mr. kadali

deery-lou.
what do you get when you load a bunch of teachers onto a bus to head off for an office workshop? a disaster waiting to happen. we were literally on the bus for ten minutes when my boss busted out the soju and everyone started doing shots. well, everyone but me. i had decided early on that this would be an alcohol free workshop for me. from that moment i knew things could only go down hill and they did. our workshops always start off with good intentions. namely to discuss whats happening at our school. but somehow they never seem to accomplish their mission. instead we end up with a bunch of drunk teachers who are suffering from hangovers the next morning. we have 4 new foreign teachers at our school and unfortunately two of them suffer from extreme frat boy mentality when drunk. by the time we reached our destination people were already drunk and the drinking continued. now don't get me wrong, i do enjoy having a few cocktails here and there but there's a time and place for everything. being completely drunk and acting like an ass at your company workshop is not one of them. i was quite surprised and embarrassed by their actions. back in the states i make it a point to avoid the loud abrasive drunk. its not my idea of having a good time. the disrespect they showed to complete strangers and fellow employees was appalling. one of them who i'll refer to as teacher x was full on flirting with one of the korean girls who work at our school. teacher x made it a point to tell me how he was using her just like she was using him. how he like that he had her. he seemed to get off on how submissive she acted toward him and kept asking her to get him things. its clear that she likes him and i can't quite figure out if teacher x is playing her or not. teacher y on the other hand was just your typical frat boy drunk. we had to tell him a couple of times to keep his voice down and to stop saying fuck so much in front of the females. he ended up falling down at one point and thats when one of the bosses told both teacher x and teacher y they needed to go to bed. i had a slight confrontation with teacher x when i tried to go upstairs to get my stuff. he shoved his hand into my chest to block me from going up the stairs and told me that i couldn't go up. he said we all needed to stay downstairs. i pushed his arm aside letting him know that i was going up to get my stuff. when i entered the room teacher y had climbed out the window and was now laying on the roof. a korean teacher was talking to him from the window. i didn't bother to involved myself. as i left the room teacher x was still on the staircase. i told him to never speak or act like that again. through out the night young teacher had to go up to the room to tell teacher y to keep the noise down. not only was he talking extremely loud but he was punching the closet door. eventually things seemed to calm down upstairs and sleep finally overcame me.

when we arrived at the resort that night there a korean film crew there working on the drama witch yu hee. according to the the korean teachers it was a very famous drama right now. aren't they all. it was cool to watch them film scenes. although we had to be quiet for most of the evening which was quite hard for the two drunk teachers. all the female korean teachers were so excited especially because one of the actors was dennis oh, who they all think is so handsome. it was actually quite cute to see them act like school girls. in the morning the filming continued so we got to watch a few more scenes being shot before our meeting. of course due the nature of all the drinking being done we didn't start on time. then again we never seem to. by the time the meeting started we didn't really have much time and it felt like we didn't get much accomplished. there was far too much outside talking and he often seemed to get off the subject at hand. i still have no idea what we were suppose to talk about. i did notice that teacher x and teacher y like to talk and talk loudly which seems to intimate the koreans. i will say this about them though. when they are sober they are quite respective and kind. it's the alcohol that seems to set them over the edge. so i don't think i'll be going out drinking with them anytime soon.

we packed up and cleaned up then headed off for yongmunsa. we spent the afternoon there. the weather was fantastic. a shorts and t-shirt kind of day. we hiked up to a temple. there was nothing really special about the temple. i think that i've seen so many now that they've lost their awe for me. i was just enjoying being outside and taking in the fresh air. on the was down we stopped by the stream. i wanted to get my feet wet. the water was ice cold but felt invigorating. i splashed around for awhile until i could no longer feel my feet. before heading home we went to a tea house. it was dark and cool inside. the decor was quite cool. the benches and table were made out of wood and there were lots of lighted screens. i could have sat in there for hours drinking coffee, smoking, and relaxing.

pictures from yungmunsa here.

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