I actually got super sick on Christmas night. My fever was so bad on Thursday that my boss even sent me home an hour early, which she only did for me one other time last year. Anyways, it's been a true test of patience and perseverance preparing for my SAT class every night with my unfavorable conditions. Yesterday, one of my students asked what other subjects I teach. I told her that I pretty much do anything that the hakwon tells me to do since I'm their lil slave boy. Well, I finished teaching that class and as one of Elite's slave boys, I couldn't help but think of the words, "Free at last, free at last." Here are some beautiful lyrics to a song that was written around the time of black slavery called, "Free at Last," that I've never even listened to:

Free at last, free at last
I thank God I'm free at last
Free at last, free at last
I thank God I'm free at last

Way down yonder in the graveyard walk
I thank God I'm free at last
Me and my Jesus going to meet and talk
I thank God I'm free at last

On my knees when the light pass'd by
I thank God I'm free at last
Tho't my soul would rise and fly
I thank God I'm free at last

Some of these mornings, bright and fair
I thank God I'm free at last
Goin' meet King Jesus in the air
I thank God I'm free at last

In Roots, the African American slaves would tell their dead loved ones that they were finally free. I think that's so beautiful...and true.

Thought of the Day: Nolita.
Song of the Day: Big Bang-거짓말

"Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas..."
-Frank Sinatra

My junior year in high school was the worst Christmas I ever had. I was bedridden with the flu and spent the entire day reading Grapes of Wrath for winter break homework. However, this year's Christmas totally outdoes my junior year. For the past 24 hours, I've been stuck inside my room working on SAT Math problems and reading Fantastic Mr. Fox and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, making worksheets and tests for those books. This job is driving me nuts. This year, Frank, I'm gonna have to pass.

Thought of the Day: "Poppycock!"
Song of the Day: Fall Out Boy-Yule Shoot Your Eye Out

Guess who's going to China?

2008 will have Lovefest!

Thought of the Day: Ice-cream Waffles!!!
Song of the Day: Mika Nakashima-Oborodzukiyo ~Inori

Every once in a blue moon, my boss will ask me to teach SAT math to some high school kids from abroad. The thing is, I'm not too good with math to begin with. But SAT math just really makes my life so much more difficult. More than your math skills and ability, it's all about the shortcuts and strategies. Too bad I lack both. I was truly humbled today when one my students finished all of his quiz corrections and homework IN class while I had had a head start on some of the homework problems. He finished everything (50 problems) while I was stuck on #16.

Towards my last couple of classes, I decided to "challenge" one of my private writing students with impossible problem #16. The second year middle school student simply replied, "Oh, I had a problem just like this on my test last week!" He graciously showed me how to do it on the board. He even showed me two different ways. By the time he had left, I only remembered half of his explanation. But right before finishing my last class, I was finally able to see things from a different angle and solve the problem easily. *phew* It's times like these that cause me to reconsider becoming a math teacher. Koreans are so good at math!

Thought of the Day: China.
Song of the Day: The Brilliant Green-Koi wa Kirakira Boshi

"My comrade. We will fight through Seoul together and prevail. After Seoul, we'll be invincible."
-from Jaepil Kim's Christmas Card

I am a firm believer that struggle can bring people together. Look at your past mission trips, study groups, college friends, and now for some, your fellow coworkers. That's partly why the Church is so awesome; we're all broken, but we help each other out. I told my small group that I'm kinda sadistic in the sense that I love hearing about their hardships. However, that stuff encourages me cause it reminds me that I'm not alone. If I struggle, I'm sure you're struggling, too. If you're struggling, I assure you that I'm right beside you.

But speaking of difficulty,





I am way out of shape.

It's been a while since I've gone hiking. I think we're going to keep it that way again.

Thought of the Day: Sauna.
Song of the Day: Fernando Ortega-More Love To Thee

I had forgotten how funny The Office was. Season 3 is awesome!

