Feeling Good.

I am feeling good for a couple of reasons. First, I have been working out every morning and actually doing what I am supposed to do with the weights and stuff, it helps that the trainer is there though and comes around and checks to make sure I am doing it. Even when it isn't officially a training time he still shows me stuff and helps me a lot when I can, maybe he feels guilty for how much I have to pay for him! I am a little sore, but I see this as a means to keep going because I must be doing good then. I meet with the trainer again on Friday morning and then I am meeting him Saturday night. I guess we are going to go to another fitness club and he is going to show me some more exercises for free weights. Then I guess we are going to have some drink and talk.

Another benefit of working out everyday is that I feel better at work everyday and more motivated to teach. Exercise must be like my "Happy Drug". Anyway, so that is good and I am usually pretty tired already by 10. So that means I am going to bed earlier like I come home and turn on the drama, wash dishes, brush my teeth, and get ready for bed. I woke up and went to church Monday morning before I worked out at 5:15 but I don't think I can do it everyday, it isn't healthy for me. I think God is telling me it is okay if I don't make it because I need to stay healthy just spend some time with Him in the morning here. I am also going through The Purpose Driven Life these days, so that is good.

Tomorrow is a day off because March 1 in Korea is like Constitution Day or something. I am going to get my haircut sometime tomorrow.

Keeping busy. . .

I am beginning to realize that life doesn't really get easier after university and you get a job and start making money. For me, I have realized since starting this whole thing and coming to Korea I have to constantly evaluate myself and where I am at and my priorities. I have to see what changes I can make for the better and what things I cannot change and just have to deal with those things and make the most out of it. I am so busy these days that life just seems to go. . . and I have to really try to enjoy every moment and be able to see how much I have achieved and where I have come from to this point. Especially by being in Korea I can see so many changes I have made in my life some by choice and others not by choice, they just sort of happened. I don't think I can really explain the depth of how much I feel like I have changed in the last almost five months since being here in Korea. My life is here in Korea though for the moment and it still sounds strange to say, but it feels almost normal. I am starting to realize that life is always going to be challenging and that I have to constantly evaluate the situation and make the best choices I can make and with God's direction of course for my life.

Yesterday, I went to the foreigners' cematary here in Seoul where a lot of missionaries, doctors, nurses, etc are barried. It is hard to explain why I felt the need to go there or how that made me feel and what I got from that. I think a lot, and it was important to me to see that and stand on that hallow ground. I really am not sure if I can explain that but it was a beautiful thing and feeling being there in this very beautiful small park area.

I also went to Seoul National University subway station yesterday because I wanted to hike up a mountain there. I couldn't find the mountain though or at least the trail where you hike up it, I could see the mountains of course. I walked maybe for forty minutes and finally just gave up and walked around the Seoul National University campus. One of the top universities in Korea there were a lot of young people there maybe getting ready for the semester to start and also there was some kind of graduation. It was beautiful in my opinion, and I took some nice pictures, but my Korean friends said that other universities are much more beautiful especially in Spring when the cherry blossoms come. Anyway, for the briefest time while walking there I had the same feelings I did when I went to KU for the first time when I was so excited and free ready to experience life! It also made me remember very happy times and good things like walking on campus with friends and talking enjoying the scenery. Many things I recalled, not like it was too long ago. . . but shortly after I felt very sad. It was incredible how sad I felt, I was very surprised but I realized that that part of my life is over in a sense and I will never feel so free and light like that again maybe. It made me feel old, I know that must be common, but for some reason that was so surprising yesterday how strong that felt.

Last night was a good night too, I hung out with my friend's high school friend that I met last weekend. I guess we are now friends though and we plus the girl he is dating went to dinner. She was very pretty. We ate, and then went to Namsan Tower where you can see all of Seoul from above very impressive, and then we went back to a place and ate some like dried fish and soup and drank sakke. It was a very good time I think.

This morning I met with my trainer at 8AM after getting not much sleep, but it was okay. I am going to try to exercize almost every day with the training schedule I have. Then I came back here and ate at McDonalds for breakfast and met two girls there, one was drunk. But she wouldn't stop talking to me and I sat with them while I ate because I am nice like that, it was entertaining needless to say. I probably won't see them again though, they work at a bar here in the area where I live, but I am not crazy about the party area here in my neighborhood.

