it is 1 degree Celsius out there right now. according to my phone's Unit Converter, that is exactly 33.8 degrees Farenheit. we have to remember that our experiences of cold and hot are all relative depending on what our bodies are used to. after inhabiting in a place like Southern California for four years, my body actually experiences farenheit temperatures at these blasted celsius temperatures. that totally reminds me of the time when Dinko came up north during the winter with his pathetic So. Cal sweater and beanie. ahahhahahahah. what a wonderful memory. anyways, one of my students got a text message in class from one of his friends that it was snowing (too bad he got his cell phone confiscated by 선생님 aka "Big Eyed Monster"). can you believe that? snow! if you look on Yahoo! Korea's weather forecast, it shows a snowman holding an umbrella for tomorrow's forecast. snow's cool, but having snow when you don't have the right clothes is not. i need to fatten up for the winter!

i'm listening to old Drunken Tiger albums again. i remember when i first saw these guys on SBS Inki Gayo bank in high school. i thought they were so gay. today, i see them as Korea's best hip hop group ever. and correct me if i'm wrong, but was that ODB on one of their tracks from the first album? haha. they also have this one song where they chant, "Drunk-en! Drunk-en! Ti-ger! Ti-ger!" freakin' Wu-Tang wannabes, man! oh well, they're pretty cool. hey, Dykas, IZ ASK HIZAY?!

for all you Priscilla fans, i visited her and Jane after 7.5 hour of nonstop hakwon. Priscilla made me a wonderful ham and egg sandwich with a Korean dressing, tuna salad. then i had some bomb green tea ice cream that everyone unanimously dislikes. anyways, it looks like they're going to be serving with me at my Sanbon church. i know Reverend Cho is going to be thrilled. we're still waiting for Grace's reply.

as i've shared in several emails already, last week was the worst possible week ever. scolded by boss, loan consolidation problems, shady nephew, and nth ear infection. i can go on and on about hardships and injustices, but let's put all that aside. i wanna talk about the struggles of the people that i see everyday. i have this one student who falls asleep every chance he gets. he has days where he goes to school by 8am and has hakwon nonstop until 1am. i see the same homeless guy outside on the subway steps wrapped up with his face buried in his jacket. i think he's too cold to beg. i've never seen more than a 1,000won worth of coins in his blue bowl. i complain about having to wait 15 min. in the cold for the 603 bus. that guy can't complain cause he doesn't even have enough money to get on a bus. i also wonder where all the blind beggars go when the subways close at 12. how do these people live?

struggle is so relative. when i'm having a bad day, i'm tempted to compare my life with these pitiful people. but i realize that their struggles will never compare to the struggles of Christ. God himself came down in humility and experienced struggles that no man will ever experience. i read in Acts today that "the apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name" (5:41). i suffer alright, but do i suffer because of my obedience to God? i need to work on changing my answer to YES.

Thought of the Day: Practice makes perfect.
Song of the Day: Drunken Tiger-Do Dat