2. In my poor attempt to not give in to my Skippy peanut butter cravings, I’ve been feeding it to Mi Nam and oh my gosh… ha, ha, ha. So funny. He must have sat there for a good 5-10 minutes making sure he licked it all off his face.
3. Before I even knew what I was agreeing to, I had in my hands some random student’s test. He had come into the teacher’s office and so I thought I’d help him out, considering no one else was there to help him. Ki Dong had joked around earlier saying that I had just missed a super hot student. Ki Dong claimed this student’s skin was so beautiful even he was almost tempted to touch it…. Ha, ha, ha. I thought maybe this was that same student and maybe this was just a joke… nope. Great, now not only do I have to mark this guy’s test but I have to come in early on Thursday for a meeting to discus it.
4. The Samsung lady came in again today and I got stuck dealing with her cause no one else seemed to care. I felt bad for her cause she was trying to ask them questions but they clearly brushed her off. She didn’t speak a word of English but some of my co-worker’s Korean is better than mine, they really should have been the one to talk to her. So, when a co-worker made fun of me for saying a Korean word wrong I kind of snapped at him. I turned to him and said, “Ok, you laugh at my Korean, I laugh at your manners!”
5. Today’s topic in class was different kinds of TV shows and various TV lingo. Turns out about half my male students watch soap operas. Why am I not surprised?! Ha, ha, ha… I love these Koreans!
6. As I left class I received a text message from Yong Chan… he was coming to surprise me at school. I haven’t seen him in about 5 months, maybe… wow. I refused to see him during those 5 months because of a massive fight we got into in which I was left fuming, in tears, and wanting to literally fight him. But there he now was again, after all this time. It was like a scene out of a movie… so perfect! It was already dark out and he was waiting for me at the top of the track. His back was facing me when I walked up and so I stood there for a bit, not knowing what to say. I called out to him, he turned around and then wow… my jaw dropped. He looked so handsome!!! He wore a black velvet blazer, white dress shirt, black tie, and then topped the outfit off with some trendy blue jeans… he looked totally Korean, perfect!
7. We headed out for dinner together. He was still the chatty-Cathy I remembered but something seemed different about him. After dinner we went for a walk and then for some coffee. He tried to teach me some new Korean slang but we ended up laughing too much and so no sooner had I learned the word then I forgot it… ha, ha, ha.
8. I didn’t really want to discus our fight, it’s history, but Yong Chan insisted. He wanted me to understand how he felt and so I listened. Turns out he use to call me “Playgirl” and was convinced he honestly hated me before… wow! That was an
intense conversation. I guess this means I can never go to Orlando now cause they heard all about me… great. Ha, ha, ha. Moreover, considering my Friday nights consist of getting take-out and watching a movie with my puppy, I couldn't help but think I'm the farthest thing from a "Playgirl".9. He showered me with a few gifts from his golf tour in America and his trip to Japan and so that was unexpected, but sweet. I love the Gucci perfume "Envy Me"... thanks!!! I agreed to go to his LG golf tournament coming up, despite the fact I don’t like golf, but then he went off on a tangent talking about me going to Sweden with him for another tournament. Sweden?!
10. Meeting up with Yong Chan was honestly really great and now, the more I think about it, the more I support him with what he’s doing. He may have not done the military thing like most Korean men but you know what, when your dream is standing there in your face you grab it. You don’t ask questions. He's always been goal driven from an early age. His parents really pushed him with his training, invested tons of money and effort. Becoming a pro golfer was always his dream and for him, his dream came early. That's not his fault. Who are we to judge him on that cause I’m sure we would have done the same thing. He's taken a lot of slack cause of this situation and honestly, I know I once added to that too, but now I think differently. He's doing what he loves and so ya, he deserves to be proud of that. His job has not only taken care of his whole family financially but it's allowed him to travel the world and do what he loves, golf. So if he's happy, good... great. He worked hard to be able to do what he loves... which is the least I can say for most people I know!!!
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What would you do for your dream?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
-- Henry Winkler
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