13 October 2009

Can my loyalty bought with dinner and cake?

Tonight, one of the English teachers invited me and the rest of the English teachers to have dinner at her house.  I think becuase I was "sick" last week, she didn't make all the side dishes this weekend, so she said we would go to a restaurant.

The restaurant was delicious.  We had Chicken Soup, flavored with Ginseng, Garlic, and something else.   They actually give you a whole cornish game hen in your hot stone bowl.  The soup was really thick and had rice at the bottom.  I know I should have taken a picture, but I was too busy eating.  (I hated my school lunch, for the first time, so I barely ate.  At dinner though, I was starved).  Here is a picture I took off of the Internet, which looks just like mine did.

Then we went to the hosting English teacher's apartment (which is called "apart" in Korean).   We had fruit and cake.  They told me that they bought the most expensive cake at Paris Baguette.  It was so delicious, it was worth EVERY bite.  Here's a pic of our dessert spread:


(This teacher had Royal Albert China Tea cups which were beautiful.)  The cake was so good, we ate more than half.  They even made me blow out those candles.  It was really nice, and I felt so honored that they would do this for me.

The host teacher dropped me off after dinner.  We were talking about the other "Native English Teachers" that she had known(5) and if any had ever left early.  She said most had, so I was like, oh, I'm not the only one.  But then, just as I was about to get out of the car she said, "You make us so happy."  I almost cried right there, but, instead, I got out of the car and said goodnight.

I had planned to tell my co-teacher that I was going to quit after tonight's dinner.  Now, though, after the dinner, the cake, and the really nice comment, I don't think I can do it.

So maybe my loyalty CAN be bought for dinner and cake (and nice comments).  It bought them a few weeks, at least.

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