last night i was basically told by my two new masters that my poomsae [forms] were awful. like i didn't see that coming. i left feeling somewhat discouraged. did i really just waste the last 6 months? it's almost as if i need to completely start over. i only hope that they don't give up on me because i am going to try my best. after class they were trying to teach me some korean words for the movements. its definitely going to be an interesting month. i'm going to have to put in some extra effort on the weekend. i really want to do good and i don't want them to kick me out. they were demonstrating for me how to do some of the movements. whenever they do a block you can hear their uniform swish due to the movement and power. when i do it there's silence. i want to make a swishy noise. master hur even pointed out there was no sound. "why don't i make any sound? all i want is to hear the swishy sound of my uniform?" they went over a few more things with me and then called it a night. there's no class for me on wednesday since its game day, and then thursday is a national holiday so i won't be attending again until friday. these little kids are having a field day with me. i can just hear them saying "look at crazy white boy. he can't do anything." that basically sums up how i feel. and to make things worse there's a chicken deli under my taekwondo class and their sign is the same as chick-fil-a's. could the knife get any deeper. now thats all i think about. hmmm chick-fil-a.
last thursday there was a new restaurant opening up in our building. that night they were giving free dinner to the residents of ansan. we were luck enough to get invited. it was buffet style. i ate so much food i though i was going to be sick. it seems that my stomach has shrank because i was full after my first plate. here's what i had to eat for FREE:
1. sweet and sour pork
2. some kind of pink fish
3. meatball things
4. kimbap
5. tempura onions, chiles
6. sushi
7. korean pancakes
8. mushroom salad
9. bread with ham and cheese
10. lots of beef
11. mussels, baby squids, octopus, and various other sea foods
12. pickled garlic
it was all so good. after the meal i went back home to meet up with jenny. when i got there she told me that the washing machine stopped working. unfortuniately we couldn't get it opened so the stuff that was in there she'd have to leave behind. needless to say i wasn't looking forward trying to get this fixed. it was definitely going to be a challenge especially since my boken mirror and toilet have still yet to be fixed. i messed around with the washer for a bit then gave up. by this time we were running late. we were suppose to be at the wa bar at 10pm. it was now 10:45. oops. at the wa bar the waitress there was trying to tell us something. all i got was that one girl here but gone. we assumed she was talking about heather who we were suppose to meet. while jenny was off to meet anna, ryan showed up. later megan and her boyfriend popped up and told us they had run into heather. mystery solved. we stayed there for a few hours drinking pitchers as if they were filled with water. afterwards jenny, ryan, anna, and i went to a noraebang.
my set included:
1. lovehurts
2. superstar
3. we got the beat
4. everybody hurts
5. white room
6. i will survive
7. gay bar [duet with jenny]
thats all i can remember. ryan got busted trying to get beer in. later on he tried again this time sitting the bottle down his pants. the mission was a success. we stayed out singing until 4am. jenny had to catch a bus for the airport at 5am so we figured it was time to go. back at my apartment sarah [she was sick so didn't go out with us] was up and ready to go. we hung out for a little and then they left. bye bye jenny. see you in a couple of months.
be well…
snaps from an evening in jungangdong with jenny…
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