Sweet & Sweaty

So 2 weekends ago, Jo'm, Kristie & I went to a prison that Japan used to hold and torture Korean patriots back when Japan took control of Korea (1920ish-1960ish?). It was pretty graphic, but interesting.

This weekend we did a grip of stuff. Hmm can't remember what I did Friday... oh yeah, Jonathan and I went to Costco & E-mart and I bought a jump rope and matt (I gotta get in shape), another dresser, a fan (cuz it's super humid), and a cooler pad for my laptop. Saturdays I usually have my Korean lessons - they are really fun and I'm learning a lot I believe. Sunday after church, Jonathan, Kristie and I were going to go to a Tomato Festival, but instead we toured a sweet palace and saw a girl with hairy legs - she was American. We then went to a few other places to shop around and walk. Somewhere in there we visited a museum, ate too much food, walked too much, sat down for a concert on the street, and hit some balls in a batting cage.

Today after school, I went with a co-worker to a martial arts class called, capoeira. It combines music, martial arts, and music into a "staged fight" type of thing. Monday is the only time I can go... Monday is conditioning day... I'm going to be so sore in the morning. It was so intense. But this "intense" day is still dwarfed by my INTENSE 1st day of work - HA.

Anerway... Happy Father's Day to all and I hope y'all are doing swell!!!

PS - I think we're going to China for our summer VACA!

B-MO's Back!

Alright... back for round 2. Another month has swiftly flown by and much has happened.

For starters... I got an A/C! It's used but it totally works! I also ordered 5 tshirts from bustedtees.com! Since it's pretty hot during the summer, and I hate dressing up... I'm going to wear tshirts every DAY! Eventually, I plan to try to slip in an extra jeans day in a couple of months. Sly.

So you all remember the time when my silly sisters waxed my neck bc I hate shaving, right?? Well, I had another opportunity to rid myself of that crazy hair. Maybe it's called electrolysis, but one of my student's moms is a physician and I went to see her. Initially I went to get a mole checked out... the one on my left arm. The doc said he didn't think it was cancerous - so I got it removed.
So, they wrapped my face in this jelly stuff for 45 minutes last Friday. Then, I was ready. I went into the lab or whatnot and the guy said "just a little bit of pain... bearable pain." HA! It hurt!! He was burning it off with this bright, hot light! Then they wrapped my face in this blue mold... and "la la lalalala..." I was a smurf. OH yeah... I broke out, again. It was gross. The procedure was like $250 PLUS the mom (who is really good looking btw) gave me 2 ointments that were $60 each..... I didn't have to pay for ANYTHING. That's the cool thing about being a teacher here... so many perks... the parents give you so many gifts.

Last week, I also had dinner with a celebrity. The girl's name is Yoona and she is a band member from the group Girl's Generation. She is Jonathan's girlfriend's cousin. We all went to dinner on her birthday. It was cool to say I had dinner with her...(b/c the Korean girls at school were really jealous)... but it was weird and awkward b/c I was the only one who couldn't speak the language and I couldn't really laugh or comment on anything they were saying, so I just sat there, thinking about my lack of water.

So at school there is this special class called, Theme. The theme for Theme for May-June is Ecology. It's way better than the last one... "Myself and MY Family"... haha so egocentric dont ya think? Anyway, I've been watching many episodes of Captain Planet. MAN, what a good cartoon! I get chills every time the theme song comes on. Lastnight I stayed up an extra 2 hours looking for a really good tree to plant whenever I settle down whereever that may be. Finally, I think I want to plant a sycamore. And not just b/c I like saying the word sycamore, well, maybe that's a good half of the reason. But man trees are so important! I've decided I want to see a Redwood someday. It ranks right up there with seeing a blue whale. Two of the largest living things on Earth.
Alright, so if any of you see a house for sale that has a sycamore tree, redwood, oak, weeping willow, & a white/pink/purple crape myrtle, lemme know.

So yeah... N Korea... I don't knowww... I have no plans to come home.. I don't feel in any danger right now (although the potential is there). Plus... vaca is coming up in July and I want to go to Russia!
I'm still taking Korean from my teacher, and I think I might buy a jump-rope... for aerobic reasons... maybe a bike, but let's not get too crazy! :)

PS - I live in Asia dude.