I already know it's not going to be good, but dude...IT'S BIGGIE! I'm genuinely sad that they won't be playing it in Seoul. "Cause if you don't know, now you know."

Thought of the Day: Smokes.
Song of the Day: 토이 - 뜨거운 안녕 (feat 이지형)

I had forgotten just how good BoA's dancing skills were. I really have to admit that she's talented material. It's kinda strange seeing how much more mature she looks now too. I still remember when she debuted when I was a freshmen in high school. I wonder what her life is like. Probably almost as tough as mine. Haha.

Here is my picture of my not-s0-small group. Finally, our first day where everyone is there. Our group is really interesting because it's supposed to consist of the younger young adults but somehow ended up getting the high school girls too. We have a colorful makeup of people, so it's been cool seeing how we have the common bond in Christ. I secretly get happy when people tell me that they wished that they were in our group. You know how we do.

The other day, Jae hooked me up with an assignment where I had to research how cell phones work. The day before that, I had to finish reading "Ender's Game" in a couple of days. I seriously got a taste of what it feels like to be a student again. It was stressful yet stimulating and rewarding at the same time. Of course, I wouldn't choose to do it again, but it was good to use the noggin after a while...but losing sleep sucked.

Thought of the Day: Classical 2
Song of the Day: BoA-Eat You Up

We've all heard that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. But this cover really set my expectations at an all time low for any book. Two words. Gay Megaman. But the book was SO much better than its cover. I actually enjoyed reading it even though I had to read 200 pages in two days. On the back of the book it says Ages 10 and up. Ain't no book for 10 year olds!

"I'm hurting you to make you a better soldier in every way. To sharpen your wit. To intensify your effort. To keep you off balance, never sure what's going to happen next, so you always have to be ready for anything, ready to improvise, determined to win no matter what. I'm also making you miserable. That's why they brought you to me, Bean. So you could be just like me. So you could grow up to be just like the old man...But I'll be watching you, more compassionately than you know, and when the time is right you'll find what I'm your friend, and you are the soldier you want to be."
-Ender from Ender's Game

I recently started to use my cell phone as my T-Money card through the SIM. But as I was getting off and scanning my phone, the guy in front of me roughly pushed his way out the bus and knocked my cell phone to the ground. Battery and case popped out. No scan. Even though the guy apologized after seeing what he had done, I was so angry at him. Man, if it had broken, I would've ended him just like Ender ended Bonzo. I'm not going to use my phone as T-Money anymore. Back to Janet's original card!

Thought of the Day: How Does Cell Phone Work?
Song of the Day: 동방신기-주문

One thing I really regret doing is watching one clip of "This Boy's Life" before even finishing the book. After seeing De Niro and DiCaprio in action, I couldn't stop picturing them whenever I was reading about Dwight and Jack. However, I thought it was a remarkable story considering it was a true one. Obviously, the movie wasn't nearly as good as the book.

“Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming to an end. Before we get it we live in a continuous present, and imagine the future as more of that present. Happiness is a endless happiness, innocent of its own sure passing. Pain is endless pain.”
-Tobias Wolff from This Boy’s Life

I recently finished reading the Bible in one year. Although I'd like to say that I know so much more about God's Word compared to a year ago, I only realize how little I know. Just like everyone else, I gotta keep reading.

The currency exchange rate is heinous these days. The problem is I have to send money really really soon. Plus, I hear my car is dying even after repair after repair. If you have a heart for the Chungs, please pray for us...and pay for my brother's gas.

Funny...

Me: This hat is fake. It's like 32,000won at Eurofoot, but I got it for 10,000won at Itaewon.
Student: Itaewon is power!

Thought of the Day: Pets.
Song of the Day: Mika Nakashima-Oborozukiyo~Inori

I realized that I'm not into sci-fi books.

"I never thought she would do this to me. In the darkness of the backseat I sat rigid and mute, punching her, slapping her, calling her names. I took away the blue convertible I was going to give her, the furs and filmy clothes. I threw her out of the mansion. Then I let her back in. There was no choice. And later, whenever I heard Ray Charles sing "I Can't Stop Lovin' You," I just had to stop and get sad for a while."

I feel you, Toby.

I didn't know that both of these books were made into movies.

Yesterday, I got my window screen and toilet seat installed. My dad and I are finally settled in!

Thought of the Day: Can't go back if I wanted to. Wouldn't go back if I can.
Song of the Day: Ray Charles-I Can't Stop Lovin' You

I finished hakwon. But you know what? My life isn't significantly better as I had expected it to be. Although my workload and stress have been sawed in two, I make less money and have more occasions where I am bored and/or lonely. But would I go back to Elite? Heck no.

I live in a new place with my own room. Few people know that I've never had my own room in my life. Growing up, I always roomed with Simon. In college, I always had a roommate or two. And just when I thought I'd finally be independent in Korea, my dad decided to keep me dependent. But not anymore! I live in a new place with my own room.

