RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

I woke up this morning and my BF had decorated the whole house all chrismassy because it is my favourite time of the year, but also especially hard being away from my family, and I have been doing Christmas crafts with all my classes, so I was having a good day. Today is 7 classes back to back, and in my 20 minutes to make myself lunch (right now), my CT and a bunch of teachers are having a big Christmas party in the kitchen. I know my one CT and I don't get along, but it does suck to be so blatantly excluded. I just walked out without making lunch.  Meh. And maybe this is just me being overly sensitive, but do they (CTs) even realise that this is a hard time for many of us being away from our families and friends?

Aarghh I'm just down and hungry.

And .... now she just decided that our camp lesson plan needs to change. Material list and plan is due today. It has to change now,  WTAF?

Sooo lunch was a classic rice and spaghetti combo so I'm for sure on the pathway to diabetes.  AND the spaghetti sauce contained kiwi, which were clearly left over from the whole kiwis we were given yesterday.

2 of the worst behaved 4th graders are coming to camp. Luckily there are only 10 total so hopefully they'll be better behaved, but I'm not going to tolerate any nonsense from them.

Next year I won't have a coteacher for 3rd and 4th grade so the homeroom teachers will try and be my coteachers. That's 8 new coteachers, and most of them barely speak English, and some not at all. I'm already stressed out about it.

Gmarket texted me and said my order had been shipped, but the site has said "shipping soon" for a week now. I raved about how fast shipping was but I take it all back.

But at least there's only 22 days, 9 hours, and 28 minutes until I'm on a plane home for break.

EDIT: I remembered the other thing I wanted to rant about. We ordered the supplies for camp and we spend about 20,000 on shipping, which was 1/5 of our budget. I wish we could have just gone to the store and bought what we needed but nope we had to order it online and pay the 2,500 shipping for each thing we ordered. Sigh.

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The squatters make sense for pooing, but if you're a lady and you need to urinate, it can be difficult to use the squatter and not get urine on your clothes.

I don't know, I don't have any problems with this.

I think the trick is to pull your pants/short down low enough, and then to squat low enough. Like, your butt should be down pretty close to your ankles.

As a woman I can confirm that it's pretty easy to pee squatting over a squatty, regular toilet, bush, cooler, stream or sewer grate. Believe in yourself and anything is possible.

Doesn't your stream sometimes go off in different directions?  Especially when wearing a tampon

I like you, Chinguetti, I really do, but - cereal is never breakfast.

It's literally sugar lumps in glandular cow juice. Ew.


Makes a good dessert, though. But not substantial enough for your first meal.

HEY!

Cereal has been my don't-have-enough-time-to-cook food since forever.

But yeah, it really doesn't do me over before lunch anymore. Either I'm going to have to start time-managing my mornings better so that I can cook a decent breakfast or I'm gonna have to start keeping a jar of nuts on my desk.

The squatters make sense for pooing, but if you're a lady and you need to urinate, it can be difficult to use the squatter and not get urine on your clothes.

I don't know, I don't have any problems with this.

I think the trick is to pull your pants/short down low enough, and then to squat low enough. Like, your butt should be down pretty close to your ankles.

As a woman I can confirm that it's pretty easy to pee squatting over a squatty, regular toilet, bush, cooler, stream or sewer grate. Believe in yourself and anything is possible.

Doesn't your stream sometimes go off in different directions?  Especially when wearing a tampon

... this might be a little too detailed for some, but I think when you squat low enough and with your legs far enough apart, things down there tend to get arranged in a way so that the stream is more predictably in a downward fashion.

The squatters make sense for pooing, but if you're a lady and you need to urinate, it can be difficult to use the squatter and not get urine on your clothes.

I don't know, I don't have any problems with this.

I think the trick is to pull your pants/short down low enough, and then to squat low enough. Like, your butt should be down pretty close to your ankles.

As a woman I can confirm that it's pretty easy to pee squatting over a squatty, regular toilet, bush, cooler, stream or sewer grate. Believe in yourself and anything is possible.

