it's confirmed!! I'm going PUSAN, KOREA from 9/10 to 13/10!!! *yeahhhh~~~*

well altho it's thereotically a 5-day trip, i'd be in Pusan for onli 3 days. cos i'm going there by ferry and it takes one whole night. so i'd depart Japan on 9/10 evening, reach Pusan on 10/10 morning, and depart Pusan on 12/10 evening, returning back to Japan on 13/10 morning.

so exciting~ after more than 2 yrs of thinking abt it, i'm finally going Korea! unfortunately, i'm not going there with En nor yingzie. else i think it'd be great to have a gathering with our Korean friends!

anyway, it's really quite cheap to go Pusan from Japan. the round-trip ferry, hotel and 1/2 day tour package with 1 lunch included onli cost mi ￥29800 (abt SGD$400). and taxes at the harbours onli cost abt ￥1000 (SGD$13.50) in total - wayyyyyy cheaper than airport or fuel tax. if possible, nx time i wanna go Seoul too.

hee~ i can't wait for the test week to be over!! =P

on a sadder note, i broke down in school on tuesday. *sigh~* well, we r having a campaign this month, allowing kids to try out our classes for free in September. so this week is the last week of free classes and i'm supposed to pass the parents a letter to ask them whether they wanna let their kids continue learning with us. unfortunately, i was too caught up with entertaining the two 2-yr-old boys tt i FORGOT!!! die liao~ i knew boss would definitely get angry one... cos some time ago, i forgot to pass the school fees envelope to some students and he was very unhappy abt it. anyway, after tt class, i had my last class with AYK & YN, who will be quitting from nx mth onwards. i was v sad when the class ended, esp when the 2 girls appeared to be so happy abt not having to come back anymore. and then it was dinner time, so i went down to the office, saw boss and apologised to him abt forgotting the letters. true enuff, he got v upset and reprimanded mi for my absent-mindedness. i knew it was my fault so i could onli accept the scolding. then, unable to control myself, tears started flowing. grr~ why am i always so weak!! i'm such a crybaby!! so i hid inside the toilet and cried my heart out. then i took my bento upstairs to eat alone at my desk. some time later, boss came up and consoled mi, saying tt he was angry for a moment but it's already over so i shldn't take it to heart. thank u boss, i know u r v kind but i still feel v lousy abt myself. i know v well tt this is not the first time i'm making mistakes. *sobs*

in fact, i'm always wondering whether i am good enuff as a teacher. not onli AYK and YN have quit, some time ago YT also quit, and 2 of my adult students haven't turned up at all for the past month, and another of my adult student who usually takes 2 diff classes a week decided to drop my class and go for J's class onli. i feel so awful!! makes mi doubt myself and whether i shld be teaching English at all. after all, i'm never really a good English speaker in the first place, right?? (i can see heads nodding) sigh~ my boss most probably made a misjudgement when he decided to hire mi. =(

ok, weather's getting colder and colder now... and i'm expecting a 10 degree day when i visit Pusan. 寒い～～～

(it's been 2 weeks, and i think it'd be another 4 more weeks to go. did something juz now. hope it'll helps but most prob it wun. oh well~)