Back to Good

Well, things are MUCH better this week. No burns, lost money and nothing stolen. I wish I could say that my bike has been found, but no luck there. I have recently been asked to help create a curriculum for a workshop this summer. The people running it have 1/2 million dollars (American $) to spend on it. It will be unlike anything done before. I am so happy to partake in this, not only for the money ( it is ALOT!) but for the opportunity to make some much needed changes to the way English is being taught in Korea. I am "in charge" science. So I am putting together a very cool program that will show kids really fun and exciting science experiments. I am really looking forward to it. Another bonus lately, is that I have been offered extra money to teach extra classes. It will be a lot of fun I am sure. I will be teaching the same kids four times a week, and the classes are small. It is a great opportunity, and the money will be my travelling money this summer.
I am also doing very well with the exercise and eating well...more to follow.
I went out with the teachers this afternoon for a picnic. It was great. There are a lot of cherry trees here and they are all in bloom. It is so beautiful to see. There are so many blossoms that the trees look like they have just been covered in snow! It is really amazing to look at. After the picnic, we all went out to dinner. It was great, except one part....let me digress....
I went out to dinner with a friend once, and it was a restaurant that you cook your own meat...(very usual in Korea) an all you can eat kind of place. And there was the option of chicken. Well this person was totally turned off eating the chicken because there were chicken feet mixed in with the meat. I can understand that, but it would not keep me from eating it. Well, it got me to thinking...are we so removed from the fact that the meat we are eating was once alive? Does the nice little packages in the store help us to forget that the chicken breast was part of a living animal. I think that is sad. I think in order to really appreciate the meat we have, we should have to partake in the killing process once in awhile. You know, so that we don't forget that an animal gave their live so we could eat.....so back to the story....
We went to a chicken restaurant (I know, you did not see that coming) and I went around back to use the washroom. In the back is a chicken coop, and the chickens are in there clucking around thinking, "man this is great, all I have to do is sit here and someone brings me food!" I bet they are bragging to all their friends about the sweet setup they have. And then along comes a guy who drags one of the chickens out...and I know that that is going to be my dinner, and it is. I did not fall to pieces or anything, but it made me think about what I was eating. Unfortunately the teachers failed to tell me that the chicken (covered in a red sauce) was RAW!
There goes my appreciation for chicken.....