08. 10. 12
In lieu of going up to the mountain near home, Oh slept in. No hiking.
He got up, ate brunch with dad and started to watch the American presidential debate, a couple of SNL vignettes where Tina Fey was parodying Sarah Palin. It will be one of the most memorable SNL skits ever he thought.
Afterwards, he watched a couple of episodes of Two and A Half Men and got ready to go back down to Suwon. Putting some food that his mother prepped in the suitcase, Oh told his parents to discuss the 29th anniversary plan. Whenever leaving home and heading to the adjacent subway station, Oh always thinks that he should've been nicer to them. They don't always wait for them. Sad, but true.
On the subway, he spotted a real good-looking lady. He hesitated whether he should talk to her or not. Well, since the subway was way too jam-packed, he did not dare to edge out the crowd and sit next to her. Instead, he, as the most of the guys on the train leered at her from time to time and finally got off the train, hoping she does as well, which did not happen.
Getting on the bus to his crib, Oh was simply looking out the window. Then, he saw a pretty cute lady getting on the bus and then right away a co-worker of his as well. Instantaneously, he sensed that they were an item. Interesting...
Oh was hoping to get off the bus earlier than the couple, but exactly the opposite befell. The co-worker spotted Oh introduced his girlfriend to him and asked what he was doing. Answering the question, they said goodbye.And when the co-worker gave Oh a lil goodbye wave while getting off, Oh put his two thumbs up in the air, insinuating that his girl friend is totally a hottie and indeed she was.
Interesting night, Oh thought.
Arriving home, Oh got a text message from two friends of his. One was saying hi to him and the other asked Oh a favor to translate three page long presentation dialogue into English. Dude.. it is Sunday night.. Oh was not happy, but well, what can he do? It's his friend's request.
After tweaking the dialogue and sending it back to his friend, he turned his laptop off and went to bed. Not a bad weekend at all.
Going Home
08. 10. 11
After sleeping in and hitting the gym, Oh met up with his friend that he saw last night. His friend's mustache seemed to grow an inch overnight because of heavy drinking last night. After getting on the subway, they caught up and talked about girls, blind dates, life, money, work and whatnot. Oh's been worried about his friend who has spent almost two years on the public servant exam, which is a tough thread to needle. Next year's exam will be the last attempt that Oh's friend is going to make.
Anyhow, it is always good to see and talk to friends. Since Oh needed to get off a stop earlier than his friend, they shook hands and separated each way.
Oh came home and found out his folks just got back from bicycling with their friends to Han River, which is almost 3 hour ride. It seems like they really enjoyed it.
After having some dinner, Oh and his mom went to the market together and had a little chitchat. Oh talked about his workout and his work and whatnot while mom later talked about house and real estate. Oh's parents own houses and they need to decide which one they are going to sell and which one they are going to keep and continue to sublet. While Oh's dad, a dedicated and delligent man, is quite apathetic with money and all that, his mom is really good at investment. In addition, Oh's folks are real good friends of local real estate agents so they are targetting at some real estate speculation. (Nothing illegal!)
They also talked about 29 year anniversary and the plan to celebrate it. Oh's planned out things and asked his mother to get back to him on the plan sometime this weekend.
While Oh thinks that he also needs some "father and son" moments, he decides to go hiking tomorrow only with his dad.
Good to be home although it's been awhile.
After sleeping in and hitting the gym, Oh met up with his friend that he saw last night. His friend's mustache seemed to grow an inch overnight because of heavy drinking last night. After getting on the subway, they caught up and talked about girls, blind dates, life, money, work and whatnot. Oh's been worried about his friend who has spent almost two years on the public servant exam, which is a tough thread to needle. Next year's exam will be the last attempt that Oh's friend is going to make.
Anyhow, it is always good to see and talk to friends. Since Oh needed to get off a stop earlier than his friend, they shook hands and separated each way.
Oh came home and found out his folks just got back from bicycling with their friends to Han River, which is almost 3 hour ride. It seems like they really enjoyed it.
