2007 Is Almost Here!

I have not been blogging much this week. Due to a couple of reasons really. The first one is that I just can't be arsed and the second one is that I have just been too tired. I think it has been a combination of too much partying and too much exercise.

Anyway, I want to recharge the batteries over the next 2 days. I don't have to work until Tuesday, so I will take full advantage of sleeping in and going to the gym.

Dave and I went to Hollywood last night. It is a small pub in Itaewon and the fella that owns it is a full-on Liverpool supporter. He is Korean too. So he always shows the Liverpool games before the United games.

We watched the Liverpool vs Spurs last night. It wasn't much of a game, but a really scrap to get to the ball at the best of times. We did win, so I am happy about that and with Chelsea drawing and Arsenal losing to Sheffield, we gained ground on both of them. That means now that Utd are 6 points ahead at the top of the league. Let's see if they can keep it up for the whole season..... I seem to think they will this year. As long as we beat them at Anfield when they come visiting, I will be happy. Them and Everton are both owed one.

Don't really have a plan for New Years Eve, but it looks like we will be staying local. It was Dave's birthday last night and although he was disappointed that certain of his 'friends' didn't show up to celebrate with him, we had a good time in Kangnam at a place called "Woodstock." We met up with Chris and HeeKyung and listened to some good music. We then headed to Itaewon, where we watched the football. So tonight we will be going to Dublin's.... I think.

Not much else going on at the moment. Looking forward to the next few weeks going quick, then back to visit the family in Canada. Only about 5 weeks to go now!!!!!

A Silly Video of Me Saying Merry Christmas In Samsung Plaza.

Dave took this short video after daring me to go and stand next to the girl in front of Baskin Robbins ice-cream store and say "Merry Christmas" into the microphone.
I was actually a little embarassed..... I know, me, embarassed!!!! What is the world coming to.

I think that I sound really Canadian when I say it. It's because I have had to talk like that in the classroom for the last little while. The English accent is too hard for them to understand, especially the Scouse like, know wat ah mean la!!!!!!!!

Christmas Wishes
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Check This Dude Out. Quite Impressive!

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The Man of 100 Voices Guy does 100 impressions in 4 minutes.

Deadbeat Dads? What About Mothers Who Think Their Child Is Their Property!

This is a story about a woman who happens to be very famous. I hope that this brings to life what women are doing to their ex-husbands with regard to their children.

Nothing gives any of the parents the right to keep the child away from one of its parents. Of course in the case of abuse, it is a different matter, but that has also been proven to be very abject at times also.

I hope the legal system throws the book at this woman for what she did, which by the way is against the law. This has happened so many times before that something has to be done to protect the rights of the fathers in custody agreements and battles.

Just because a woman gives birth to a child, they think they have the divine right to do everything they think is right in their mind for their child. There are two parents that make and raise a child, in most cases. Lest we ever forget that.

Please read the following article and make your own mind up about what is just and what is not.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20061226%2fbedard_hearing_061226&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True

chrimbo tv

Stuart is on fire in this one. This is an absolute classic.......... love it Stu!!!!!!

The Netherlands vs Portugal: The Fouls

They said the referee had no control. How about the players had no control over themselves and no respect for each other....
Dave will love this one!!!!!!

Christmas Weekend Memories Of A Single Man!

It all started on Friday night. I got off work early. They 'allowed' us to leave at 9.20pm rather than have us waiting around until 10pm, which is our regular finishing time.

The funny thing is that we don't get paid by the hour, so what is the bloody big deal about having us wait after we are done our last class? Feels very much like working for the man at Avalon sometimes. Enough of the negativity anyway, the fun began once I finished at the gym.

It is hard to remember what I did most of the weekend because so much happened. The shot above is of one side of the main street in Itaewon. There is another picture lower down on the blog of the same area. There are shops everywhere. I didn't take the picture either, I robbed it off someone else's website. Something that I 'googled'.

That is a new verb, by the way, which means to enter a search on the google search engine and find a website related to the search query. GOOGLE IT!!!!!!!!!!

The debauchery started after I finished at the gym. I actually ran 10kms believe it or not!!!!! I ran for 72 minutes non-stop. I originally planned to go home, but Dave convinced me to drop by his house and listen to some music and have a drink. Oh, the single life eh!!!!

