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36. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAPPY.

Last day of the school week!! PHEWWWW.

And the longest day of the week -_-..
most tiring but most rewarding. =]

Woke up to have my daily serving of cereal..
A bit excited because I get to finally try my 2400 won milk (apparently the best milk... that I bought by accident - normally 1500 won for ordinary milk..).




2400 won vs 1500 won... Dairy Farmers vs. Coles brand. I could really taste 900 won in my stomach.


 The day went by rather quick... next thing I knew, I was in the Operations Management classroom (last class 6.30-9.30pm).
MUHHHH.. I get front row because I'm such a good student... COUGH.

After the 9.30pm finish.. I called Nicole to see where she was at.. Turned out she was at a cafe with Julia and Nichole (another girl from America.. but she's white.. funny girl though!)

Nicole and Julia

Fried Chicken at the beer bar afterwards.. Altogether spent 7000won on chicken and 2 glasses of beer.

I don't think I've ever laughed so hard as I did tonight spending time with these three... Funny bunch because there is such a huge contrast... One extreme we have Julia who is 17 years old and VERY innocent... and Nichole who is 21 but is VERY mature... and so if Nichole ever talks about adult stuff, Julia would get very shy about it HAHA. Me on the other hand, I've been exposed to these kinds of topics, but it's always wiser and more God-glorifying to not feed the flame and contribute to such topics... but nevertheless, it was fun =].

When I got back to my dorm at around midnight... I looked at my News Feed on Facebook and saw pictures of my younger brothers from Study Camp and/or their graduation... Haha... It's funny that it's been 35 days and I've almost forgotten the specifics of how they looked... Evan now has a new hairstyle and I never noticed his rather mature face... Same could be said about Ivan's recent fashion tastes (probably influenced by Hemi).. and then there's Hemi's toned build and me wondering why he's still single (but I know the answer to this question.. so I just smile and move on).

We welcomed a new member to the family today... Although I wasn't there... I saw a picture and it is a rather good looking one!! It's white and runs very fast. It's clean and dad is very happy with it. Hemi says it's ridiculous because he thinks I'm more excited about it than he is... But when you've been exposed to so many ordinary examples of cars here in Korea, it's hard not to miss the JDM car scene back in Sydney... ++ my cousin Paul, isn't helping me either because we've been talking about cars all day today... haha...

How am I doing today?

I'm doing fine.

I've gotten over being attached and adopted a more careful attitude towards friendships here... I've been staying diligent with my prayer list and I know it's time to add onto the list when now I can pray without looking at it... It's a liberating feeling to pray and day by day I am learning of the importance and how desperately any Christian needs to pray if he/she expects to get through the day.

I miss my family back home and also my friends.. but the difference between now and my homesick moments a few weeks back is that I see an infinitely greater value in staying because hopefully, in staying and remaining focused, by God's grace I may become a better brother, a better son, a better friend and a better person.


I'm going to buy running shoes tomorrow at Myeongdong because I've also decided to start running and getting healthy as I feel my lungs and heart need the workout...

=]

Thankful: Another week done and dusted!! So quickly did the days go by..

Prayerful: A weekend of rest as it is a long weekend of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) until Wednesday for me..

Dangers: I'm staying up late and usually don't give myself enough time to write this blog.. Some nights I am very weary and it would be so very tempting to just write a short entry... but I shouldn't... [It's easier to stick to a 100% dedication than it is for 99%... the moment you say to yourself "it'll be okay just this once" is the moment you will keep falling to a continuous decreasing of dedication... it's seen in habitual sin, addiction, laziness and ultimately, a lack of discipline]