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올해는 무슨일이 있었나, recap~
JANUARY
5th: 용산경찰서 면접 포기, 경찰청 면접
6th: 문화관광부 저작권정책과 면접
7th: 2pm 외교부 개발정책과 인턴 합격 통지, 3pm 경찰청 외사과 합격 통지
8th: declined internship position at 경찰청
9th: visited MOFAT 개발정책과 for the first time to submit some papers
12~18th: "detox camp" (or... 'testing my endurance')
19th: 1st day of work. (첫날부터 90분이나 초과근무@_@)
20: 2nd day of work (김 서기관남과 KOICA 세미나 참석)
23: first 월급날!
24: permed by hair for the first time in....20 years?
29,30: training @ IFANS.
29: 뮤지컬 '미녀는 괴로워'
FEBRUARY
2: lunch with 김 서기관님
3: lunch with 과장님
5: 루벤스&바로전 @ 세종문화회관, by myself during lunchtime
6: 1st 다자외교포럼 (방글라데시 선거 감독)
9: lunch with 지 서기관님 + 김sb 서기관님 송별회 (=첫 회식!)
10: beginning of weekly lunch with 승희언니
12: beginning of random lunches with 혜인
15: dinner with S and her parents
18: lunch with Jju unni!
19: Romeo et Juliette! (H had to leave during the intermission...)
21: granpa's bd party
22: 졸업예배, met Ejae
23: Graduation convocation
24: Dinner with Lin's family!
28: "Rent" w. Kyu
MARCH
2: lunch with the Foreign Minister! (and 과장님, and all the other interns - and they gave us sandwiches! ugh! unforgivabe!)
3: 다자외교포럼 - UNICEF
7: work on saturday! + 덕수궁 미술관 "한국근대미술걸작전"
8: The Great Debaters (movie)
9: 한영 ODA 정책협의회
10: 한영 ODA 컨퍼런스
15: dinner w. hoobaes who taught at Wenzao
16: ran into "the friendly guy I met at LSAT" in front of SFC!
17: lunch with 정 서기관님 @ Aloi, which was not very aloi
18: lunch with 유진언니, 민수, 상우 @ "the place"
19: lunch with 민성! & dinner w. 성언니
20: 인턴 교육 @ IFANS
21: met Sharon! went to Seoul Tower
24: bought 장기하와 얼굴들 cd
25: lunch w 한+정 서기관님 & Mr.Ko
26: lunch w Mr.Ko, Mr.Park, and Ms.Lee/ dinner with Ahyoung and TJ!
27: visited PJ at the hospital
28~29: KNC @ 경희대 수원캠퍼스
31: lunch with Moony, EYF 수료식, DAC WP/EFF 회의 @ Paris
APRIL
1: lunch w. 김 서기관님
2: lunch w. 조 서기관님
4: 전다영 gets married!!! spotted Professor Cha @ Cafe "Ball and Chain"
5: went to 강남 해커스 to check out LSAT course.
6: lunch w. 배 서기관님 & 조 사무관님
7: 인턴 교육@ 서울경찰청. didn't see 조승우 on duty.
8: dinner with Julie and Ahyoung
9: lunch with 민성
10~13: trip to Osaka & Kyoto!!!!!!
15: 다자외교포럼 (WFP)
17: 인턴 교육 @ IFANS. (김기환 심의관님!) + 과 회식 (효자동 다정).
19: watched 똥파리 w dad.
20: 간식 두번 연속으로 먹은 날! dinner with Wendie 언니, 예현, Sookie언니.
21: last lunch with 승희언니
22: lunch with Moony. Dinner at 하나후쿠.
23: lunch with 박 서기관님. and ended up praying (!!!) at the staircase (!!!)
25: Jennie언니 결혼식
26: watched "Banliue 13: Ultimatum" w dad
27: watched 그림자 살인 w 도희.
28: lunch w 혜인 @ 정동국시
30: worked until 1am because of the damned memorandum for OECD!!!
MAY
1: Labor Day = no work! superb weather. wine & cheesecake at the park in front of Sinchon train station with 아영, 영희, 도희.
2: 석가탄신일. watched 3 movies. (don't even remember which ones they were)
5: 어린이날. BFP갔다가 줄 너무 길어서 포기. 포켓볼, 청계천+명동 w fam.
6: 7시넘어 퇴근. dinner with 김&정 서기관님 @ Pho Thai
7: dinner with Ahyoung, Logan, Andy @ Jacoby's. Fell when getting off the bus and got hurt pretty bad (ripped my only dress pants and was bleeding..), but no broken bones,..
8: 어버이날. took mom to get massage.
9: 강마을다람쥐 w mom and kyu.
11: dinner @ Turka & dessert @ BFP Gangnam w 성언니
13: walk in 정동 & dinner @ random 돈까스 place with 아영.
14: 국 체육대회 - missed it, to write SOPs for grad school, but actually watched "박쥐" and had dinner w 아영 @ 명동.
15: went to submit GSIS applications - missed about 3 hours of work (cuz I hung out with 아영)! hehehe
16: dinner w 아영, Logan, 종민 @ Chili chili & Lazy Sue's
19: farewell <여기까지 썼을때 it became 2010! happy new year!>party for Elmo @ shithole
20: lunch w 종민, dinner movie w 성언니 @ 명동
22: 도희 bd party
23-24: KDF workshop @ 휘문중, former president Roh commits suicide
28: 주한외교단 조문객 안내 w. 조지이 서기관님 @ 서울역사박물관 (skipped 인턴 특강)
29: funeral for former president Roh Moohyun
30: Yonsei GSIS essay & interview
30-31: family trip to Sokcho
JUNE
2: video shoot for adjudicator test w. 아영, 도희, 원준, 민재, 강민
10: lunch w. the incompetent twat from UK
12: dinner with Mike, 아영, Logan
13: Ewha GSIS interview
15: Yonsei GSIS results are out
16: Ensemble Ditto Opening Night @ Hoam Art Hall
17: 다자외교포럼 (Mr. Amara Essy), dinner w. 민성
19: 정s서기관님 마지막 출근
20: worked at home (preparing papers for DAC review), Sharon in Seoul again
22: DAC 실사단 hotel pick-up & 회의 녹취록 작성, dinner w MJ, 도희, 아영
23: 하나원 견학
24: lunch w 한 서기관님, 해미언니, 민수. 실사단 escort inside HQ.