We listened to some good tunes and went on a trivia website that I told Dave about. It is called www.funtrivia.com. It is a very addictive site and Dave was addicted as soon as we started playing it. I even got him to register a name so that you can log in and use some more of the options available to a registered member. It is free of course and honestly you can do trivia quizzes about pretty well anything.

It is one of the largest trivia sites on the web and the other good thing about it all, is that the quizzes are created by people themselves. There are sometimes mistakes, but very few and there is an opportunity to send the creator of the quiz an email to inform them of a mistake or such.

After we did some quizzes on "Dutch Language," we decided to go to Dublin's. We got there fairly late and ended up getting home around 3 or 4 in the morning. We didn't drink much, but we had a good time just socializing. We met some of the locals there of course, as always.

Saturday was the day that Gareth was coming down to Seoul from Ulsan along with Niall and the plan was to meet him later on that night.

In the afternoon, Dave and I met up in Kangnam at a "Coffee Bean." We took the bus from there to Itaewon. The picture below is of the "Christmas Bus" that we took from Kangnam to Itaewon. The picture is not very good, but the bus was a full on decorated bus.

It had tinsel everywhere, on the windows and handles as well as christmas lights and even a few little model christmas trees complete with all the reindeer and small ornaments. The whole theme was throughout the bus, which was one of those double kind of harmonica buses, with that piece of rubber in the middle that joins two carriages together to make a bigger bus. It was cool, too bad it didn't come out too good in the pictures. It put me in the christmas spirit a little though.

We started out at 'Geckos' and it started off quite quietly. Then it got more exciting as the night progressed. We didn't hook up with Gareth and the gang until later that night, around midnight. The plan was to watch some football, but we actually didn't leave Geckos. We were having a good time and met some new people, both foreigners and Koreans.

Gareth was staying in Hongdae and we met up with him about midnight outside of the Burger King. He showed us where the "Loft" was and there were a gang of people there that he had met up with.

There was Niall from Ireland, Hope from Canada, another load of people from either Australia or New Zealand and mix of Brits also involved in the mix. The Loft was really loud, hard to talk or anything. Don't get me wrong though, the music was good, just not that good of a place to socialize with a group of people and we decided to leave there and go to another place.

We ended up at the Rocky Mountain Tavern, which has a predominantly Canadian theme to it and is frequented by lots of Canadians. By the time we got there, they were on last orders, so we had a chance to get one last drink or round and then off we went again. The place was dead by the time we got there.

The next part of the story is quite funny. After that place, we also went to another place called "Polly's Kettle," which was dead as a door nail. Hope was chomping at the bit to leave that place. Anyway, we ended up at a place called "Queen." I am sure from the title, you can guess what kind of place that was!

It ended up being this little shithole club the size of a postage stamp and a gay club to boot. It was so funny watching everyone's reaction when we went in there. Gareth was classic. Not being of sound mind, he decided to use the toilet in there.... haha.

I guess on the way one of the gay fellas, grabbed his beard and that was the start of it. That was on his way to the toilet. When he came out of the toilet, the same fella did something or touched him, can't remember, but I do remember Gareth's face and his reaction was absolutely hilarious. It was like someone had spilled shite or something on him. He was waving with his hand and the look on his face was one of like, "get off, get off!!!!!!"

Gareth was sporting a full beard. I guess that he told his students that he would grow an 'upside head!' That meant that he had a shaved head and a full beard. I said that he looked like "Barabus" who had just got let out of the pit. Anyone that has no religious background, that is the name of the man that was let go free instead of Jesus in the Bible. Gareth's beard is dark black to boot, as is his head; the Italian background of his, I am sure.

Niall and I were absolutely pissing ourselves laughing. There was a girl with us called Helena, who looked Russian and was actually from Russian background. It was her birthday, we found out later on. Hope had actually met her in Japan the week before, going on a visa run. Helena was disgusted by the whole gay bar thing and stormed out of the bar, saying that she wanted to dance, but not with gay fellas.

Hope of course was on the little diddley dance floor, giving all she had with two of the fellas that had their shirts off. They were so gay and even all around the entrance to the club, outside, were a bunch of fairies petting each other and being frisky. It was a great laugh though and I enjoyed it immensely.

Off we went again to another place. I think we went to the Loft again at some point, but as I said before, some of the evening is a bit of a blurr. I think finally Dave and I ended up getting a taxi at 5.40am and got home around 6am. I had to get up at 1pm, which was a little difficult, but I did it!!!!!!

