January 2012
1 post
To my darling
Hello darling,
I can’t sleep right now, so I am writing to you. It has been 1 year, 3 months, and 17 days we met.
For the first 2.5 months, they were wonderful. I couldn’t have been happier.
I had to leave overseas. But we stayed together…even if we were hanging by a thread. But I knew you were the only one for me, and I knew you’d feel better if we were together..even...
December 2011
1 post
Lots of fog and storms ahead
To my friends and my boyfriend…
I am sorry for being so unresponsive/blank lately…I know in the past I used to be a lot more animated and fun. My loss is still….________.
But those who understand…those who tell me every time they see me…
“Jae, you can do whatever you want to do. Take your time.”
Thank you. Your words have such a positive effect.
I...
November 2011
1 post
Protect The Internet →
July 2011
7 posts
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“…these are rocks ~2.9 billion years old from a remote location in...”
– Pablo Garcia
Wherever I go, i know a post will follow. That’s always somewhat comforting.
Dreams...
There are things you want to do…supposed to do, and end up actually doing.
I want to: be something that is so far out of reach and insane.
I’m supposed to be: going into nursing soon.
But what I’ll end up doing for reals: ___________. Fill in the bank.
My head hurts. Sigh.
♥ From Noona With Love: Colorfullove replied to... →
fromnoonawithlove:
girlinseoul:
This is the question I have been pondering.
Is it really okay to write this off to cultural?
Do all Korean guys do this when they break up?
Clearly the ‘simply cut all contact’ method as a way of ending things with a woman they’re too cowardly and/or heartless to face is…
The ending to this seriously made me crack up at 130 in the morning…WOW....
Dear Korea..
We need to talk.
I have really thick, coarse asian hair. In this weather, it can’t fully dry after 3 hours. Seriously?
I am slathering my body in lotion, because my skin is so dry…but then it feels slippery due to the humidity.
I love AC, but walking in and out of cool buildings to sweaty balls of rain and BO is making me get grossed out. And actually physically ill.
I need a nap...
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Going the distance...
Back home, when it rains I usually ate pho and spring rolls…lots of siracha please.!
Now, I just see couples and a sea of umbrellas.
It never rained this much back at home.
My new desired cure for gloomy weather? Have my boyfriend snore next to me, please. That would be heaven.
Rain rain…go away….
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Happy 4th...
In celebration of the 4th,I drank a bottle of white wine in Kangnam with a friend. So…if you saw two Korean girls being obnoxious drinking white and cackling like witches for 2 hours…. oops.
Now my arms hurt, and I can’t sleep.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.
June 2011
1 post
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A note on Father's Day.
I haven’t written in a very long time, but here I am.
I was reading Tina Fey’s Bossypants in a cafe not too long ago, and she talks about her dad, Don Fey. How he looks like a Bad Ass Mother Fucker, and even celebrities would cower when he would visit her on set.
If you replaced Don Fey, with Michael Yang..I seriously thought she was talking about my dad.
I guess in some weird way...
March 2011
6 posts
Lucky Number Seven and New Beginnings...
It is official.
I am moved out from my family’s..and into a place of my own. Yes, I am so broke and what not..But I love my new place!! :]
Freedom has a big sticker price here in Seoul, but the benefits are much higher.
Besides me sleeping in peace..(I don’t have to hear 4 alarms go off at 5 am from my cousin’s room, nobody is yelling (talking) to each other late at...
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Decisions...decisions...
My sub-parents (aunt and uncle) are not home, which leaves this beautiful apartment in Seoul allllll to myself! (+ cousin)
Today’s life problems consisted of:
to eat or not eat a rotibun (cream cheese, of course)
to eat ramen for lunch or dinner (lunch)
to take a nap (couldn’t..little monsters upstairs running about like it is the olympics)
eat fried chicken or not (right now)
...
“Because there are no men. You might think that when you elevate yourself to a...”
