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[jsibelle]

the health club just wasn't cutting it so i joined a boxing gym. last night was my first visit. there were several points where i honestly thought i might die. i suddenly became very aware of any pain, regardless of how small, in my chest and started to imagine myself lying on the gym floor surrounded by koreans who were arguing about who should

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[number12]

boxing? so cool, johnny korea. i feel your pain, literally--i'm very slowly trying to introduce my body to the idea of jogging instead of walking. i think i actually heard the muscles in my shins go, "dude, what the fuck?"

and doesn't it figure that you try to do something healthy and life throws you a bottle of whiskey? ;)

[jsibelle]

day two was worse than the first. for all of the drills i do there is a round-counter that sounds a bell after 3 minutes with a thirty second rest interval in between. tonight i was pleading with time out loud.

[strange_quark]

so how did you learn korean, just by virtue of living there, or are you korean, or what? my roommate is korean; half my friends are korean; alas, however, i haven't picked up much. my apt in beijing is in koreatown. (and my chinese is an embarrassment. i used to sound like a native speaker - i used to be a native speaker...)

also, i don't know if you saw the post, but hohhot and the grasslands were a wash. the yurt had a poured concrete foundation. don't worry though - my friends and i have a plan to go to ulan bataar... which is on the way to siberia.

[jsibelle]

honestly my korean is rubbish. i'm a white guy who learned most of the korean i know from watching tv here in korea. as a result, my listening comprehension is much better than my speaking ability. every so often i'll make an attempt to study seriously but the available books are awful.

i did see the post. thank you. the pictures were great. as some one who spent a few of his impressionable years in florida, i am sort of interested in hohhot.

[educatedidiot]

No offense, but don't you mean you said "honey, give me a kiss" before passing out?

[jsibelle]

i hate you.

[yascya]

Give me a call before you leave the states, I want to say hi! (I'm really bummed that I didn't get to see you this time around.)