Sunday, Christmas Eve, Dave and I decided to stay local, as we had a plan to go to Dublin's. We ended up there and met Chris and Heekyong who we hadn't seen for quite a while. Chris is working for a movie company called "Showbox" and is very busy doing the whole Korean thing. He is half Korean himself, looks very Korean, but lived in L.A. for a long time. He was telling us some of the marketing plans for the company and right now they are in the midst of being an investor in one of the biggest Asian movies that will be produced in the near future.

It is about the "3 Kingdoms," which pretty well every Asian person has ever read. The movie is taken from the book and is being directed by the famous Chinese director, John Woo.

The night was really mellow to start off with and then it progressed from there. After Chris and Hekyong left, Aaron was sitting with us and then a few more people showed up. A girl from Manchester, Sarah and another fella, Tom. along with Sara's friend, Sharon who is white, but has a full-on Trinidad accent... very cool indeed.

We got chatting with them and their 3 or 4 other friends and in between, Joe, Dublin's owner, came and chatted with us. We had a lot of fun and Aaron was in top form and we just all had a good gab and a good laugh. We rolled out of there in the early hours of the morning, heading for Sara's house who invited Dave and I and Aaron and Tom and another Korean girl plus Sharon. Sharon and Sara are good friends, as far as I know.

We had met another Irish girl, Elizabeth who lives with Sara, earlier, but she had gone home as she was too inebriated. I guess when we got to the apartment, which was in Moran, quite a ways from where we were at Dublins, Elizabeth was sleeping in her bedroom. Didn't even know she was there until we were informed of the fact.

Well, Aaron, Dave and I headed home about 6.30am..... we planned to get up at 10am to head into Seoul to go for the Christmas Dinner at the Seoul Hilton Millennium. That did not happen!!!!!

There was no way I was getting up with 3 hours sleep and travelling. Oh, I forgot to say that I stayed at Dave's house that night too; so we could head to Seoul without all the bother of meeting at the subway and then taking a bus afterwards.

Well, we woke up in the middle of the afternoon. I called Gareth and told him that we hadn't moved yet. This was at 3pm!!!! We would meet up with him later that night. Dave and I decided to have something to eat. We went to a place in Sunae, where we had some Bolognese spaghetti and some thin sliced Cicerao pizza. It was not very big, but we were both stuffed by the time we finished our food.

After much humming and harring, we decided to get a bus to Itaewon and meet up with Gareth, Dan Reid and his girl Lisa, Hope and Naill and John Cattigan and his girl, Emily who was visiting from Taiwan. She used to live here in Korea, but now works in Taiwan. She said it is no different than working in Korea, just a different feel. The money is a little less and the children are a little less 'slappy' with each other. She said that they are sucks though and that they cry at the drop of a hat.

We met at a pub called "3 Alleys." We were there for about an hour and Emily and John decided to take off, as Emily had to fly back to Taiwan the next morning. Calling it an early night for both of them.

We then headed to another place called "The Wolfhound." Not a bad place. Clean and quite sociable. There were a few people about and we had a good time again gabbing and laughing. Had some good cracks with Naill who has a great sense of humour as does Hope and Gareth and Dan and his girl Lisa. Talked about football and the job and other things.

After that place, Dan and Lisa went home. Gareth, Niall, Hope, Dave and I went to another place called "The Embassy." It was a very nice place, very modern looking and looked like a total chill out place. They played some funky music and although the place was quite small they had some cool furniture and some funky styles all over the place. It was quite expensive though and there was a 20 percent tax added to all the drinks, which is unusual in Korea.

In between ordering drinks, I had got on the phone and called Mum and Dad who were at my sister's house for christmas. I was on the phone for about 25 minutes or so. When I got back to the table, there was a few more drinks on the table, not for me though. They had been consumed or not consumed as we would find out in about 10 minutes.

Once we all decided to leave, there was a bit of a row about the drinks that were ordered. A row between Gareth and Niall mainly. I guess that Gareth had told Niall to order a guiness and Naill had said not to.

It was no big deal really, Gareth was just a bit pissy and nobody was sure what we ordered or how much they owed. I only had one drink and the second drink got taken by someone in the bar, so I got it back for free. I had put it down somewhere while I was using the phone to call home. I looked everywhere for it, but couldn't find it. I proceeded to ask the management what had happened to it.

