<center>2006.09.27</center>
<a name="tryinsolowk"><h3><i>tryin'</i> to get things done during this solo wk</h3></a>
<p>수요일 아침: 잘 지내요? jal jinaeyo? how'r u doin'? i'm ok. i was just lookin' @ the pix that the beautiful <a href="http://www.friendster.com/203953" target="new">kaela hwang</a> took @ this past wknd's l.a. <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rea</font>town 장터 jangtuh (bazaarish marketplace) festival. we now better understand the wurd 장터 jangtuh. we're used to the phrase "장터 순대" jangtuh soondae (jang-tu soondae). ah... so it's like the <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> equivalent to state fair corn dogs or coney island hot dogs. in case u don't know 순대 soondae's a (very delicious) <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> rice, noodle, pork blood sausage. it's made by stuffing an intestine lining, which is how <i>all real</i> sausages r made neway, so don't get <i>2</i> grossed out, man. ( well heck, if they ever come up w/ a <font color="#006600">vegetarian</font> version'f 순대 soondae, then i s'ppose i can live w/o the intestine n' blood, but it'd better be <i>really</i> good n' really realistik! neway, i saw the pix'f the 귀여운 진돗개 강아지 gwiyuhoon jindotgae kangaji / the cute jindo puppies. yah, they're cute. 귀여네; 귀엽죠. we both wonder what sooni looked like as a puppy. i'm sure she was cute. last ntie, as we left the 태권도장 taekwondojang, sooni carried in her mouth the dingo brand rawhide chew bowe that she didn't eat while i was inside. i guess she didn't wanna eat while i wasn't there. she's like that sometimes. well, as we were leaving, she <i>then</i> wanted to eat it cos i was there. however, we needed to go. thus, she carried it in her mouth. this gurl that was sittin' w/ her bf or guy friend outside'f the 호프 hof 1 door down (or do u say <i>2</i> doors down) exclaimed "이쁘네!" ("ibbeunei" / beautiful!) true, she <i>is</i>. i'm not sure, but i think that gurl's a waitress @ that 호프 hof. what's the name'f that 후프 hof? i think it's 사찾자 sochatja. uhm, what does <i>that</i> mean? *shrug* i think it could mean, "let's go look 4 cows"; or it could mean sumpthin' like "cowboy." we haven't been there yet since it changed names (maybe also owner) 1nce 'gain. that 호프 hof's always changin'!
<p>yesterday, i drove by the new <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> plaza on el camino real in santa clara, rt in the heart'f <b><font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rea</font>town</b>. make <i>no</i> mistake, y'all; the stretch'f el camino real in santa clara n' sunnyvale, it's <i>definitely</i> <b><font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rea</font>town<b?; no doubt! (...whether the city approves the <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> chamber'f commerce's request or not.) i think the new plaza's called t&h plaza or sumpthin'; i 4get. neway, it looks really nice! that's the thing, <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> have not only been takin' over el camino real; but they've been <i>seriously</i> <b>beautifying</b> it! they're not turning it into ne kind'f "<font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> ghetto," no. it's becoming <i>classier</i>!! it's 1 thing if the <font color="#770000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> merchants were just snatching up ¢heap, rundown commercial real estate to make a quick bu¢k. however, no... they're really building a beautiful community, a beautiful neighbourhood, a beautifully healthy bizness/$hopping distrikt w/ distinkt character; sumpthin'f which the city can be n' ought to be proud.
<p>neway, what else's up? this morn, i quickly hit up the sunnyvale skate park. on <a href="http://www.friendster.com" target="new">friendster</a> just now, i <i>quickly</i> created a friendster group called "sunnyvale skate park morning crew." i honestly <i>don't</i> expekt ne1 to join. ppl on friendster r 2 old, mostly just the yuppie crowd. well, aktually... those r the types that i find in the morn @ the sunnyvale skate park, huh? hrm... however, we're mostly like <i>closet</i> skateboarders... <i>sekret</i> skateboarders. i believe that on <i><a href="http://www.myspace.com" target="new">myspace</a></i>, i can find tons n' tons'f teenagers n' maybe even just teenagers @ heart who openly proclaim that they r skateboarders. well, i only skated 4 like 0.5 an hr. that was a <i>short</i> skate session! i woke up 2 late this morn. it's been harder to wake up. *sigh* it's fall now! 가을 왔어요. the sun rises later. 'twas really cloudy when i awoke this morn; but the weather report speaks'f like 90°f weather. that must be far inland, like in concord or gilroy, rt? it's been much cooler out here in the real bay area.
