practicing English, yipee!
Favorite moments from the week:
-Sandwich making: I let them put together whatever kind of sandwich they wanted with the available materials. Most ended up with some kind of peanut butter, lettuce, ham combination despite my warnings. Sound gross? I thought so but the students had big smiles, "Teacher, delicious!" Koreans have a unique sense of taste...haha.
-Kickball: To close out sports day I organized the students for a rousing game of English kickball (they have to answer a question in English before they can kick). Everyone had a blast! I had forgotten how much I LOVE kickball. Anyone want to start a kickball league?
-Ray Mysterio and Undertaker: best self-appointed English names ever. These are two boys in our YWCA N.K. camp. Ray Mysterio is a riot. On introduction day when answering "I want ________." finishes the sentence with "special powers." Specifically to be invisible. Love this kid.
-Adjuma shirt: Yesterday while riding the bus I saw the BEST shirt EVER. In glitter and sequins (appealing to the older Korean women) reads: I (heart) CRAP. I couldn't stop laughing! Finally one point for the foreigners--take that adjumas! I wish I could have snapped a picture. Then I could submit it for a learn English advertisement.
-Spaland: As an early celebration for Kate's birthday we all went to Spaland to lounge in the saunas and relaxing hot tubs. To quote Kate, "You know you've had a successful birthday when you've spent most of it in your birthday suit." True dat.
Tomorrow in come the stinky, non-appreciative 5th and 6th graders. I've worked hard to find activities that they will enjoy or find interesting but you just never know with them.....
Either way I'm leaving on a jet plane in exactly one week! Woohoo!
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