See you later Korea. It was fun....
Hey US! Are you ready for Da fevah?
Friday, February 27, 2004
Good Boy Fevah....
So its almost over here in da motherland. It's been a great week. I think this is the first korean trip where I felt that I did absolutely nothing scandalous and I felt good about it. hahaha. What a schmuck I am. Thank you all for your pity comments. So I met up with my elementary school friend Woo-Il today. I found out the homeboy works for LG Telecom. It is good job. I went to Gang-Nam to meet him. I had dong-Tae chigae with him. He was busy with working and he looked like he was tired of it. Well he has a scandalous job. he works for the adult chat section of LG Telecom. hahaha. People lovce their cell phones here. He was telling me how he just looked at it as a job and well... I gues it is. I was glad to see him.
Last night I hung out with Hyuk Jin and his friends. They all were around my age. I met Hyuk Jin at CSUF. He was a Yu-Hak Seng. He is actually a real close friend of mine. He and his friends wanted to go to a night club called Bobos in Itaewon. So we all went. Once again there they were all getting drunk and hitting on chicks..... all I did was drink water again. They were all telling me how I did not have to lose weight and how I should drink and hit on chicks..... "Nah!" I told them. So I drank water and smoked cigs till 3 in the morning while my friends were mad busy drinking and hitting on chicks. Yup. I am a different man. I was really happy to see Hyuk Jin. He could not believe that I did not drink/eat/or hit on girls. Now that I think about it, this is unfathomable for me too. But it's all good. Honestly diet, and meeting certain some one has been really good for me. What can I say. God is good....
Well I am not looking forward to the 10 hour flight tommorow. Buit tonight I meet family again. Family is great. They always make you feel good. I think Al and I are really changing places in the world. Well I look forward to seeing all of y'all. See you on the otherside.
So its almost over here in da motherland. It's been a great week. I think this is the first korean trip where I felt that I did absolutely nothing scandalous and I felt good about it. hahaha. What a schmuck I am. Thank you all for your pity comments. So I met up with my elementary school friend Woo-Il today. I found out the homeboy works for LG Telecom. It is good job. I went to Gang-Nam to meet him. I had dong-Tae chigae with him. He was busy with working and he looked like he was tired of it. Well he has a scandalous job. he works for the adult chat section of LG Telecom. hahaha. People lovce their cell phones here. He was telling me how he just looked at it as a job and well... I gues it is. I was glad to see him.
Last night I hung out with Hyuk Jin and his friends. They all were around my age. I met Hyuk Jin at CSUF. He was a Yu-Hak Seng. He is actually a real close friend of mine. He and his friends wanted to go to a night club called Bobos in Itaewon. So we all went. Once again there they were all getting drunk and hitting on chicks..... all I did was drink water again. They were all telling me how I did not have to lose weight and how I should drink and hit on chicks..... "Nah!" I told them. So I drank water and smoked cigs till 3 in the morning while my friends were mad busy drinking and hitting on chicks. Yup. I am a different man. I was really happy to see Hyuk Jin. He could not believe that I did not drink/eat/or hit on girls. Now that I think about it, this is unfathomable for me too. But it's all good. Honestly diet, and meeting certain some one has been really good for me. What can I say. God is good....
Well I am not looking forward to the 10 hour flight tommorow. Buit tonight I meet family again. Family is great. They always make you feel good. I think Al and I are really changing places in the world. Well I look forward to seeing all of y'all. See you on the otherside.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Hangin with Da Fam
Last night was intersting. I hung out with my relatives and one of my cousins took me out to Myung Dong. It was cool. I took some pics so I will post when I can. In this land filled with koreans I actually saw some english speaking Koreans. My cousins who lived in Sheffield, England. They speak in that British accent. We talked all night mixing Korean and English. But it was really different. Oh yeah I saw another Korean Movie, Tae Guk Gi.
It was also a good movie. I think they spent alot of money on this film. It was the first real Korean movie about the war b/t North and South Korea. Jang Dong Gun was pretty awesome. He was also in Chingu. Though movie was not as realistic as Silmido, nevertheless it was a good movie. Tonight I am meeting up with the only friend I have from elementary school here in Korea. He is my oldest friend that I have. Tomorow I will be going to my Grandfather's burial place back in my father's Go Hyang. Which means his home town. Haven't been there in a while.
It is good to hang with da fam. I am now in such apreciation of them. It makes me happy to talk with my kin folks. My grand mother is still in good heath. My grand father is still half the man that he used to be since his stroke. I am still sticking with my diet. I tell ya it's hard. I am finding alot about myself in this diet. I truly am. I love eating..... I must love in moderation. Today I had Mae-Un Tang at lunch time. It was good. But no dinnah fo da Fevah.... It sad cause food is such a big part of our daily activity. Everyone asks me what I do now that I quit dinner and drinking. I tell them that lately I've been keeping busy with a certain girl. Hahaha. Don't think that I don't know that this makes you sick dsong. I miss you all. have a good day, evening, whatever floats your boat.
Last night was intersting. I hung out with my relatives and one of my cousins took me out to Myung Dong. It was cool. I took some pics so I will post when I can. In this land filled with koreans I actually saw some english speaking Koreans. My cousins who lived in Sheffield, England. They speak in that British accent. We talked all night mixing Korean and English. But it was really different. Oh yeah I saw another Korean Movie, Tae Guk Gi.