Then I went to the Korean church and had a very good worship service and felt God's presence there. Then I had my small group Bible Study, which I really like and need in my life, I am greatful for that. I feel like that is one of the few places where I am very honest about my life and feelings and they can help and pray for me there. It also challenges me and at the same time I hope that they feel the same way that they can be honest and share, which I think we all do. I am very glad about that!

Tomorrow I will wake up at 5:15 and try to go to church every morning this week for the 6:30 service and then work out right after that. I am hoping to maybe be back here by 11:00 tomorrow morning and do some work related stuff on the internet before I go and of course eat.

There is more as always, but I think that is the important stuff that I think is worth sharing.

I have not blogged for the past week for a couple of reasons; I've been busy as usual, I haven't feel like it because I have been a little down, and I have been kind of tired as always.

Let's see where to start. . . the holiday weekend came and I did nothing special once so over for the three day weekend. I was supposed to meet Jihye on Monday after I worked out for the first time with a trainer at the fitness club. But she cancelled through text message at 5 AM that day. I don't think I was too sensitive about the whole situation and the next day we were both maybe a little frustrated at each other and fought a little bit through text message, I know kind of strange. Then I emailed her to apologize because she wouldn't text me or pick up my calls. She pretty much said she was sorry she had to cancel but with our different schedules, etc it is hard to make time for us and she values the time blah blah. It owuld be easier if we were back in Lawrence and we were students and all we had was time. Oh Lord - I know things are different but that made me feel old. Anyway, she told me to meet her Wednesday for lunch if I wanted around where she worked.

I met her Wednesday and we went to lunch and I gave her the small gift I was going to give her on Valentine's Day a notebook with a note in it, and one of my favorite CDs. So, we went to the restaurant and pretty much I was honest and explained myself kind of at the beginning about the frustration and communication problems, etc. I told her that I know time isn't really on our side but you know I was willing to try dating or whatever because I thought maybe she wanted too. Then she talked and told me that on Valentine's Day she received an expensive basket from the guy she was dating in Lawrence (I thought she ended that). In additiion, she was like he is crazy about me and I don't know why but for now we are going to try. That was a little awkward. She still took my gift though.

The more I think about it, however, nothing has changed about her even after this conversation we attempted to chat and she still made me feel maybe not smart or kind of dumb around her. She is so wrapped up in going to American and misses life there, TV shows, etc. and I on the other hand don't really miss that sort of stuff. I love listening to Korean music and watching Korean dramas and so on. She said things like "how can you understand the dramas, you don't know Korean, your main motivation here is not really to learn Korean." Okay, but I am still trying pretty hard to learn as much as I can when I have the time and energy. She talked a lot about applying for jobs this semester and then wanting to get into grad school in the US that sort of thing. She was like "why did you give up social work? why do you think you couldn't get a job in the US? What is your career goal or dream?" I don't know how she meant these questions to come across but to me they sound almost like criticisms and make me feel inferior in some way.

I realized why am I wasting my time trying to make this relationship come out of nothing. She hasn't changed and I don't need to feel like that around someone I am dating. I deserve better than that someone who is going to love me and support me, someone who is not trying to get me to second guess my life, my decisons, or my life. Even though we agreed to call each other and still hang out a lot. . . I am almost to the point where I don't want to be super close to me. And if she does like me, I don't want to be in that weird situation.

So, I am still working out at the fitness club. I meet with the trainer for the third time tomorrow at 10 AM before I have to start paying extra if I want to keep training with him. His English isn't great, but not bad and he seems to be nice and teaching me how to lift weights and use the machines, etc. For me I think it is more the motivation that working out with a trainer gives especially on weight lifting. I hate weight lifting, but that is what I need to concentrate on. . . I need all the help I can get. I enjoy the gym though.

Monday night I spent the night at my friend Yehun's, high school friend June oo's apartment. He lives by himself which was surprising in a very nice place I thought. The next morning we all went to the fitness club together in his like brand new white BMW, I felt like I was living the good life riding around in the backseat of that car.

I also started this week doing a private lesson for about an hour, twice a week with a Korean woman who teaches at the academy on Saturdays doing writing but in Korean. That is some more money to be made and is going good so far.

That is about it I guess for now.