<p>my new knee pads n' wrist guards r s'pposed to be here netime. i had a package slip from the usps yesterday. it was addressed to "beno hwang," but i'm sure i had the package delivered to "bernard hwang." strange. neawy, what's funny's that the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=benospage-20&creative=9325&path=www.amazon.com" target="new">amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=benospage-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> delivery tracking system sez that the usps tried to deliver the package @ midnite yesterday, but i wasn't there. heh, that must be some glitch in the procedure or system. ha ha. i'd really like to get those pads! on mon morn, this 1 dude taught me to do li'l frontside pregrabs. i'm catching my 1st air on vert (sort'f). well... i mean, i catch verti<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> air on a snowboard... but i'd never down it on a skateboard b4. well... heh... it's not like i'm launching out'f the bowl over the coping now or nething... no, rather, i'm doing some really, really <i>un</i>impressive hopping @ the bottom'f the transition. it's uhm... nuthin' to watch. however, he pted out that 1) it's not 2 hard n' 2) if i fall, i'm already crouched down, so it doesn't hurt much. it's funny... this guy... he gave off / emitted this really "christian" vibe. sumpthin' 'bout him made me think he was like a pastor or sumpthin'; a really nice guy. it's funny how some ppl just give off this vibe that indicates a certain religion. like, there's that ol', middle aged dude that comes in the morn, who... well, his look n' behaviour just scream out "mormon." like, i grew up w/ mormon friends cos 1) i lived by a mormon church n' 2) i briefly lived in idaho, which is near utah... n' maybe somehow that fakt cmed to cause mormons to gravitate 2wards me even after i moved to cali; so i really don't mean that in a disrespektful way. like... yah, sumpthin' bout him just <i>screams</i> "mormon." maybe it's the fakt that (the 1st time i saw him), he showed up w/ a big litter'f kids n' his wife n' mom or mutha.in.law, rt? *shrug*
<p>[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: wow, time sort'f flies. i <i>need</i> to get out'f the office. @ lunchtime, i joined some'f my ol' cowerkers from the college program to exploit a free ameriprise lunch @ athena grill. i, as well as many others, ate the $11.95 steak. *sigh* i need to reduce my intake'f 1) fat, 2) sodium, 3) sugar, 4) simple carbs, 5) bad cholesterol... i need to <i>increase</i> my intake'f <font color="#006600">veggies</font>! my diet's been bad this wk w/o kaela. i'm tempted to buy a salad 4 dinner 2nite. i worried 2day 'bout my frequent wee.weeing, which i understand can be a sign'f bad prostate health, rt? however, it's <i>not</i> that i show up @ the white, porcelain urinal n' <i>can't</i> oui.oui. rather, i'm oui.oui.ing <i>plenty</i> cos i must've drank almost a dekalitre'f h<sub>2</sub>o 2day! that's good to know, but <i>why'm i so thirsty 2day</i>???
<p>what can i do 2nite? 1) attend sach's last turbo kick box (tkb) class b4 his 1.month sabbati<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> (700p, which's 2 soon, @ the <i>fremont ave</i>, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness); 2) attend will's turbo kick box (tkb) class, 730p @ my usual east arques, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness; 3) a movie w/ a free small popcorn cos'f my amc moviewatchers card; 4) try to hit up the sunnyvale skate park w/ my new pro.tec knee pads n' wrist guards, which i picked up from santa clara's mission station u.s. post office after lunch; 5) go buy new classi<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> guitar strings to replace the 1s that mysteriously broke recently on my guitar; 6) $hop/brow$e @ fry's elektroniks; 7) gro¢ery $hop @ trader joe's, maybe buy a salad... [later] ok, well, i'm still in my cube. i just stood up to c out the distant window n' saw that the darkness'f nite has fallen 'pon sunnyvale, thus no twilite session @ the sunnyvale skate park.<br><br><br>