It was also a good movie. I think they spent alot of money on this film. It was the first real Korean movie about the war b/t North and South Korea. Jang Dong Gun was pretty awesome. He was also in Chingu. Though movie was not as realistic as Silmido, nevertheless it was a good movie. Tonight I am meeting up with the only friend I have from elementary school here in Korea. He is my oldest friend that I have. Tomorow I will be going to my Grandfather's burial place back in my father's Go Hyang. Which means his home town. Haven't been there in a while.
It is good to hang with da fam. I am now in such apreciation of them. It makes me happy to talk with my kin folks. My grand mother is still in good heath. My grand father is still half the man that he used to be since his stroke. I am still sticking with my diet. I tell ya it's hard. I am finding alot about myself in this diet. I truly am. I love eating..... I must love in moderation. Today I had Mae-Un Tang at lunch time. It was good. But no dinnah fo da Fevah.... It sad cause food is such a big part of our daily activity. Everyone asks me what I do now that I quit dinner and drinking. I tell them that lately I've been keeping busy with a certain girl. Hahaha. Don't think that I don't know that this makes you sick dsong. I miss you all. have a good day, evening, whatever floats your boat.
Korea
So I finally have sometime to write something. It was a long flight. Too long. I slept about 5 hours. and the rest of the flight was just torture. But I made it. So this is another adventure in Korea. This adventure is gonna be intersting. An adventure of being on a diet in Korea. Last night I already met up with one of my friends. Chris Shin the Cro-Magnon! He is an interesting guy to say the least. I saw him at his apartment and there was something different about him. So what was so different?
Da Fevah - Dang dude. Something is different about you.
Cro Magnon Chris - What? he was looking away...
Than i noticed his eyes....
This nigga got a Ssang KKapple surgery! Can you believe it? Another Guy with the infamous double eye-lid surgery. For some of you who know him, I can tell you that this was unbelivable fo me. The guy who has always been trying to be so tough. Hahaha. Well I guess you can say that he looks better. But yikes.....
He took me out to a Pojang Macha. (Street Vendor drinking place?)
He was surprised that I did not drink or eat. It was torture. As he was drinking away eating side dishes.... I drank water. he started telling me stories about wild adventures of sawing his wild oats... I just sat and listened. As he was going on and on about his wild stories, more and more I felt sad about the fact that innocent Korea being wiped away from my mind. My childhood memories being wiped away into this place of innequitie....... He asked me if I wanted to goto a room salon. I said "Nah its cool. lets just hang out." He was entertaining as always. I slept over at his pad.
Today I saw Silmido.
This was a great movie I must say. Seol Kyung Goo is a great actor. I was really impressed with this movie. It was a real sad movie. It was another heart tearing story due to the fact thay korea was cut in half.... Not giving away the movie, I will share a line from the movie that broke my heart the most. One guy, as he was dying said, "in next life, lets be born to rich parents so that we don't have to live like this." I notice more and more how cruel Korea can be. A truely sad country for poor people. No one wants to be poor. But many people are victoms of poverty. Well.... in Korea, you can live like a king, when you are rich. But when you are poor here, it can be doom. Or a life so harsh that can lead to certain life style that one cannot return from. With alll this trash that I talk, I am glad that I am here. I am happy that I am chillin in da motherland. But I would never want to live here. As much as I love so many things about this place, this country would ruin me. I truely feel great about the fact that God has somehow placed me in the US. I am thankful....
So I finally have sometime to write something. It was a long flight. Too long. I slept about 5 hours. and the rest of the flight was just torture. But I made it. So this is another adventure in Korea. This adventure is gonna be intersting. An adventure of being on a diet in Korea. Last night I already met up with one of my friends. Chris Shin the Cro-Magnon! He is an interesting guy to say the least. I saw him at his apartment and there was something different about him. So what was so different?
Da Fevah - Dang dude. Something is different about you.
Cro Magnon Chris - What? he was looking away...
Than i noticed his eyes....
This nigga got a Ssang KKapple surgery! Can you believe it? Another Guy with the infamous double eye-lid surgery. For some of you who know him, I can tell you that this was unbelivable fo me. The guy who has always been trying to be so tough. Hahaha. Well I guess you can say that he looks better. But yikes.....
He took me out to a Pojang Macha. (Street Vendor drinking place?)
He was surprised that I did not drink or eat. It was torture. As he was drinking away eating side dishes.... I drank water. he started telling me stories about wild adventures of sawing his wild oats... I just sat and listened. As he was going on and on about his wild stories, more and more I felt sad about the fact that innocent Korea being wiped away from my mind. My childhood memories being wiped away into this place of innequitie....... He asked me if I wanted to goto a room salon. I said "Nah its cool. lets just hang out." He was entertaining as always. I slept over at his pad.
Today I saw Silmido.
This was a great movie I must say. Seol Kyung Goo is a great actor. I was really impressed with this movie. It was a real sad movie. It was another heart tearing story due to the fact thay korea was cut in half.... Not giving away the movie, I will share a line from the movie that broke my heart the most. One guy, as he was dying said, "in next life, lets be born to rich parents so that we don't have to live like this." I notice more and more how cruel Korea can be. A truely sad country for poor people. No one wants to be poor. But many people are victoms of poverty. Well.... in Korea, you can live like a king, when you are rich. But when you are poor here, it can be doom. Or a life so harsh that can lead to certain life style that one cannot return from. With alll this trash that I talk, I am glad that I am here. I am happy that I am chillin in da motherland. But I would never want to live here. As much as I love so many things about this place, this country would ruin me. I truely feel great about the fact that God has somehow placed me in the US. I am thankful....