25: lunch & 성공회성당 견학 w아영. Stefan recital 예매!
27: the beginning of diet pills. flying pan blue w H, "Transformers 2" w 도희.
28: lunch w 김 서기관님 & 아현 @ 강남역
29: Ewha GSIS results are out, but no news abt scholarship (drove me crazy)
30: dinner w 용수, 아영 @ Chili Chili
JULY
1: Ditto concert @ 성남아트센터
3: dinner w H & 미지언니
7: lunch w 이 서기관님
8: 덕수궁 after lunch w Marino and the twat/ dinner w 아영, 도희, 윤성언니, kelly @ Jacoby's
10: my bd! surprise bd party as gift from 과장님 >_< & dinner w fam @ Congee Go Go
11: went to buy hanbok for JJ w Christy & 아영. pre-ADI dinner @ 성신여대.
13: bd celebration w Moony & H
14: heavy rain!
15: "My Scary Girl" w 도희. Farewell party for Jason @ nowhere else but the Spai Bar!
16: Dinner w Ji unni @ Gangnam
17: Dinnr w 성언니 @ Coex
18: adjudicated @ ADI tournament
19: lunch w. grandma & granpa & Kyu @ 샤브미
23: lunch w. 아영 & Jju unni
24: 신사동 w 성언니
26: 로미오앤 줄리엣 한국어 공연 w mom. (임태경, 김소현 캐스팅)
28: 박, 이 서기관님들과 lunch
29: lunch w Yeajin
30: lunch w 한 서기관님
31: last day at work. lunch w 과 @ Rosso Bianco (ugh had so much trouble picking the place!)
AUGUST
2~4: family trip to 강원도 고성군/속초
5: watched "Up" w grandma. finished reading "The Interpreter" by Suki Kim
6: Tied down with work (학원 아르바이트)!
7: Finished reading "Slam"
8: WUDC auditions/ afternoon w Christy & 아영. dinner w fam.
9: watched 해운대 w fam.
10: went to the dentist. watched G.I. Joe w mom.
11: 휘문중 KDF 설명회, 조 서기관님 환송회. (노래방에서 신나게 불러제꼈더니 과장님 wanted me to come back to workㅋㅋㅋ)
12: GSIS orientation
13: left the house around 11:30am. canceled lunch w. 홍 서기관님. went to 하나후쿠, bookstore, and Trinitea. and then preparatory meeting for debate workshop. but the work didn't start until after dinner, cuz many ppl came late.....-_-+
14-15: debate workshop @ 휘문중
16: first time to translate @ church
17: Lin comes back! Dinner & "Public Enemies" w Lin, 도희, 아영, Logan. thought abt joining trip to Jeonju but too much work - decided not to go.
19: register for courses
20: lunch w 홍 서기관님! Dinner w Lin, Shendy, 도희
23: lunch w 장윤재 교수님 & 김성희 전도사님
25: dentist, hair (bangs!), family pic
27: took photos for H all around school, Ditto concerto w. 도희
28: 하계 졸업식. Daxun Zhang recital w. 아영, Logan, 지은
31: 경복궁 w. Lin & 미지언니
SEPTEMBER
1: first day of grad school
3: went with 도희 to 상문고
5: Tsui Hark's "The Tempest" @ the National Theater
8: brunch w 아영, The Bungalow w 도희 & 종민
10: lunch w YJY
11: GSIS Open House. first meeting w prof Oh et al.
14: EDiS auditions for KNC teams
18: 이자람의 "사천가 2009"
19: Asia Song Festival w. Lin & Shendy
23: first presentation in grad school (Globalization & Development)
25: 대학가요제 @ 인천대학교 송도캠퍼스! "이대나온여자" wins!!!
29: 개발협력 박람회, Vagina Monologues!!!
OCTOBER
5: sent flowers for LHM's bd
6: EYF w. undersecretary for public affairs of the USA (cut short cuz she was late! how lousy is that!)
8: IDHS Inaugural Conference w. Lin
9: went to the stables @ 서울숲 w. Lin, Thai Orchid, food shopping @ Itaewon, movie
13: watched 호우시절
15: "Radio and Juliet" w. 영희 and her friend
16: DGLS - ambassador of Ireland
19-22: exam/paper week.
23: 삼청동 & 종로빈대떡 w. Lin
24: missed "Romeo & Juliet" by Aterballetto @ 고양 아람누리ㅠㅠㅠㅠ so went to 명동 and got my nails painted purple, and bought chocolate
26~29: PLW week
26: went to the new Logaland for the first time w 아영, Tandoori & 달콤한조각 w Lin
27: watched "굿모닝 프레지던트"
28: 강문정 교수님 PLW, DFID official 특강, 대학가요제 뒷풀이 @ OTB!
29: Sylvia Rhee 교수님 PLW, Prof Oh advisee group dinner
30~11/1: KNC
NOVEMBER
3: "Inglorious Basterds"w 도희 & Lin. (Lin fell asleep during the movie.. too many foreign languages and no English subtitles!)
5: "This Is It" w. Lin & 도희
6: "양정웅의 Hamlet" w. Lin
10: 마스트리히트 대학 총장 강연, "Being Gidon Kremer"w 미지언니!
