<center>2006.09.05~06</center> <a name="nowhiteafterlabourday"><h3>no white after labour day</h3></a> <p>화요일 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: how r u? i'm sick. 감기 있어요. i have a cold. i stayed up late on sat nite, preparing musik 4 sun nite's wedding reception @ h's lordship's in <font color="blue">berkeley</font>. i was wearing minimal clothing on sat nite, while sittin' @ the kitchen table, werkin' on musik. i felt a cold comin' on. i was rt. ugh! what a wk i had last wk. hektic, hektic! stressful? yes. *sigh* so i got sick. i almost didn't go to werk 2day, n' i guess i shouldn't've. <p>last wknd was full'f church aktivities... this wknd not so much. this wknd was mostly 'bout djing this wedding. <ul><li><i>last</i> wknd (목 08월24일 ~ 월 08월28일) (thurs 08.24 ~ mon 08.28)</li> <ul><li>목 08월24일: nacho's n' summer brew bier @ tgi friday's 4 dinner after taekwondo...</li> <li>금 08월25일: <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> t3 light couples small group core mtg @ pho hoa n' café aroma...</li> <li>토 08월26일: skateboarding @ the sunnyvale skate park in the morn, then <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> leadership training @ the sunnyvale community center's new senior center, then lunch w/ kaela @ the san josé tony roma's (free b.day meal), then $hopping @ valley fair, then the <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> unstoppable launch event @ the cupertino community center, then a late nite dinner @ porridge place in cupertino's 99 plaza...</li> <li>일 08월27일: kidzone setup early in the morn 4 <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> @ the santa clara hyatt, church, a quick lunch w/ my mom @ 길목 gilmok (w/ sooni), a whole afternoon spent w/ the t3 core @ sunnyvale's ortega park, sooni's bath, an unnecessarily extravagant/opulent dinner @ santana row's consuelo's...</li> <li>월 08월28일: after werk, i exchanged my lg <font color="#660033">chocolate</font> @ the mercado verizon corporate store, browsed thru tj maxx, then went home, picked up sooni, n' went to dinner w/ my dad @ 만두랑 칼국수 mandoorang kalgooksoo.</li></ul> <li>this past wknd (목 08월31일 ~ 월 09월05일) (thurs 08.24 ~ mon 08.28)</li> <ul><li>목 08월31일: after teaching the adult beginners class @ <a href="http://www.us-tae-kwon-do.com" target="new">u.s. taekwondo akademy</a>, after <i>skipping</i> the <font color="black">black belt</font> class; i brought our students to 만두랑 칼국수 mandoorang kalgooksoo 4 a li'l</li> <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> (language) lesson. <li>4 the beautiful <a href="http://www.realestatesforcharity.com" target="new">kaela hwang</a>, i ordered the well.being 칼국수 kalgooksoo. 4 myself, i ordered 새우 물만두 saewoo mool mandoo. the 2'f us shared of course.</li></ul> <li>금 09월01일: after werk, kaela n' i went to babies 'r' us in blossom valley to pick up a baby shower present n' then to the oakridge sushi boat 4 sushi n' asahi canandian biiru w/ a nice ¢oupon. then we browsed 'round borders, where i used a ¢oupon to buy the <i>blue pages</i>.</li> <li>토 09월02일: yet 'nother fun morn in the sunnyvale skate park... then, i went home n' cooked omelettes 4 kaela n' me. then, we went to palo alto 4 will n' alice's baby shower. wow, i can't believe i djed their wedding just last yr, n' now they're having a baby boy. then, i went home to werk on dj stuff the rest'f the nite. 4 dinner, kaela n' i ate @ falafels drive in b4 i went to rasputin's to pick up a hyphy mix cd that has the federation's "i wear my stunna glasses at night" n' the wolfpack's "vans." after returning home, i stayed up really late n' got sick. oh yah, on our way out to dinner, i bought a microfon stand @ the lokal radio shack.</li> <li>일 09월03일: kaela cut my hair in the morn. we went to church. then we went home, n' i continued to werk on dj stuff. kaela went out to <font color="#770000">한</font><font color="#000099">국</font> 마켓 <font color="#770000">han</font><font color="#000099">gook</font> market to get us some fud (김밥 gimbap, 빈대떡 bindaedduk, n' 해물파전 haemool pajuhn) n' also cooked us some 된장국 dwenjanggook. eventually, we took off 4 <font color="blue">berkeley</font>'s h's lordship's. it was pretty fun to dj the wedding 4 this nice couple, despite this 1 guest who was sooo frickin' insistent 'bout my playing eminem. geez! the couple aktually sed no rap... but well, it looked like their friends liked rap much more than they did.