Doesn't your stream sometimes go off in different directions?  Especially when wearing a tampon

... this might be a little too detailed for some, but I think when you squat low enough and with your legs far enough apart, things down there tend to get arranged in a way so that the stream is more predictably in a downward fashion.

+1

Gmarket texted me and said my order had been shipped, but the site has said "shipping soon" for a week now. I raved about how fast shipping was but I take it all back.

What does the tracking information say? The system is automated, so you won't get the shipping notification text unless it also says shipping has started on the website / mobile version, too. If you check the tracking status, it should show you where your package is. If the site still says 'preparing shipment' after a week, though, you should contact the seller, or cancel your order, get the refund, and buy it from another seller.

But yeah - literally impossible to get the automated Gmarket shipping-has-begun text and have the website display something different.

I hope your package shows up soon!

Here's the text they sent.
http://imgur.com/vowJ0wj
and what the website currently shows.
http://imgur.com/VPoLv55

I just sent the seller a message, and if they don't respond in the next day I'll cancel it and try again from someone else.

Funny, but true.

If you are managing to soil yourself in any fashion, you most definitely are doing something wrong.

If you aren't flexible or out of shape, you might not be able to squat.

Korean kids grow up doing it, so it's not a thing to them.

Your feet need to be flat against the floor with he back of your leg pressed to the back of your calves.

Only way you are going to get soiled is by falling backwards or from blowback ;)

I like you, Chinguetti, I really do, but - cereal is never breakfast.

It's literally sugar lumps in glandular cow juice. Ew.


Makes a good dessert, though. But not substantial enough for your first meal.

HEY!

Cereal has been my don't-have-enough-time-to-cook food since forever.

But yeah, it really doesn't do me over before lunch anymore. Either I'm going to have to start time-managing my mornings better so that I can cook a decent breakfast or I'm gonna have to start keeping a jar of nuts on my desk.

Depends on the cereal. There are healthier options than the chocolate frosted sugar bomb variety.

I've actually become quite fond of a bran cereal I've found here. In spite of my sweet tooth, it has hardly any sweetness so I'm surprised I like it.

I'm ****ing starving. 

Cereal just isn't enough for breakfast anymore.

I like you, Chinguetti, I really do, but - cereal is never breakfast.

It's literally sugar lumps in glandular cow juice. Ew.


Makes a good dessert, though. But not substantial enough for your first meal.

I try to stay away from cereal, but it was on sale and my wife has been having weird appetites lately so I broke down and bought a few boxes of Corn Flight. I meant it for rushed breakfasts but I find myself coming home from school and having a bowl (similar to my other elementary school days!) and then feeling a little ill for dinner...

On the squat-peeing note, there are other methods.

And if those methods don't work for you, there's always this.

Do what you gotta do. ಠ_ಠ

Almonds are on sale at HomePlus across the land, these days.

Also, boiled eggs are literally the best yum-yum of breakfast. Boil them, they keep in the fridge forever. Crack one of those suckers open and dump salt on it, make a giant cup of coffee, and baby, you've got a breakfast goin'.

Call me spoiled, but I don't like boiled eggs more than a day old because they take on a rubbery texture that everyone says I'm imagining but I swear does exist. I also prefer eggs poached in broth and placed on toast. Doesn't take long to make, but I literally leave myself with zero time to cook anything most mornings these days.

I'll have to check out that almond sale, though. Nuts here are ridiculously expensive.

Depends on the cereal. There are healthier options than the chocolate frosted sugar bomb variety.

I've actually become quite fond of a bran cereal I've found here. In spite of my sweet tooth, it has hardly any sweetness so I'm surprised I like it.

I agree. I do enjoy the sugar bomb cereals, not gonna lie about that, but I generally tend to eat more adult-type cereals like Wheaties, natural granola/muesli, and this new raisin bran type of cereal that I've discovered in a local store.

But I really need some protein in the mornings. I'm going to try making a small cup of cereal a morning side-dish.

I'm ****ing starving. 
Cereal just isn't enough for breakfast anymore.

