have mercy on me

deery-lou.
i went to the war memorial museum and all i got were these pictures…










it wasn't for lack of trying. after i took the first photo my battery died. it was one of those days. the museum was pretty interesting. or perhaps it was just the company. i wasn't really paying much attention. still not functioning at 100% yet. bc and princess think i have a stomach parasite. i guess i need to make a trip to the doctors. after all its been over a week. i cut my hair. no more curls. here's to a new year and a new me.

stay gold & be well…

i wanna be adored

deery-lou.
on monday night i took miss young to my fave new bar [si:m] for her birthday. the same three staffers were there. the place was pretty dead. the music still rocked and the drinks tasted mighty good for a monday night. it didn't take long for miss young to agree that bartender with the low, deep, sexy voice is quite the cutey. he was wearing combat boots. sigh…i could have sat there and stared all night. i've decided to make it my mission to befriend all three of them. project bar friends is on the way. wish me luck.

stay gold & be well…

teller

deery-lou.
my film review will be postponed until next week. been a bit under the weather and last night i found myself at an impromptu dinner meeting. there are some changes happening at our school [all for the better] so our boss wanted to talk to us before he left for new zealand with some students for a special program. i'm still wondering why i didn't get to go. sob.sob. anyway last night was the first real meal i was able to eat in two days. i literally stuffed myself. needless to say this morning i wasn't feeling any better. perhaps grilled beef and a pound of kimchi isn't the best thing to eat when feeling ill. oh, well. it was just so good i couldn't help myself. i did manage to make it to taekwondo this morning. it was me and about 30 youngsters. i really don't like the early vacation schedule. there's not much space to practice with all the little ones running around. hopefully by next week i'll be back on track. for those that enjoy my little reviews please come back next thursday. i promise to have a new one. one more thing before i leave. yesterday [january 3] was my dear friend kate's birthday. i want to wish her all the happiness and to let her know i miss her. happy birthday kate. i love you.

stay gold & be well…
jethan signing out.

p.s. check here to see the infamous fame photos. thanks for posting them princess.

essex dogs

deery-lou.
well new years came and went…i rang in the new year on the hill with the military, hookers, mos, and good friends. the evening started out at princess's fab pad where we drank wine, drank cocktails, smokes cigs, listened to music, and had a mini dance party. princess captured some of my routine to fame. pictures to come later. i'm sure they're priceless. i persuaded bc to venture out by playing the leaving card. i'm bad. but i didn't want her to spend it at home and knowing that my time with her is limited i want to get the most out of it. by the time we met up her i was already a bit tipsy. we headed off to queen where we secured a table by the window. two for one drinks soon followed. my first one went down very slow. the evening hadn't even started and already one gal was parading around in her sports bra. the majority of the people were westerns. i was told by one that he liked my glasses. luckily i was fortunate enough to have two very cute korean boys standing near our table. i was like a deer caught in the headlights. i couldn't stop watching them. i kept referring to the blonde haired one as vanilla sundae. korean boys with blonde hair are uber sexy. they kept me entertained playing with balloons and dancing. that was until they left. i didn't get up the courage to chat him up. my loss. princess nabbed us some felafels from the restaurant across the street. never in all my life have a tasted anything so good. we rang in the new year, then bc headed off home. princess and i decided to check out soho. not much happening there besides boys dancing on the pool table. oh my. about this time i got a killer headache so we headed off home. on the way i stopped in bk and got a mushroom steakburger. why does bk taste soooo good here. today was spent in a somewhat daze. tomorrow its back to the kiddies and taekwondo. not quite ready to get back to the grind.

stay gold & be well…

p.s. happy birthday, lj. miss ya!

death of a party

deery-lou.
FUCKIN COLD! that's how i would describe today. the day started off early as i was meeting bc way up north to check out some sites before hitting dongdaemun for some shopping. we had a mini little adventure in the freezing cold. of course i opted not to wear the giant parka. stupid! we stumbled upon what we thought was some kind of museum but it looked ghetto so we skipped it and headed off to check out some tombs. unfortunately i can't remember the name of the place. my bad. although not like it matters. walking around it felt like a ghost town. i kept looking for tumble weeds. all i saw were pile of leaves. the statues which were on top of the tombs were the most interesting but you couldn't get close enough to see them. i took a few snaps with the old 35mm so i'll post them later. bc and i still managed to have fun. when don't we. lunch was had at a small little place run by some ajummas. the food was most excellent. from there we jumped on the subway and headed to dongdaemun, the land of shopping. we spent a few hours there. i found a coat. score!! i'm sure i drove poor bc crazy. sometimes i'm quite indecisive about things. the coat wasn't exactly what i was looking for but then again i'm not sure i knew just what i wanted. i definitely liked the cut and style of it and i got him to come down in price. although somehow i got suckered into buying a black turtleneck that he claimed would fit me. well i must say it fits—fits like a glove. not sure how i feel about tight clothes. oh well. bc and i parted ways and i headed to insadong to meet up with a friend for coffee. seeing that there are numerous starbucks in the area i waited forever at the wrong one. the fact that he didn't have a cell phone made it worse since i couldn't call. of course when he did i missed the call. oops. finally after an hour we connected at the coffee bean. tomorrow i have to go back to work. but then i will have monday off for new years. it really makes no sense but whatever.