After having some dinner, Oh and his mom went to the market together and had a little chitchat. Oh talked about his workout and his work and whatnot while mom later talked about house and real estate. Oh's parents own houses and they need to decide which one they are going to sell and which one they are going to keep and continue to sublet. While Oh's dad, a dedicated and delligent man, is quite apathetic with money and all that, his mom is really good at investment. In addition, Oh's folks are real good friends of local real estate agents so they are targetting at some real estate speculation. (Nothing illegal!)
They also talked about 29 year anniversary and the plan to celebrate it. Oh's planned out things and asked his mother to get back to him on the plan sometime this weekend.
While Oh thinks that he also needs some "father and son" moments, he decides to go hiking tomorrow only with his dad.
Good to be home although it's been awhile.
Road Not Taken
08. 10. 10
Oh called a best friend of his. A friend that he has known for 2 decades. Same elementary school, same middle school, same high school, even same college they went together. What is more amazing is that there are two more with the same history. 4 musketeers..anyways,
They met and talked a bit. They talked about Oh's work, Oh's friend's study and whatnot. Then, Oh realized that it was a Friday night and was almost midnight.
Since they were talking near the college arena, there were ton of students coming out of bars, drunk and going somewhere. Also, Oh saw many couples hand in hand going up to seemingly the guy's or the girl's apartment for the feverish night. They were holding hands so firm as if their love's going to last forever. Some couples were an antithesis; while the boy almost was trying to drag the girl to his place or her place, the girl was resisting. After struggling a while, they, just like other couples, held thier hands so tight and disappeared into the dark back alley.
Since Oh's friend needed to go back to the bar and continue to hang out his friends, Oh said goodbye and promised to see each other next day and head to their hometown together in the afternoon.
While getting on the bike and getting ready to leave, Oh saw another bunch of guys coming of the bar. Oh did not have much recollection about drinking back in college. On Fridays, he used to stay in the dorm with his roommates and watch movies or whatnot. And sometimes when getting out of the library on late Friday night, he used to pass by a bunch of international students in the dorm going out for a drink, clubbing in Seoul, etc. Most of time Oh was asked to join them, he took a rain check on it. Well, Oh was an RA and he had to be on duty literally all the time.
In hindsight, Oh sometime thinks that he should have gone out more, done stupid things and learned lessons. But he does not regret how his life turned out. Since he worked hard and earned scholarships, his parents, while fully able to do so, did not have to pay his college tuition mostly. And furthermore, he feels always gracious for being able to employ the second language so fluently that he could have been able to communicate with wonderful people around the world and get to know lots of things about them. If he had not been reading and watching a countless number of magazines, books and movies in English, while his friends went out and get wasted, he would not have been able to as versatile and 'international" as he is now.
He always thinks that life is all about opportunity cost. You gain something you lose something else. What is more valuable to you thus what you choose between choices may decide your life. But how you take on those choices you make is going to be your life.
Then, Oh thinks of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Most of people think that the poem is telling us that although the decision you made was unorthodox and not supported by pre-existing social concept or whatever, you will eventually end up accomplishing what you wanted after all. But that is NOT the right interpretation. Let's take a look at the last two stanza for the poem.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Previously, the poet says that two roads are equally grassy and worn. And two roads have pretty much the tantamount physical condition. And thus it is not right to say that you decision is out of ordinary and does not conform to social norm or whatnot. Also, by using "sigh", Frost is on the fence whether the difference is positive or negative. He is not even sure how his decision turns out to be because it is still affecting him by saying "And that HAS MADE all the difference."
So whichever road you take, it does not matter. What matters is how you take on it. You are going to make differences. Your attitude, approaches and directions that you are going to create for yourself is going to be who you are and your life.
With this all jeremiad and crap, Oh gets on the bike and goes home to get some sleep.
Oh called a best friend of his. A friend that he has known for 2 decades. Same elementary school, same middle school, same high school, even same college they went together. What is more amazing is that there are two more with the same history. 4 musketeers..anyways,
They met and talked a bit. They talked about Oh's work, Oh's friend's study and whatnot. Then, Oh realized that it was a Friday night and was almost midnight.
