It's raining. Again. Two days ago, it was snowing. Now, it's raining. We're not talking a slight mist. We're not even talking about a drizzle. We're talking all out POURING. We're talking rain coursing down the rooftop of the building next to mine. We're talking about mud puddles, and rain boots and umbrellas and rain hats and rain jackets.
It's also cold. Not just a little cold. Hot apple cider drinking, fireplace sitting, blankets and books cold. Steaming bowls of hot soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, and marshmallows in hot chocolate cold. Upturned collars, layers of clothes, fluffy scarves, and big mittens cold.
I really don't understand this weather. But that's okay - I can deal with that. Oh, look - it stopped raining.
Tonight, I'm baking peanut butter cookies. Call it a trial run for next week. Next week, I plan on baking for my kids while I show them a movie. I'm thinking "Elf". Christmas movies and cookies - what do you think?
Why is the Decepticon SOOO much bigger than Optimus Prime??? And HOW could Optimus Prime take him down? Oh, yeah, I'm also watching the second Transformers movie. In the opening sequence, that Decepticon is SO much bigger than Optimus ... and yet, the Prime managed to take him down. Hmmm.
Well, that didn't last for long. Optimus Prime is dead. Josh Duhamel is exceptionally attractive. Randy and I grabbed dinner at a pretty freaking good grill restaurant in 마송/통진 (whatever you want to call it) ... but then went on a search for 호떡 which was unsuccessful. Unfortunately. GIVE US 호떡!!! GIVE US 호떡!!! Oh, well. 인사동에 가요! 호떡 주세요!
PS - if you receive emails from my YAHOO account, ignore them. I think my account's been hacked - I can't even get into it (even though I've reset my password) ... laaame.
Anywho. I'm off. Have a good night all. Next post? 31 days of pictures. FUN!
Yeah, right.
Friday, December 10
Sunday, December 5
"So, how did that turn out?" - "... Not good." - "Oh."
I have an addictive personality. I can admit that. And that is why I should never try drugs of any kind. I'm not saying that I WOULD become addicted. I'm just saying that I would be predisposed to it.
Once again, let me declare my devotion to "Glee". I'm currently catching up on episodes. I'm on Episode 14 - Finn found out that he's not the father. New Directions won sectionals. Will found out about Terri's deception, and now he wants to date Emma. Sue is still out to get Will and Glee Club, and has now enlisted Brittany and Santana to get under Finn's skin. Rachel just met a guy from Vocal Adrenaline in the library (he seems like a prick). Has a nice voice, though. Oh, and Will is singing a Neil Diamond song. God, how I love this show.
Yes, I'm a "Gleek". Oh, and I love that Asian kid (Mike) and his dance moves. The boy's got mad skillz. And yes, I wrote that with a "z".
The weekend has come to an end yet again. After a mini-freakout in the office on Friday, I decided to hop onto a bus to Anyang. Snap decision, actually. Just needed to get away. So, I did. Hung out with the Anyang crew on Friday night, and then met up with Hyun in Seoul on Saturday (after a SUBWAY lunch with Evan) in Apgujeong. We got our hair did ... awesome salon in Apgujeong ... and then headed over to Sinsa and Garosu-gil. Garosu-gil is an amazing place. It's easy to forget how awesome Seoul is. There's so many great little nooks and crannies to discover and explore - Garosu-gil being one of these. Hip little shops, cozy cafes, trendy little restaurants ... Garosu-gil has ALL of these and more. I can't wait to go back. :)
Today at church, the sermon was from Judges Chapter 6, when God tells Gideon that it's his job to drive the Midianites out. The pastor went on to Chapter 7, where Gideon defeats the Midianites with only 300 men. The story in this passage seemed a little familiar, so I turned to Eun-Soo ...
"Did you ever see the movie '300'?"
"Hmmm, no, why?"
"This kinda reminds me of that."
"Oh really? How did it turn out?"
"Not good."
"... oh."
So, I've started utilizing my dictionary more in church. There's always words that I see or hear over and over again. So, sometimes I'll surreptitiously sneak out my cell phone dictionary and type in words I want to know. (Or to use it when Eun-Soo doesn't remember a word ... which happens EXTREMELY rarely. I think it's happened three times since September.)
Examples?