13: DGLS - 한-캐나다 FTA conference (최원목 교수님 presentation)
17: RM presentation
19: EAE presentation (망했ㅠㅠ), Intl student conference on DC
22: stayed in school until 10pm to prepare for presenation w. 희주언니
23: IPE presentation w. Heeju unni
25: Lin's bd dinner @ Nolita & Tea at 티앙팡!
30: dropped by 개발정책과 (이 서기관님's last day)
DECEMBER
2: D&G 2nd presentation
3: Hermione perm~
6: family photo shoot + birthday dinner for grandma
10~13: Macau + Hong Kong (accidentally)
15: got home at 6:30am, slept for almost 20 hours
16~18: writing papers.... @_@
18: Stefan Jackiw Recital!!!
20: sent in the last paper for the first semester at grad school.
21: adjudicated EDiS session. 헤어 트리트먼트. dinner w. lin
22: dinner w. 지현 + 민성
23: dropped in on Mark, dinner w Ahyoung
26: first lesson w Mark, lunch w. 성언니 - painful failure at BFP T^T
28: 2nd lesson w. Mark. went to feed Kekkie.
29: dinner @ F랑. watched "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parn Assus" w. 영희
31: dinner @ 하나후쿠 & watched "Fantastic Mr.Fox" w fam.
watched the ringing of the bell on TV. & KBS 신년음악회 & 뉴스속보.
Starting the new year with bad news from the parliament: 예산안 강행 처리, 의장 직권상정... 몸싸움 예상... ugh, why don't you guys just go home and sleep? 유효표수 안되게 해버리면 되잖아?;;
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Okada Masaki!
waa I only have one episode of Otomen left to watch...
what am I going to to when the series is over?????? T^T
으왕 why is this boy so pretty...(89년생...으헉ㅠㅠ)
12/28/2009
1. 요새 허리가 너무 아파ㅠㅠ 마카오 갔다온 이후로 밤새가면서(?) 페이퍼 쓰고, 방학한 후로는 계속 컴퓨터로 드라마 봐서 그런가봐ㅠㅠ 아니면 추운데 운동부족인 상태로 나갔다가 근육을 살짝 다친건가? 으으으 빨리 나았으면 좋겠다ㅠㅠ
2. A가 터키 간 사이에 과외를 대신 해 주고 있다. A랑 애 엄마가 "얘는 집중력이 현저히 떨어지고 말도 더럽게 안들으니 주의를 단단히 하고 꽉 잡아매놓고 엄하게 가르쳐야 합니다" 라고 으름장을 놨는데, 이게 왠일? 내가 새로운 사람이라서 봐주는 건지 뭔지... 애 너무 착한데? 뭥미???
3. 오늘..일어나기 전에 꿈을 꿨는데.. one of those dreams that are so real & vivid that you can remember the smell, touch, air temperture, etc. as if it's something that really happened..
그는 키가 컸고, 팔은 가는 편이었다. 하지만 firm and warm. 그느낌을 잊을수가 없고 잊고싶지 않다...
3-1. 물론 일어나서 꿈 생각이 나자 마자 Sean생각을 했지. 도대체 몇년동안 도모만 하고 이루지 못한 일인지... 이번에는 꼭..!
4. 꿈속에서 본 그사람이 inspired from K 라고 생각했는데, 만일 그 꿈이 예지몽이었다면 my memory must have failed me. 왜냐면 오늘 몇일만에 메일을 확인했더니 P가 메일을 보냈더라고? 그것도 단체멜도 아니고 수신인에 나 하나 딸랑 써져 있던데... 서서서설마 나한테만 보낸건 아니겠지?;; 아님 정말 할일이 너무 없어서 명함 준 사람 한명한명 다 individually 메일을 보낸걸까? 정말로??? 답장을 쓰는데 도대체 어디까지 nice하게 써야되는지 또 혼자서 막 고민했다는거. 허허 참.
5. 작년 요맘때는 (뭐 그리고 대충 올해 여름까지도-_-) 대략 '엘샛 시험장에서 만난 그사람'한테 완전 빠져 있어서 정신 못차리고 지냈는데.. 올해는 그런일조차 없었네ㅠ 암울하다, 정말. 내년이면 25살, 내년이면 "꺾이는" 나이인데..ㅠㅠ 아으 젠장.
6. 엘샛.........정말, 걱정이 태산!
7. 이번학기 성적은..... miracle!!!! 끼야 이교수님 완전 사랑해요ㅠㅠ 평생 충성을 바치겠습니다ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 진짜 마지막 순간까지 조마조마 했는데..ㅠㅠ 역시 기대를 저버리지 않으시는 그 자비로움에 꼭 보답하겠습니다ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
의외로 지도교수님이 +를 안주셨다는 사실에 뿔나 있음. -_-+ 흥핏쳇!
2. A가 터키 간 사이에 과외를 대신 해 주고 있다. A랑 애 엄마가 "얘는 집중력이 현저히 떨어지고 말도 더럽게 안들으니 주의를 단단히 하고 꽉 잡아매놓고 엄하게 가르쳐야 합니다" 라고 으름장을 놨는데, 이게 왠일? 내가 새로운 사람이라서 봐주는 건지 뭔지... 애 너무 착한데? 뭥미???
3. 오늘..일어나기 전에 꿈을 꿨는데.. one of those dreams that are so real & vivid that you can remember the smell, touch, air temperture, etc. as if it's something that really happened..
그는 키가 컸고, 팔은 가는 편이었다. 하지만 firm and warm. 그느낌을 잊을수가 없고 잊고싶지 않다...