Since they were talking near the college arena, there were ton of students coming out of bars, drunk and going somewhere. Also, Oh saw many couples hand in hand going up to seemingly the guy's or the girl's apartment for the feverish night. They were holding hands so firm as if their love's going to last forever. Some couples were an antithesis; while the boy almost was trying to drag the girl to his place or her place, the girl was resisting. After struggling a while, they, just like other couples, held thier hands so tight and disappeared into the dark back alley.
Since Oh's friend needed to go back to the bar and continue to hang out his friends, Oh said goodbye and promised to see each other next day and head to their hometown together in the afternoon.
While getting on the bike and getting ready to leave, Oh saw another bunch of guys coming of the bar. Oh did not have much recollection about drinking back in college. On Fridays, he used to stay in the dorm with his roommates and watch movies or whatnot. And sometimes when getting out of the library on late Friday night, he used to pass by a bunch of international students in the dorm going out for a drink, clubbing in Seoul, etc. Most of time Oh was asked to join them, he took a rain check on it. Well, Oh was an RA and he had to be on duty literally all the time.
In hindsight, Oh sometime thinks that he should have gone out more, done stupid things and learned lessons. But he does not regret how his life turned out. Since he worked hard and earned scholarships, his parents, while fully able to do so, did not have to pay his college tuition mostly. And furthermore, he feels always gracious for being able to employ the second language so fluently that he could have been able to communicate with wonderful people around the world and get to know lots of things about them. If he had not been reading and watching a countless number of magazines, books and movies in English, while his friends went out and get wasted, he would not have been able to as versatile and 'international" as he is now.
He always thinks that life is all about opportunity cost. You gain something you lose something else. What is more valuable to you thus what you choose between choices may decide your life. But how you take on those choices you make is going to be your life.
Then, Oh thinks of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Most of people think that the poem is telling us that although the decision you made was unorthodox and not supported by pre-existing social concept or whatever, you will eventually end up accomplishing what you wanted after all. But that is NOT the right interpretation. Let's take a look at the last two stanza for the poem.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Previously, the poet says that two roads are equally grassy and worn. And two roads have pretty much the tantamount physical condition. And thus it is not right to say that you decision is out of ordinary and does not conform to social norm or whatnot. Also, by using "sigh", Frost is on the fence whether the difference is positive or negative. He is not even sure how his decision turns out to be because it is still affecting him by saying "And that HAS MADE all the difference."
So whichever road you take, it does not matter. What matters is how you take on it. You are going to make differences. Your attitude, approaches and directions that you are going to create for yourself is going to be who you are and your life.
With this all jeremiad and crap, Oh gets on the bike and goes home to get some sleep.
Juggling
10. 9
What follows is the list of things that we need to take care of today..... or any time soon.
1. Contact Suwon Foreign High School in regard to supporting Russian students' visitation next week.
2. Contact a local tour agency in regard to payment to make when German tour agencies come to Suwon next week.
3. Contact Global Society Club with respect to the trip that a group of 21 American people will be on this weekend.
4. Contact a local car rental office to rent a car for the team
5. Contact Samsung PR office to comfirm a tour for Chinese public servants in third of October.
6. Contact Ansan English village to receive the final draft for this project that Oh's company and they have been working on
7. Start to write a report as to the asseessment on international meetings in Korea
8. Call a local publisher to make sure that the Cruise brochure that Oh's been working on will come out in time so that he can shift them to China next week
9. Redact his training schedule.
10. Start to toy with what to write for speical suggestion that Oh has to make for the company
11. Devise a power point that the president will address on curise industry, which is one of Oh's job descriptions.
12. Draw a memorandum to notify the accounting department as to the refund that he will receive tomorrow
13. Begin to work on the translation that one of the branch offices asked him to do.
14. Call Korean Tourism Organization to get some info. The person, in charge, a lady, has a real cute voice and Oh is meeting her in 10 days :) Oh, when on biz calls, sounds very official and even cold-blooded, was firtatious with her whom he has never seen before. Oh feels silly by the way.
