For Sam's first week, he shadowed the old teacher (Chris) at his school, and their colleagues decided to plan a going away party. They're very sweet, and invited Chloe along. We went out for Chinese, which is very different from Chinese in Canada. For one thing, they had a lot of different courses. We started with salad, then crab soup, then chili shrimp, then sweet and sour chicken, then noodles with this really cool twisted bread that you unwrap and roll your noodles in, and finally, a big bowl of soup.
Erica and Karen are the two Korean teachers, and they seemed really sweet. Jane is the boss, and is always busy on her cell phone, but also really friendly. Afterwards, and because class didn't start for awhile, Chris took us on a short tour around the area. There was a small hill with Korean gazebo's, a couple of courts for tennis, badminton, and basketball, as well as an outdoor gym. Those are found everywhere here, though I've never seen them in use.
When we got back to the school, Karen invited Chloe to stay and make Dok Bok Gi with the students. Dok, or rice cake, is hard to describe, almost like gnocchi, but shaped like a non-hollow penne. You mix a bunch of veggies with sugar and that spicy Korean sauce, dropping in the dok at the end. While the food was cooking, the kids were playing some hilarious games. After the dok, the kids helped make peanut butter sandwiches. When Chloe headed home, leaving Sam at their mercy, Sam found out that the PBJ sandwiches had an additional ingredient: ham. Later in the week, they added cheese!
Chinese restaurant with delicious food!
Outdoor gym.
Making dok bok gi.
Seemingly normal PBJ sandwiches.
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