PayDay!

Today was our first payday since arriving here. Payday is a good feeling in any country. Remember how I mentioned that the largest bill here is the equivalent of $7.80? Think about how that translates into 5 weeks’ worth of salary. I was feeling pretty damn rich as they handed me an envelope bursting at the seams with 10,000 won bills. One of the other teachers commented this was the first time he was truly a millionaire. I corrected him, “You are a mill-won-naire.” No one here seems to appreciate my humor.