Thought of the Day: Lost
Song of the Day: Alanis Morissette-You Oughta Know

I've been feeling really tired almost everyday. The funny thing is that I'm getting a lot of sleep, too...like +8 hours these days. I've been having some hard days, but I don't think I'm particularly depressed. However, I do find myself not smiling as much either, which actually isn't saying much since I don't smile very much to begin with. It's something that I really want to work on though. I always used to despise people who never looked happy. Sadly, I've become one of those despicable people.

"Christianity is not just for Sunday mornings. It's for difficult Monday mornings."
-Dennis Kang

Pastor Dennis is such a faithful preacher. He is one man who never fails to help me smile. Happy Monday.

Thought of the Day: 식곤증
Song of the Day: Wu-Tang Clan-16th Chamber (ODB Special)

David: Doofus!
Paul: Do you want to die?
Me: Hey, just tell him to be quiet!
Paul: (turns around to look at David) SHUT UP!

Thought of the Day: Superbad.
Song of the Day: Yoon Do Hyun Band-나는 나비

Looks like we have another young pop group with a catchy song that my white coworker, Brian, likes, 현조 누나 had on her cyworld music, and 정원 sang last night. It's crazy cause I just found out that the leader of the group is G-Dragon who originally started off solo when he was only 12 years old. I remember listening to his first song on Perry's first (and last) album back in high school. So weird. Them Wonder Girls still appear to be quite popular, too. As I was walking home today, I saw two girls waving at me from afar. But as we came to a closer distance, I realized that they were just doing the Tell Me dance. So weird.

My friend, Christine, took her huge Teachers Exam today. I texted her a few hours ago, but she never responded back. I'm really afraid that she is depressed and stressed out about not doing well. She didn't handle it too well last year. If there's one thing Christine,종성, and my dad have taught me, it's that isolation is very unhealthy. People were not meant to live alone.


My middle school students are preparing for their finals at school, so none of them studied for my review test last week. This student received a 2/100. That's a whopping 2%.


Here's a happy picture of Jung pretending to not be too cool to play with me. I like her because she's weird.


December's here!

Thought of the Day: 사랑니
Song of the Day: Big Bang-거짓말

In my Monday/Wednesday LG class, I have this one student named Ryan. He's probably the youngest member (32 years old?), but he looks, acts, and lives really young. It's really funny whenever he tells me that he went to check out a new club during the weekend cause clubbing is one of his hobbies (really REALLY hard to imagine). He recently came back from Switzerland, so he's been pretty jetlagged with the 8 hour time difference. I asked him what he did to help him fall asleep, and he told me that he played with his Nintendo DS. Isn't that hilarious?

I'm no 32 year old, but I'm definitely over video games. I pretty much lost interest after Puzzle Fighter and DDR way back in high school. It's really shocking for Koreans to hear that I don't play ANY computer games cause it's such a big part of their lives. But the funny thing is, after today's conversation about Ryan's Nintendo DS, I'm foolishly starting to want one too. Playing Mario or Tetris on the subway doesn't seem too bad of an idea, especially when you're always seeing grown men in business suits playing Yoshi unabashedly when they're sitting right next to you. It's 150,000won in Korea but $130 in the U.S. What's up with that?

Thought of the Day: Christmas Mixes.
Song of the Day: Raveonettes-The Christmas Song

Enoch's family was awesome enough to invite me, my dad, and Jaepil over for Thanksgiving yesterday.

















Today, Jaepil took a few of us church people to this place called 구룡 마을. It's basically this area full of shacks that are prohibited by the government, but people still live there cause they cannot afford to pay for housing in Seoul.

The irony is that three bus stops away, there are some of the most expensive apartments in Korea. Many of those residents probably have no idea that 구룡 마을 even exists. You can see the tall buildings in the background. What an encouraging view for these people, right?

I knew that Korea had some ghetto areas, but I never knew it'd have places this impoverished. As I told one of our fellow kyopos from California, "Ain't no Cerritos!"

Fantastic weekend.