</li> <li>월 09월04일, 노동절 nodongjuhl: mon(day)s r pretty good lately. i had a fun, fun morn @ the sunnyvale skate park. then, i walked sooni. then, i brought kaela to valley fair. man, 'twas so refreshing just to spend the day @ the mall w/ kaela like in the good ol' days. altho' we originally meant to head out to left @ albaquerque in the pruneyard mall 4 lunch w/ a ¢oupon; instead, we just ate great khan's mongolian bbq in the fud ct. no biggie. in the eve(ning), kaela cooked delicious 매운탕 maeoontang. i changed out the headlites on my car. we watched more episodes'f <a href="http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/samsoon/index.html" target="new"><i>내 이름은 김삼순 nae ireumeun kim samsoon</i></a>. what a great show!</li></ul> <p>수요일 아침: so i've been really sick lately. u know what? yesterday, i found kaela's wedding band on the floor'f our garage. i called her when i found it, but she didn't answer. thus, i'm thinking'f surprising her w/ it someday. she doesn't read my journal nemore, so i can talk freely 'bout it here, i guess. man, what a relief (to find the wedding band)! <p><font face="궁서" color="#006600"><b>누가 복음 15장8~10절</b><br> "어느 여자가 열 드라크마가 있는데 하나를 잃으면 등불을 켜고 집을 쓸며 찾도록 부지런히 찾지 아니하겠느냐<br> 또 찾은즉 벗과 이웃을 불러 모으고 말하되 나와 함께 즐기자 잃은 드라크마를 찾았노라 하리라<br> 내가 너희에게 이르노니 이와 같이 죄인 하나가 회개하면 하나님의 사자들 앞에 기쁨이 되느니라</font> <p><font face="comic sans ms" color="#000066"><b>luke 15:8~10 - the parable'f the lost coin"</b><br> "'or suppose a woman has 10 silver coins n' loses 1. does she not lite a lamp, sweep the house, n' search carefully until she finds it? n' when she finds it, she calls her friends n' neighbours 2gether n' says, "rejoice w/ me, i have found my lost coin." in the same way, i tell u, there's rejoicing in the presence'f the angels'f god over 1 sinner who repents.'"</font> <p>last nite, i was torn over whether or not to go to praktice, considering my sick, sick state. i figured i'd go to praktice if n' only if kaela wanted to go. i sort'f wanted to skip. well, kaela wanted to go, so we went. we were late tho'. then, we left b4 teaching the adult beginners. kaela n' i went to the cupertino fantasia in search'f warm grass jelly 4 my cold, but they apparently don't serve it till wintertime. we saw our friend elaine there as well as some other ppl from our church that i <i>sort'f</i> know... but 'pparently not well 'nuff to say hi. oh well... we came home n' ate some leftovers from the wknd n' watched 'nother episode'f <a href="http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/samsoon/index.html" target="new"><i>내 이름은 김삼순 nae ireumeun kim samsoon</i></a> (on dvd). it's a really fun show. 1 interesting thing 'bout it: 삼순 samsoon's rival's played by a gurl named 정려원 jung ryuhwuhn. (oh, she's from the group chakra!) the charakter has spent time in <font color="red">am</font><font color="#555555">eri</font><font color="blue">ka</font> n' speaks english. however, the aktress speaks w/ a distinktive <i>australian</i> accent. now, usually, asian.ams r <i>soooo</i> frickin' impressed when they observe an asian person speaking english w/ a european or australian accent. however, w/ her... it kind'f detrakts... it almost <i>annoys</i> me... cos i <i>know</i. she's <i>s'pposed</i> to have an <font color="red">am</font><font color="#555555">eri</font><font color="blue">kan</font> accent n' not an aussie accent. still, it's always fun 4 an asian.am guy like me to observe <i>asians</i> speaking english on <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> tv. like, on those <i>game shows</i>, it's totally fun when an amerikan.<font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> comes on. like, no offense, but it's not the same to watch a non.asian person speak english on <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> tv... that's just expekted... but to watch an asian person speak english, that's fun. pershaps, cos we asian.ams identify w/ that english.speaking asian. it's like, we want to imagine what it'd be like 4 some1 like us to enter the world'f asian/<font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> entertainment. i s'ppose it happens. <p>lately, i've noticed that 'lot'f my friends who usually blog rn't bloggin' these days. *shrug* is bloggin' going out'f style? 'f course not! maybe it's just the well.known phenomenon that <font color="red">am</font><font color="#555555">eri</font><font color="blue">kan</font> werkers r being very overwerked these days. yah, maybe... i know <i>i</i> don't have time to journal like i used to. i admit that the quality'f my journal sure isn't as good as it <i>used to</i> be. i admit: 2002년 was prob'ly the best yr'f my journal ever. my life was <i>very</i> dynamik then, n' i had more free time as an unemployed grad student.<br><br><br>