24th January 2009

So what does an atheist do for Christmas and New Year's Day, and why is this Christmas update so late?

The answer to both of those questions for this particular atheist is "lesson plans".

The have an expression here in Korea called "Wang-tta" (see picture to the right) which roughly translates to "a person with no friends".

I was a wang-tta for both Christmas and New Year's Day.  I sat alone in my apartment, ate pizza and worked on lesson plans for the RYE School project for Meaningful Volunteer.  This is - of course - a little sad, but I hope that one day when Meaningful Volunteer is a roaring success, I can look back at my "times of wang-tta" and think that the efforts were well worth it.

I worked my butt off on this project.  Why?  Because it is so, so important that teachers are well equipped and know what they will be doing before they arrive at their placements.

This project was huge.  So huge in fact that I have only just finished it.  My life over the past few weeks has been working at school, working on lesson plans, sleeping and eating with the odd social outing.

If you wanna see exactly what I've been working on, it is probably best if you check out the press release on the Meaningful Volunteer site.