I like you, Chinguetti, I really do, but - cereal is never breakfast.
It's literally sugar lumps in glandular cow juice. Ew.
Makes a good dessert, though. But not substantial enough for your first meal.

You would love my breakfast: coffee. With milk. *And* 2 spoons of refined white sugar. Lunch is more of the same!
Then I get home and ravenously devour whatever I can find in my apartment. (Luckily it's usually a crockpot full of hot, vegetably goodness.)

I've been doing the same thing. Black coffee all day. First meal is when I get home around 5. Don't know how it works but it does.

The squatters make sense for pooing, but if you're a lady and you need to urinate, it can be difficult to use the squatter and not get urine on your clothes.

I don't know, I don't have any problems with this.

I think the trick is to pull your pants/short down low enough, and then to squat low enough. Like, your butt should be down pretty close to your ankles.

As a woman I can confirm that it's pretty easy to pee squatting over a squatty, regular toilet, bush, cooler, stream or sewer grate. Believe in yourself and anything is possible.

Doesn't your stream sometimes go off in different directions?  Especially when wearing a tampon

... this might be a little too detailed for some, but I think when you squat low enough and with your legs far enough apart, things down there tend to get arranged in a way so that the stream is more predictably in a downward fashion.

+1

How do you spread your legs far enough with pants around your ankles?
And if I squatted any lower, I'm sure the stream would probably start aiming upwards (joke)! I've peed on my clothes twice already, I don't have enough faith in your tips to try this again.

How do you spread your legs far enough with pants around your ankles?
And if I squatted any lower, I'm sure the stream would probably start aiming upwards (joke)! I've peed on my clothes twice already, I don't have enough faith in your tips to try this again.

This advice should be given to everyone. Man, woman. Old, young. Gay, straight.

Life is too short not to learn how to spread your legs.

I like you, Chinguetti, I really do, but - cereal is never breakfast.

It's literally sugar lumps in glandular cow juice. Ew.


Makes a good dessert, though. But not substantial enough for your first meal.

HEY!

Cereal has been my don't-have-enough-time-to-cook food since forever.

But yeah, it really doesn't do me over before lunch anymore. Either I'm going to have to start time-managing my mornings better so that I can cook a decent breakfast or I'm gonna have to start keeping a jar of nuts on my desk.

I usually do cereal and peanut butter on toast (well, sandwiches here, as I don't have a toaster / place for a toaster) for breakfast. However, I have been too exhausted in the mornings the last 3 weeks or so, and haven't had time for breakfast :( I usually use a healthy cereal, like toasted muesli, however, I haven't been able to find it here, so I get the blueberry special K

How do you spread your legs far enough with pants around your ankles?
And if I squatted any lower, I'm sure the stream would probably start aiming upwards (joke)! I've peed on my clothes twice already, I don't have enough faith in your tips to try this again.

This advice should be given to everyone. Man, woman. Old, young. Gay, straight.

Life is too short not to learn how to spread your legs.

Where's Adel when you need him?

Gmarket texted me and said my order had been shipped, but the site has said "shipping soon" for a week now. I raved about how fast shipping was but I take it all back.

What does the tracking information say? The system is automated, so you won't get the shipping notification text unless it also says shipping has started on the website / mobile version, too. If you check the tracking status, it should show you where your package is. If the site still says 'preparing shipment' after a week, though, you should contact the seller, or cancel your order, get the refund, and buy it from another seller.

But yeah - literally impossible to get the automated Gmarket shipping-has-begun text and have the website display something different.

I hope your package shows up soon!

Here's the text they sent.
http://imgur.com/vowJ0wj
and what the website currently shows.
http://imgur.com/VPoLv55

I just sent the seller a message, and if they don't respond in the next day I'll cancel it and try again from someone else.

Oh weeeeird. English Gmarket. I haven't seen that in forever. I tried tracking the number in the message. It hasn't been registered as shipped at all. So, the seller probably marked it as shipped, put the tracking number in, and then never actually sent it. Which is lame. Cancel immediately.

Haha yeah, I'm not yet proficient enough to use the Korean version. Thanks for the advice; I'll cancel the order.