3-1. 물론 일어나서 꿈 생각이 나자 마자 Sean생각을 했지. 도대체 몇년동안 도모만 하고 이루지 못한 일인지... 이번에는 꼭..!
4. 꿈속에서 본 그사람이 inspired from K 라고 생각했는데, 만일 그 꿈이 예지몽이었다면 my memory must have failed me. 왜냐면 오늘 몇일만에 메일을 확인했더니 P가 메일을 보냈더라고? 그것도 단체멜도 아니고 수신인에 나 하나 딸랑 써져 있던데... 서서서설마 나한테만 보낸건 아니겠지?;; 아님 정말 할일이 너무 없어서 명함 준 사람 한명한명 다 individually 메일을 보낸걸까? 정말로??? 답장을 쓰는데 도대체 어디까지 nice하게 써야되는지 또 혼자서 막 고민했다는거. 허허 참.
5. 작년 요맘때는 (뭐 그리고 대충 올해 여름까지도-_-) 대략 '엘샛 시험장에서 만난 그사람'한테 완전 빠져 있어서 정신 못차리고 지냈는데.. 올해는 그런일조차 없었네ㅠ 암울하다, 정말. 내년이면 25살, 내년이면 "꺾이는" 나이인데..ㅠㅠ 아으 젠장.
6. 엘샛.........정말, 걱정이 태산!
7. 이번학기 성적은..... miracle!!!! 끼야 이교수님 완전 사랑해요ㅠㅠ 평생 충성을 바치겠습니다ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 진짜 마지막 순간까지 조마조마 했는데..ㅠㅠ 역시 기대를 저버리지 않으시는 그 자비로움에 꼭 보답하겠습니다ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
의외로 지도교수님이 +를 안주셨다는 사실에 뿔나 있음. -_-+ 흥핏쳇!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
A Day of Stefan Jackiw!
라디오에서 너의 목소리와 너의 연주를 들으려고
몇 주 만에 10시 전에 일어났어
졸린 눈을 비비며 '숨막히는' 너의 연주를 들으며 하루를 시작하고
하루종일 저녁에 있을 너의 연주회를 기대하며 지내고
드디어 저녁 6시,
아주아주 오래간만에 예쁘게 차려입고 집을 나섰지
달콤하고 구슬프고 부드러웠던 브람스 바이올린 소나타
아무리 들어도 새로운 쇼팽 C#단조 녹턴 20번 (아무리 들어봐도 너만큼 아름답게 연주하는 사람을 본적이 없어, 이걸 자신의 iconic한 레파토리로 삼은 사람도 별로 없는 것 같고.. 생전에 너의 연주를 들으며 너에 대한 사랑으로 넘치셨을 금아 피천득 선생님의 모습도 떠올랐지. 마치 구름 위를 날아다니는 것 같은 쇼팽과 스테판의 조합!)
베토벤의 "봄" - 네가 말했듯이, 웅장하고 장엄한 베토벤이 아니라 매우 개인적이고 소소한 베토벤. 수없이 많이 들었던 곡이지만, 너의 연주는 어떤 곡이든 새롭게 발견하게 하는 힘을 가지고 있어.
생상 Introduction and Rondo Cappriccioso - 예습을 한답시고 CD를 여러 번 듣다 보니 정경화의 박력 넘치다 못해 앙칼진 버젼에 귀가 익숙해져 있었어. 이 곡을 그렇게 아름답고 사랑스럽게 연주할 수 있는지 상상조차 못했어! 너의 하모닉스와 꾸밈음은 너무 아찔해서 눈을 감을 수 밖에 없었고, 사라사테에게 헌정된 곡인 만큼 스페인풍의 리듬이 나올 때면 섹시한(!) 스페인 아가씨가 춤을 추는 모습이 눈 앞에 아른거렸어. Max Levinson과 너의 해석은 정경화와 런던필의 해석에 익숙해져 버린 나에겐 상상초월, 그 자체였어.
앵콜로 들려준 마스네: 타이스 의 명상곡 - 너처럼 이 곡을 컬러풀하고 풍부하게 연주할 수 있는 사람은 이 세상에 없는 것 같아. 너무 닳고 닳은 곡이라서, 차라리 이 곡 보다는 (하다못해) 아침에 라디오에서 들려준 Schon Rosemarin이라던가 너에게 더 잘 어울리는 발랄한 곡을 들려주길 바랬는데, 곡 선택에 있어서 솔직히 약간 실망하고 있었는데, 듣다 보니 이 곡이 영원히 끝나지 않았으면, 하고 생각하고 있더라고 내가! 너의 연주가 너무 맛있어서.. 용서해줄께.ㅎㅎㅎ
사람들이 줄을 너무 길게 서 있어서 싸인을 못 받을지도 모르겠다고 생각했는데, 다행히도 내 차례가 오더라고. 이번에도 역시 네 얼굴을 보니까 얼어 버려서!! Thank you so much한마디밖에 못하겠더라고ㅠㅠ 연주회가 끝났을 때, 너는 무슨 얘기를 듣고 싶어할까? 무슨 말을 하는 게 적당할까? 네 CD에 Max씨한테도 싸인을 해달라고 했는데, 그건 실례인가? 듣는 입장의 나에게는 it's as much his CD as it is yours... 아 역시 예의니 뭐니 이런건 너무 어려워!ㅋㅋ
휴 이제 너를 다시 보려면 여름까지 기다려야 하는데... 그때는 꼭 정신무장 단단히 하고 가서 악수해 달라고 해봐야지!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
몇 주 만에 10시 전에 일어났어
졸린 눈을 비비며 '숨막히는' 너의 연주를 들으며 하루를 시작하고
하루종일 저녁에 있을 너의 연주회를 기대하며 지내고
드디어 저녁 6시,
아주아주 오래간만에 예쁘게 차려입고 집을 나섰지
달콤하고 구슬프고 부드러웠던 브람스 바이올린 소나타
아무리 들어도 새로운 쇼팽 C#단조 녹턴 20번 (아무리 들어봐도 너만큼 아름답게 연주하는 사람을 본적이 없어, 이걸 자신의 iconic한 레파토리로 삼은 사람도 별로 없는 것 같고.. 생전에 너의 연주를 들으며 너에 대한 사랑으로 넘치셨을 금아 피천득 선생님의 모습도 떠올랐지. 마치 구름 위를 날아다니는 것 같은 쇼팽과 스테판의 조합!)