Get things done
Do not get stressed out
Take it easy
Get help from your colleagues
Be professional
You don't get the axe because Oh's company totally rocks!!
Enjoy, lastly
Sick
2008. 10. 8
Oh is sick. He was fine in the morning, but later started to feel like he was beaten by a bunch of backstreet hoodlums.
So Oh decides to go to the convenience store to buy some drinks and drinks ton of water for the rest of day.
He comes home and wonders if he should go to the gym or not.
He sees himself putting gloves and shoes in his book bag and getting on the bicycle.
He does not feel good, but continues to work on his back and bicep.
Wiping off beads-like perspiration, Oh feels better, crossing off the workout checklist and jotting down the number of repetitions and the weight he's done. He is still making correction. People around him look at Oh like he is studying or something. Systemticity is very crucial in workout.
Then intermittently he wonders if Apple's advice is cogent enough to redact the entire routine that he and his, according to Apple, shady trainer whipped up. He decides to stick to what he has now. After all, Oh does not even know who Apple is.
He comes home, eats, puts on some tv shows and goes to bed.
While on the verge of sleeping, he realizes that he might be lonely. But he is uncertain this is because he is sick, or because of the weather or he is really lonely.
His friends have been asking Oh if he would like to be fixed up on a blind date. They said, "As long as you give us a go ahead, we will set the date and the place. Girls are ready for you." Strange.. Oh thought.
Even at the wine party that Oh attended, some of the girls that Oh met, after realizing Oh is single, told him that they would hook him up with some girls. "What.... you don't even know me.." Oh thought, but did not spit it out in their faces.
Then, Oh thinks that it might not be a good idea to go on a blind date for now. It is not fair for the date because, then, what will ensue is just nothing but feeling and filling the void.
Korean men are very sensitive and get emotion during fall. Since Oh is also Korean, he feels like his mindset is in transition from cold-blooded to mellow. "Let's make sure to know what the pitfall is!" Oh reiterates.
After popping in some meds and guzzling down water, trying to finish Genesis, he falls asleep, having no idea what tomorrow will bring him.
Oh is sick. He was fine in the morning, but later started to feel like he was beaten by a bunch of backstreet hoodlums.
So Oh decides to go to the convenience store to buy some drinks and drinks ton of water for the rest of day.
He comes home and wonders if he should go to the gym or not.
He sees himself putting gloves and shoes in his book bag and getting on the bicycle.
He does not feel good, but continues to work on his back and bicep.
Wiping off beads-like perspiration, Oh feels better, crossing off the workout checklist and jotting down the number of repetitions and the weight he's done. He is still making correction. People around him look at Oh like he is studying or something. Systemticity is very crucial in workout.
Then intermittently he wonders if Apple's advice is cogent enough to redact the entire routine that he and his, according to Apple, shady trainer whipped up. He decides to stick to what he has now. After all, Oh does not even know who Apple is.
He comes home, eats, puts on some tv shows and goes to bed.
While on the verge of sleeping, he realizes that he might be lonely. But he is uncertain this is because he is sick, or because of the weather or he is really lonely.
His friends have been asking Oh if he would like to be fixed up on a blind date. They said, "As long as you give us a go ahead, we will set the date and the place. Girls are ready for you." Strange.. Oh thought.
Even at the wine party that Oh attended, some of the girls that Oh met, after realizing Oh is single, told him that they would hook him up with some girls. "What.... you don't even know me.." Oh thought, but did not spit it out in their faces.
Then, Oh thinks that it might not be a good idea to go on a blind date for now. It is not fair for the date because, then, what will ensue is just nothing but feeling and filling the void.
Korean men are very sensitive and get emotion during fall. Since Oh is also Korean, he feels like his mindset is in transition from cold-blooded to mellow. "Let's make sure to know what the pitfall is!" Oh reiterates.
After popping in some meds and guzzling down water, trying to finish Genesis, he falls asleep, having no idea what tomorrow will bring him.
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