Well, after the little disagreement about the bill, Gareth calmed down a bit and we all headed our different ways. It was about 1am by that time, so it was a good time to call it a night. We all had to work the next day, Tuesday, which is Boxing Day. Sucks really eh!!!!!!!!

I worked today and it was okay. Everyone was a little dead and Sean actually came into work, showed another teacher, Joe who is filling in for Rebecca's classes, where the campus was and then went home sick!!!!!!!!

We also got our intensive hours, which starts next Tuesday, January 2nd. I have one extra class from Mon to Fri from 12.15 or so until 1.30. The rest of the schedule is the same, but once Rebecca comes back from Canada, which is now a week later(Jan11th), she will take one of my classes on Friday and I will only have 2 classes on Fridays then. Cool, I say, cool!!!!!!

It is Dave's birthday this Saturday, December 30th, so the festivities will be plentiful, I am sure. I think the plan is to go to Kangnam. Gareth is coming down again from Ulsan too.

A mate of his is going to be in Seoul and he has to see him when he gets here. Gareth is finished at the end of January and then he is off to see his girl in Canada and then off to Peru and other places. A busy time of the month for him that is for sure.

I was back at the gym again tonight. Ran for about 42 minutes and came home and watched the Liverpool game on the pc. We lost, of course. We were all over Blackburn, but couldn't score. We played okay, but were just missing that clinical touch. Friedel made some good saves, but Crouch should have scored two easy chances in the first half. Rue, rue, rue the chances missed!!!!! We lost 1-0.

Chelsea drew, United pounded Wigan, Tottenham won, Portsmouth won and Bolton also. Liverpool dropped to 4th or 5th. No way we are going to finish any higher than 3rd, that is almost for sure now.

Done my essay about christmas now. It was a good one and I enjoyed it immensely. I like the single life. I am stressed out about not having any stress.

Saturday Night And Off To Itaewon Again!

Saturday night is upon us again and the big plan for tonight is to go to a place called "Hollywood" to watch some of the EPL games.

Dave and I have been there a few times before and the whole commentary was in English, which is awesome. The atmosphere there is quite good. Lots of foreigners around and it is a lot like a North American kind of pub slash restaurant, but not much food being served there.

I am back to being a brunette now. Got sick of the blond look especially in the Winter. Plus it is hard when you have so much grey hair to cover it with a blond look. The grey always seems to look a little shade different. Not the case with the brunette though. It will take me time to get used to it and I am sure when I go to school on Tuesday, there will be a few shocked people as they have never seen me with brown hair. Most of my friends that are still in Korea have seen me before, so it is no big deal to them.

Tomorrow is Xmas Eve and I think tomorrow night, Dave and I will be doing something special. It's his birthday on the 30th as well...... 37 years young!!!! My birthday is coming up too, on January 11th.... I will be 43 years young.

Not much else going on. The Xmas Dinner is a go. We are having it at the Hilton Millennium, which is listed as a super-deluxe hotel. The food should be great, but I am sure the company will be even better. Dinner is at noon, so it is nice and early to get the festivities started. Just hope we are not too too blitzed after the dinner. I don't think so though, as we all have to work the next day. That has never stopped us before though!!!!!!

Open The Box? Is Pandora In It?

A short video, but still the same old funny reactions that I love to see..... Wonder how many people almost had a heart attack......lol.

Whats in the Box? You have to love some of their reactions.

Check This Awesome SNL Skit Out!

I love this one by SNL. Justin Timberlake is awesome as the "Soup" guy. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
Merry Christmas to all of my readers past and present. I hope that the festive season allows you time with family and friends and a chance to have a nice holiday away from the normal grindstone of life.

Homelessville SNL Skit Musical charities compete against each other.

Chrismas Memories Of Youth!

I used to love xmas so much. I can't begin to tell you how excited I used to get on Christams Eve and how good I felt going to bed. I guess one of the things that I remember the most about Christmas is the fact that my sister and I got brand new, I mean brand new, sheets on our bed on Christmas Eve. We also got brand new pajamas. I felt so good going to bed and the anticipation used to drive me mad.... I loved it so much..... couldn't wait to open those presents in the morning.

I used to run into my sister's room on Christmas morning and wake her up.... always. I would always be dead excited to run downstairs and see what we had under the tree. I guess I was a LITTLE excited..... haha.

