6:30am - wake up call (I smell pork!)
7:25am - bags are packed, I'm ready to go, my bike is waiting outside my door.
7:45am - I am greeted in the parking lot by 2 rows of 30 or so highschool girls in their Orwellean type uniforms saying "annyong hashimnikka!!!"
7:45:01am - I almost stuff my grill with concrete from fear of these girls.
7:50am - I arrive in my office and attempt to stop sweating before I change into my nice clothes.
8:20am - I almost trap myself in my private bathroom because I get stuck in my shirt. Sweat is the culprit.
8:45am - I give a speech in Korean introducing myself to all the other teachers. There is no need for the microphone, the room is the size of a normal living room.
9:10am - My co-teacher informs me that my '9:10' class is cancelled(after having been changed once before this morning)
10:00am - I am being spied on by 14 year olds, and I'm still sweating.
1:00pm - I finish my classes, all go smoothly, so I decide to blast my music on the "ghost" fourth floor.
2:30pm - I check out for the day and head to the beach for personal investigation.
2:35pm - I am invited to a picnic with underwear clad men. They feed me sashimi and soju. I impress them by proving that white boys can eat peppers too(in fact, I'm eating the peppers to take my mind off the live fish they are cutting up in front of me, damn you Uncle Louie!)
3:55pm - I stagger back to my bike for a drunken ride home in the sticky heat.
4:55pm - A cold shower and massive water consumption proves futile against the Soju... I have a 10 minute bus ride to sober-up before I meet my co-teacher for a retirement party for my Principal.
5:15pm - It dawns on me that we're going to get drunk to celebrate anyway. Just embrace Korean culture.
8:30pm - I find myself back in my host-parents living room practicing Korean with my dad. He teaches my the slang for penis, but dodges my inquiry into balls. Too vulgar?
9:30pm - reflections on my first day of school.
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