영원 - eternity (ps, I have a student named Young-Won), 땅 - the earth, 마음 - the mind, spirit, 아직도 - still, yet, 현재 - present (time), 영관 - an honor, glory, 평화 - peace, harmony, 세상 - the world, 고정관념 - a fixed idea (a negative thing), 의심 - a doubt
Trust - 신용, Obedient - 순종하는, Future - 미래
선포하다 - to proclaim, 송축하다 - to bless, to praise, 기뻐하다 - to be glad of, to rejoice, 경배하다 - to bow respectfully, 항복하다 - to surrender (oneself), 순종하다 - to follow obediently, 거룩하다 - to be sacred, to be holy, 종귀하다 - to be high, noble
Yay, vocabulary!!!
Okay. That's all I've got. Now, t'is the season for the tests. Gimpo HS students take their finals this coming week. Some of my friends have tests this coming week, too - one of them is related to several business/CPA-esque concepts that I don't quite understand ... and the other is kinda big (even if he doesn't want to tell anyone about it ... punk. I mean "punk" in the nicest possible way). (^_^) So, I wish everyone all the best - good luck and don't stress. Remember, the holidays are just around the corner. :)
And that's it. Love you much.
Once again, let me declare my devotion to "Glee". I'm currently catching up on episodes. I'm on Episode 14 - Finn found out that he's not the father. New Directions won sectionals. Will found out about Terri's deception, and now he wants to date Emma. Sue is still out to get Will and Glee Club, and has now enlisted Brittany and Santana to get under Finn's skin. Rachel just met a guy from Vocal Adrenaline in the library (he seems like a prick). Has a nice voice, though. Oh, and Will is singing a Neil Diamond song. God, how I love this show.
Yes, I'm a "Gleek". Oh, and I love that Asian kid (Mike) and his dance moves. The boy's got mad skillz. And yes, I wrote that with a "z".
The weekend has come to an end yet again. After a mini-freakout in the office on Friday, I decided to hop onto a bus to Anyang. Snap decision, actually. Just needed to get away. So, I did. Hung out with the Anyang crew on Friday night, and then met up with Hyun in Seoul on Saturday (after a SUBWAY lunch with Evan) in Apgujeong. We got our hair did ... awesome salon in Apgujeong ... and then headed over to Sinsa and Garosu-gil. Garosu-gil is an amazing place. It's easy to forget how awesome Seoul is. There's so many great little nooks and crannies to discover and explore - Garosu-gil being one of these. Hip little shops, cozy cafes, trendy little restaurants ... Garosu-gil has ALL of these and more. I can't wait to go back. :)
Today at church, the sermon was from Judges Chapter 6, when God tells Gideon that it's his job to drive the Midianites out. The pastor went on to Chapter 7, where Gideon defeats the Midianites with only 300 men. The story in this passage seemed a little familiar, so I turned to Eun-Soo ...
"Did you ever see the movie '300'?"
"Hmmm, no, why?"
"This kinda reminds me of that."
"Oh really? How did it turn out?"
"Not good."
"... oh."
So, I've started utilizing my dictionary more in church. There's always words that I see or hear over and over again. So, sometimes I'll surreptitiously sneak out my cell phone dictionary and type in words I want to know. (Or to use it when Eun-Soo doesn't remember a word ... which happens EXTREMELY rarely. I think it's happened three times since September.)
Examples?
영원 - eternity (ps, I have a student named Young-Won), 땅 - the earth, 마음 - the mind, spirit, 아직도 - still, yet, 현재 - present (time), 영관 - an honor, glory, 평화 - peace, harmony, 세상 - the world, 고정관념 - a fixed idea (a negative thing), 의심 - a doubt
Trust - 신용, Obedient - 순종하는, Future - 미래
선포하다 - to proclaim, 송축하다 - to bless, to praise, 기뻐하다 - to be glad of, to rejoice, 경배하다 - to bow respectfully, 항복하다 - to surrender (oneself), 순종하다 - to follow obediently, 거룩하다 - to be sacred, to be holy, 종귀하다 - to be high, noble
Yay, vocabulary!!!
Okay. That's all I've got. Now, t'is the season for the tests. Gimpo HS students take their finals this coming week. Some of my friends have tests this coming week, too - one of them is related to several business/CPA-esque concepts that I don't quite understand ... and the other is kinda big (even if he doesn't want to tell anyone about it ... punk. I mean "punk" in the nicest possible way). (^_^) So, I wish everyone all the best - good luck and don't stress. Remember, the holidays are just around the corner. :)
And that's it. Love you much.
Thursday, December 2
I'd Like to Talk to the Weather-man ...
It's raining.
