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haha. so i guess my attempt to start blogging this year failed. nearly half a year goes by and i have my next entry. (what, june already?!)

some thoughts post CA trip.

• it was cool. chill. cool~
• things we did. thurs: the grove, griffeth observatory. fri: venice beach/canal, in n out, lacma lights, tar pits(sorta). sat: getty villa, meet up amy and sarah in dtla at wurstkuche, tacos. sun: camping leo carillo. mon-camping leo carillo. tuesday: just hanging out.. watch neighbors. ate at kickin' crab (freaking good). wed: buy oranges in riverside, go home
• great seeing old friends and getting the crew back together. i wish we could hang out more often like every weekendish or something. but obviously we can't because i live on the other side of the country. which makes me wonder... these past vacations/trips i've been on recently have been memorable. i think it's mostly because of the people i was with (not just cause of the sights i see). but what makes my life at home and my time on vacation so different? why do i enjoy those times more? do i just long for the travel? maybe it's just good to get away from work? or is it that i just dont find something (dunno what) that i find when i'm not in atl? thoughts to be continued~ maybe (not guaranteed...)
• should have ate more tacos
• idono why i craved lee's sandwiches
• wish i could have caught a dodgers game. i think they had a game every night i was there~
• wanted to ride bikes by the beach but didn't work out.. =/
• i miss you friends.. forever greatful for your friendship.

maybe i'll start writing in a blog in 2014...

I totally forgot I had a blog.

Many things have happened since Day 1 of teaching...

For one thing, I have extended my original 6 months contract. So I'm still in Korea.

Yesterday was a good day. There is a new park that just opened in my town. There was an opening ceremony going on. I was only able to see about 20 minutes of it. But it was great. Such happiness. With so many citizens of Mungyeong coming to take part of this occasion. The shows, the fireworks, the people. It was awesome to be a part of. Even if I had to leave like instantly.

The reason I had to leave was because my friend and I had decided to start dance classes. It was fun, I just didn't know what was going on most of the time. And I didn't know what to do. Hahaha.
But it was fun.
I was the only guy in there though. My friend didn't tell me that would happen.

I had a great Wednesday night.

Day 1 of teaching was... a bit crazy. and went by too quickly for me to enjoy or reflect on I think. I'll try my best.

Started with 1st graders (who knows no English), 4th grade, and 6th grade.. I just felt like no kids overall knew any English. It was hard. One girl kept trying to 똥짐 me. It was really hectic.
I felt like talking in English got absolutely nowhere. I'm confused now. There was an EPIK teacher last year, I'm really wondering how she communicated with the kids if she knew no Korean...
Overall, it was madnesssssssssssssssssss! I felt like nothing got accomplished today. =[

Well after school was better. It was the school dinner with all the staff people. Dinner was good. It was 회 or seafood. My table didnt seem to eat much (well, a lot of food came out), so I got full from sushi (a hard feat). My table didnt really drink much so that was convenient in a way I guess. The other half of the room seemed to have more of the drinking people. Whatevs, it was all good. There was "round 2." All the teachers went to 노래방, or karaoke, and I loosened up some more. Sang a couple of the limited Korean oldies I knew. I think it was the first time a lot of the teachers saw me speak Korean. I think that made the teachers feel more comfortable with me since I knew Korean. I'm happy. I think the teachers generally like me now. Hehehehe.
I don't think the "I was just reading the Korean words off the screen" excuse will really work.

The day ended well... Tomorrow will be another day of teaching. It will be a smaller school. Hopefully it will have a better crowd of students.

I was too afraid of love.. Didn't want to make pains again.. It was too soon.. And now it's too late

So this weekend was interesting. The plan was to hop on the train to Seoul with no plan and just do something. Ha... not much of a plan at all.

It was tough for me. As I had the best knowledge of the area. That means....... We have no knowledge of what to do and where to go. But that is what makes things fun. hahaha

Went to Namdaemun Market. Then to Deahagno. Then to Coex. Then to Sinsa area. (that's just one day). The second day seemed a bit more organized. But maybe that's because we had a more exact plan of what to do. Go to church and get back to Jochiwon. Haha.

But again, it was fun. And tiring. Only danger is.... time and/or money can be wasted. But memories will still last. haha

So... if you don't know. I am still in Korea. Or, back in Korea rather...
I don't know if you would say it was a rather rash or hasty decision to come back... But I realize there are always be things you will miss if you are away from home. You know... you'll miss anything if you're anywhere, but it's when things are going on at home, it's where you feel bad. Maybe this is my first ever ever ever sign of home sickness.

If only people can be in more than one place at once. Hahahaha, that's what many people say. But then that would really lose meaning of you 'just being there.' no?

Anyways... Quick update/recap. I made a quick decision to come to Korea in Dec-Jan to teach at the hakwon in Daegu. After that decision, I decided to stay longer and applied to the TaLK program (English teaching program in Korea). Thus requiring me to run around applying and finding the correct documents to send to the TaLK office before I hopped onto the plane to Korea a week or two later... I got accepted...

So.. Since they offer a round trip ticket, I decided to utilize that. I went home to Atlanta with my original plane ticket. And now I'm back to Korea...

I really didn't do much in Atlanta when I went back. Ate some American type foods, hooked up some computers in our house, and met a couple friends. I was jetlagged so not much going on at night. Though it was great to see the JAMA people come in town. =]

So yeah.... thus begins another adventure in Korea. I think I come too much. I don't really know why anymore. Am I looking for my roots? Is it just comfortable for me? Is it... just where I need to be? Haha. I think the answer is 'yes' for all of them. It's been a couple days now since the TaLK orientation has started. Too many people to meet....... Would be great to meet everybody. Haha