A Hard Work-Out

This afternoon about 2:00 I went with my friend to the fitness club maybe we were there for at least two hours. We did some leg weights and ab exercizes than I did the stairmaster for the first time and ran on the treadmill. At the end the trainer tried to show me how to do a squat position like my friend tried to show me, but my body can't do. Pretty much there isn't enough muscle in my back to do it, I think is what he told me. And another thing Koreans for some reason call your butt, your hip so they say your hip needs to go back it is really your butt. No since in arguing about this because they for some reason think your butt is part of your hip. Needless to say the trainer guy called me weak and thinks I need to build up my legs first before anything else and should gain at least fifteen pounds. If I cannot gain weight in the US like people have been doing it for years, do you think it is going to happen here. . . haha not going to happen. I had a good work out and felt nice afterwards, but not too happy with the trainer saying that I am weak and all of that and telling my friend. A little humiliating, but that is okay and just took it. I am meeting with my trainer on Monday at 12:00 because I guess I paid for it as part of my membership. I don't want to have a football player's body or look like a weight lifter just be healthy and maybe look better and a little stronger. We'll see. . . I think it is still a good thing that I joined the gym though.

I called Jihye tonight to talk about what we will do Monday and where we will meet. I think many things will probably still be closed because of the New Year holiday tomorrow. Maybe half of Seoul's 12 million people have left the city for the country and their family, so the city is a lot quieter. It is kind of nice actually. Anyway, we ended up talking on the phone for about twenty minutes about each others' days and other stuff, so that is good that she wanted to talk for a while. I hope we have a good time on Monday and I'll know if we are actually dating or not. It could be nice!

Life is busy, but it is good. Sometimes I wish I could do more serving and stuff like I am used to besides teaching kids English all day, which is a service and giving my tithe every month to the church. Right now that is really all I have time for and can really do besides pray for the Korean people and North Korean people. Many Koreans are praying hard this year for Revival 2007 to mark the 100th year annniversry of a great revival that took place through Korea of the Holy Spirit. North Korea also needs our prayers because it is estimated that many of the 20 million people there are malnurished and may be starving. It is almost like Idol worship there with the statue and propoganda there. We know there are Christians there, but if they are found heavily persecuted and killed. Okay, sorry went off on a tangent there. . .

Keep in touch!

3 Day Weekend!

This week has came to a close and I am ready for the three day weekend! I have to say exercising is already making me feel better though because I went today to the fitness club for the second time by myself. I felt so much more refreshed and with energy today at work and the day always flies by as usual. I need things like that to help me feel like I like my job and can do well, not the drinking after work until 2 or 3 in the morning. They told me tonight that we will probably go out again next week, I think my goal now is just not to drink as much and somehow make sure I don't, no matter how drunk the rest of them get. Exercising is definitely going to help and make me feel better and hopefully I'll get a great body! The funny thing is that I actually like the showers better at the fitness club better than in my apartment, I almost wish I could just go there everyday to shower.

This week I have been fighting loneliness a little bit. I think Valentine's Day didn't help obviously bbecause Jihye cancelled on me. I emailed her yesterday to see about meeting me this weekend and she was like I am busy on Saturday. It is hard for us to make time to meet with our different schedules. Then she emailed me today and was like I realized that Monday is a holiday, you have the day off. Let's meet for lunch if you want. I said sure. . . but what do you think? Is she just being friendly or does she kind of like me the way I thought before when we had such a good time together. I would like to try to find out on Monday if this is going anywhere at all. It would be hard to date her though because of my schedule stinks so much. . . and we don't live that close to each other.

What do you think out there in the peanut gallery?

I don't know if I have said it already, but my parents and my brother are coming to Korea from May 21st to May 30th to visit me! They have the plane tickets already and are working with a travel agent now about hotels, but they are going to send me the list and stuff before they make the final decision. I am really happy, it was one of my prayer requests for this year that they would come at least once. My friends all are excited for them to come too because they will have to help me a lot since I will have to work the week they come from 2-10 pretty much everyday! They will be here the week that there is a holiday andn I have the Thursday off maybe my boss will bge nice and let me have Friday off too. It is definitely something to look forward to!

Valentine's Date Cancelled.

Yes, at about 9:2o tonight Jihye cancelled the date for Valentine's Day after I got off work. She texted me and said that she was chillin at the Starbucks at the subway station and it was closing soon. There was nothing else really in the area to do. Then I got a message right after that saying we should meet another day earlier becasue she wasn't feeling well and is not a night person. Well, that sort of sucks because I was looking forward to it and everything!

I guess maybe I'll give her one more chance. Maybe we can meet on Saturday for lunch or something and just talkk for a while.

Another reason why Valentine's Day is a stupid holiday that I shouldn't care about that much.

In other news I joined my friend's fitness club this morning and I like it. I mgiht try to start working with one of the trainers though because I could see where I might get frustrated with my friend . Maybe I can get a good body and some one will want to wait for me no matter what next Valentine's Day somewhere. . .

