Last night we went to Lucy's (our head director) moms funeral. It was at this building attached to the hospital. When we walked in there was a huge screen with the persons name and what little room the service was in. When we got to her 'room' the hallway was covered in flowers. Once inside, we had to take off our shoes and go to the right side were her mom was. Her body was behind a white screen so we could not see her, luckily! In front of the screen there was an altar thing with her picture. We had to enter the area, take a white flower and set it in front of her picture. Lucy and her siblings were lining the wall next to the altar. We then had a moment of silence before bowing to the family. The women, only in the immediate family (such as Lucy), had on full white gowns, similar to our communion gowns. The brothers had black suits with a hemp arm band and a back ribbon. We did this ceremony sort of thing about 3 people at a time.
We then went into the left side of the room and had a meal. Each of the service rooms are half a kitchen and dining room. We had tons of traditional Korean food. It was a very weird experience and the 11 of us sure stood out.
This starts right after a person dies and goes for 3 days. There is no waiting period like at home. The immediate family also does not sleep so Lucy was in rough shape. This morning is the 3rd and final day. They will have our 'funeral' type service today before she is buried.
After, we all went out for a drink and darts because it was also Shauna's birthday!! What a day to have a birthday. I have recently become known as a dart shark. Apparently, I have this undiscovered talent for darts. Janice and I were on a roll last night and ended up playing 4 games. We are going to go for dinner and out in Seoul on Friday I think.
This week has gone slowly. My Kinder students have been really hard on me lately. They are more advanced then the others in their age group and the work is too easy for them. They have no problem completing the work without my help. This is good, however it leads to more fighting. Lately they have all been fighting. Last week, Lex and Daniel took their shoes off during play time and started hitting Jenny in the head with them. Each day they make me more stressed with their fights and their lack of listening skills. I have became the teacher that yells and takes away everything that is fun. I hope that their behavior improves soon!
All of the teachers left to right:
Alan, Christine, Blake, Gina, Michael, James, Britney, Shauna, Steve and Janice
Gina, Britney and I
Gina, Britney and I
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