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