MLKIII Motherland

09/17/2014 9:06 PM

Officially 3 weeks and it's definitely been a fun 3 weeks... My language course is definitely hitting me hard, but I never expected learning a foreign language would be easy... lol. I did suddenly wonder what happened to Mr. Mackey, the French teacher from High School. I remember hearing he went to another school. Not surprised. It's hard to be a gay teacher in a relatively conservative town. I was hoping to thank him for teaching me the 3 semesters of French I had taken. It has helped me a ton with the French people I've met here, I don't know how I remember half of it, but then again, there are alot of strange things I remember that I have no idea how I remember. 

Also, while I'm on the language subject, I am teaching people English while I'm here at the English lounge. I love it. I thought it was funny though. The TA is a really old women and she came up to me and told me 2 things today, 1: "Word got out quickly that you have a southern accent, so you have been booked for the next 3 weeks" and 2: "I don't care what you do with the people you help outside of this lounge, that isn't my business, but keep in mind it took you 2 days in here for word to get out that you are a good tutor, know that your 'activities' will get out even faster" OK... I didn't think I had a southern accent, and I have no idea where that "activities" comment is coming from, but whatever... 

So far the one and only cultural thing I am having a huge conflict with is the Kpop... I can't stand that Kpop sensation, I had every intention of NEVER EVER listening to it. I had intentionally downloaded almost 80gb of music so I would not have to hear this crap they call music... but everywhere I go I hear more and more of it. And I don't know how I ever got hooked into going to a Kpop concert... but you'll never guess who is going to a Kpop concert tomorrow... I told my friends I'll give them one hour, if after the first hour I don't like it, I'm leaving... sides it's a free show, whats could I really lose? 

With that, I shall end it for now.