베토벤의 "봄" - 네가 말했듯이, 웅장하고 장엄한 베토벤이 아니라 매우 개인적이고 소소한 베토벤. 수없이 많이 들었던 곡이지만, 너의 연주는 어떤 곡이든 새롭게 발견하게 하는 힘을 가지고 있어.
생상 Introduction and Rondo Cappriccioso - 예습을 한답시고 CD를 여러 번 듣다 보니 정경화의 박력 넘치다 못해 앙칼진 버젼에 귀가 익숙해져 있었어. 이 곡을 그렇게 아름답고 사랑스럽게 연주할 수 있는지 상상조차 못했어! 너의 하모닉스와 꾸밈음은 너무 아찔해서 눈을 감을 수 밖에 없었고, 사라사테에게 헌정된 곡인 만큼 스페인풍의 리듬이 나올 때면 섹시한(!) 스페인 아가씨가 춤을 추는 모습이 눈 앞에 아른거렸어. Max Levinson과 너의 해석은 정경화와 런던필의 해석에 익숙해져 버린 나에겐 상상초월, 그 자체였어.
앵콜로 들려준 마스네: 타이스 의 명상곡 - 너처럼 이 곡을 컬러풀하고 풍부하게 연주할 수 있는 사람은 이 세상에 없는 것 같아. 너무 닳고 닳은 곡이라서, 차라리 이 곡 보다는 (하다못해) 아침에 라디오에서 들려준 Schon Rosemarin이라던가 너에게 더 잘 어울리는 발랄한 곡을 들려주길 바랬는데, 곡 선택에 있어서 솔직히 약간 실망하고 있었는데, 듣다 보니 이 곡이 영원히 끝나지 않았으면, 하고 생각하고 있더라고 내가! 너의 연주가 너무 맛있어서.. 용서해줄께.ㅎㅎㅎ
사람들이 줄을 너무 길게 서 있어서 싸인을 못 받을지도 모르겠다고 생각했는데, 다행히도 내 차례가 오더라고. 이번에도 역시 네 얼굴을 보니까 얼어 버려서!! Thank you so much한마디밖에 못하겠더라고ㅠㅠ 연주회가 끝났을 때, 너는 무슨 얘기를 듣고 싶어할까? 무슨 말을 하는 게 적당할까? 네 CD에 Max씨한테도 싸인을 해달라고 했는데, 그건 실례인가? 듣는 입장의 나에게는 it's as much his CD as it is yours... 아 역시 예의니 뭐니 이런건 너무 어려워!ㅋㅋ
휴 이제 너를 다시 보려면 여름까지 기다려야 하는데... 그때는 꼭 정신무장 단단히 하고 가서 악수해 달라고 해봐야지!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Comig back from Macau/Hong Kong (oh my dear Lord)
was stuck in HKG for 10 hours, what a nightmare!
but we made the best of it, hehehe
but we made the best of it, hehehe
Sunday, December 13, 2009
3rd Day in Macau (Last day of tournament)
Round 5 - got 2nd place for the first time in the tournament.
Unexpectedly broke!!! (6th team to break)
but failed to make it to grand finals.
was happy/안타까워 for the Wenzao team, cuz they had they could have broke if they had higher speaker scores.
I keep thinking we could have gone to Finals if we were on CG instead of OG for the Semis.. cus honestly I think we did better than the CG! so i guess the judges liked their extension.. :P
Jeff left his bag (he put his passport in there!) in the bus last night when we were going to the Venetian, and we were so worried because the driver lived in the mainland and the bus company couldn't get in touch with him! But luckily enough he got his bag back in the afternoon.
The tourney and ceremony finished before 6pm (again, ahead of schedule), so a bunch of ppl (including Loke, TJ, the Thai girls, some Chinese ppl) decided to go to the eggtart place across the hotel. This was a bad idea cuz H got really sick and Sing and I really didn't feel like having dinner, when the dinner was an okay hotel buffet!
After dinner and taking lots of photos with mostly everyone except for TJ who mysteriously disappeared...
went to the bar strip with Fangs, Alexx, Sing, Reuben, Ryotaro, Kazuya, Andrew, A, H, Peter, E, and Jeff. Started playing drinking games but soon got boring cuz we were sitting in an elongated circe and we couldn't hear each other, not to mention that people just weren't drunk enough.-_- So the Japanese guys left, and H, E, Peter, and I tagged along.
Heard the rest of the guys went to MGM to try the slots, came back to the hotel to party at A's room but ended up sleeping -_- kekeke
took E and H to the Grand Emperor to look at the gold bars
and then tried my luck at the Lisboa - earned 14 HKD at the slots!!
thus the end of the 1st Macau Ivitational Tournament.
Unexpectedly broke!!! (6th team to break)
but failed to make it to grand finals.
was happy/안타까워 for the Wenzao team, cuz they had they could have broke if they had higher speaker scores.
I keep thinking we could have gone to Finals if we were on CG instead of OG for the Semis.. cus honestly I think we did better than the CG! so i guess the judges liked their extension.. :P
Jeff left his bag (he put his passport in there!) in the bus last night when we were going to the Venetian, and we were so worried because the driver lived in the mainland and the bus company couldn't get in touch with him! But luckily enough he got his bag back in the afternoon.
