sorry, it's been a strange week

A lot has happened since I wrote last, but I could be making mountains out of molehills since today is decidedly a "stage 2" day.
The strange things in my life:
1 - electro-therapy on my (L) knee, under some strange sunlamp-like contraption. I couldn't ask questions, but it was very weird and very relaxing. I think it helped?? May go again tonight.
2 - my local grocery store now gives me a discount on any candy I purchase. I buy that much. (this is good, it saved me about 3,000 W on the last candy purchase!)
3 - I was mobbed by grade 5 kids for my autograph after not one, but TWO classes on Tuesday. I couldn't get out of the room, my team-teacher had to help extract me from the situation.
4 - I caused some concern last week, because I was seen *gasp* eating kimbap (김밥) at my desk during lunchtime. When asked about it, I said I didn't feel like eating lunch at the cafeteria because I wasn't very hungry. However, everyone is now super concerned that I don't feel comfortable going to the cafeteria alone and joining a table (which is what everyone does) so they are making sure that I am ALWAYS asked to go for lunch at the cafeteria. Which is great, don't get me wrong, but a bit strange.
5 - I was asked for the millionth time if I "know how to use chopsticks" and if I was "getting used to the spicy food". Trying to explain that I knew how to use chopsticks pre-Korea (thanks Patti!) and that there is spicy food in other outposts of this vast universe is actually a bit moot.
6 - For the first time, I kept a class during the break for 3 whole minutes, and made them put their heads on their desks (thanks for the idea, Liz!) . I don't like that I did that, but they were NOT listening. I warned them, I asked them to be quiet and listen, etc. etc. It makes me mad because 1/2 of the class was paying attention, but the 1/2 that was not was positively horrid. What's worse, is that the lesson we were doing was a lesson that each of the 6 other classes I taught it to this week have had fun with! I really don't know what to do with them.
7 - Chris dislocated his shoulder badly at Hapkido, thus removing the sport from my "to try" list. It looks like it's the Korean version of Tai-Chi that will be my new endevour.
8 - Watched my second Korean movie - "Windstruck". Cried (and by cried, I mean, streaming tears) on-and-off for the last 45 minutes of the movie. But it actually wasn't that good. Sad and sappy, with some moments of brilliance and much missed comic opportunity (the jokes just weren't as funny as they could have been). The foreshadowing was so obvious it gave me a headache but the film was quite well acted. I'm beginning to think I may be a fan of Jang Hyuk may be one of my favourite Korean actors. Then again, I've only seen two films, and he's been in them both.
9 - Back to the knee. Some background info: my (L) knee's been disgruntled since I landed here in Korea. You know me, let things go too long. So I finally went to the doctor, lucked out, saw a specialist right away! Just down the street from me! I have a diagnosis (kind of). But here's the thing. My co-teacher came with me, to help (you know, because I don't speak Korean other than to order a pint, a roll of kimbap or deliver simple phrases). The doctors spoke 1/2 in English, 1/2 in Korean. (English was the medical jargon and names of things - Korean was the rest). So, we have two totally different understandings of my diagnosis. I've decided, I'll live a life of mystery, and not have our understanding of the diagnosis confirmed until I'm done with the physiotherapy.
10 - Really, I'm quite confused. Today, I've been so frustrated and there have been so many "little things" but then people are so nice! How can I be frustrated that people are being nice? And making me really feel like I belong, and that I'm doing things right etc. etc. Maybe I'm just going crazy. Maybe teaching 600 middle school kids (12-14 year olds), in batches of 45, is starting to get to me. Although I really have been having fun with my classes this week!