Thought of the Day: Busan.
Song of the Day: Utada Hikaru-Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX-

I just got back from having a Thanksgiving Dinner (samgyupsal) with my coworker, Brian. I asked him what he was thankful for, and he said that he felt like he was moving up in life in terms of making money and having hopes for a good future. I told him that as a Christian, I was grateful that I had a good church in Korea because one's church can have a great effect on the other parts of that person's life. Of course, this opened up a can of worms, and we discussed Christianity and my experiences with it.

I feel like my conversations about God or the Bible don't really go anywhere. It usually ends up with the non-Christian respecting what I believe and him just continuing to accept his life of uncertainty and trying to make the most of his time on earth. They don't really ask me questions or challenge my faith in Christ. Why are they so afraid of offending me? Isn't it supposed to be the other way around? Truly, hearts of stone can only be made into flesh by the Creator of all hearts. There is seriously NOTHING in my hands!

Anyways, here's a few things that I'm consistently grateful for:

1. Family-My family may be separated, but I think there's a lot of love in our Chung unit. I'm not even talking about divorce, adultery, or communication issues. We're just very healthy and happy with one another!

2. Health-I don't have any ear infections, sore throats, neck pains, or even any allergies! I don't even know what a migraine feels like because I've never had one in my life. I can't remember the last time I had real health insurance, but I've been doing fine without it.
*You may not believe this, but ever since I took my brain and behavior classes in college, I've always had a strong appreciation for the various physical and mental abilities I have like visual perception or motor skills. Take a minute to think about the complex activities you are able to do thanks to a healthy and functional brain. Brilliant!

3. Job-I know that I don't have the best job in the world, but I sure am able to provide for myself and my family. There are too many people in the world who are working twice the amount that I do without getting paid half the money I make. Less complaining, more thanking.

4. Shelter-I've never had to sleep in the streets, garage, or even a car. I have a bed, blanket, desk, computer, internet, bathroom...the works. I know a homeless man who sleeps outside about a block away from my place. He'd kill to live inside here.

5. Safety-I don't have to worry about being abused, tortured, or killed. I don't know what war is like. There are no oppressors or dangerous threats where I live. There are children in Africa who are always on the run cause they're either going to get mutilated or brainwashed into mutilating others.

6. Friends-I've never had to worry about being lonely. Wherever I've gone, the Lord has blessed me with amazing people who can make me laugh and smile. I am comforted by the idea that there is at least one friend who is always praying for me. I get mad love for a person who doesn't really love that much.

7. Freedom of Religion-Lucky Number Seven would definitely have to be my freedom from persecution. I can read, pray, talk, and even sing about Christ without a single worry. I can freely gather with other Christians to worship God and even invite others to join us. It's all good.

8. Material Pleasures-I am always grateful for every song and movie I have access to. My cell phone provides excellent convenience for my Korean lifestyle, and I never fail to take my ipod wherever I go. I don't have much of a fashion sense, but I'm very happy with the clothes that I am able to wear every week. Thank you, laptop, for keeping me sane inside my household!

The list obviously never ends, but these are the big things that I'm consistently grateful for on a daily basis. Although they are all gifts from the Lord, some day, all of these things will disappear. What wonderful gifts does He have in store for us in our eternal home? Til then, y'all be grateful now!

Thought of the Day: Smell like potatoes.
Song of the Day: Stone Temple Pilots-Interstate Love Song

Fall was beautiful for many weeks, but I think Winter has finally kicked in. Today, I had to bust out my faithful black scarf and turn my shower faucet to half way to get the hot water going. I even started listening to Christmas music again. I forgot how cold and miserable winter could be. -2 degrees, dude! How do those Russians survive out there?

Here's a picture of one of my students' essays that was poorly written. As you can see, he was sorry about the bad work. I had a smile just as big as the one on the paper.

This is my favorite class at Elite: TOEFL. I have a love/hate relationship with this class cause they give me the most workload and stress, but it's also the most rewarding and fun. Their English is super good, so they can understand all of my jokes and even do a pretty good job of making me laugh too. It's also really interesting seeing puberty at work in these students.