stay gold & be well…

well well well

deery-lou.
its a french holiday for me this year. first, there was the film and then today at the seoul museum of art, the robert combas exhibit had the titles in korean and french only. hmmm. is it a sign? so as you can gather my day was spent garting [going arting]. princess and i started out at the robert combas:savoir-faire exhibit. i was unfamiliar with his work so it was nice to experience something new. his work was quite colorful and very detailed. you really had to look at some of them to see all the things within the paintings. it was good. from the seoul museum of art we head over to the rodin gallery to check out what was there. they had an exhibit by michael joo, yet another unfamiliar artist. the poster for the exhibit intrigued us enough to go check it out.



once again we struck gold. the work was really quite good. he even had videos which i usually bypass but found them quite interesting. except when the wolf was munching down on the remains of the caribou. the bonus was the caribou cameras. way cool. of course i bought an exhibition book before leaving.

from rodin we hopped onto the subway to head off to ewa women's university area to do some shopping. the garting part of our day was over. i tried on several coats. one i really liked but it was too small. grrrr. one shop lady tried to convince me that the tight sweater i had tried on fit perfectly. sorry, not falling for it. i did purchase a new anime figure to join my collection though.



we ended our outing at a cafe. one that took forever to find. i think i walked past it 8 times before i called bc to get directions. this is the place that has loads of art books to read and sketch books on the table to make your own art. princess had a coffee. i had a cocktail. we both made art, of sorts.

at the cafe

our art

cafe wall

bunny art, artist unknown

stay gold & be well…

barbarism begins at home

deery-lou.
it was still snowing when i awoke. by 10 am the once untouched snow was now a giant playground for the kids. met up with bc in insadong. we gorged on food. by the time we left it looked like we hardly touched it. our next stop was to order stamps. originally i had thought i wanted a wood one. this shop didn't have any. instead i got this really cool marble one. it'll be ready to pick up next week. yeah!! finally after all this time i purchased one. i must give bc credit. for once she wasn't a bk. could it be because she wanted one too—hmmm. we then headed to artsonje center to see the "somewhere in time" exhibit. it was on this side street that i had never walked down before. a lot of cool little cafes and such. the exhibit was good. there were a lot of video installations and we all know how i feel about them. on my way home i got a pumpkin latte. hi, delicious! here are some snow pix.

the park

mountain

street

snowman

stay gold & be well…

mint car

deery-lou.
it's snowing. the first real snowfall where it is actually sticking. it snowed a few weeks ago but nothing stuck. there's a blanket of white covering the ground. although winters tend to be long and drawn out, i do enjoy the first real snowfall. outside all is quiet. it feels peaceful. seeing that i blew off the mustang gig tonight, i decided to take a long stroll in the snowy night. i watched a young couple have a snowball fight. then there were the kids at 1opm sliding down the hill. i love sledding. as i was walking along i heard a rumble in the sky. it was thunder. it seemed so odd and out of place. i have never heard before thunder while it was snowing. i just stepped out a few seconds ago to have a smoke and the entire park is covered in white. it looks so beautiful at this time of night. not a footprint in sight. i feel invigorated. can't wait for tomorrow to walk among the fallen snow in the sunshie. until then i hope everyone has a great evening. i know i will.

stay gold & be well…

here it comes again

deery-lou.
i found the smurfs.



i also got new glasses today as well as new lenses in my old pair. all of this for $100. can't beat that.

stay gold & be well…

house carpenter

deery-lou.
oh, what a happy ending to a somewhat dull day. kwanjangnim gave me a pair of nunchaku. they freakin rock. they are far better than any i would have ever purchased for myself. they are a lot heavier than the ones at school, too. most likely cuz they aren't for kids. keep your fingers crossed that i don't seriously injure myself. oh, and did i mention that they fit together. so its like having two weapons in one. time to go kick some ass.



stay gold & be well…

the time has come

deery-lou.
ever have one of those days where you are in a constant bad mood for no apparent reason. that was me today. my frustration started early on when i was trying to get my rss feed to work on friendster. it use to work. before i switched to beta blogger. but not anymore. i couldn't even find my site feed url on blogger. according to the help section its suppose to be under the settings catergory. at least it was in the old version. in beta blogger it was no where to be found. i finally found what i thought was the answer in the group help but when i plugged it into friendster it still didn't work. urgghh! from there it all went down hill. every class was getting on my nerves. all i could think about was going home, getting in bed, and watching tv. i wanted to escape. i thought this day would never end. i even skipped out on tkd because i didn't want to deal. the worst is that i knew i was in a bad mood and could not shake it. i hate days like this. well, i'm going to get uncover the covers and hide out. here's hoping tomorrow will be much better.

stay gold.
be well…

p.s. i actually spelled check this time, bc.