Aug 9, 2003

Manning the Global Lounge alone.
Lisa Ono singing in the background. I decided to do this every Saturday when I'm in charge of the G.
No harm is there?
Until I receive any complaints, I intend to make the G a true lounge under my keep. Musically at least.
Maybe I'll try to experiment with other types of music that promote a study and conversation conducive environment.

nuff said bout that.

bought a sketch pad and some colored pencils yesterday. seems like im getting back into the flow. but unlikethe last time when I did water colors, I'm now experimenting with colored pencils. Not that I've never used them before. Its just that I have prefered brushes in th past.

Well, this is just classic me. Trying other things.

there's a lot to write about, (man, i'm really gonna pile up if i dont write for a couple of days!)
there's my growing remorse for a coule of people in my class who think they are the epitomes of cool but are actually two of the biggest losers in the world.
there's the girl that I like, used to like, still like, that's making me crazy. One kiss and that started it all. or was it way before that? Did it start with the flirting? Hey, I'm only human.
there's my growing dissatisfaction with my life in seoul, some mild, subtle warnings about overdoing this little Seoul adventure. That if i didnt get my act together, I could end up being a loser like the Beavis and Butthead in my class. Shall I go home, jumpstart back to a career? Shall I stay here until i get the right opportunity? Actually there are opportunities left and right, but many of them are not for me. Shall I get a masters degree? here in Korea? in the Philippines?I'm currently searching for an organization willing grant me a scholarship to go to graduate school to study Management, because that's where I feel myself gravitating towards. Should I stay here until I earn enough money and start that business (what kind, I havent decided yet)?
And there's the thing I want to write about a person whom I entrusted my entire futiure to, but turns out to not know shit, and from whom I've received the wordt kind of treatment from. But I feel compeled to hold it back a little lest I lose control, because I feel like I am inevitably starting to abhor this person.

In due course, I shall elaborate on these subjects at a more suitable palce and time.

And did I mention that I'm horny right now?

Aug 4, 2003

I though this ws going to be a night of getting back into my writing-
not that im actually a writer, but im hoping that it would help me fight back
the deterioration of my English.

Instead, it became a night of recolection, whichia not that bad considering that i should have taken care of this blog long time ago.

as a closing for todays trip down memory lane
I decided that i dont want to keep chasing after Luisa simply because It is obvious that that kiss meant nothing to her adn that she is not ready for a relationship.
I am. I want.

To make it worse, my tip bank and one of my best friends left today
to serve the 2 year Mandatory Korean Militray Service

Also, I decided to try and get back to some of the things that I like to do.
Perhaps, my trip to the museum to see picasso's prints and Yoko Ono's hippie art
inspired me so.
These days, I ant to write again- thus the reopening of the Blog
and I want to try drawing and painting again.

wait and see.
October: this is kinda tough
this is 10 months away

Went to doksu gung or duksoo palace with class mates
Was able to meet Claose peolpe like:
Chris, Jeny, Gloria, Bong Geun, etc.


November:
Started to get really cold (for me at least)
started buying and wearing thick coats, gloves and scarves.
Bong Geun gets into GSIS

December:
My first snow
Went Snowboarding
got insulted athe immigration while trying to renew \/extend visa
Called family: Cried
spent Christmas with Bong Geun
Popped Champagne at a place we now call champagen corner at 12:00mn Christmas.
Spent New Years eve with Chris, Jenny and the rest of Assa in Jongno

January:
Went to a Public Sauna: Wont ever go back
Got in touch with Jeff, visited him in Gyeonggi
Went to to Ganghwa-do with Jeffs Photography club
Am cursing the cold

February:
Just my birthday: with with Spencer, his Gf and Bong Geun
I think this is the time I started working in a Hagwon- JOngno M School
They introdiced me as HAwaiian
"Fuck the Cold"
Was the Director for the class in the Korean music Festival in KLI
We did not win.

March:
(My Memory is getting clearrer he hehehe)
barely passed level 2
immigration official ws much nicer
burned our scarves in the campus basebll park to summon spring
Spring in Yonsei is beautiful

April:
Moved to B course 3
Joined Teo- a club that pplays the samulnori or traditional percussions
I started learning the Janggu.
JOined my first MT.
Became a Monitor for the Yonsei Annals
http://annals.yonsei.ac.kr/

May:
Was selected the Host for the Korean Music Festival in KLI
Was director for our Class
We won 2nd place
Performed on the streets of yonsei with janggu for the Muak Festival- The biggest festival in Yonsei.
Watched the Akkaraka festival- saw a lot of Korean Celebrities-
Baby Vox, Se7en, Big mama, etc
Was again a Monitor for the Yonsei annals.
Moved to Shinchon

June:
Got hired by Global Lounge
Started updating the Website for Global Lounge
Immigration official was again nice; hope the next one will be much nicer

July:
Gave a speech introducing the GL to 400++ International Echange students
Was in included in the intro video of Yonsei university.
HAd Dinner with the Yonsei president
Was tech support for UC- Yonsei Student Exchange.
Went on a ten day sabbatical- it ws tough
HAd tequila bodyshots with the hot russian and Uzbek girls
kissed miss UZbekistan- Have a girlfriend (or so i thought)

August- ah August....


what a hiatus
almost 11 months since the last post
lets see,

i was planning to start writing again,
get the flow back.

but as i see the the previous post,
makes me want to asses what has happened in the last 10 months and a half.