A Much Deserved Thank you and A Report on Nothing

First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Baekseju for his above and beyond the call of duty comments concerning my upcoming trip to Shanghai (Now one week away!).  I have collected all of your suggestions and will be passing them on to the significant other for approval.  I would also like to thank Flint, perhaps of What the Kimchi fame (please correct me so I can send visitors to the appropriate site), for being my second subscriber.

As I stated in my my first post On Memory, I am trying to keep a scrap book of my thoughts as I seem to forget far too much of my life these days.  Perhaps in years to come this blog will serve as a reminder of both the best of times and the times that required improvement.

Tonight I am in true manjuma form.  For those of you that may not know, a manjuma is a man that does the stereotypical jobs of your run of the mill ajuma.  Tonight I vacuumed, started making a pumpkin pie, washed some of the floors, did dishes, etc etc.  I honestly prefer to do these jobs myself because I feel that I do a better job at them.  If only I could find a very long ladder I would wash my windows.  That would make the old man back in Canada proud indeed.

I still haven't finished my lesson plans for the winter vacation.  I am a bad teacher.  I like producing lesson plans on a day by day basis as then I know what the students need to know, or have difficulty with.  I find it difficult to plan whole programs for them.  When most of my past programs had finished the documentation that I prepared for them was a sad representation of what was actually accomplished in the classroom.  No one ever reads what I write, so I always ask myself why should I care?  The problem is that I care.  I hope I can finish those up this weekend, or at least put keyboard to paper.  After all, Monday is my last day of work for this year. I can't wait to be relaxing in Shanghai at the Hyatt perhaps drinking a Glen Morangie.  I am relaxing right now with a soju I might add.

I find that I am also excited about the trip back to Korea as I will be able to stop at the Duty Free store in the airport.  Finally, I will be able to buy a decent bottle of scotch to wile away the rest of my vacation with while reading, spending time with the significant other, or my all time favourite when playing World of Warcraft (I am a closet nerd by the way).

I have taken some video with my new camera; yet all of the video is too stupid to post.  It reminds me of when I was 10 years old playing with the tape recorder and recording just stupid shit.  Right now, I just want to test the camera's functions.  I don't know a lot about them.  I will produce something.......soon.

If Mr. Baekseju reads this, or his dear compatriot in blogerdom, what would the cheapest way to make phone calls back to Canada on Christmas day in Shanghai be?  I imagine that I can buy an international calling card somewhere, or considering that it is China should I perhaps be aware of some kind of a scam.  My parents told me that even though you are not coming home for Christmas, a call to your grandparents would be much appreciated.  I plan to be intoxicated for said calls, but what do you gentleman recommend?

Anyways I have rambled on about nothing long enough today,
Keep your nose clean,
Adam