deery-lou.
the signs keep coming my way. after 2 and half years taekwondo has come to end. at least for now. my kwanjangnim sold his school. both him and sahbomnim are leaving and a new master is taking over. so with that i decided to take a hiatus until i figure out what i want to do. its funny how things work out. for awhile now i've been thinking of a way to quit but never did. i knew that telling kwanjangnim i simply wanted to quit wouldn't fly. and since we had formed a friendship i found it harder and harder to just leave. there was always some amount of guilt lurking in the background, so i stayed. i'm glad i did. even though it took alot for me to show i always felt good afterwards. now my need for an excuse is gone. sure i could stay on, but i never really made a connection with the new master. plus i accomplished what i originally set out to do and that was get a black belt. i tried to talk to kwanjangnim about selling the school. there was a part of him that seemed to regret it. he mentioned how once the papers were signed the new master seemed to change and not in a good way. that was another reason for me not continuing. i mean, if kwanjangnim didn't think much of him as a teacher why would i stay on. kwanjangnim told me to call him if i ever head into seoul and we can catch a movie, have some drinks, etc. we'll see what happens. sometimes its hard keeping in touch with folk. hopefully we will. i wish him all the best in whatever he decides to do next. i did ask him to set up a workout schedule that i can do at home. i'm still waiting for it though. in the meantime i'm gonna take a month off and figure out what i want to do. i feel like i need some form of exercise and i know that if i join a gym i'll never go.
at school today we had "about me" book show and tell. the teachers participated as well. i threw mine together late last night. it was fun looking at the students pictures and hear them talking about themselves. it basically took all day and by the end it was like pulling out your hair. i kept looking for hot dads but there weren't too many of them. the scary thing is that i'm as old as most of the parents. no wonder the kids keep asking if i'm married. i told them that i wanted to be a ninja. hehe. tomorrow is another field trip. we are going to the movies to see spiderman 3. oh the joys of teaching kindergarten.
stay gold & be well…
Showing posts with label taekwondo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taekwondo. Show all posts
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
no parachutes
deery-lou.
wow. i've just realized that it's been 12 days since my last post. can't really blame it on being on vacation because i wasn't. i guess you could say i've been a bit preoccupied spending time with a certain someone. so now it's time for me to play catch up. i'll try to make it quick…
on life
during the lunar new year holiday i met someone. his name is daniel. he's a cutey. we spent most of the holiday together which was really really nice. for those of you who know me, you know i haven't dated much so its kind of a big deal for me. even more so for me to mention it here. anyway…we hit it off really well. it has been some time since i've had a connection with someone. he makes me laugh. i feel very comfortable around him. almost as if i've known him forever. and the best thing is that i really enjoy just being with him. it scares me a little cuz i find myself liking him more and more each day. i mean, come on, so far he's managed to get me to a noraebang twice. you all know how i feel about karaoke! so these last 12 days i've spent either with him, or talking to him and haven't given much thought to blogging. especially when we had more important things to do like lay in bed watching tv and eating. hehe. it definitely does feel nice having a bf. i could so get use to this.
on work
it's been a bit chaotic there. the kindergarten school opens march 5, so everyone has been focusing on that. i'm still a bit in the dark about things over there. no one has really bothered to tell me much of anything. thats the one thing that bugs me about the school. it looks like i'll be winging it on march 5. we had a preview class on wednesday. they told me about it on tuesday. so i had a few hours on tuesday to prepare. it went pretty well. the moms sat in on the class which made it a bit nerve racking. that was until i realized they probably don't understand me. the little ones are so damn adorable. i'm glad i decided to make the switch. my hours will change to morning plus i'll get free lunch. yum.yum. spent the rest of the week moving things to my new classroom. i'll let you know how it goes. wish me luck.
