so i now know what my purpose here in ck is. & it only took 2 weeks of figuring out. i also know my department name. it’s ‘domestic camp’. yep, that’s it. domestic camp. i work in the domestic camp department as part of the domestic camp team. me & 5 others. i’ve no doubt that hyperbole would have been employed 2 come up with a different, fancier departmential name had a native english speaker penned it. but a native english speaker didn’t pen it... & that’s why it’s so shite. & that’s also why i won’t be dishing out my as yet 2 arrive business cards, the 1’s i was asked 2 fabricate a title for & the same 1's that will tell everyone who bothers 2 read them that i work, yawn, in the domestic camp department of ck. in fairness 2 the department, working in it is not as boaring as the name would imply. which brings me nicely back 2 my purpose here. i pretty much do anything the koreans have difficulty doing due 2 the fact that they have issues with doing something i take for granted – speaking english. now they obviously don’t need me here & they could, & have, gotten along without me (or any other foreginer for that matter) up until now. but now that i am here they seem 2 be taking full advantage 2 delegate, delegate, delegate. my days so far have been made up of interviewing, over skype, prospective teachers for the upcoming domestic camp, smiling @ the cute girls in the office, e-mailing prospective teachers for the upcoming domestic camp, drinking coffee, proof reading documents the koreans have created for the upcoming domestic camp, checking fb every 10 minutes, drafting schedules for the upcoming domestic camp, searching out & listening 2 albums on my mp3 player that i’ve never actually listened 2 before, interviewing koreans for the upcoming domestic camp, drafting more schedules for the upcoming domestic camp, reading the news on the bbc website & drafting yet more schedules for, you’ve guessed it, the upcoming domestic camp. if it wasn’t for that damned upcoming camp i’d have a real challene on my hands coming up with stuff 2 do (& i wouldn't have a department 2 work in either)... which is where jes island comes to the rescue. i’ll tell you all about that next time.
‘livin’ with seoul’ by the numbers
16 - days i’ve been 'livin' with seoul'
11 - days i’ve worked
1 - sick days pulled
69 - price i spent, in euro, on the jacket i lost here, along with my wallet, on the 2nd night out
660 – amount, in euro, someone spent on my credit card after i lost my wallet (so much for pin numbers)
2 – amount of times i’ve done laundry since getting here
3 - the number of departments within ck. they are 'domestic camp', my department which organises & runs the twice annual domestic english camps run by the company, the camps that 1st brought me 2 kool-rea way back in december 2003, 'ckic' (camp korea international campus), which sends rich kids overseas in an effort 2 improve their english, & 'ku call' which makes money by teaching english over the phone. there are hot girls in 2 of the 3 departments... all except mine.
7 – average hours i sleep a night
1 - hours i slept friday night (50 minutes actually)
14 – hours i sleept last night (saturday)
2 - number of contracted saturdays i’ve been here
2 - number of saturdays i’ve worked
0 - number of saturdays my contract states i am 2 work
900 – charge, in korean won, 2 get a shirt washed, dryed & ironed (about €0.50)
4 - number of tubes of toothpaste i’ve bought in the hopes of getting something that actually tastes like toothpaste
3 -number of days i’ve came 2 the office with a hangover (not bad considering)
330 – per minute charge, in korean won, 2 use my mobile (about €0.20)
5 – avarage number of cups of coffee i drink a day (& i don't really like coffee)
0 - number of cups of tea i’ve drank since getting here (& i love tea)
0 - number of slices of toast i've had since getting here (ditto)
0 - number of potatoes i still haven't consumed since getting here
10 - average hours a day i’m on ck duty
3 – games of pool i lost friday night night (including 1 2 a girl)
3,000 – the cheapest price, in korean won, i’ve been charged for a class of beer in a bar (about €1.70)
264 - number of koreans i’ve interviewed since starting work (typically in groups of 10)
5 – maximum score i could give them for their english ability
4 – number of them who scored the maximum
3 – number of them who i deemed ‘hot’ (pittyfully low)
20 – times a day i’m asked if i’m “okay” (about twice an hour)
6 – days until the weekend
7 - days, maximum, until the next hangover
whoops!
anyone can see that this just had 2 end in pain.
what i'm listening 2 right now!
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