– HJ, answering my question of why so many great women she knows are still single. (via junimujj)
I don’t know. I do agree with that, but I also think the statement sells many amazing guys short. And it sells many amazing older women short. But maybe that’s just Korea’s culture?
(via noelduan)
...
“Here’s a few things you should know.
1. Things you really want sure as...”
– 작은엄마
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it is freezing balls here in this here apartment
It is about 1030 PM, and I can’t sleep. Partly due to insomnia, but mostly due to the fact IT IS SO DAMN COLD. Yes, I am a baby.
It is only Tuesday, but I want the rest of my week off. I think my friend, Lucy had it right.
L: “How do I find a job that makes me financially secure, but gives me enough free time? I want a month off, not two weeks please.”
*nods*
I get it. Oil is...
February 2011
7 posts
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Things that I miss from the good ol' USA...
…This list can get on forever…but I’ll give you the simplified version
1. cheesecake factory. Nobody can beat this carbohydrate overload of happiness.
2. not being judged eating by yourself at certain types of restaurants.
3. Yes, I don’t wear socks with my flats. I am from California…꺼저.
4. So what if I want to eat a whole box of roti buns by myself? It is my...
February will be over in a week.
Really?
I’ve been in Korea for 2 months already. It feels like it flew by, even if it was dragging slowly in the beginning.
I really need to start carrying my DSLR more…or just bite the damn bullet and order a new Point and Shoot.
Subway sightings for today
a grandma using Caocao talk (g-chat/IMing for Korea’s younger generation) on her smartphone, while she was listening to...
“mmm be careful of the outfit kid, it is a rental. We have to return it nicely.”
– My uncle to his daughter on her ‘dol’ birthday
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Yes, I am 26 (korean age)
Hi to everyone in Korea,
Yes, I know I look 16-17. People assume me and my high school boy cousin are dating (uh….BLECH). I know I’m short, and I barely wear any makeup. Nor do I have my hair permed spaghetti straight or have that digital perm that is the rage.
I do realize I give off a foreign feel, but I understand Korean culture. Don’t worry. That foreign feel happens when...
To the closeted Korean men
I understand you are a ‘kkot-mi-nam’ (flower boy, too lazy to type in korean)..but that doesn’t give you the right to put your blush on like an SF drag queen (Trust me, I’ve seen many).
With said makeup, why are you dressed like a frat boy? Don’t you know Queen makeup + abercrombie doesn’t go together?
What I don’t understand most of all is how ALL the...
“if we had a daughter with my back side and your rack, I’d sleep with a gun...”
– the boyfriend
January 2011
2 posts
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Advice from the 누나 coming from the 교포's standpoint
Giving advice to your 15 year old cousin when you are almost 10 years older can be slightly awkward. You can add cultural differences + non opposite-sex relations of any sort (my boy cousin) to mix..
BUT. I think all boys want/need female perspective, and you can’t really bring it up with your mom (that’s awkward, not to mention biased when it comes to their children).
Growing up, I...
Hello, it has been awhile
Hello..things have changed a bit since I posted last. Here’s a few things
I fell in love
I moved to an entirely different continent to work on my life plan
it’s everything and nothing that i expected
The Boy and I are doing this annoying thing called Long Distance
my good HS friend is engaged.
People haven’t changed, but life is moving.
It’s 2011, and I have no...
August 2010
1 post
hitrecordjoe:
copycats:
Isn’t it a Pity? -...
July 2010
1 post
Oh..how some things never change...
Lucy: I wish you were here. You could be my plus one.
Me: Where is Michelle? Or can't you bring another homosexual to another homo's birthday party?
Lucy: You know how the saying goes...Two Queens don't make a pair.
Me: (trying not to laugh) Did you think of that on the spot?
Lucy: Yes, I did. Pretty good, right?
Same genre of idiotic jokes. Still funny as sin.
May 2010
2 posts
One of the responses I get normally..
[After explaining how I felt about cultural differences in Korea vs. US, one of the parties gets up to leave.]
Me: Sometimes I wonder if I explained my sentiments in korean properly.
