What an amazing invention. I told my internship I was "functional in written and spoken Korean" which isn't a lie, but not the entire truth. I can read and write, I just don't know what it means all the time. So when they hand me a 1500 word article and say translate it, I'm lost! It's not even something simple like things to do or going out or whatever. I'm translating an article about North Korean children in China. Fantastic. But thanks to Babelfish, which is surprisingly accurate, and Sungjin out in LA, I'm set! Yes, it's a copout - but it's just the solution for the meantime while I go over my grammar...Wilson, it's supposed to be super accurate for Chinese, go nuts.
Trekked up the five floors to go to the gym finally - it's a workout just getting up there! And for you McGill kids who frequented the ghetto gym, I have found something that is much stuffier, less functional, but a gym nonetheless. You can't go running outside here because of the pollution so it's the best option. And it's next door to school.
Finally getting a little cool here, though most of the time it can't decide if it's going to rain or be incredibly hot. Just in time for me to go to Taipei on Saturday where it's even warmer than here.
Woohoo! One of my kids' parents called the school to say they really liked my teaching. Excellent! Nice to know I'm doing something right over here...
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