Yeah, I know keep dreaming.

Valentine's Day

Tomorrow night (actually today since it is after midnight) is my little Valentine's date with Jihye. I did some research today to try to find something that we can do in the area that we are meeting tomorrow night, but I got nothing. I emailed her, but haven't heard from her maybe she knows about something to do, either way we are meeting. When I double checked the subway station she emailed me back with :) so I was excited. I bought a notebook today and wrote a little note in it and might get something else small. She'll probably give me chocolate and maybe something else since the women traditionally give the men chocolate on Valentine's Day here. Usually I am the opposite on Valentine's Day leaning toward the side of what a stupid holiday like why do I need a date to feel special or loved? I have to say though it feels kind of nice to actually have something planned though and with someone who thinks it is nice too!

I am joining my friend's fitness club tomorrow, Bali Fitness, the American company. It is a little bit farther away and a little bit expensive but I think it is a good choice after seeing it and everything. He said to expect two hours tomorrow ~I guess I'll be working out as well. For the past couple of days I have been doing some push ups and sit ups to get ready. . . the push ups have made me really sore, but at the same time not as weak. So tomorrow for my first day I'll already be sore.

It ended up being cold and rainy here today, so what is rain mean in Korea. It is an informal tradition that you drink that day. Of course I had no idea about this until it was quiting time for the day. Ashley, the other American teacher, already had plans to meet a friend at a bar to drink. I went with the four Koreans to a restaurant to eat and have soju. I was very proud of myself I didn't even finish a shot glass of soju tonight, which by the way tasted in particulary awful and potent.

Oh, I got up for church today and got there and figured out that the service wasn't happening that day. I got back on the subway for the half an hour back and prayed on it. I don't think I will make it tomorrow since it is already almost one o'clock and I neeed more sleep as always! Too tired these days even with cutting out the caffeine and hoping to get more energy and sleep with exercising.

That is all for now~

A Date on Valentine's Day? Who me?

Could it be true? So, yeah I saw the movie Click with my friend Jihye this morning and then we went to lunch and had Japanese Ramen noodles, pretty good. She asked me a little bit about if I ever do anything special on Valentine's Day, etc. Has she? Maybe a hint, I don't know. . . but it could be fun to do something and I thought about that after I left today where we met.

I called her tonight and was like why not try, the worst that will happen is she will say she doesn't want to meet. So she has her internship from 8-5 everyday and I work so 2-10. So, we are meeting at a subway station at 10:30 between here and where she lives and we can do something small and fun for maybe about an hour and half. She'll catch a bus by midnight when they stop running and I'll possibly catch a taxi if I can't catch the subway. It will be fun though I think. . . I've never had anything like a date before on Valentine's Day!

Tomorrow I am going shopping tomorrow with a friend possibly to buy a new shirt or something to wear. . . I know I sound kind of like a girl, but hey I am in Korea it is okay to look fashionable and care about what you look like.

I might have possibly found a fitness club with my friend to join tonight, but who knew finding a fitness club would be so complicated. We are going to his gym tomorrow after church ~ but it is kind of far from my house and a little expensive maybe.

Okay, that is all! I need to sleep better this week!

The Weekend has Arrived!

I realized that this morning's post was not the most positive, sometimes it happens! I made it through the day okay, even though recently a lot of the girl students have suddenly started to get major attitudes with me ane hate me. Bummer!

I am feeling a lot less stressed now though since the work week ended. I came back here and journaled a bit, listened to music, and ate some rice and had a cup of coffee. I'll probably watch a TV show soon before I go to bed, it is a show with popular Korean musicians on playing their songs.

Tomorrow morning I am meeting my friend Jihye for a movie at 10:50. We will see Click the only English movie available at that time at the place we will go. We will have lunch afterwards, so I hope it is fun and not stressful. She seems excited about seeing me again, so we'll see what happens.

Then tomorrow night I am meeting my friend Yehun for dinner at an Italian wine bistro place where I went before that is very good. Then after that I hope we find a gym that I can join and work out because I feel like I am getting weaker and weaker and dying a slow death, but that could still be from the tequila.

Sunday is church day and studying Korean with a friend. Let's try to keep the posts positive okay?

The Crazy Week!