Tomorrow's the last day I'll be seeing Mike and Karen. Freakin' two hit combo!

Thought of the Day: Cold.
Song of the Day: The Chi-Lites-Oh Girl

I am doing so much better with work these days. I remember for my first small group meeting, we went around sharing about our struggles. I told everyone how I was really hating my job and had pretty much no motivation to go into work. These days, I'm not exactly thrilled to go into hakwon, but I'm definitely not hating life anymore either. Thank you for your prayers, small group!

I'm really glad that I came to PCL. I started a Friday morning accountability group with Jaepil and Mike (Hyunsoo). We've been doing this 1 Year Bible reading schedule, and we meet every week to discuss the passages we read. I seriously wonder how much easier my first year in Korea would have been if I had been at this church sooner. Oh well, the Lord has His mysterious plans.


Some of us like to eat dinner together and hang out after small group. Last week, we randomly decided to walk across 한강 at night. I thought it was really cool.


For those of you who are curious about Enoch, he recently decided to come out to PCL as well. I went to go visit his place in Bundang over the weekend. He lives in a really nice place next to this crazy set of apartments. Reminds me of a Bundang version of Hyperion or something.


After meeting up with Enoch, I had a nice lil date with my ex-student, David. We watched a movie, ate Dos Tacos, and went to a board game room (finally). It's really cool cause they have just about every board game out there. But of course, what better board game to play than Monopoly (Korean stylez).


In this picture, David looks super happy and excited to play. But after losing five games in a row within two hours, I turned his smile UPSIDE DOWN. He literally picked up every Go To Jail card at least once every single game. I think it was the first time David ever saw me crack up.

His parents actually gave me a gift certificate to show their appreciation for the past several months. When I got home, I checked to see how much they had given me. Two 10,000won gift certificates to Hyundai Department Store. "20,000won? I don't know what I'm going buy with that much, but it was a nice gesture," I thought. As I was putting them back into the envelope, my eyes glanced at the amount again. Somehow, my eyes had read 100,000 as 10,000. What a spectacular gift!

Thought of the Day: Beer.
Song of the Day: Anyband-TPL (Talk, Play, Love)

삼겹살 is always good, but it was especially good tonight for some reason. Brian needs to go into this teacher workshop thing tomorrow morning that's only for non-Koreans because of some shady Canadian teacher who did some terrible things at a hakwon. It's time like these that I'm super glad that I'm a kyopo.

Just in case you didn't believe me...


Thought of the Day: Crying Shiljangneem.
Song of the Day: Yoon Do Hyun-먼 훗날

For the past several weeks, my students haven’t been able to stop chanting, “TELL ME, TELL ME, TeTeTeTe…TELL ME.” At first, I didn’t know they were singing the Wonder Girls song, and I’d tell them to stop being annoying. The other day, I saw two of my hakwon students doing some of the dance moves outside. One of my boy students (totally borderline gay) couldn’t stop singing and doing the dance in class. But I must confess that I now listen to the song on my ipod as it is now THE Korean pop song to sing and (apparently) dance to. The crazy thing is that the oldest girl in the group is 19 years old! The youngest ones are 15! Young singers like BoA or even Younha didn’t bother me much, but Wonder Girls have officially made me feel a bit older. Ugh, stupid catchy pop songs!

Last night, my private student, David, was super rude to me. He didn't serve me any food or drink, played his computer game with empty apologies, and whined about how bad his day was without telling me why. At one point, I was so indignant that I was about to get up and leave, but it's a good thing I was able to endure to the end. He kept asking me if I was available to play with him on Saturday even though I repeatedly told him I'd probably be busy. Five minutes before we ended tutoring, he told me that his parents were letting me go. He started tearing up and began to cry. I've never had a student who liked me this much before. As relieved I am about not having to tutor til 11:30 anymore, I'm really sad that I won't be seeing David anymore. I promised him that we'd play together on Saturday.

