Waiting for "Superman"

This is the only documentary that has ever brought me to tears. I need to learn to become a teacher of excellence.

Thought of the Day: Sick

It was fun, girl

Tomorrow is my last day of Winter Camp, which means pizza, Pocari Sweat, and prizes! Out of all the English Camps I've taught, I prepared the most for this one and feel like all the brainstorming and hard work really paid off. I received three student evaluations so far, and they all chose 'Very Satisfied' with the camp. I wonder what the other six will say, but whatever they write...it was fun, girl.

Here's the music video we made in class for our final activity that I'll be showing tomorrow.

Thought of the Day: Milk
Song of the Day: Bruno Mars-Marry You

Fighting!

Here's my first post for 2014. With all of our hopes and wishes for this year, how about we start it off with some 화이팅?

I hear various people thinking about leaving for California this year. Is it a sign?

Thought of the Day: Dry Air
Song of the Day: 마익흘-The Konglish Song

Smaug

I had put off watching the second Hobbit movie due to lack of finances and interest, but I finally mustered enough will to reserve a ticket and make time before it disappeared from theaters. Although I was limited to a front row seat at a matinee hour, I was able to get a generous discount and appreciate a lowly anticipated movie with an AWESOME dragon.

That is one mean dragon. It's almost disappointing to know that he'll die in the next movie, which I had no idea about. I was sitting through the movie wondering how in the world Peter Jackson was going to wrap up this whole story in the next 30...20...10 minutes! And so when the movie ended with those awesome lines, "I am fire. I am...DEATH," I was half-disappointed that I'd have to watch another Hobbit movie but also satisfied with how this sequel ended. But yeah, I am totally a fan of Smaug now.

Thought of the Day: Jansport

"I wanna be a billionaire..."

Last night, I had a dream that I was in a Simpsons episode that parodied Korean culture in America. I somehow ended up living in that episode and went to an ATM to deposit a paycheck that was just over $200 so that I can buy some lottery tickets for this current Mega Millions jackpot. My paycheck ended up jamming the machine, and I had to leave the machine with many frustrated people who were in line behind me. I went to Hana Bank to tell them about my problem, but their wonderful solution was to wait. The end.

There is a Korean superstition about seeing a dragon, pig, dung, or gold (and I think even money) in a dream that could mean good luck. With the current jackpot nearing a billion, I wonder if I should get a lottery ticket.

Thought of the Day: Christmas Eve
Song of the Day: Bruno Mars-Billionaire

Stuck on States

I'm trying to think of three simple American history lessons that I can teach during my Winter Camp, but it's proving more difficult than expected. At one point, I thought of having the kids learn all 50 states of the U.S., but I'm still figuring out how I would do that. I wish I had the talent to somehow remember and perform the states through a song like Yakko's 'Nations of the World.'

I'll probably need a Plan B.

Thought of the Day: American History
Song of the Day: Study Music Project-Sweet Saturn

That's my team!

Thought of the Day: Creative Juices
Song of the Day: Huey Lewis-The Power of Love

Golden State

I never had a heart for the Warriors until last year's playoffs. Typical bandwagon, I know. But you gotta admit that they are one exciting team to watch. Did you guys see yesterday's amazing comeback?

It's pretty warm for December, and I like it.

Thought of the Day: EBS
Song of the Day: Jay Sean-Down

Melancholy

Are you feeling melancholy with the autumn season?

Thought of the Day: Atmosphere
Song of the Day: Oh Happy Day

Dear Mr. Watterson

Thought of the Day: Proofreading Done
Song of the Day: Canon in D

Holiday Hangover

It isn't easy coming back to school after two consecutive weeks of 4-5 day weekends. It's like a holiday hangover that you're trying to recover from. But thank goodness for Hanguel. And thank goodness we're celebrating it tomorrow.

BTW, Breaking Bad was awesome.

Thought of the Day: Bad Morning Commercials

lol

I see a lot of humor on the Internet, but this picture actually made me laugh out loud.

I love midterms.


Thought of the Day: Windows Updates

Good Afternoon

During lunch...

Teacher: Yummy lunch! 수제비 very yummy! Double yummy!

Me: Yeah. Very good.

Teacher: Crazy yummy.

Sometimes, it's impossible to correct someone who is just so confident...or should I say 'double confident?'

Colorado

I saw this picture of the Colorado floods on CNN this morning. Can you imagine being overwhelmed by so much rain? Incredible.

Thought of the Day: Ringtones
Song of the Day: Sara Groves-Miracles

Monday > Thursday

Here's a picture Nate showed me a while back that I just happened to find online to use for a lesson I'm preparing. As bad as Mondays are, Thursdays happen to be my hardest days. Aside from being so far yet so close to the weekend, a chunk of my worst classes happen to all fall straight in a row right before lunch. Those morning classes truly kill my appetite. It's days like Thursday that make me see Monday on the brighter side. Boat! Land!

Thought of the Day: 닭도리탕
Song of the Day: John Mayer-St. Patrick's Day

Best In-Game Dunker

He was so good when he was in the Raptors.

Thought of the Day: Finally Friday
Song of the Day: 6kies-Run Away

Thank God It's Friday

This has become my new Friday celebration song. Thank God indeed.

Thought of the Day: Rain
Song of the Day: Dr. Dre-Keep Their Heads Ringin'

Blast from the Past

Our new EM pastor is arriving soon, so we thought about getting the church laptop cleaned up for him without any bugs or problems. Reformatting didn't take very long, and it was totally MY pleasure. Believe me.

As we were browsing through the files and folders to back up, we stumbled upon a picture from the past.

That's 2008! So much has happened to and within the ministry since then. The small remnant are hopeful for new changes in the coming months and years.

Thought of the Day: Goose!

Song of the Day: Beach Boys-Kokomo

Final Week of Vacation

What a week!

Thought of the Day: Photoshoot
Song of the Day: Eminem-Till I Collapse

Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.

Growing up with a healthy obsession with dinosaurs, Jurassic Park probably had to be one of the best movies of my childhood. In fact, it was the only time I can clearly remember my whole family going out to watch a movie together. I loved how the dinosaurs seemed so real throughout the entire movie. So real that my brother cried when the T-Rex made its first memorable appearance. It was the perfect movie.

In fact, it was so perfect that I even asked my dad to buy me the original soundtrack. So perfect that I begged my mom to buy me the original Michael Crichton novel along with the The Lost World hardcover edition even though I was only in 5th grade and couldn't understand 80% of it. So perfect that we bought it on video from Costco and my brother and I watched it at least 30 times. "Shoot huh! Shoot huh!" It was seriously da bomb.

Unfortunately, the sequels were nowhere nearly as good although I was always excited to watch them and still look forward to the fourth one supposedly coming out in 2015. I never rewatched any of the sequels until last night when I had nothing better to do and decided to relive one of my childhood memories. I never knew that Vince Vaughn was in the Lost World! He's not so money with dinosaurs.

Anyway, I have to watch the third one now even though it got the worst ratings out of the three on IMDB. It seems as if there will never ever be a great dinosaur movie again like Jurassic Park.