I have not posted in a couple of days just from the lack of time and energy. I have felt like I have been attacked this week in someway since I have started to try to go to church everyday in the mornings. Tuesday night at work, the one Korean teacher that only comes at night walks in and goes "we are drinking tonight!" AH. . . I was preparing for Friday night and was so tired and he was like "well its your choice, but we are going, tell me by 10." Pretty much this means you should go if you are a good worker. .. so we went out after work to a place for a meal and some soju. I did okay after the soju and thought I would make it through the night while texting one of my friends on the phone. They all are end up being the same after you've gone on one we eat, drink, the Koreans talk in Korean a lot, and people get drunk. Anyway, after that my boss left and I went with the three other teachers to another bar, western style and they ordered a whole bottle of tequila and beer. We started to take shots of tequila or shots of tequila in a glass of beer which I didn't really want to do. Oh so terrible, at one point I started to throw up a little and instead of them caring, it was like "oh that just means you have more room in your stomach to drink more!" I got my friend to come to the area so I had an excuse to leave early and we came back here and I went to sleep very drunk. Apparently they stayed out till maybe 5 that morning because they all are heavy drinkers, I don't understand. . . it isn't that fun or great! Needless to say I was in pain Wednesday morning and sick but somehow managed to shower and do everything to get to work by 2. Wednesday was a bit painful and I am still recovering. Apparently, they are going out again tonight, but I told them I can't because I have plans. . . they think I have a date or something, but whatever I am not going. I am getting to the point where drinking is not fun anymore and I am beginning to hate it and could stop right now and be okay! I have to say no better and not drink so much when I have to go out, but Korean "drinking culture" is not cool being forced to drink sometimes.

I went to church yesterday morning, but didn't make it this morning because I woke up at 5:15 and decided it would be better for me to sleep more. I haven't got more than 5 hours of sleep yet this week before last night. . . it is hard because I get off work at 10 and then get up at 5:15 the next morning for church. Don't get me wrong I want to get better and go every morning because I really enjoy that time with God and praying with other people. Sometimes that seems like it is my only real solid time with God everyday. Plus, I like the people and fellowship and eating breakfast everywhere, much more fun than sitting around drinking with my coworkers. I am trying not to be bitter, but still love them all but at the same time be different. A couple of them go out every night and don't get home till 5 or 6 in the morning. The other American teacher called me a "grandpa" this week when I said I go to church every morning. Oh well - I really enjoy it and can tell at church the people genuinely care about me and my health not like at work. I want to continue to do that and try to be more open in my small group as we should all try to do with other people about my struggles here in Korea.

Work is going okay though. . . the kids either like me or hate me. I don't know why but some upper elementary - middle school aged girls lately have aquired ugly attitudes. It is like I am some disease or I am always yelling at them, but I am only yelling at them because they do nothing or talk the whole time. Some classes can be very frustrating because you feel like you get nothing accomplished except yell or try to get students to pay attention who don't really like you or pretend that they don't like you anyway. The young kids are a lot of fun - it was really cute yesterday in my class one of the little boys wanted to hold my hand the entire time in class. But then the older kids the boys have started again wanting to constantly pet my arm hair, which gets a little ridiculous. Work is work, but still takes up a lot of energy.

This weekend is a bit busy too. . . I hope to find a gym maybe sometime Saturday with my friend. . . my body is falling apart. From the lack of sleep, stress, and drinking I feel like a man in his 40s or 50s instead of a 25 year old man!

This morning I was walking to the subway station about ten minutes to six to get to church for the early morning service for my second day. Guess who is walking down the street with two Korean guys where there no one is on the street? It is the other American teacher, Ashley from Louisiana, and I have to say hi of course. She isn't going to not notice me, so I did and you could tell she had not been home yet that night. She was like "what's up Ty, where you going?" I said, "church" and she was like "oh f$#%!" and kept walking. A little awkward, and I definitely don't want her to feel like I am going to judge her now. Oh well. . . I am going to keep going and hopefully be a light to my coworkers.

It really has made my day go a lot better when I wake up so early and pray. I enjoy it and seeing peopel that early in the morning!

This morning I woke up at 5:20 to go to my church for my first early morning prayer service that are so well known in other parts of the world by Christians about Korea! I feel like God is doing something special in me here in Korea and I feel like He is using me in many ways I cannot see! I find that it is so refreshing to me and a sense of joy to rely on God so much. . . it almost makes my life simpler. I also like knowing that I have fellowship and people are praying for me as I am praying for them despite the language barrier. It is very amazing to me!

Anyway, I am excited to see what God has in store this year for me, Korea, and everything! Anyway, just thought I would share.

Winter Time!