The tourney and ceremony finished before 6pm (again, ahead of schedule), so a bunch of ppl (including Loke, TJ, the Thai girls, some Chinese ppl) decided to go to the eggtart place across the hotel. This was a bad idea cuz H got really sick and Sing and I really didn't feel like having dinner, when the dinner was an okay hotel buffet!
After dinner and taking lots of photos with mostly everyone except for TJ who mysteriously disappeared...
went to the bar strip with Fangs, Alexx, Sing, Reuben, Ryotaro, Kazuya, Andrew, A, H, Peter, E, and Jeff. Started playing drinking games but soon got boring cuz we were sitting in an elongated circe and we couldn't hear each other, not to mention that people just weren't drunk enough.-_- So the Japanese guys left, and H, E, Peter, and I tagged along.
Heard the rest of the guys went to MGM to try the slots, came back to the hotel to party at A's room but ended up sleeping -_- kekeke
took E and H to the Grand Emperor to look at the gold bars
and then tried my luck at the Lisboa - earned 14 HKD at the slots!!
thus the end of the 1st Macau Ivitational Tournament.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
2nd Day in Macau
magically woke up (well, the hotel gave us a wake-up call AND my five alarms on my cell phone woke H up, who in turn woke me up) in time for breakfast,
took bus to IFT.
crisp and a bit nervous, but in a good way.
Round 1: 3rd place (totally unexpected.. thought we would take 1st place)
Round 2: 1st place (only because we were CO)
Round 3: 3rd place again!
Round 4: 3rd place again... dayum, we might not be able to break.....T^T
as this was a small tournament, and extreme Js like Loke were running this tournament, we finished slightly ahead of schedule!!
Went to Dumbo (small flying elephant!) restaurant for dinner (shrimp and chicken curry was really good!),
the bus conveniently took us to the Venetian! which was really nice because we'd been meaning to go there but thought we might not have the time..
went around looking at the humongous hotel & casino, found our way to the Canal Malls, did some window shopping (I think I was the only one who actually bought stuff- unexpected Naraya shop! 득템ed gifts for friends and myself, hehehe. Oh and A bought sth at the Man U store, too)
came back to the hotel around 11:30pm but E and H wanted to see the Grand Emperor, so took them there and then hit the slots at the Lisboa! Think everyone made the most money there for some reason...
came back to hotel,
H went to sleep but I crept out with A to get a massage at the Kingsway Hotel, which is now the Lan Kwai Fong. And oh lemme tell ya we loved that place. The interior design of the whole hotel was pretty nice, and so was the massage/beauty parlor. The masseuses were pretty good too. Loved the lemongrass oil they used. Will definitely go there again if come back to Macau.
took bus to IFT.
crisp and a bit nervous, but in a good way.
Round 1: 3rd place (totally unexpected.. thought we would take 1st place)
Round 2: 1st place (only because we were CO)
Round 3: 3rd place again!
Round 4: 3rd place again... dayum, we might not be able to break.....T^T
as this was a small tournament, and extreme Js like Loke were running this tournament, we finished slightly ahead of schedule!!
Went to Dumbo (small flying elephant!) restaurant for dinner (shrimp and chicken curry was really good!),
the bus conveniently took us to the Venetian! which was really nice because we'd been meaning to go there but thought we might not have the time..
went around looking at the humongous hotel & casino, found our way to the Canal Malls, did some window shopping (I think I was the only one who actually bought stuff- unexpected Naraya shop! 득템ed gifts for friends and myself, hehehe. Oh and A bought sth at the Man U store, too)
came back to the hotel around 11:30pm but E and H wanted to see the Grand Emperor, so took them there and then hit the slots at the Lisboa! Think everyone made the most money there for some reason...
came back to hotel,
H went to sleep but I crept out with A to get a massage at the Kingsway Hotel, which is now the Lan Kwai Fong. And oh lemme tell ya we loved that place. The interior design of the whole hotel was pretty nice, and so was the massage/beauty parlor. The masseuses were pretty good too. Loved the lemongrass oil they used. Will definitely go there again if come back to Macau.
Friday, December 11, 2009
1st Day in Macau
woke up just in time to make it for the half-day tour
lunch at the rotating restaurant at the Macau Tower
went to Senado Square, St. Paul's Church (remains), St. Dominic's Church, Sasa (!), etc.
high tea (which was pretty much dinner) at some hotel
- actually enjoyed the food there more than the buffet at lunch
went to IFT (which we later realized was a school!) to watch mock debate
went back to hotel, unpacked,
went out to Senado Square for milk pudding and papaya+coconut juice! with H, and went to Watsons originally to buy stockings, but the ones there were too pricey and ugly, so we only bought gum and mints there,
came back to hotel, H was too tired so she fell asleep,
met up with A to go looking for a massage shop but failed, instead found a tiny dingy little dimsum place on the backstreets of Senado Square and took some to the hotel. ate those and dragonfruit at A's room, and went to sleep.
lunch at the rotating restaurant at the Macau Tower
went to Senado Square, St. Paul's Church (remains), St. Dominic's Church, Sasa (!), etc.
high tea (which was pretty much dinner) at some hotel
- actually enjoyed the food there more than the buffet at lunch
went to IFT (which we later realized was a school!) to watch mock debate
went back to hotel, unpacked,
went out to Senado Square for milk pudding and papaya+coconut juice! with H, and went to Watsons originally to buy stockings, but the ones there were too pricey and ugly, so we only bought gum and mints there,
came back to hotel, H was too tired so she fell asleep,
met up with A to go looking for a massage shop but failed, instead found a tiny dingy little dimsum place on the backstreets of Senado Square and took some to the hotel. ate those and dragonfruit at A's room, and went to sleep.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Leaving for Macau
sent my part of the EAE paper to my groupmate at around 1:20 pm (my flight is at 3:15pm and it takes 90+ minutes to get from my house to the airport)
failed at finishing the Research Methods paper
just missed the airport limo, had to wait until 2:05pm to ride the next one
in the meanwhile, my teammate called to let me know that luckily, she was at the airport and was able to change our flight to the next one (leaving at 7:40pm) at no extra charge
finally got to the airport at around 3:35 pm.