on taekwondo
class has been kicking my ass. now that there are no more children they are working us hard. i must say i do feeling pretty good when the class is over. its the whole trying to get through it thats killing me. however, i did manage to score a massage this week. on wednesday night my tkd class went out to dinner to say goodbye to russian sahbumnim. all i have to say is that kim sahbumnim is the devil. i've never seen anyone drink so much soju. of course, i had to try to keep up with him and it cost me dearly. once i got home my evening was spent on the bathroom floor. i'm so not 16 anymore.
on friends
it seems like every month i've had to say goodbye to someone. this time it was princess. she had a little going away/house party last saturday. i still can't believe she left. sadness. i did have an awesome time at your party. daniel came with me, so at least he had a chance to met princess before she departed. met a few other cool peeps. naomi made a cake. most likely a box cake from the states. however, it was so freakin good. i couldn't stop stuffing it down my throat. hi, fatty. of course the evening turned into an all nighter. didn't get back to ansan until 7 a.m. it's been awhile since i've done one of those nights and now i remember why. i'm absolutely useless the next day.
that pretty much wraps up the last 12 days. i promise to be a bit better with updates. oh, i'm still very much enjoying the new kristin hersh cd.
stay gold & be well…
wow. i've just realized that it's been 12 days since my last post. can't really blame it on being on vacation because i wasn't. i guess you could say i've been a bit preoccupied spending time with a certain someone. so now it's time for me to play catch up. i'll try to make it quick…
on life
during the lunar new year holiday i met someone. his name is daniel. he's a cutey. we spent most of the holiday together which was really really nice. for those of you who know me, you know i haven't dated much so its kind of a big deal for me. even more so for me to mention it here. anyway…we hit it off really well. it has been some time since i've had a connection with someone. he makes me laugh. i feel very comfortable around him. almost as if i've known him forever. and the best thing is that i really enjoy just being with him. it scares me a little cuz i find myself liking him more and more each day. i mean, come on, so far he's managed to get me to a noraebang twice. you all know how i feel about karaoke! so these last 12 days i've spent either with him, or talking to him and haven't given much thought to blogging. especially when we had more important things to do like lay in bed watching tv and eating. hehe. it definitely does feel nice having a bf. i could so get use to this.
on work
it's been a bit chaotic there. the kindergarten school opens march 5, so everyone has been focusing on that. i'm still a bit in the dark about things over there. no one has really bothered to tell me much of anything. thats the one thing that bugs me about the school. it looks like i'll be winging it on march 5. we had a preview class on wednesday. they told me about it on tuesday. so i had a few hours on tuesday to prepare. it went pretty well. the moms sat in on the class which made it a bit nerve racking. that was until i realized they probably don't understand me. the little ones are so damn adorable. i'm glad i decided to make the switch. my hours will change to morning plus i'll get free lunch. yum.yum. spent the rest of the week moving things to my new classroom. i'll let you know how it goes. wish me luck.
on taekwondo
class has been kicking my ass. now that there are no more children they are working us hard. i must say i do feeling pretty good when the class is over. its the whole trying to get through it thats killing me. however, i did manage to score a massage this week. on wednesday night my tkd class went out to dinner to say goodbye to russian sahbumnim. all i have to say is that kim sahbumnim is the devil. i've never seen anyone drink so much soju. of course, i had to try to keep up with him and it cost me dearly. once i got home my evening was spent on the bathroom floor. i'm so not 16 anymore.
on friends
it seems like every month i've had to say goodbye to someone. this time it was princess. she had a little going away/house party last saturday. i still can't believe she left. sadness. i did have an awesome time at your party. daniel came with me, so at least he had a chance to met princess before she departed. met a few other cool peeps. naomi made a cake. most likely a box cake from the states. however, it was so freakin good. i couldn't stop stuffing it down my throat. hi, fatty. of course the evening turned into an all nighter. didn't get back to ansan until 7 a.m. it's been awhile since i've done one of those nights and now i remember why. i'm absolutely useless the next day.
