Gullible

I don't think I ever fell for the "Did you know that gullible was taken out of the dictionary?" or "Did you know that gullible is written on the ceiling?" jokes growing up (well, maybe the second one), but I did believe this ridiculous story a student told me on Monday during break. It went a little something like this:

W: "Teacher, teacher, did you hear what happened to Noah?*"

M: "No, what happened?"

W: "He was walking to school (insert walking motion here) and a car hit him!"

M: "What?!**"

W: "Yeah, he was walking to school and a car hit him (insert car hitting motion)!"

M: "Oh my god, is he ok? Did he break anything?"

W: "I think he's ok. He's at the hospital. I saw everything happen."

M: "Oh my god, we should all make cards for him. I hope he's ok."

W: :::bursts out laughing:::

*Noah was absent Monday for an unidentified reason.

**I was not surprised that he "was hit by a car." Right outside April, there's an intersection AKA a four way stop, however, there aren't any stop signs. Cars are always speeding right through the intersection and crosswalk without slowing down. And that's my justification for believing his story. The end.

[minor] Problemo

So, I just had a nice catch up sesh with my mom via Skype and I told her I had to go paint my nails. Being the mother of well, me, she understood and let me go. I was on my second coat of yellow nail polish and jamming out to Mamma Mia! when all of a sudden I heard a loud pop in the corner and the lights went out.

At the time a few things went through my head (listed in chronological order):

1.) Really?! I only have two nails left to paint.

2.) At least my computer still works.

3.) It's dark.

I'm currently sitting in the dark still unsure of what to do. My AC, TV, computer, and bathroom lights still work, so I guess I'll just wait until the morning to figure it out. Hopefully it's nothing major.

Let's Eat to the Beat

Today my little Seed 1 class (with Hedgehog) was all about junk food. The lesson talked about burgers and fries and how they were bad for you. Anyways, I asked Hedgehog to repeat a line and instead of saying french fries, he said, "french fires." So adorable.

Today was also an acting day so the class was able to recite and record the news report we've been practicing all week. Hedgehog is quite the trend setter because the whole class now sticks their erasers on top of their pencils and uses them as microphones. However, he's still the only one who has the finger-waving-divo thing going on.

With a few extra minutes in class, what better way to spend the time than singing and dancing?! Since today's lesson was on junk food, the infamous fast food song popped into my head. I basically taught them the whole junior year field day march complete with chicken wings and m's with a lean to the side for McDonald's. I can now check "teach kids the fast food song dance" off my list.

P.S. Incase you don't know what song I'm talking about check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCPSh47gHz8

Camp ChungDahm

Whenever I go on work sponsored events I always feel like I'm at summer camp and rafting last weekend was no exception. We took the oh-so-classy ChungDahm buses to the same area we went skiing about two hours (including the rest-stop) away.

While preparing for the trip, an email warned us to wear clothes we'd be ok with getting wet. I figured there would be a little splash here or there or an occasional water fight might break out, but the first thing we had to do was get completely wet. At this point I was just thankful I wore a bathing suit and brought an extra change of clothes and a towel. After "Rafting 101," we were off.

When I first heard about rafting I was picturing huge white rapids, dangerous rocks, and potential head injuries, however, that wasn't the case. It was more among the lines of canoeing in a huge blow up raft and I kept thinking that I should be singing, "Just Around the River Bend" from Pocahontas. About midway through our journey, everyone in my boat had to switch to another boat so that my boat was empty. It was straight out of the Titanic when they were filling up the lifeboats with as many people as possible. Once a few other boats were empty, the guides stacked them on top of each other and we used it as a platform to jump off of. It was fun, except for the fact that my lifejacket was 100 times too big on me and I think I had my helmet on backwards so when I was in the water it restrained my sight a bit (picture a little kid with a helmet on that's too big and covers their eyes). We ended up playing some more games that involved a lot of falling into the water and before I knew it, we were back at the base.

After rafting, we had the opportunity to go ATVing in which I got extremely muddy, got cleaned up, and headed to dinner. Korean dinners always involve a lot of soju and mechju (beer), games, dancing, and fun. It wouldn't be a hwa sik (work party) without ending the night with norebang (karaoke).

Half of Group 5, obvs the best.

ATVing

Yummy dins.

Korea's version of a drinking game: pour every kind of alcohol into a metal bowl and make people drink it. P.S. That's my boss slash fellow Twihard.

Future doppelganger?! I'm on the left (duh) dancing to T-ara's "Bo-Peep" song. Check out my perfect hand placement.

Obviously, Team Jacob

I finally saw The Twilight Saga: Eclipse last night and I absolutely loved it. My only complaints are that Kristen Stewart's hair was too long and there should've been more scenes with Taylor Lautner and Kellen Lutz's shirts off. Other then that, I thought Bryce Dallas Howard was a good replacement for Victoria and I'm already pee-my-pants excited for the final (sigh) two movies. Go Team Jacob.

In other entertainment news, Lindsay Lohan is a train wreck and Emmy nominations just came out! I'm rooting for all things Glee (especially Kristin Chenoweth and Chris Colfer), Modern Family is a close second, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, The Amazing Race, and Jeff Probst.

It's Official

Two things:

1.) I'm finally seeing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on Wednesday.

2.) I'M GOING TO THAILAND!

That's all.

This picture shows my excitement. Eeek. Fuh-reaking out.

Happy 4th of July!

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. My past few fourth's have been spent at Camp Curtis with family and friends, ridiculous amounts of food, the beach, boat rides (ha), fireworks, bonfires, Lake Michigan sunsets, and plenty of s'mores. Despite missing Camp C and all of the festivities that go along with it, I managed to have a fabulous weekend even though it definitely wasn't the same. I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday and hopefully someone enjoyed an extra burger for me. Peace.