Teachers' Day

Teachers' Day is May 15th in Korea, which is a Saturday this year. Traditionally, students bring gifts to their teachers (of course, we are not really teachers, so I didn't expect much). Earlier in the week, one of the mothers sent some cookies to school. They weren't very good, but it was nice of her to try.

When we got to school on Friday, our director brought in coffee and donuts for Michael and I and the Korean teachers. It was very thoughtful, but none of us were hungry because we just came in from lunch. We drank the coffees, which was quite a shock to our systems. For the past few months, we've been drinking instant coffee packets and on occasion a Coke Zero, both of which have minimal caffeine contents. The 16 ounces of pure coffee didn't bade well with me. I was shaky all afternoon and both of us were unable to sleep last night. Since very few donuts were eaten, they told us to bring the leftovers home. We ate them all but the kimchi croquet.

Michael received a gift from one of his students. I think it has to be the ugliest pen I have ever seen, but maybe I'm just jealous because I didn't get one.