My dad and I have our own sofas in our rooms. A few nights ago, I saw these very decent pieces of furniture just sitting outside on the corner of a street. I brought my dad to the scene, but we weren't sure if we were allowed to take them. It was funny seeing my dad looking around to see if we could just jack them without getting caught by anyone. However, I suggested him to ask the 노래방 right by us, and they told us that we'd actually be doing them a favor by taking them. So we did. Those suckers gave us quite a workout. Totally worth it though.

My computer no longer has a single problem. Ever since I reformatted my computer, it couldn't hibernate whenever I closed the lid and had problems playing any dvds. Plus, it recently started to duplicate any files that I saved or moved onto Desktop. But after going through several tech forums and downloading the one video card driver I've been ignoring for the longest time, everything now works perfectly! I actually prayed about my computer problems too. I literally felt my body relax after I got these things to work.

I took the screen protector off my cell phone. I was very disappointed with my phone two days after getting it. I actually regretted changing my fat Anycall phone to this slim Sky phone. But after looking at one of my old students' phone and seeing how clean it looked without the screen protector, I decided to take mine off too. I now like my phone again.

I took the protector case off my ipod. I've actually been meaning to take off the bulging case a while back, but I always forgot about it as I've been using the case ever since I got my ipod 3.5 years ago. But after taking the case off a couple of days ago (finally), I now like my ipod again as well.

I finally made a separate music folder for R&B songs. I've never been a huge fan of R&B but started to listen to some of Chris Brown's music after watching those So You Think You Can Dance videos. This is actually pretty crazy for me.

I started wearing my winter pajamas and slippers around the house. I wear green Gap pajama pants that I got from Wilburt for my college freshmen year Christmas present. At the time, I was very disappointed with the gift but now am ever grateful for it as I wear them every fall and winter. The slippers that I speak of are not my Happy Feet slippers (not yet, at least). My dad had always nagged me about wearing slippers in the house to keep my feet from getting dirty and cold. I always found it to be so bothersome that I never listened to him. But after moving into our new place, I don't know why I listen to him. It's still really bothersome and makes my feet sweat sometimes. He's happy about it.

I started watching 별은 내 가슴에. This is an old school drama too many people have always told me to watch. Well, Jae hooked it up a few days ago after a brief discussion of 최진실's unfortunate death. I watched the first episode just now and found myself laughing at so many corny and dramatic parts. But there's something very special about the late 90's era in my heart. I'm also watching it to expand Korean vocabulary, and I guess in memory of 최진실.

I started to use the 5kg weights that Brian left with me. One con about 당산1동 is that there's no place to go running, my healthiest stress reliever. Plus, it's getting cold now, so I do all of my exercise indoors. 5kg weights aren't much, but they can be used for some cardio with reps of 100 on each arm.

I watched the presidential debates for the first time in my life. I guess with this historical election and financial crisis, I actually have some interest in who becomes president this time. The debates helped me to be more certain of expecting Obama to win. Those and SNL skits.

What a season of change! I wonder if it's all healthy for me.

Thought of the Day: Hibernate.
Song of the Day: YMGA feat. 엄정화-Tell It To My Heart

Thank you, Dinko, for

and helping me to solve video card driver problem. Now I can watch Arrested Development and The Office Season 4 on my notebook! I also figured out how to get rid of duplicate files on my desktop after browsing through countless forums.

Enoch, return to me!

Thought of the Day: 방충망
Song of the Day: Candi Pierson-Sing To The King

I took a few pictures of my new place, but they make it look very 어설퍼...kinda like this picture. However, my dad and I have our own rooms, so we are very happy about that.

Drools, spits, farts, and even steals my food. As his mother always says to me, "애스셨어요!"

Thought of the Day: 눈병.
Song of the Day: Michael Buble-Home

I haven't done this in a while, but I randomly decided to look through the CPC xanga group and see what's going on in random people's lives. Apparently, everyone likes to lock up their blogs in case people might find out a little about their personal lives. I wonder why they even xanga then. Anyhow, I came upon Alvin's xanga and took a good 10 minutes to watch this year's youth group summer retreat slideshow. Man, I had so many mixed emotions. So many cute kids who grew up to look old and disgusting. Lots of unfamiliar faces but also unexpected ones that I familiarize. But the strongest thought that came to mind was, "If I went back to teach in the youth group right now, it would be a completely different youth group." And that made me sad.

I got three different plans canceled this week. But after getting the last one canceled, I decided to push hard for the second one that didn't work out. They finally agreed to meet. Unfortunately, the food and conversation did not. Maybe that was God's way of telling me that He cancels plans for good reasons. We often tell ourselves that when things don't work out, it's because God has something better for us. But maybe, sometimes things don't work out because He's keeping bad things from happening to us too. I hate learning the hard way.

Me: So how's preparing for midterms going?
David: Damn!

Thought of the Day: 구로역
Song of the Day: Younha-Yubikiri