My Mum and Dad used to play the 'hot, cold' game with us sometimes, to find some of the other presents that weren't under the tree. Isn't it funny how things like that you can remember so vividly? Anyway, needless to say, I can remember shaking all over due to being so excited. Our Rudy used to run around everywhere and bite all the paper, as far as I can remember. We also had two budgies that used to just sit there and watch the whole thing of course. My bird was green and white and our Jackie's was a canary colour. You know that I cannot remember my bird's name, but I can remember our Jackie's....it was Mitsy!!!!!!!

Don't remember too much else other than having a good breakfast. Don't remember too much what we ate, but with me it must have been only toast or weetabix.... Mr. Picky eater wouldn't eat anything at that age.... oh how I have changed my tastes now!!!!!!!

In the afternoon, we would then go to my Nanna and Grandad McCarthy's. All my Mum's sisters and brothers and all of our cousins, who we didn't see that much throughout the rest of the year, were there. It was the same on my Dad's side. We didn't get to see each other much during the year, but Christmas was always an exception. I remember there being loads of people in the living room and I remember Nanna Mac and the aunties all being in and out of the kitchen getting ready to serve sandwiches and the like. We all had presents of course and as I remember my Mum telling me, we had such a big family that each aunt was given one of the cousins to buy something for. It was a nice time and I guess I remember it because I am writing about it now.

Then on Boxing Day, it was our turn to go to Dad's side of the family. We all went to my Nanna Campbell's house. All the aunts and uncles and cousins were there of course, as well as my Dad's first and second cousins and some of his aunts and uncles. I remembe the adults would all go down the street to the pub and auntie Eileen would make the sandwiches for when everyone would come back. Auntie Eileen didn't drink, by the way.

I remember the pickled onions in the jars on the mantlepiece above the fireplace. I cringed everytime someone would go and open one of the jars and take a pickled onion. Even to this day, I can't stand the smell of anything that is pickled. Nothing to do with those onions; I can't even stand the smell of pickled kimchi here in Korea....

When the adults came back from the pub, the fireplace would be well on its way and then everyone would have a sing-along. Nanna Campbell had a piano in her living room, so it was perfect. I remember listening to my Dad and Nanna and some of his cousins singing....... didn't think much of it at that time, but now it is such a great memory.

It was such a nice warm, family feeling and even though we didn't get to see each other during the year that much, it was still such a special time of year. I am trying to remember that Christmas is exactly about that and trying not to be so negative, but it is easier said than done.

Christmas took on a different kind of feeling once I got married. I blame myself really for not being forceful enough with my wife at the time and letting her change my attitude towards Christmas. It no longer became a joyous time, but took on a beast of its own, mainly one of stress and moaning and whining.

Either way, I changed my outlook towards Christmas and shame on me. I guess even today, there are a lot of remnants still floating around in my head from that time and they don't really deserve to be there anymore. They only exist because I allow them to and I am doing my damndest to get rid of them forever.

Once I got divorced, Christmas became an even sadder time of the year due to not being with my son on Christmas Day and having 'ruined' Christmas for him as I would think, anyway. It is such a nice time of year for family and I guess that I felt I had failed as a family man. I don't feel that way anymore, but as I said before, those old remaining thoughts sometimes find their way through to the surface. That makes me mad too that I can still feel that way after so so many years.

So what I am going to do this year is to embrace Christmas and have no negative thoughts about it. I am going to get back on the road to recovery and think about all those wonderful times and thoughts that I have in my head about Christmas.

My Mum and Dad still love Christmas as much as they ever did. I used to be jealous of that fact years ago. I now realize that it is important to keep your traditions and to keep doing something that brings so much happiness to so many families at this special time of year.

I know there are families that are screwed up and people who are poor and I should be empathetic with them, but it is not my job to wrong the rights of the world. I can do that in my own way throughout my lifetime. Now, I need to just enjoy the time of year, even if I am away from my family. It is a time of year that should be embraced. I have fond memories that will last forever, so why should I be sad at Christmas.

Happiness is always a choice and I am making that choice now about Christmas. No more negative comments, only happiness and good feeling about the festive time of year...... okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This year is a little bit more heartwarming for me as I feel that for the first time in a long long time, I have found some comfort within myself and really have no 'issues' that need to be resolved because they are causing me pain and heartache.