that pretty much wraps up the last 12 days. i promise to be a bit better with updates. oh, i'm still very much enjoying the new kristin hersh cd.
stay gold & be well…
Monday, December 04, 2006
divine hammer
deery-lou.
hair. it seems to be on everyone's mind. so now my kwanjangnim has jumped onto the band wagon. during taekwondo class i have to pull my hair back. i've been doing this for the last couple of months so its nothing new. however, yesterday kwanjangnim walked into the gym looked at the little ball on my head and said, "oh, no, no. hair. pictures." which translates to: "we are taking pictures today and your hair is terrible." this lead to a discussion of how i looked much more handsome 6 months ago when my hair was shorter. of course it took fifteen minutes to figure out what he was saying. according to him i shouldn't cut it too short though. i asked him if he wanted me to straighten it and dye it black, too. later in the class while stretching, kwanjangnim was pushing on my back [actually more like laying on me] and telling me how much he loved me. can it get any more stranger.
stay gold & be well…
hair. it seems to be on everyone's mind. so now my kwanjangnim has jumped onto the band wagon. during taekwondo class i have to pull my hair back. i've been doing this for the last couple of months so its nothing new. however, yesterday kwanjangnim walked into the gym looked at the little ball on my head and said, "oh, no, no. hair. pictures." which translates to: "we are taking pictures today and your hair is terrible." this lead to a discussion of how i looked much more handsome 6 months ago when my hair was shorter. of course it took fifteen minutes to figure out what he was saying. according to him i shouldn't cut it too short though. i asked him if he wanted me to straighten it and dye it black, too. later in the class while stretching, kwanjangnim was pushing on my back [actually more like laying on me] and telling me how much he loved me. can it get any more stranger.
stay gold & be well…
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
the running kind
deery-lou.
i completely forgot to spill this bit of gossip i got back in october. shame. shame. while we were out celebrating halloween at manhattan western bar i ran into an old taekwondo classmate from the first school i attended. apparently he too had finally reached his point with master x and left. surprise, surprise. it seems that master x is still holding a grudge against me for leaving. which is completely strange since i didn't leave on bad terms. plus its been over a year now. he told my otc that if he sees me on the street he is going to jump out of his van and break my legs. master x has this notion that his business is failing because i'm going around telling all the foreigners here in ansan that master x is an ass and to avoid his school. oh, foolish little man. even though its true, i could really give a rat's ass about you or your class. i only wish i did think of starting a smear campaign against you. awhile ago i wanted to take a photo of me with my black belt and tape it to his door. i wish i had. that would have made him even angrier. also according to my otc, master x went so far as to threaten to kill him. otc went to the police but they didn't do anything about it. hmmm. so now i have some crazy taekwondo master on the hunt for me. obviously he doesn't practice what he preaches. now if only i'd be so lucky to run into him.
be well...
i completely forgot to spill this bit of gossip i got back in october. shame. shame. while we were out celebrating halloween at manhattan western bar i ran into an old taekwondo classmate from the first school i attended. apparently he too had finally reached his point with master x and left. surprise, surprise. it seems that master x is still holding a grudge against me for leaving. which is completely strange since i didn't leave on bad terms. plus its been over a year now. he told my otc that if he sees me on the street he is going to jump out of his van and break my legs. master x has this notion that his business is failing because i'm going around telling all the foreigners here in ansan that master x is an ass and to avoid his school. oh, foolish little man. even though its true, i could really give a rat's ass about you or your class. i only wish i did think of starting a smear campaign against you. awhile ago i wanted to take a photo of me with my black belt and tape it to his door. i wish i had. that would have made him even angrier. also according to my otc, master x went so far as to threaten to kill him. otc went to the police but they didn't do anything about it. hmmm. so now i have some crazy taekwondo master on the hunt for me. obviously he doesn't practice what he preaches. now if only i'd be so lucky to run into him.
be well...
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