down with hugo chavez

So today is the glory day of all glory days. We get our first payday! booyah!
Class has been good lately. The kids are getting better the more that I get to know them. I like being a teacher and the benefits of being in a foreign country are many.
Yesterday was election day here in Korea so we had the day off of work. We decided that we would try and go to a beach area with cliffs, called Yeongdo Cliffs. We went outside and the weather was much like home, windy and rainy. It was too bad however. So we went anyway and were liking the weather cuz we felt portlandy.
We took the bus out there and on the way this girl started talking with us so she could practice her English. It was fun and she told us how to get out there! Koreans are pretty cool people.
Natasha and I finally make it out there and we get out of the bus and it is so nasty that the rain is coming in sideways and we can hardly walk because of the rain. The only people there are a few koreans with full body ponchos on! it was too much, even for these two hardy oregonians. So we walked to the map and realized it was another mile of walking and we turned around!
After that we decided that we would hit the Busanjin Market. it was amazing! four floors of shops. it was organized by clothing, kitchen stuffs, wedding supplies, and traditional clothing. it was nice just being inside.
On a completely different note, Natasha just informed me that Hugo Chavez and his government has banned the Simpsons! Now up to this point i was all about the Chavez thing (except for his crackdown on newspapers), but now it is war! He supposedly replaced it with baywatch. bullshit. i'm calling it! The funny part about it all is that he banned the simpsons because it isn't good for children and he replaces it with Baywatch. Mitch would even agree that this is crap. the acting alone isn't worth it! AHGHGHGH!
I must go now. Marcus