BIG BROTHER speaks Korean

Well, I am in the second week of "Summer vacations" which means the kids dont go to school and we work harder. Both my private students have asked for extra lessons and all during the week, so I am teaching each and every morning.

This morning, at 9:15 I was sitting in the study of one of my students when the PA system came on INSIDE the apartment. I thought it was a warning for everyone to vacate the building, so I asked what it was saying. My students who otherwise seemed uneffected by this loud speaker announcing Korean into their home, stopped and listened and then said: "There is a trip someplace and they are telling us in case we want to go".

It might not seem like much, but it seemed really intrusive to me to have this thing blaring out useless information into an apartment and especailly at 9:15 during summer vacations. Quite frankly I would have been quite peeved if I was trying to sleep- which I would have been doing if I werent teaching.

On a brighter note, the weather is not quite so oppressive today and Oscar managed to walk all the way to the dog groomers where he is at now. I pick him up at 2.

Off to have my second shower of the day and it is only noon.