met up with my teammate and had K.Onion burgers at Kraze (mission accomplished!)
went through immigrations, sat around the waiting area, wrote a couple pages for my RM paper, but realized there wouldn't be any way that I can finish it by Friday 11am, so called the prof and *magically* she was still in her office (it was about 5:55pm) and she said it's okay to turn in the paper until Wednesday as long as I send her the official documents.
Suddenly very relieved, turned computer off and rested for a little bit, then boarded plane.
They were showing Public Enemies, 500 Days of Summer, The Time Traveller's Wife, and other stuff on the plane - really wanted to watch 500 Days but somehow the channels showing that one weren't working.. so watched Time Traveller's Wife instead.. pretty corny, as expected.
Landed in HKG around 12:20am, so the ferries from the airport weren't available.. so took a bus to Sheng Wan and took a ferry from there to Macau. (Thanks to H who researched beforehand how to get to that ferry pier!)
Arrived in Macau Ferry Pier around 2:10am, had to go through immigration AGAIN (which got pretty annoying by then - this is why you should definitely use the air-sea trasfer system!). Took a taxi to the hotel, checked in, met up with Ahyoung, took a walk around...
Came back exhausted (past 5am) and fell asleep.
failed at finishing the Research Methods paper
just missed the airport limo, had to wait until 2:05pm to ride the next one
in the meanwhile, my teammate called to let me know that luckily, she was at the airport and was able to change our flight to the next one (leaving at 7:40pm) at no extra charge
finally got to the airport at around 3:35 pm.
met up with my teammate and had K.Onion burgers at Kraze (mission accomplished!)
went through immigrations, sat around the waiting area, wrote a couple pages for my RM paper, but realized there wouldn't be any way that I can finish it by Friday 11am, so called the prof and *magically* she was still in her office (it was about 5:55pm) and she said it's okay to turn in the paper until Wednesday as long as I send her the official documents.
Suddenly very relieved, turned computer off and rested for a little bit, then boarded plane.
They were showing Public Enemies, 500 Days of Summer, The Time Traveller's Wife, and other stuff on the plane - really wanted to watch 500 Days but somehow the channels showing that one weren't working.. so watched Time Traveller's Wife instead.. pretty corny, as expected.
Landed in HKG around 12:20am, so the ferries from the airport weren't available.. so took a bus to Sheng Wan and took a ferry from there to Macau. (Thanks to H who researched beforehand how to get to that ferry pier!)
Arrived in Macau Ferry Pier around 2:10am, had to go through immigration AGAIN (which got pretty annoying by then - this is why you should definitely use the air-sea trasfer system!). Took a taxi to the hotel, checked in, met up with Ahyoung, took a walk around...
Came back exhausted (past 5am) and fell asleep.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
I feel like eating...
붕어빵, sausages/hot dog, bacon and fried egg, bread with balsamic vinegar, strawberry milkshake, cheesecake (the one at 티앙팡!), affogatto (espresso and vanilla ice cream), chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, chewy brownies, pumpkin pie, camanbert cheese tart topped with oreo crumbs, chocolate covered cherries, chocolate covered almonds, the waffles and ice cream tower at Butterfinger Pancakes (!!!) with cranberry lemonade, brunch at Flying Pan Blue, peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich, mashed potatoes, potato wedges (had them for dinner but could take more...), onion rings (Burger King!), bacon double cheeseburger, any burger with really good chesse and fried onions, really good apple pie (not the crappy ones they sell in most Korean bakeries), that chocolate and raspberry tart I didn't buy at Dilly Dally yesterday, popover (also at Dilly Dally), cheese hotpot at 신대만원미 (aaaaak i miss that place so bad!!!!! it's like my favorie restaurant in Taiwan, along with Din Tai Fung and Smokey Joe's), xiaolongbao, eggtart (this time in its motherland - Macau!), chocolate eggtart, blueberry yoghurt, 떡볶이 (ㅠㅠbeen craving this for months but nobody wants to eat with me..), any kind of berry covered with white chocolate, fresh sweet papaya, papaya milkshake!!!, Dairy Queen ice cream (with chocolate!), grapefruit juice, scones with butter and strawberry jam, sticky rice steamed in lotus/baboo leaf, Leonidas pralines, that lovely framboise cake and hot chocolate drink from Jubilee Chocolatiers, cheesecap pizza, cheese salad at Sweet Piece or Egg & Spoon Race, tom yang kung, good pad thai (haven't had one since the one in that beaten-down mom and pop restaurant in Pattaya), fried shrimp with chili sauce, 짜장면!, 기스면, just plain cream soup, 진라면순한맛, fusilli (? those twisted pasta..) with some good tomato sauce, ravioli at My Ex-wife's Secret Recipe!, french toast, okonomiyaki (aaaaah i miss osaka), castella with honey from Castella Ginso, yaki udon, 김치치즈알밥, fresh squeezed orange juice, ......................
I think I should have a nice burger with some nice cheese in it at Kraze at the airport for lunch tomorrow ;) ehehehehe
I think I should have a nice burger with some nice cheese in it at Kraze at the airport for lunch tomorrow ;) ehehehehe
Going to Macao (Macau?)!