Don't get me wrong. I have 'issues' just like anyone else, but they are in full control now and I feel so happy to be able to say that. I will be going home to Canada with my emotions intact and with 'all my marbles." I could not have said that the last time I went home and could not have said that the last time I saw all my family and hung out there for 3 years. I am going to cherish seeing my family and hanging out with them. Too bad I can't do it now at Christmas because I feel this year I feel completely different about this time of year.

I am off to the gym again tonight. Ran last night, so tonight it will be weights. I haven't worked out with weights for about a week, so I am chomping at the bit to lift some dumbells and some free-weights.

Tomorrow is Friday already....wow, this week has gone by quite fast. Oh and by the way, now that 'Lost' is all caught up, I am on to the new show now, 'Rome.' Gareth got me into it and I downloaded the first season from spytorrent last night and am now on episode 10 of 14 or 15. It is a collaberation of HBO and BBC. Most of the actors are British, which is pretty cool. It is a bit risque at times, but it is easy to follow and there are some good subplots going on all the time. It is fairly historically correct and I am really enjoying it right now.

"Super-Backpacks." They Allow You To Carry More, Kids!!!!!!!

Here are various pictures of various things in Korea. One is of kindergarden kids going on a trip. The others are of schools in Seoul and one of a PC room sign. By the way, there are tons of PC rooms everywhere and along with the singing rooms, they pretty well make up a lot of places in Korean buildings.

The PC rooms are dead cheap; usually only about a dollar or so an hour... they are cheaper in Ulsan and smaller cities than in Seoul or Bundang.

One of the things that I have started to notice seeing more and more in the last few months, is some of the kids carrying these "super-backpacks." I thought they were suitcases the first time that I saw them, but finally realized that it is a traditional backpack that can be carried like a normal backpack or put on the ground and can be dragged by a handle and has wheels on it. It looked so weird the first time that I saw it!!!!!!!

My first reaction was to think that the kids were getting really lazy, but then one of the kids said, "Teacher, lift my bag and see how heavy it is!" They were not kidding either. I would have found it heavy, carrying all the stuff that was in it. So, accordingly, the "super-backpack" has come around to help the students carry so much stuff, so that it doesn't hurt them.

My classes are a lot smaller now. I have a total of 52 students compared to the last session of 98!!!! I have one class that has 3 students in it!!!!! What a difference from last session. That also means that I will have way more less essays to mark also. I only will have 52 and will have less comments to write about the WB level kids, as I only have 3 WB classes now and 3 EB.

At Avalon, Sunae Campus, they have a system that works this way; each level has a Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced class. The starting level for kids with very little English experience is also Starter level.

The levels then progress from Rainbow to Eagle and then to Wisdom. So each level starting with Rainbow is like this: RS, RB, RI, RA. Eagle: EB, EI and EA. Wisdom: WB, WI and WA.

It is not that complicated once you get onto it, but it is the W level classes that are the most advanced with more fluency required and more work for the students. It is nice to have the 3 EB classes, as it is more basic and I can have a good laugh with the students too.

The 3 WB classes are good too though and it keeps me on my toes. The one class with 3 kids is so chilled ,as it is so small. They all get to talk a lot and I can drill them to speak full sentences and watch them improve immensely. They have a good opportunity, which is usually not available to them due to normal class sizes being very big; usually between 10-15 students.

I am all caught up on my "Lost" episodes. I watched episode 6 of season 3 yesterday and as far as I am aware, there are no new episodes now until February, 2007. It has been fun watching them though.

I am now downloading the first season of "Rome." It should be done by the time I get home tonight and I hope that it works okay on the computer.

The Liverpool vs Arsenal game was 'fogged out' last night. They have no idea when the replay will be played and both managers were bitching and whinging about the game being postoponed. Again, another example of the mangers undermining the officials. I wish they would just give it up and honour the decision of the officials and maybe then there would be more respect in the future given to them by players, coaches and even spectators.

Like one article that I read that was very good, said: It is okay for the spectators and supporters to say things about the game officials and even sometimes the media, such as the commentators, as they have the aid of video-replays at about 1 million different angles and speeds, but it is not okay for the players or managers or coaches or people in the game to criticize the officials, as it just ruins their integrity as officials and belittles them to all people involved in the sport.

