EVER HAVE ONE OF THESE DAYS?:

This is what I was doing about a week ago!

GOIN’ DIGITAL, YO:  So what good could possibly come about at 4:30am in the morning last night?  TV is no good (naughty stuff on) but chatting with my cuz, Richard on the IM.  I miss him lots as our talks can be pretty wide ranging from comics to sci-fi we have talked a little about everything.  This summer I was kind enough to invite myself out with him and his wife for a Chik-Fil-A *drool* However, t’was not Richard who kept me up but this bad boy on eBay, check it out!!

I caught it for $330 (lots better than its $500 retail) when the auction ended that early in the morn… I was so jubilant I shuffled all the way back to my room with a content smile but dreading that awakening that would happen 3 hours later *sigh*.  I hope to have it in time for my trip to China, so I need to order a 2nd battery and memory stick too.  Since I’m leaving in June I thought I’d start working on making videos of life here to show fam and friends back home what life is like over here.

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Will

HOW TAXI-ING!:  Time flies when you don’t xanga.  Last time I shared about funny stuff, let me recap a frustrating tale.  Cab drivers they are truly a paradox of neutality, both a blessing and yet a curse.  There are plenty around but never when you need them.  When they have a person to drive around they seldom slow down or even stop for anything.  Its like Jekyl & Hyde.  Cruisin’ down the roads looking for a customer and then *poof* doin’ laps around the lady from Pasadena.  It seems that whenever they think you are someone who’s interested in a ride they honk loudly at you.  Ugh!  I have almost had heart attacks because they like to sneak up from behind me… its odd because you never know when they’ll come (I think they hide behind the lamp poles to scare unsuspecting victims).  Anywho, one time I was trying to cross the street when I was halfway across and this cab thinks I’m wanting a ride stops RIGHT IN FRIGGIN’ FRONT OF ME so that I’m in the middle of the street with cars about to run over me!!!  I can’t tell them that I don’t want a stupid ride… but I can kick their tires *judo kick!*  I think I had a nightmare about an evil cab who wouldn’t stop following me; scary stuff man, scary stuff yo.

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Will

BIRTHDAZE AZIAN STYLE:  I have learned that when you mix Western and Eastern culture its not always a shock… sometimes you get comedy.  Let me regale you with such a twisted tale: Sunday was Tommy’s birthday and Koreans are pretty good about remembering important days like these while I keep all of mine written on a piece of paper which is somewhere around here… A typical Korean birthday isn’t complete unless it has (A) an icrecream cake from Baskin Robbins and (B) 5-6 of your buddies eating all of it before you can.

  
LEFT: Food and friendship: two important pillars in Korean society.  RIGHT: …and the third being chopsticks.

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Will

QUICKY UPDATE:  Yesterday had a good time at the Springer’s, Ted’s got this new DVD on Navy Seals and alot of the discipline training that they undergo, especially room check… I am going to borrow this and show it to the guys who need major help.  Ted’s all pumped about it because the video had some stuff that he hasn’t tried out on his guys… it was so funny to see his senior boys singing laments and weeping at this revelation.

WANDERING THOUGHTS:  What would you do if you suddenly discovered that in your job you were really working for The Man?  Would you quit due to your high moral stance against The Man, despite being paid very well (plus benefits) or would continue to work and scheme on bringing The Man down from the inside?

Yea, I miss my girl too.

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Will