Wednesday, January 6, 2010
12 Hours of TOEFL and a full disclosure
Ok..so here is what 12 hours of private TOEFL instruction will earn a 'brutha here...(this plus 30 more of the green ones=$300 bucks more...)
The full disclosure is I was telling you all I would get 100,000won per hour, which is what we had agreed to...in the end the mother got confused and asked me for a bit of a break..which I had initially tried to give her anyway. So, the final deal was 12hours=1,000,000won=about $75/hr. Still not bad, and the girls will be back in the summer for a six-week break (due to the World Cup in South Africa where they live and study...no classes for kids in S.A. during the Cup..nice)..and the mother already got me to agree to 1,000,000 for that time too..so, two ways to look at it...a 200,000won loss now, or a 1,000,000won gain next summer...either way, not bad.
Oh, and I got a box of Jeju island persimmon/tangerines!! BONUS!!!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Winter Wonderland!!
I wish I had some good photos..but Puppy was having the time of her life chasing snowballs through fields of snow piled higher than her. She looked like a mole burrowing through the drifts and popping out covered in the light fluffy stuff. She was a champ, bounding through the snow like a jackrabbit, she literally had to jump in order to get anywhere...I guess that is why she has been sleeping ever since.
Here's a clip from the online paper here:
Seoul recorded over 25.8 centimeters of precipitation as of 2:00 p.m., the heaviest snowfall in over 60 years. Most domestic flights were canceled, while commuters on the road arrived late for 2010's first day of work.
Of course I still had to work a bit...but, the weather isn't forecast to get above freezing for at least the next 10 days..so, it's great to finally have some white stuff to look at...
Here's a clip from the online paper here:
Seoul recorded over 25.8 centimeters of precipitation as of 2:00 p.m., the heaviest snowfall in over 60 years. Most domestic flights were canceled, while commuters on the road arrived late for 2010's first day of work.
Of course I still had to work a bit...but, the weather isn't forecast to get above freezing for at least the next 10 days..so, it's great to finally have some white stuff to look at...
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