I am recharging my batteries, as I mentioned before. I have not had a drink since last Saturday and feel all the better for it. I am not going to have a drink at all this weekend. I am going to wait until December 25th, Xmas Day and have a drink with Dave and Gareth and Dan while having an Xmas Dinner at a hotel, yet to be named!!!!!!!

Wonderful Video

2006 World Cup U2 Compliation
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The Song That Gives Me Goosebumps At Anytime!!!!

You'll never walk alone in Liverpool
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How The Hell Do They Do This?

I watched this a few months ago, but don't know how the hell they do it.... anyone got any ideas?

Another Departure And More Recharging Of The Batteries.

More changes on the Avalon front. I briefly mentioned that Jason was leaving yesterday. Well, now it is official. He gave his 45 days notice today, so he will be done about 2 or 3 days before I finish my contract on February 5th. He has had enough and just doesn't want to be here anymore. This was his third stint at Avalon, as far as I know........

I am going to recharge my batteries all this week. Not a drop of alcohol will pass my lips this weekend. I am saving it for Christmas Day in Seoul and also want to just rejuvenate my body, which I have been killing for the last 2 months or so. I am just overdoing it on every front; work, at the gym and going out.

I have to find that balance that I am always spouting off about. I have to seriously be good to my body and go to the gym, sleep and eat well. I have a plan for the rest of the week and I will only be working at Avalon for the next 3 days, no extra-curricular activities as such.....just the gym, then home and sleep.

I have caught up on "Lost" now. I am on episode 6 of season 3. As far as I know, that is right up to date. Anyone out there watch the thing? Can you tell me if I am up to par or are there more episodes ahead of where I am at ?

By the way, Jason sits next to me at Avalon, so that is why there is a more vested interest in what he is doing than the other teachers. Oh yeh and by the way, Avalon had a lunch party today that everyone was invited to. It was to use some of the money that we won for third place at the xmas party. It was at TGI Friday's.

Of course, everyone forgot to tell me that we had a lunch dinner, so I wasn't there. I wasn't surprised to tell you the truth. Nobody bothered to announce to all the teachers yesterday that there was a lunch date the next day. Even if it was announced, how is that for giving people notice. The day before...... so typically Korean and don't discount the foreigners too!

They didn't bother their arses to tell everyone either. It seemed like I was the only one not told. I get the message there boys..... piss on the lot of yers anyway.

I don't care about missing the stupid lunch, it was just the lack of communication, which is so transparent at Avalon. Anyway, I promised myself today not to be too negative about the whole situation, but how can you not? How would anyone feel if they were the only one that wasn't there and wasn't asked..... to "assume" makes an ass of u and me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

School is going well. Nice to have a break everyday....... it will be good for my shocked system and as I said before, I don't have the same class for 7 hours this session. The dreaded essays are coming up though..... uh, whatever..............

A Christmas Singing Classic

I hope everyone enjoys this clip as much as I did.
New session started today and the classes look good and I have a mix this time, which I am thankful for. Looks like Jason might be on his way out of Avalon.... doesn't want to be here anymore.... we shall see though.
Weather is great. Man Utd lost, which is always a great thing and Chelsea the jammy buggers. Two wonder goals by Lampard and Drogba... I must admit.
Liverpool play Arsenal in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night at Anfield.... let's do them boys... we owe them for that 3-0 embarassment.
Stay posted for more from the hostess with the mostest......

New Schedule Starting Monday, December 18th.

We got our tentative schedule for the new session today. It is the same amount of classes, but this time I have 3 of one level, 3 of another and one of another. A big improvement over 6 of the same level and one other during the last session.

It looks like 2 days a week with one break and the other two with no breaks and Friday a mix of maybe 3 classes or 4. I am filling in with the top level WA for Rebecca until she gets back from Canada.

Wayne is leaving Sunae today as well as Erin the head-teacher and one other Korean teacher and Scott of course. There will be lots of new blood at Sunae. Let's hope they are at least sociable.

The kids are watching a movie; Ice Age 2 in the lecture hall. 35 kids sitting in one cramped room eating snacks and drinks. They seem to enjoy it though and it is a fitting end to a session of 13 weeks and all their hard work. I bought about 4 bottles of pop and passed it all around for all the kids in the lecture hall.

Sean is using his laptop to let the kids watch a movie onto a big screen. Thanks Sean!!!!!!! Saved us teaching and having to play games with the kids and the kids get to watch a funny movie too.

