So much has happened in the past couple of days in Paris! I could write pages and pages (which I did, in my own private diary!) but here's a summary of it all ( Read more... )

I had heard of and wanted to go see the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in Chicago, but never made the time to go... so when I found out it was being performed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, I bought tickets for my mom and myself without hesitation. My mom and I went to see it tonight! As we walked into Segerstrom ( Read more... )

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에세이티를 봤는데요 :) 성적은 별로 안좋았지만 :(
수학 750점(98%) 받았어요 ㅋㅋ 이점수를 dedicate to anne~
마지막년 끝까지 잘하세요~ㅎ

yay, that makes me happy. :)

So there's this program where underprivileged children at local schools write to Santa about what they want for Christmas and then sponsors play the role of Santa and buy the kid what he or she asked for. A lot of University of Chicago students are participating in it, and kids are told to ask for small things that'll only cost around $10. Like one ( Read more... )

This year is proving itself to be quite an unpredictable year with a lot of sudden decisions, and yet everything continues to fall into place on its own ( Read more... )

Threw pizza parties for all my classes on my last day as a teacher at the Academy. Had dinner with Cathy, Brian, and Sue at Nolita (a nice Italian wine bistro in Kangnam) and went to Itaewon (it's pretty sketchy at night when the streets are flooded with foreigners ( Read more... )

i wrote a long entry on the desktop computer... but the power went out and everything got deleted. so, here's a much shortened and simplified version of my update ( Read more... )

Went to the 찜질방 with my mom and cousin. It was definitely a most excellent cultural experience. Taking showers and stuff with dozens of other naked women and then sleeping in a room filled with at least 50 other men and women. Bizarre, I know. But we were all spaced out, thank goodness ( Read more... )

The week in a nutshell!

Thursday -> Went out for lunch/dinner with Thomas... I love being able to order a couple of things (like KimBab, Dduk Bbokk Ee, and ManDoo) and splitting it between friends. That's exactly what we did! Spent my time between classes hanging out with him even though it was pouring that day~ That day was probably the rainiest ( Read more... )