Okay so I'm finally going to Macao after all that scurrying about - what with "you can't come as a composite team" and then "you can come but you can't break" and then having to find someone who could go and then finding out that NC wasn't gonna go even as a judge, all the shit we had to go through to book tickets (finalized the tickets 30 minutes before the deadline for payment, which was this afternoon!).
I will be leaving straight from school right after class in the morning.
Which means I have to do all of the following things in the next 10 hours:
1) Pack: need to choose what to wear for four days.
2) Finish writing my Research Methods paper (which is... about half done)
3) Email the paper to prof, with an explanation of why I'm handing it in early
4) Finish writing my EAE paper (which I haven't even started yet, although I have a stack of references sitting around on my desk)
5) email the paper to my groupmate, so she can look over it before handing it in on Friday
6) Finish 첨삭
7) Finish grading tests
I have so much work in my hands I don't know where to start or what order to do them in and this is making me nearly schezophrenic.
And I know that it will be impossble to finish doing all of these AND make it to class on time tomorrow morning. (Which is really bad, because I've been late for Thursday classes quite a few times.)
I'm just hoping I won't fall asleep before I finish all of them.
I'm going to Macau tomorrow and I don't even know what their currency is called or what the exchange rate is like.
Okay I just looked it up and it's called the Macau Pataca, and the XR is 1MOP=145.571 KRW.
XR for HKD is 1 HKD= 149.938 KRW.
So I should be expecting about 150 won per MOP or HKD.
And then there is the fear that I won't even break and be so smooshed at the tiny 16-team tournament. I haven't been debating for nearly two years now so I know I won't even stand a chance of making it to the final round. But I really really hope that somehow, miraculously, that we can at least break. Even if we're the last breaking team.
And I know I won't be able to give my 100% during the tournament because I will be worrying about the two papers I have to write the moment I come back home.
But I also know Ican't do anything about that until I actually come home, so I'll try to be chill about that and focus on having a good time in Macau.
(big sigh)
Okay back to work now!!!
No sidetracking tonight!!!
I will be leaving straight from school right after class in the morning.
Which means I have to do all of the following things in the next 10 hours:
1) Pack: need to choose what to wear for four days.
2) Finish writing my Research Methods paper (which is... about half done)
3) Email the paper to prof, with an explanation of why I'm handing it in early
4) Finish writing my EAE paper (which I haven't even started yet, although I have a stack of references sitting around on my desk)
5) email the paper to my groupmate, so she can look over it before handing it in on Friday
6) Finish 첨삭
7) Finish grading tests
I have so much work in my hands I don't know where to start or what order to do them in and this is making me nearly schezophrenic.
And I know that it will be impossble to finish doing all of these AND make it to class on time tomorrow morning. (Which is really bad, because I've been late for Thursday classes quite a few times.)
I'm just hoping I won't fall asleep before I finish all of them.
I'm going to Macau tomorrow and I don't even know what their currency is called or what the exchange rate is like.
Okay I just looked it up and it's called the Macau Pataca, and the XR is 1MOP=145.571 KRW.
XR for HKD is 1 HKD= 149.938 KRW.
So I should be expecting about 150 won per MOP or HKD.
And then there is the fear that I won't even break and be so smooshed at the tiny 16-team tournament. I haven't been debating for nearly two years now so I know I won't even stand a chance of making it to the final round. But I really really hope that somehow, miraculously, that we can at least break. Even if we're the last breaking team.
And I know I won't be able to give my 100% during the tournament because I will be worrying about the two papers I have to write the moment I come back home.
But I also know Ican't do anything about that until I actually come home, so I'll try to be chill about that and focus on having a good time in Macau.
(big sigh)
Okay back to work now!!!
No sidetracking tonight!!!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Finished watching Skins Seasons 1 and 2!
took a sneak peek at Season 3 and it's a whole new cast, whole new story. But looks like Effie's still in it, as the main character this time around.
But it just won't be as good as the first two seasons with the original cast!
Loved every actor/actress and every character to bits.
The eight main characters - Tony, Michelle, Sid, Cassie, Anwar, Maxie, Chris, Jal
and all the supporting characters - their mums and dads, teachers at the college (Angie, the principal, Tom, the music teacher, etc.)...
Still shocks me that this was shown on TV (there is not a single episode that does not involve, sex, drugs, and alcohol)..
I'm not entirely sure why, but I am still so so so fond of works that involve highschool/college drama.. Stuff like Honey and Clover, High School Musical, Ten Things I Hate About You, She's All That, Bring It On, Cry-baby, and the like.
Maybe it's because they show the high school life that I never had, a fantasy-world that exists only in my imagination.
Maybe it's because I hated high school so much that I didn't live in the reality that I was given for most of those three years. (Not to deny that there were some nice bits of high school, like winning the foreign language drama contest, or helping with the Christian fellowship club.. Any my math 학원 where I never studied math but talked about life with my teacher.. And it was all great after I got accepted into university and I got to get out of school in the afternoons to earn money for the first time in my life, get driver's ed, learn Chinese, meet new people, etc.)
Maybe it's because those films show kids making 'real' relationships, which is something I both deliberately avoided and was also incapable of doing during my high school years.
The teenage romances that I never experienced, the 'delinquencies' that I never allowed myself to walk into, the twisted friendships that sort themselves out in the end... All these things were nonexistent in my high school life and I wonder if I am an anomaly??? Am I the only person who had a totally different highschool experience from what is shown in those films?
Or is it because many people can sympathize with me that they make those make-believe realities in those shows? Do they show what people want their highschool lives to have been like?
neway the bottom line is that I love 청춘예찬 stories and Skins did a very good job at it, taking '막장 드라마'to a totally new level (in ways which would never be tolerated or even imagined in Korea..!).
I will so dearly miss the cast from Seasons 1 and 2!
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