Family <3

Aww the whole family's here and it's so nice being with everyone! 'Cept food poisoning/indigestion (I guess that's what it's called?) has been kicking my butt... o well... at least I'm losing weight heh heh heh

Yayy. I love family. :)

Almost Done!

Omg. Writing a cover letter has never been this painful. I took out an entire section so that I wouldn't have to translate the dang thing. I hope that I never get asked to translate from English to Korean. It's the worst thing ever. And the worst part of all is that I still have to read it over and edit it.

It's ok, I have one paragraph left. I think the hardest thing about writing a cover letter in Korean is nuance. I really don't think I'm saying things right. Though the beginning part is ok.

I can't wait to be done with this. If I don't get this job, it will be the only job that I've worked this hard for. Though in all honesty, I didn't work all that hard. It just took forever because my Korean's terrible. But I do want to have this job if possible... perhaps I'm aiming too high. X.x heh~

Food Poisoning

I got food poisoning yesterday from a buffet I went to for a wedding. I was planning on getting some work done but alas, the whole day has gone by and all I did was sleep. I've been feeling nauseous all day but I finally went out at around 4 to get some medicine and now I feel better, though I think I'm getting sick.

I was so happy this morning too because I woke up at like 6am and was thinking of how productive I'd be. Until I realized that I woke up because I had to barf. Ew. And then I went back to sleep for another 8 hours.

Ugh. Hate this feeling.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. X.x

Tea! and a wishlist

So lately I've been getting into the proper ways of drinking tea (and it really does make a difference!) and I've decided I need to buy two things:

a timer

ceramic teapot (a big one with a ceramic strainer - the metal ones give the tea a slightly metallic flavor) - I found a lot of small ceramic ones but I'm trying to find a big one so I can brew a bunch of tea at once and then keep it warm using a tea cozy... Oh. I need one of those too.

tea cozy

I was going to list some of the websites I usually go to but for some reason I can't find them. X.x Oh well. It's weird how apparent the differences are though. To sound snobbish, basically you can't brew tea for too long or else it becomes bitter - people who say tea is bitter steep their tea for too long. I mean black teas are supposed to be more on the bitter side but most teas are actually quite flavorful. :D So I bought some oolong tea from Taiwan (apparently it's famous there) and it's really good!

And I suppose while I'm at it, I'll add other things that I want/am debating whether or not to get:

Coffee maker - I realized that the packaged coffee that Korea makes so well (Maxim Mocha Gold i think is a favorite here...) isn't all that great. Although ground coffee isn't that good either, I would imagine it's better than the packaged stuff that comes w/ the sugar and cream in it already. I tried to buy the pre-packaged black coffee (which is pretty good btw) but it also contains sugar.

Oh. I've been trying to get into coffee tasting and the like but it's a lot more complicated than tea (and wine actually).

So far all the cafes I've been to brew a pretty typical cup of Americano. Perhaps I should be trying the expressos. I dunno. I really want to go to Europe (I think it was Italy that had good coffee?) and have like good coffee. Meh. Perhaps I'm being pretentious.

To continue with my wishlist:

DSi - I have a DS Lite and I've been thinking about selling it and getting a DSi. In the states of course. I don't want something all in Korean. I've decided that trying to read things in Korean is a headache. Especially after trying to work on a cover letter in Korean. Ugh. (And unfortunately, I'm still not done. Working on it makes me sleepy, which means I'm extremely unproductive while working on it. -_- haha)

That's about it. There isn't really much else that I want. I hope I'm not being too pretentious about things in the States. I realized that in the end Korea usually has some kind of equivalent so I shouldn't be too concerned about it.

I found basil at a Korean department store the other day (Hyundai Department Store by COEX for those that are curious) so soon I think I'll be able to find pretty much everything that I need. :D

Now if only they had Sriricha (and I mean the one with the rooster on it, not any of those other fake brands...)...

On a completely different note, this week was a complete bust. I slept through this entire week (I feel like it was much needed sleep but the fact remains that this is a week wasted) and didn't get anything done (ok when I say nothing done, I just mean very little. I still did accomplish some work, just not as nearly as much as I would've liked). I've been keeping track of my finances for once and I think I need to find a job like SOON or else things are going to start looking bad. I'm going to see if I can hold out until December so I can chill with the family when they come for (American) Thanksgiving.

I also need to work out. I feel like I constantly say that but I really do! I suppose sleeping a lot has its benefits because I've only been eating 1-2 meals a day as a result. But this can't be a good thing. Meh! I shall start muay thai again. Hopefully next week. ^_^