This coming Saturday I will spend my afternoon with JungChul Academy. There will be a talent show and Kindergarten graduation. I am so looking forward to it. Each different "kindy" classes have special songs to sing and dance to. My homeroom class is singing Do-Re-Mi from "The Sound of Music". I will be playing Maria in the song. Another class is singing Up-town Girl. I sort of question the appropriateness of the choice for 5 year olds, but I'm always up for some Billy Joel tunes. Another class is singing Let Me Be There, a 1970's song by Olivia Newton John, also a curious tune for 5 year olds, but I give up figurng it all out. If anything, it is going to be absolutely entertaining, and I can't wait to see it. As we practice, it seems the kids do more screaming of the tunes than actually singing them, but this makes it all the more funny. I can't wait to post a video: )
A couple of weeks ago I took a bus trip 2 hours outside of Seoul to a little town called Eungnam. There I volunteered at an orphanage for a few hours. I brought some poster paints, paper, and brushes. There was an obvious communication gap, but I found different ways of interacting through art, puppets, and hugs. It was an exhausting day. I left at 8:30 in the am and returned 10pm. I think I will look into other volunteer opportunities closer to home, but it was nice to see such a well kept orphanage. I have heard that the foster parenting here is less than note-worthy, but I guess it's like that in the States also.
I got to chat with Linda today. It is so nice to communicate with the people that I love, even if we are so far apart.
