Day 421 - Finances and Fail

My school has decided I won't get an August paycheck, but rather those two weeks will be paid on the next paycheck. Very unfortunate. Suddenly, that 10kg box of sweet potatoes is looking pretty tasty. For breakfast, lunch, *and* dinner.

Overall, the past week or so has been complete fail. Not in a "omg I'm so depressed" way, but in a "omg, are you serious?" way.

First, the lack of an August paycheck leaves me with about 50,000W ($50) to feed, transport, and entertain myself for three weeks. Womp womp.

Then, after feeling confident about the beginner level Korean proficiency exam, I took a practice intermediate test. It turns out, there is an infamous, huge jump between the two, according to the websites I've checked. It's not just me that went from ~90% on the beginner to just-barely-above-random-guessing (30%) when moving up from beginner to intermediate. To pass the intermediate test and receive a level 3 placement, I need to get at least a 50%. I have 12 days. Wish me luck.

With finances and the exam weighing me down, I suddenly remembered last night (Sunday) that I had two new classes this semester, both of which needed a lesson plan and power point. So starting from scratch, I worked until a little after 2am, making a nice lesson. I then prepped the second lesson, since Monday morning is the teachers' meeting, which runs right up to first period (my first class).

Usually.

Except this week, the new English teacher never showed up, so two of my classes today (one of which was that new class) were canceled. And the teachers' meeting was postponed until tomorrow. So all that work was completely unnecessary and I could have done it this morning, well-rested.

fail. :(

Anyway, I went to the Gongju National History Museum and to see Piranha3D yesterday with DY. Here's a sticker photo while we waited for the movie to start.

And here's a picture of a dude that was supposed to be escorting a group of school children through the museum. This was in the short-film room, where a brief history of the archeological dig was showing. Leading by example, I like it.