ever since i've moved in with the guys, my stomach's been upset every single day. like when i'm outside, i don't really feel it much. but whenever i'm inside just sitting at my desk or talking to arthur, my stomach is always in pain. it's really weird. i don't know if it's b/c of the food or it's the smell of crab in our apt.. perhaps it's just psychological or it's a combination of everything. but whatever the case, i hate it. even as i type these words into my blogger, my stomach is punching me with discomfort. any bio majors out there who might have an explanation?

but like i was saying, the food can definitely be a cause of my stomach upsets. i really don't eat in a logical and consistent manner. food has ranged from french bread with vinegar to late night crab to cereal after cereal after cereal. i eat meals at like 3 in the afternoon and 11 at night. gosh, i'm starting to experience this college life food stuff already and i'm not even a sohomore yet. it sucks cause it's not like i wanna spend money on fastfood all the time either. 1. it's like a waste of money. 2. it's just so bad for you.

so anyways, arthur has been telling everyone for a while that he was going to learn how to make pat thai and make it for everyone. most of the times, i just assume that it's just one of the things he'd like to do and that he won't actually follow through with his ideas. however tonight, we actually went to Ranch Market 99 and bought all the goods. he bought all kinds of stuff...egg roll wraps, garlic, peanut oil, and all this other garbage. it was funny cause watching arthur shop, it looked like he had no idea what he was doing. ahahahahahaha. that fool just seems so spontaneous you know? very confident and bold.

well when we got home, i was freakin' tired. i had had a looong day...busy day at work and freakin' summer school. so when we got home, i took a nap while he was cooking. i woke up right on time for his BOMB pat thai! i seriously wasn't expecting crap but this crap actually turned out to be great! i really enjoyed it alot. it was as if i was eating at Thai Spice! but just the fact that hard-to-trust arthur made the food, made my meal that much more delicious. his "kick ass pat thai." lol.

going into work today was no walk in the park. it was my first day working with andrea, the other worker who's been there for a while. gosh, i had to answer sooooo many phone calls! i hate answering phone calls, explaining our different programs, giving directions to our new place, and scheduling appointments for DTs and conferences....IN KOREAN! it's really a humbling experience. broken korean with people who have been put on hold. BUT like every other time i've worked, i get better and better at my job. i can now give SAT diagnostic tests to students, time them, and grade them. b/c i've been so humbled with some bad conversations on the phone, i feel alot more confident with some of the familiar questions that the parents have. it's funny how i only get calls from ahjumas and never the dads. haha.

summer school...

for roll, my teachers wants us to tell us what our names mean and how we got it...and anything else that is interesting about it...

teacher: philip chung.
me: (philip = lover of horses). i don't know what my name means.
teacher: well let's see. Philip means rider of horses. something with horses.
me: oh.
random student with laptop: it actually means LOVER of horses.
teacher: oh well there you go. lover of horses!
me: (thanks alot butthole!). you can call me phil.

so my teacher is gay. not happy. not annoying or retarded. he's a homosexual. i've never had a homosexual teacher before. you know, we're called to love all sinners...even gay people. but goodness, it's so hard to think of/love them as normal people b/c they're just so blatantly different. it's not like they try to act masucline or anything. they act gay with PRIDE! it's quite distracting for me in this educaitonal setting. however, i'm glad that my writing class is a little different from the regular course during the year. instead of 4 papers, i only have to do 3. and instead of picking my own topic and researching it, we read from a book and research stuff to have evidence specifically for that book. man, no hot girls in my class. well, there's this one cute vietnamise girl but she's nothing special. and there's this one intimidating girl who wears a grip of makeup. very hoochie you know? what's even more unattractive is her voice...the smoker's voice. very deep and coarse. definitely not fitting for girls. i think this course is going to be the fastest 5 weeks for me. it's not as bad as i think it'll be.

Thought of the Day: "Oh MAaan!"
Song of the Day: Blackstreet & Mya-Take Me There ABC Remix