Bored even though I shouldn't be

I don't know why but I feel like staying up tonight. I don't know why I go through these random phases where I just stay up (could it be that cup of vending machine coffee that I drank at like... 7pm? Sometimes, I surprise myself with how low my caffeine tolerance) but here I am again at 2:30 in the morning. Staring at my computer screen trying not to waste time on facebook.

But! I have been setting up my beautifully awesome desktop. Only thing that kinda really sux is that the internet doesn't really work on that computer. X.x So um... yeah it kinda defeats the purpose of having a desktop in my room (sorta). I think I'm going to move the wireless router so I get better reception in my room.

Ok now I'm boring myself.

I guess I could talk about my job situation. Honestly, I've lost motivation to work. I honestly, just want to roll around and scrape by with my one tutoring class a week. It's really nice. But I don't have any money now so I really do need to start working. I've half-assedly been searching and I have a 4 week temp job with my old workplace in a week so that'll be good. I dunno I've just been so apathetic lately. MEH! I blame it on visiting family. We're doing too many cool things together hehe~

Like today, we went to this Christmas concert. It was the Seoul Choir or something (I dunno how to translate it) but honestly, they weren't very good. I think that I've started to become a little pretentious about these things (which is terrible) but I just caught little things here and there that just made me realize I don't ever want to see this group perform again. Like the concertmaster had a solo - for something like away in a manger or some random carol and he just sounded awkward. He had another solo during the encore (which honestly there shouldn't have been one...) and he played so much better! I don't know what was going on but then there was also an organ and when it first was playing it was ridiculously loud. Don't they like figure all that stuff out before the concert? For some reason I got the sense that they didn't practice as much as they normally would've because the music they were playing was easier and it shows that there's a lack of professionalism with this orchestra. The choir was fine I thought though the altos could've been a little louder (but I think it's because I'm used to hearing the altos since I sing alto at church...). I dunno, I think I'm being too critical but I mean I general don't pick up on too many of these things but there was a lot for this concert (I could go on but I won't). Otherwise, I'd have to say the medley that they chose really brought out the brass section (they were pretty good) and the first flutist was really good. OO and the violas had a mini "solo" so that was really cool. Also, the percussion section definitely had some cool parts and they had a harp for one of the medleys. I like harps. :D

I still think Handel's Messiah sounds better with a full orchestra and choir (even though it wasn't originally written for one) because of the nature of the piece. Meh. Still a decent performance, I thought.

Meh.

Ok I'm still bored. I'm going to go to bed or watch some anime or something.

Update on the "list of things I want to accomplish while I'm not working"

So I created this list that I told myself I would accomplish while rolling around and not doing anything:

1. Study for the GRE

- do practice problems for the Literature in English Subject test

- do practice problems for the Regular GRE

- memorize vocab

2. Read - though this will mainly be on the subway, I hope to read a lot

3. Write

- work on my book

- fix my papers to send out to my professors

4. Sleep regularly

- I have so many plans to have a regular schedule but I have to come up with a set schedule of things I want to accomplish by the end of the day. Hopefully this will work out.

5. Work out

- Running and muay thai. Hopefully a combination of the two

6. See Seoul

- Hopefully while I try to stake out different places to study, I'll be able to see Seoul. I plan on going hiking and studying at the top of a hill in a pagoda. Maybe I'll even pack a lunch... heeeee

Did I actually accomplish all this?

Honestly more or less yes. However, I was planning on doing this on a daily basis. Did this happen? No. -______-

I shall slowly but surely try to get back into the swing of things. I still want to do my pagoda thing. And I haven't written as much as I should. The writing process is so painful for me because I can't sit still and stare at a screen for too long unless I'm watching anime. Hm. Meh~

Being a Christian is complex precisely because finding true happiness is complex and ever-changing. Such is also the path to becoming a Christian - not in the sense of acting as 'Christians' do today, but becoming a true believer in God and in our salvation through Jesus.

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. ^_^