Friend: No, you explained it perfectly. They just think you have lost your mind, because it is so far left wing for them.
Me: Oh.
Friend: It is never your translation that gets lost, its your beliefs.
Me: Dude,...
April 2010
1 post
“I want someone who will be monogamous and nice to his mother. And I want someone...”
– Liz Lemon (I love you.)
March 2010
2 posts
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Ten things...
1. I am a one-song music binger. When I hear a new song I like, I can replay it like so many bloody times.
2. there’s a huge difference when you like a person because they liked you first, and when your gut reaction is not to jump on them right away and ask how come they are so awesome. Most people do the first reaction (more females then males). i always wait for that feeling to kick in...
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Playing the "Of course" game...
Me: “You’ve never seen the brazil soccer team at Incheon Airport shirtless, right?”
Friend (gritting teeth): “Of course!”…..
(Me with my smug smile)
Friend: “….Have you ever walked in on your grandma in her underwear?”
Me: “fuckthis, I lose.”
Sometimes, you don’t want to win this game…
February 2010
3 posts
Things that I miss...
-naps on the grass (its too cold currently)
-sleeping in without guilt,worry,resentment. For the sake of sleeping in…
-Not being so ‘lost’
-being upbeat. (when it did happen. haha)
-the memory making of new scents
-plane rides
Something good is bound to happen. I can feel it.
“What the hell are you and your sister doing home on a Friday night? Don’t...”
– Aunt #3 commenting on my non-existent love life
January 2010
1 post
The love between the cousin and I
Sun: So how's it going?
Me: Good..how are things on your end?
Sun: I'm just on break. You know the deal.
Me: Can I ask you a question?
Sun: Mmm hmm what's up?
Me: Why the hell do you look so old? Aren't you only 14?
Sun: ....I am hanging up. Ps- you are an ass.
December 2009
1 post
Dear Keyboard...
I should be getting stickers for you, because sometimes I type in korean to my cousin in skype. (Ok, it is mostly shopping online at g-market.) I know you are essential to my everyday existence, and I shouldn’t abuse you like this. What’s the alternative? That freaky skin that just lays on top.
Mixed feelings, I have.
I am still writing xmas cards to some family members overseas,...
November 2009
8 posts
Years of being idiots
Boston: "Why didn't you call me as soon as this happened!? J, did you put me off your speed dial?"
Me: "I didn't call you because I was so busy. In situations where I have a dry spell, the best way to deal with it is to block and ignore. If I didn't, I would turn into one of those over-analyzing psychotic girls, and that would not cut it. Trust me, I want my mind to have clarity. But calling you and analyzing it would not be it."
Boston: " Hold on. Let me put my soup down so I can laugh properly."
--6 years of stupidity keeps on going.
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Can't sleep. Again.
my fav picture of me. Hidden behind a lens.
So here I am..tapping away at 217 in the morning. My flight is at 6, and I need to get out of the house by 415. Did I mention I need to shower and make breakfast/coffee for my pops who is taking me to the el aeropuerto?
I’m off to see my sister, but thoughts of the past haunts me. Thoughts, and people that is.
I got an email from a friend who...
Ah...the biggest human Organ
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like how my body deals with stress.
Every morning, I get up put on my hipster glasses and check the weather, news and my email. Afterwards, I go on twitter to see what comedian is going to crack me up at 7-8 am, while reading trashy pop news. But what works me up the most, is my to-do list. I do feel accomplished completing it…but it never...
“You know those people who say they don’t want anybody? That’s fear...”
– Me
116 time. 113 date.
I need to sleep, but sometimes I just can’t stop thinking. Its a vicious cycle usually…I’ll see/taste/be reminded of something on an extraordinary level, but I’ll simplify it. It’s what I do best… take really complicated emotions/stories/processes and break it down to a way (my simple mind) can handle. This is why I tutored for so many levels. Math? Organic...
“There are three ways to go in life: Be good, get good, or give up.”
– House M.D. (my silver fox)
