This is one my favorite people in Korea. Along with her, two other close friends are leaving for different countries in less than a month. I am so happy for their futures but also immensely sad at the present. My dad told me that that's life...people come and go. Man, why do they have to go?

Thought of the Day: Healthy.
Song of the Day: Jason Mraz-I'm Yours

I was going to share about my very encouraging Sunday, but Jaepil got me hooked on this crazy movie list project. It's nowhere nearly as neat or thought out as his, but here's a rough idea of the movies that I've seen.

Personal Favorites:

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Swingers

3. Chingoo

4. My Sassy Girl

Action:

1. Terminator 2

2. Robocop

3. Face/Off

4. Mission Impossible

Animated:

1. Shrek

2. Aladdin

3. Lion King

4. Toy Story I/II

5. The Incredibles

6. Fantasia

Best Performance:

1. Forrest Gump

2. Rainman

3. Scent of a Woman

4. To Die For

Best Twist:

1. Old Boy

2. Saw

3. Usual Suspects

4. The Sixth Sense

5. Fight Club

Bizarre:

1. 2001: Space Odyssey

2. Akira

3. Donnie Darko

4. Eyes Wide Shut

5. Mulholland Drive

Black Movies:

1. Menace II Society

2. Dead Presidents

3. Belly

4. Bamboozled

5. Do the Right Thing

Comedy:

1. Swingers

2. Dumb & Dumber

3. Office Space

4. Meet the Parents

5. Shallow Hal

6. Austin Powers

7. Kingpin

8. Orange County

Creative:

1. Oldboy

2. Kill Bill Vol. 1

3. Sin City

4. Memento

Feel Good:

1. Forrest Gump

2. Shawshank Redemption

3. Jerry Maguire

4. Remember the Titans

Foreign Struggle:

1. The City of God

2. Blood Diamond

3. Hotel Rwanda

Games:

1. Rounders

2. Tazza

3. The Color of Money

4. The Hustler

Gangster:

1. The Godfather

2. Good Fellas

3. Scarface

4. The Godfather: Part II

Hitchcock:

1. Vertigo

2. The Birds

3. Rear Window

4. Psycho

Horror:

1. Interview with the Vampire

2. The Sixth Sense

3. The Exorcist

4. The Ring

Intellectual:

1. Good Will Hunting

2. A Beautiful Mind

3. Searching for Bobby Fischer

Korean:

1. Chingoo

2. My Sassy Girl

3. When Spring Comes

4. Attack of the Gas Station

5. Radio Star

6. Silmido

Martial Arts:

1. Bloodsport

2. Kickboxer

3. Best of the Best

4. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

5. Drunken Master II

Music:

1. Amadeus

2. The Legend of 1900

3. Mr. Holland’s Opus

Musical:

1. Moulin Rouge

2. Singin’ in the Rain

3. Sound of Music

Philosophical:

1. The Matrix

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

3. Vanilla Sky

Racial:

1. American History X

2. Crash

3. Do the Right Thing

Romance:

1. Notting Hill

2. My Sassy Girl

3. Moulin Rouge

4. Romeo & Juliet

5. When Harry Met Sally

6. Roman Holiday

7. Before Sunrise

Saddest:

1. Requiem for a Dream

2. Pyunji

3. House of Sand and Fog

Sci-fi:

1. A Clockwork Orange

2. Star Wars Trilogy

3. The Matrix

4. Alien

Sports:

1. Rocky IV

2. Remember the Titans

3. Hardball

Trilogy:

1. Back to the Future

2. Star Wars

3. The Godfather

4. Lord of the Rings

War:

1. Braveheart

2. Saving Private Ryan

3. Full Metal Jacket

Western:

1. Tombstone

2. Unforgiven

3. Young Guns

Most Underrated:

When Spring Comes

Worst Movie Of All Time:

Bodies, Rest, and Motion

Dinko and Terrance, you guys are next! Oh man, I need to sleep!

Thought of the Day: Movies!
Song of the Day: Beethoven-6th Symphony No. 6

I found this written in one of the bathrooms of a bar I went to on Friday. I couldn't have put it better myself.

Here's a picture of one of my favorite places in Seoul. There's this nice lake near Lotte World, and it's just so perfect for walks or dates.


You can't seem to escape any buildings no matter where you go in Seoul.

On Saturday, there was an annual fireworks show at the Han River. I went with my friend, Karen, and some of her friends on the opposite side of the river to avoid a crowded experience.

But as you can see, there were crowds of people who were thinking the same thing. Hundreds of people were straight up watching from the roads where cars are supposed to drive. Since no cars could move, some people just got out of their vehicles and joined the audience.

The fireworks were pretty cool and went on for a long time, but it still had nothing on Disneyland. Just in case you're wondering, that's not me...although I wish it was. Ha!

I've finally decided to commit to The Presbyterian Church of our Lord or PCL for short. I thank you if you've been praying for me. I really hope to grow at this church and be a source of encouragement to them as well. Enoch and Jung are still searching, so please keep them in your prayers, too.

For my quiet time today, I read Hebrews 10 and was very encouraged by verse 39: "But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."

I'm going to watch this movie called Gloomy Sunday right now. How fitting.

Thought of the Day: Eve.
Song of the Day: Eve-너 그럴때면 (Duet)

In Korea, there's this thing called 가을 남자 (Autumn Guy), and I think I've become one. Basically, the symptoms are loneliness, gloominess, and lethargy. It's pretty much the worst thing to be as a hakwon teacher...or any job for that matter. I didn't believe in it until I was on the plane back to Seoul...right on time for autumn. Then on Tuesday, I changed my playlist from Mix to Korean Slow Jams. What the heck? There's only one person who can cure me from this madness. Well, at least temporarily. BTW, there's a 봄 여자 (Spring Girl), too.

Thought of the Day: SOF.
Song of the Day: Jaurim-Social Life

(thanks to Jung Won).







Sometimes, I wish I really could. I'm going through a slump right now.

Thought of the Day: PCL.
Song of the Day: 한정원-거지