Biiig Bang!

April got Big Bang Concert Tickets and was kind enough to invite me, Nate, and Jung to this female madness.

We even got to say hi to Jinu (from Jinusean) who hooked her up with the tickets. We even got to see Ha Ji Won a few rows in front of us...

although I couldn't get a clear picture of her face.

We even got to see Big Bang pretty close up. That G-Dragon boy was pretty small.

Here is Jung with her Big Bang socks.

And Big Bang with their 마지막 인사 where my camera ran out of memory.

Thanks again, April!

Thought of the Day: Nate hating on 지용.

Song of the Day: Big Bang-Tonight

Spring Fever

3:00A.M. You know you were pretty sick when you wake up in the middle of the night realizing that you've gotten so much better and can't fall back asleep because you can't stop thinking about it. I literally thought about going home early after every single class yesterday. By my last class, I would just cough my lungs out and look up to the ceiling for mercy. Them last 20 minutes were brutal. I don't know what my dad gave me, but I think they were antibiotics. Thank God for antibiotics! I never thought I'd welcome spring with a flu/fever/cold.

Thought of the Day: Webcam

Song of the Day: Lee Hyun-내꺼중에 최고

예술이다

I came home from basketball only to find my desk strangely messy yet artistic at the same time. It pretty much represents the tornado I go through before leaving for the courts. Too bad my game is pretty messy too.

Today, while I was going for a fast break, a defender hit the ball to my crotch and I was in pain. I tried to play it off, but everyone noticed how uncomfortable I looked and how I kept bending over with my hands on my knees. This is something you cannot merely "walk off." I guess I made things look more ridiculous by continually telling people that I was alright when I really wasn't. Hit to the crotch. Ain't no art in that.

Thought of the Day: Broken Bike

Song of the Day: SNSD-Hoot

Hoop Dreams

Last night, I had a dream that the Lakers were playing soccer against Korea's World Cup team. Korea lost 1-4, and I was so mad. How does a nation's soccer team lose to a basketball team in their own sport?!

Thought of the Day: Friday Night

Song of the Day: Lee Young Jin-바이러스

Who woulda thunk it?

Not me. =D

Thought of the Day: Charley's Interview

Song of the Day: The St. Francis Choir Feat. Ryan Toby-Oh Happy Day

Seoul Drives Me Crazy

There's a lot I've learned to put up with and accept in Korea. From the smoking inside the bars to the pushing in the subway stations, I've come to tolerate and even "assimilate" into many things. But there are three particular things that still upset me and they all happen to be related to Seoul drivers. I hate...

1. How the drivers pay no attention to ambulances.

I think it's the most ridiculous scene when the ambulance is struggling to get through the intersection as if it were playing Frogger with other cars. Nobody moves out of the way nor stops to let the emergency vehicle through. The siren can cry all it wants, but the ambulance will just be another noisy car in Seoul that is trying to be 빨리빨리.

2. How nobody signals.

I didn't realize how much of a problem this was until I started riding my bike in the streets. In my American mind I'm thinking that if you don't signal, you're going to go straight, not make surprise turns! I can pretty much think of a couple of times everyday where I probably could have died if I had not second guessed a driver's SIGNAL-LESS decision to turn. I really hate the stereotype too, but you 아줌마s drive me nuts!

3. How the air is so bad.

Maybe it's because I spend a lot of time outdoors, but sometimes I straight up feel like I'm smoking. I will purposefully exhale out of my mouth just because it feels like I will somehow get rid of the many toxins that have entered my virgin lungs. It honestly discourages me from running outside for exercise because I think it will do me more harm than good. The Shenyang population might think I'm being a baby, but all I know is that living in this city doesn't do a body good. And because of the two former reasons, I blame the millions of Seoul drivers for the bad air.

Just like the education system or the peace talks with North Korea, I guess there is no simple solution. But the drivers really can learn to signal!

In other news, I chose a new book for my 아줌마 class and showed it to them today. More than the content or the difficulty of the material, they were happier with the colors and the size of the letters. Hilariousness.

Thought of the Day: Phoenix Park

Song of the Day: Cleo-Good Time

"Turbo" Galbi & 설날 Food

Mom: Why do you always take pictures of food?

Me: To show Simon (what's he missing out on).

Thought of the Day: Kiss of Dragon

Song of the Day: Mayday-Oran-G

Killing Them Softly

For Nate. And anyone else who has never seen Chapelle's best. And again for everyone who already has.






Thought of the Day: 설날
Song of the Day: Chae Yeon-봐봐봐

Old School Thinkers

"We ought to be willing to suffer the loss of all worldly goods without regret."

-John Calvin

"'You’ve lost your homes. You’ve lost maybe loved ones. You’ve lost this, you’ve lost that.’ He says, ‘Well, tell me. Have you lost Christ’s love? Have you lost the Holy Spirit? You haven’t lost anything. You value these things too highly. What your faith is about is your possession of Christ.'"

-Dr. S. Donald Fortson III on St. Augustine in The City of God

"We have to tell of an earnest Savior, an earnest heaven, and an earnest hell. How earnest we ought to be when we remember that in our work we are dealing with souls that are immortal, with sin that is eternal in its effects, with pardon that is infinite, and with terrors and joys that are to last forever and ever!"

-C.H. Spurgeon from The Soul Winner

Thought of the Day: Basketball

Song of the Day: Mighty Mouth-Tok Tok