Lately, I've been having a hankering for a lot of junk food like chocolate or ramen. I think it's cause of the weather that's getting colder and colder. I haven't exercised in three weeks, and I don't plan to for another three months. My body's probably telling me to stock up some fat for the winter. It's slowly creeping up and for some reason, I'm kinda looking forward to it.

Thought of the Day: SAT pwned.
Song of the Day: Wonder Girls-Tell Me

Yesterday...

My second boss in command called me at 2:58am. I obviously screened her and went back to bed. I wonder why she called me at that hour. Whatever it was, I'm sure it wasn't anything positive.

My dad got a new cell phone yesterday after using his old phone for the past six years. I've never met anyone who has used a cell phone for that long. I wonder how long he'll keep this new one.

Last night, I finally watched 8월의 크리스마스 (Christmas in August). That movie was pretty sad. Freakin' Korean people and their sad movies and songs. For example, I've been listening to a lot of Lee Soo Young lately, and that singer really sings some melancholy stuff. But I guess you can't really blame her or the rest of Korea since we're a people of hardship.

Anyways, I would like to encourage you with these profound words that encouraged me yesterday:

“Worry is arrogance. Worry is always in the Bible…Anybody who worries thinks they know. Anybody who’s filled with anxiety, it’s arrogance cause you’re sure you know how things have to go. You’re sure you know what you need. You’re sure you know how history has to go.”

-Tim Keller

Thought of the Day: Ezekiel.
Song of the Day: Younha-약속

In Korea, there are thousands of people who are studying to become government officials or teachers. The difficult part is taking an extremely hard test that requires months and even years of studying. Since the competition is so fierce, the test preparation demands complete dedication where people have to take time off school, work, and even relationships. I recently found out that one of the members in my small group didn't pass his test. I remember when my cousin didn't pass hers. Now I'm afraid that my good friend, Christine, isn't going to pass her teacher exam that she has in exactly one month. I've seen her health deteriorate right before my eyes. Meeting her and talking to her every week has taught me the power of stress. She basically told me that no one could possibly understand what kinds of pain she has gone through since college. It's quite remarkable.

Edward is one of my former students who was trying to get into Minsa (very good foreign language high school). Although he is a Mokdong resident, he would take a taxi to Daechi everyday to go to another hakwon til 2am. He did not get into Minsa. I meet with LG employees four times a week, and they incessantly express how they hate their 13 hour job. There are thousands of people who'd kill to have their job. This country is developing at a phenomenal rate, and people are struggling to keep up with it. However, one thing is certain: people are not happy.

Seoul is so crazy. I never would've thought that I'd get a chance to see so much raw footage. Koreans are so exhausted and dreary. I've become so exhausted and dreary. Life is tough.

Thought of the Day: 안타깝다.
Song of the Day: Lee Soo Young-Come To Me

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

I'm going going, back to back, to CALI CALI!

Actually, I already went and just came back to Seoul. Here's a brief summary of what I did:




















































I was very fortunate to be able to finally finish reading all seven books of The Chronicles of Narnia while I was back home. I really liked the last part in the last book when they finally arrive in Aslan's country...

It was the Unicorn who summed up what everyone was feeling. He stamped his right fore-hoof on the ground and neighed, and then cried:

“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now. The reason why we loved the old Narnia is that it sometimes looked a little like this. Bree-hee-hee! Come further up, come further in!”

It was very wonderful to see family and friends again. It was amazing how much love I got from youth group kids to working young adults. I don't think I've ever hugged that many people in one day in my life! But of course, with every hello there must be a goodbye. As I was walking back to my Hongdae villa with all of my luggage, I actually felt sad that I was back in Korea. That's never happened before. If going back to California and seeing beloved people again was that sweet, then surely it must be nothing but a glimpse of what it will be like to go to our real and final home that will have no goodbyes. Thanks for the great week, everyone! Thank you, Lord, for giving me a real home.

Thought of the Day: Crush.
Song of the Day: Yangpa-그대를 알고