yellow dust/Nike/housing

Hello again, sorry for not blogging for awhile.

I have been still trying to get rid of my cold that just won't disappear. Last week, the air quality was not good in Seoul. "Yellow Dust" from China/Mongolia came over to Korea. The air has a yellow haze from all of the sand and other particles picked up from the Gobi Desert. It makes breathing a little uncomfortable and really difficult when having a cold.

I did get a chance to shop in the Nike Employee store. One of my K-father's friend who translates for us works at Nike, so she could get me in the store. Everything is 50% off, but it is still expensive. I only managed to find a pair of shoes because most of the clothing is in sizes for "normal" Koreans. The store is pretty small since it isn't for regular customers, but it was nice to get the discount.

I will soon live closer to work. I have decided to live with Mr. Han, who is my K-father's friend. It will be a lot cheaper to stay with him and it should take about 20 minutes to get to work. He is around 60, married, and has a son, who is finishing his university studies. Hopefully, everything will work out well. I will move this weekend.

Also, it is another new month of teaching. It has been a little more difficult adjustment teaching Business English. I thought it would be simpler to teach this subject, but it is equally difficult because the students are quite demanding and the teaching materials are not very organized. I am trying to adjust to the students desires, but they can be very challenging.

This month, I have started my Korean lessons. I am going to a private hagwon that focuses on Korean only. The teacher speaks 99.9% Korean in class, so I sometimes have difficultly understanding the explanations. It is an immersion class, but so far so good.