Seriously? It's the beginning of December. It FEELS like it's freezing outside. And yet ... it's 9:51 PM and there's a THUNDERSTORM outside. A legit thunderstorm. Like ... I can see the water coursing down the rooftop of the building outside of my window. This weather is getting a little ridiculous.
Okay. Enough with the lame weather reports. It's confession time. I have a new obsession. Okay. I think I mentioned it before. I'm addicted ... to ... Glee.
Yes, I'm late jumping on the bandwagon. Now I'm catching up. Thank you, Randy, for supplying me with all of season 1 and thus enabling my addiction. It's the singing. The singing is amazing. For example, right now, Finn is singing "I'll Stand By You" ... ... ... ... ... amazing.
Okay. Really. I'm done now. Next week is finals - my students are CRAAAZY stressed. Well, some of them appear to be. Others grab me in the hallways just to chat. I've supervised study periods where the entire class diligently studies for an hour (although during the last five minutes I make them close their books and just relax ... it's okay, they already know I'm crazy), and I've also had study halls where I've ended up playing charades with some of the students in the back of the room. Anything to help them relax, haha.
I finished calculating my grades an hour ago - aigooo. Headache = major. I actually had finished doing them six hours ago ... or, at least I that I had. Then, I ran into Young-Joon. Young-Joon who, bless his heart, had sent me an email yesterday WITHOUT HIS ASSIGNMENT ATTACHED. Honest mistake. So ... I waited. And now I'm done. Hey, guess what - I've been working here for three months now. Wow, has it really been that long already? I'm going to miss teaching my second year students. They're great. I don't know what they'll think about me after they see their grades, haha ... hopefully they'll still like me. We shall see ... ... ...
I've decided that I really like working with high school students. It's really a lot of fun. Maybe a little bit rough in the beginning, but ... really? It's been pretty neat. I feel really lucky to have this opportunity. They're so daaang smart, and we're able to talk about pretty complex things. I've learned so much from them, even in just these few months. Yeah ... I'm pretty lucky.
Gonna meet up with Hyun this Saturday in Seoul ... perhaps a hair appointment should be pencilled in?? Well, actually, it already has been. :) We'll see what happens.
And that's my life. It's taken me two hours to write this while in that time I completed my grades and watched three episodes of "Glee". Now ... it's bedtime.
Seriously? It's the beginning of December. It FEELS like it's freezing outside. And yet ... it's 9:51 PM and there's a THUNDERSTORM outside. A legit thunderstorm. Like ... I can see the water coursing down the rooftop of the building outside of my window. This weather is getting a little ridiculous.
Okay. Enough with the lame weather reports. It's confession time. I have a new obsession. Okay. I think I mentioned it before. I'm addicted ... to ... Glee.
Yes, I'm late jumping on the bandwagon. Now I'm catching up. Thank you, Randy, for supplying me with all of season 1 and thus enabling my addiction. It's the singing. The singing is amazing. For example, right now, Finn is singing "I'll Stand By You" ... ... ... ... ... amazing.
Okay. Really. I'm done now. Next week is finals - my students are CRAAAZY stressed. Well, some of them appear to be. Others grab me in the hallways just to chat. I've supervised study periods where the entire class diligently studies for an hour (although during the last five minutes I make them close their books and just relax ... it's okay, they already know I'm crazy), and I've also had study halls where I've ended up playing charades with some of the students in the back of the room. Anything to help them relax, haha.
I finished calculating my grades an hour ago - aigooo. Headache = major. I actually had finished doing them six hours ago ... or, at least I that I had. Then, I ran into Young-Joon. Young-Joon who, bless his heart, had sent me an email yesterday WITHOUT HIS ASSIGNMENT ATTACHED. Honest mistake. So ... I waited. And now I'm done. Hey, guess what - I've been working here for three months now. Wow, has it really been that long already? I'm going to miss teaching my second year students. They're great. I don't know what they'll think about me after they see their grades, haha ... hopefully they'll still like me. We shall see ... ... ...
I've decided that I really like working with high school students. It's really a lot of fun. Maybe a little bit rough in the beginning, but ... really? It's been pretty neat. I feel really lucky to have this opportunity. They're so daaang smart, and we're able to talk about pretty complex things. I've learned so much from them, even in just these few months. Yeah ... I'm pretty lucky.
Gonna meet up with Hyun this Saturday in Seoul ... perhaps a hair appointment should be pencilled in?? Well, actually, it already has been. :) We'll see what happens.
And that's my life. It's taken me two hours to write this while in that time I completed my grades and watched three episodes of "Glee". Now ... it's bedtime.
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