I work in a small hagwon. Less than 10 teachers. When I first started out, the vibe was great and everyone got along fine. 4 months in and the divide is very evident. I am not in the thick of it. I don't care about the tiffs or arguments others have here. I just do my work and go home. But jeez, sometimes I wonder what goes on in the mind of Korean coworkers. So many masks..
Finally got my Rucker in the post the other day. It is 32 degrees in the daytime here. Also, my achilles is a bit fickle these days. Deep dorsiflexion is a nono.. Haven't trained properly for 5 weeks, trying to let it mend and get back to normal. Was worried about rucking with it being a tad sensitive. Anyways, I had to try it out. Just a roundtrip to my kid's kindy and back home. Tops 25 mins in total walk. I am starting out with 20kg in the bag. It doesn't faze me. With the late afternoon heat and the weight of the backpack, with my achilles being in this state. I was very conscious of my walking. Everything went well, though it wasn't easy thanks to the heat. The next morning, I was surprised to see my achilles was feeling very happy and light. Rucking seems to be helping the muscles in my feet and ankles strengthen back up to what they were before the injury and probably will bulletproof my achilles even better than before.
I'm guessing it's universal for native English teachers here that when you mess up or make a mistake for the Korean teacher to immediately make a big deal of it and kinda not just leave it at that when you say you will fix the mistake and do better.
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I always wonder what happens when the Korean teachers mess up, because you rarely hear about it. Maybe they get the same treatment, but from where I'm standing it often feels like native teachers' mistakes get highlighted much more than everyone else's. It is easier to blame the native Englisg teacher since parents don't have much of any access to them.
I ordered the rucker 5.0 at the very start of the month from Asia. It seemed to move at a decent speed at the beginning. But once it was fully in the hands of the international shipping company. It has been frozen for over 11 days with no updates. Goruck themselves have said the bag is likely lost and they said they will ship out a new bag very shortly. Very nice of them to do this of course but its a headache at the same time. 1. The bag is pricey. 2. Shipping is expensive. 3. The shipping company blames the war in the middle east for the huge hold up (they only told me this after I enquired) 4. the weight plate I ordered through Amazon came within 2 weeks of the day I ordered it. Looks like I am waiting at least 2~3 more weeks to get my backpack.
So I am just asking on here cause I am getting curious but is Goruck especially slow with international shipping? I ordered the new rucker 5.0 on the 1st of June. Goruck themselves were quick enough to package it and send it on its way. But the delivery company is moving slower than hoped. Anyone else on here have this kind of experience with shipping a goruck product? Especially as shipping is not cheap, you would kinda expect or hope for some kind of expedited shipping.
These days, too many of the wrestlers are all toned down. Promos lack the wow factor, the wrestling is fine if a bit of the art is lost. Finishers should finish a match. Maybe only El Grande Americano is resonating with fans these days in a way a lot of wrestlers can't. But he would never get pushed in the WWE like he does in Mexico.
Anyways, I find myself watching Aew more these days, just cause they are willing to try more and have fun with it.
I am looking to buy the GR1 but I am in South Korea. So yes, the bag itself is expensive but on top of that, there would be a decent chunk of tax for me to pay. I really should just bite the bulltet and invest in a high quality rucking backpack right? Was looking for cheaper options from China but can't bring myself to pay it knowing the quality could be hit or miss.
This might be a bit niche full. But I was wondering if there is any shops or online stores in korea that specialize in rucking backpacks. I don't want to buy from foreign websites because the price skyrockets. Anyone on this subreddit who might possibly have some valuable info?