Teaching invitations is very fun, sometimes. It’s the first unit I’ve broken away from the textbook for, because the textbook isn’t really very clear about what’s really a very simple process. When you want to invite someone out to do something, you need to do four things: Figure out if they like the kind of activity you’re thinking of inviting the person to join you in… Figure out when the person is free to join you in this activity. Extend an invitation to the person. Set up a time and place to meet. Some classes get this much more easily, …

Tonight I started swimming again, after work, and that was pretty uneventful except for some cute kids taking lessons and their teacher who was REALLY hassling them. He kept teasing them about being scared and then reassuring them they’d be okay. And of course they were. But when I left the pool, I heard a REALLY loud ruckus coming from over where the students are holding their festival. Loud, sexy music… what else could it be, but… YES! A FASHION SHOW! Now, this may surprise you. I used to hate fashion shows in Canada, I hated them with a passion. …

Test going on beside me. “What are you do this day?” “Ungh… eodeoggae?” ((((((((Uh… how can I….?)))))))) “I’m to go…” “I’m go to fitness club.” “Oh! That sound is great! How do you like it?” “It’s great.” “.” “.” “Edodeoggae?” ((((((((How the heck….?)))))))) “Eong, edodeoggae?” ((((((((Yeeeeeeeeah… how….?)))))))) Okay, it’s made up but the quality level is about the same. The testers before were a lot better, they had the whole conversation memorized… I’m damn sure if I had a Korean class in high school I’d have been doing better than that in my sophomore college classes. Actually, I was, in …

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