Well I woke up in the morning, love,

and the sunshine hurt my eyes...Then I spoke to the crazy guy - and just one look at him, then I knew it was gonna be: a lovely day! **Lovely day...lovely day...lovely day...**

Uh oh...Chi-He drank too much coffee...

And uh oh...Chi-He's drinking coffee these days...

Well I just can't resist those calorific white chocolate/caramel lattes that the coffee shop lifestyle and festive season bring with them...

Anyway! I was emailed this job post from a recruiter which looked like short hours and high pay, so naturally I got in touch. Immediately after I replied I got a phone call requesting an interview with the director the next day. That's now today.

So we met up with him (the director) in a posh hotel coffee shop in Itaewon (I drank green tea, but secretly wanted the mocha) where our hearts melted at his

1. slightly poor, but understandable, English,
2. belief that for a good teacher the heart is more important than experience, and
3. his description of the communication problems between him and his Russian wife.

His big bro came along later where we laughed at his

1. jokes that it is the director's prerogative to be tardy,
2. jokes that he doesn't see how people see the Korean peninsula as being shaped like a rabbit, and
3. his own revised idiom "killing two rabbits with one stone".

So maybe two young girls getting in a car with two middle aged guys, seemingly joking to themselves a little too much for what was supposed to be a job interview was a potential set up for your typical horror film rape scene^^, but once we'd seen the brand new English school that is about to open and negotiated a beautiful contract involving the promised low hours and high pay, along with potential overtime tutoring hours and flexible holidays, we were glad we did.

Returning on Monday to confirm the contract and check out the accommodation. Location is a bit out of the way, but then it is close to Everland, possibly my favourite place in Korea, and the Korean Folk Village - touristy things one should experience if one is going to partake in such activities at all.

It's a bit strange that they don't seem to have anybody else applying for the job, and that they are so keen to employ us specifically. I do like the way that they really like the fact that we're British opposed to American, and that "If [they] are good to us then [his - the director's big bro's] daughter will be looked after in England" -- 'cause that's how it works, isn't it? But in all seriousness, the employers seem like such fun loving guys I think it will be a blast to work for them.

See Lauren's blog for a more in depth description of the director's lookalike... ^^