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I took the photo above through the window of a local sporting goods store. Attractive young woman, hijab in place, belly exposed and in perfect ddong chim pose. Wonder what that says about advertising, eh?

I cannot believe it, but it happened again this past week; I got ddong chimed, again. Courtesy of a young fellow from my Kindergarten class. In the lunchroom, no less, in front of all of the students and a scattered few teachers. The kids laughed, the teachers ignored it. He tried to run away but I caught him by his left shoulder then lifted him off his feet. Then the teachers gave notice.

“Oh, David-de, what’s the matter?”

“He just ddong chimed me.”

“Oh, so sorry David-de, so sorry…”

His teacher admonished him, he apologized in English and that was that. Not sure what I would have done if I had been alone with him, but I suspect the humiliation would have been tempered by the age of the assailant. A trip to the principal might have been the worse thing to happen, but, man, oh man…

If you are really interested, more info here and here.

A pretty exciting week for me. I received confirmation of the arrival of application to the Faculty of Education; thus, the new adventure officially begins. Right now, I feel I have a 50-50 chance. Low odds, but better than zero; you cannot get it unless you try, right? On Tuesday some gossip got shared with me regarding the recently completed National English Exams. Two out of the four schools I teach at finished in the top five in the province. That’s pretty impressive and I can actually take a moment to remind myself that I was a part of that achievement. Nice. Regardless, I’m still coming home – even bought my tickets yesterday. Still haven’t figured out when I will tell I am leaving. Part of me says I should give them extra time in order to cover off the hiring of a new teacher. Another part of me says to be careful, give them the minimum and nothing more. I have time to make the decision, but I have to admit I am chomping at the bit to get it over with.

That’s really about all I wanted to say this week… bless you all.