Today, I made it out to Korean National Museum, which only took maybe forty minutes to get there, shorter than I thought. I only made it through the first floor this morning before my appointment with Jihye. It is a big beautiful museum and I saw a lot of artificats and learned a lot about ancient Koreans all the way up to more recent Koreans and history. Very interesting insights into Korea and its culture.

Then I spent about forty-five minutes outside on the brisk winter day admiring the park area outside, looking at the pagodas and enjoying the scenery. Then I made it Yongsan Family Park connected to it and walked around that taking some beautiful pictures. It was a nice quiet time for me that I really enjoyed! My legs are actually sore now though from all the walking especially since I didn't wear tennis shoes because I never do, instead I was in my nice black dress shoes. It was all worth it though. . . I had a great time today.

Then I met my friend Jihye, at the station where we planned. She was late but that is okay because the traffic was so heavy. She looked nice. . . and we went to Japanese restaurant and I had the rainbow roll of sushi, very good. Then we went to a coffee shop place and sat and talked for a while. It was very enjoyable and I guess we are going to try to see each other more often again. She hinted to me, or at least I think it was the purpose that she has been going and likes to see movies on Saturday mornings and if I want to come I should call her. Maybe next weekend, I'll be doing that. It was a very enjoyable time with her though and who knows maybe we'll see. . .

I am all about enjoying the weekend the best I can because I need the break and time for me to do what I want!

One More Time.

I am going to try one more time to meet my friend, Jihye again. The one that I have not seen since (well according to my journal October 25th), but she was the one that made me so mad when she cancelled in December when I tried to take my friend Yehun tomorrow. Well, I am going to the Korea National Musuem tomorrow and probably won't see it all, it is the largest museum in Asia and sixth largest in the world. Anyway, we are meeting somewhere around there tomorrow I guess. . . I am excited and she sounded excited. Maybe it will actually be fun and not too serious and there won't be a lack of conversation or something. There should be enough to talk about though. . . it will be interesting to say the least I guess.

Tonight I thought we were going to go drinking after work till at least three in the morning like always, but people had plans. We are going to do it next Friday at least I have time to prepare and have enough energy for next Friday night. I can also prepare my mind for it and prepare to drink some soju, and have my mind in a place where I can convince msyelf it will be fun. For some reason, I know it is normal in Korea and perfectly acceptable to drink and get drunk with your coworkers, but I am very uncomfortable in these situations and try not too drink so much. I know my limit! So, next Friday prepare for a long night. . .

I am glad it is Friday! I was pretty tired of work tonight, yesterday and today definitely the kids wore me out and I wasn't always in the best mood I don't think. My apartment is a mess and this weekend I need to try to sweep and maybe clean the floor and try to really clean the bathroom. . . we'll see.

I was very happy today that my friend told me that the blankets his mom and him brought last Sunday are for me to keep. . . because they are so soft and warm!

Yesterday I started to make a list of ways I have changed since I have been in Korea. . . maybe I will share some of those items sometime soon. Please tell me if you can tell of any or know of any from your observations I will verify or tell you not at all. Today is my 4 month of Anniversiry of Coming to Korea!!! Crazy ~ how the time has gone by.

I think I am finally starting to get better. . .at least I hope so anyway.

Yesterday, I got my haircut again because I was starting to look like a gorilla. Some of the kids noticed, but some of the kids were mean yesterday. I was like, "do you like it?" They say, "NO!, no change!" whatever. . .I like it.

I ate so much yesterday and had so much coffee yesterday but still managed to sleep about eight hours last night. I ate at McDonalds for breakfast, good Korean food for lunch, and kimbap for dinner. Yesterday seemed to fly by. . . the fastest day ever! It was almost scary!

I have decided that I have to join a gym soon because I miss exercising so much! I feel like I am getting weak, my stomach is too flabby, I am getting fat in Korea, and I have no muscle. I feel like it would help me be more healthy and even make me more handsome and help me find a girlfriend, haha! I don't know, my friend is going to help me look, but I might have to join his which is expensive but top quality. I told him that if I do I don't want the free personal trainer for the first week or whatever, it is already embarrassing enough that I am an American there and so weak at that!

Saturday, I don't think my friends are going to be around. I think I am going to venture on my own to the Korea National Museum. It is the largest museum in Asia and the sixth largest in the world all for the price of maybe 2-3 USD! Showcasing Korea's 5,000 year history. Sounds interesting and it is by a huge park except it will probably be too cold to sit in the park for a long time.