Snack Parties And Departures!!!!!

This week has been very easy as far as work ethic goes, but also a little boring as I have had to just make things up for each class everyday. We had a story or article as a guide, but it didn't last long in our 1 hour and 15 minute classes.

My Mon,Wed class and Tue, Thur classes had their final classes yesterday and today. I bought some pop and drinks for each class and said goodbye to a lot of them. The reason is, that a lot of them are going to middle-school, so they will be going to the Avalon middle-school campus in Jongja and not coming back here. I felt a little emotional, saying goodbye to a lot of them.

Some of my classes had as many as 90 percent of the class that were going. It will be interesting to see my new classes as the new session starts on Monday, December 18th. So for the past few days it has been snack parties, which the students bought themselves and games in the class. I have some good games that last the whole time, so it was not a difficult thing to have to do, actually a little fun when the kids co-operated.

This weekend is also the Avalon Christmas Party. It is being held at a restaurant, which is meant to be really nice. Each campus of the school has to do a skit, both the foreigners and the Koreans. We have one all ready and it is going to be absolutely ridiculous and makes no sense at all, but that is the idea. People will not be able to figure out what it is about because it is about nothing, but hopefully we will have some good laughs and people will find it funny.

It is free booze and all you can eat, so who can turn that down? I am quite looking forward to it, to tell you the truth.

Scott leaves Avalon on Friday. He flies out early Saturday morning on his 4 month vacation!!!!!!! He plans on travelling to Cambodia, Vietnam, Brazil and a few other places. Then he is going back to Michigan and doing a one year Bachelor of Education.... teachers degree. I will be sad to see him go though, he is a good guy.

We met at Dublin's last night and had a few drinks with his girfriend who I met for the first time and Lyndsey who used to work at Avalon. I had a good night and we kind of said our goodbyes last night although we work together today and tomorrow.

The weather here has been super nice and not that cold. The air is a little cool at times, but compared to Canada the winter here is paradise.

My friend Gareth called me today and told me that Dan Reid who we used to play football with, has found a hotel that offers a full Christmas Dinner. It is 50 bucks each and Gareth will be coming down from Ulsan with a mate of his.

We will all meet up Xmas Day and have a good meal, some good chit-chat and of course some drinks. Gareth will fly back to Ulsan on Tuesday morning with the first plane.

Gareth is leaving also in the middle of January.... another sad departure. He is travelling to see his girlfriend who lives in Nova Scotia or somewhere on the East coast of Canada. He will then go to England where I might be meeting up with him sometime in March. He then goes off to Lima, Peru and other places unknown.

He has worked his balls off the last 2 years or so to save some money and start some new endeavours for his future. Good luck with all that mate, I mean it!!!!!!!

So the week has been mixed with emotions, good and bad. Saying goodbye is never easy, but being a gypsy makes it a little easier, knowing that I can cross paths with these people anywhere I end up going in the world. That choice is up to me and the future looks good with that in mind.

Driving From Seoul To Bundang

Don't know when this was taken, but someone did a good job on the drive and you can see some more of Korea in 'real time!'
Enjoy and thanks for the video taker.....skiordie

Bundang Apartment, 5th Floor. Miguem Hyundae Arion Building.

Jeremy from my school took this video. He lives literally across the hall, one aparment to the left.
He has a few things inside that are different like the closet in the bedroom. I have a walk-in closet. His air-conditioner is a little different. Apart from that, the aparment outside and inside is EXACTLY the same.

How To Fake It At Christmas

This is great....funny lady with some stabs at xmas holidays. Enjoy!!!!!!

Bloopers from "Lost."

Some of these are good... it also helped me review my Spanish as there are spanish sub-titles. The link on my pc has chinese sub-titles and makes it hard sometimes when the Koreans are speaking in Korean. I can understand about 50 percent but can't read the english as it is covered up by the chinese..... lol.

Hooked On "Lost!"

People had been talking about "Lost" over the last little while, so I decided to check out what all the fuss was about.

I got a link online and it has all the episodes from season 1 and 2 and some from 3. I started watching the first episode on Friday night and have been hooked ever since. I am on the final episode, which is 24, from season one, today, Tuesday, December 12th. I really like the show. I especially like the 'flashbacks' of the character's lives while they are thinking about situations that happen on the island.

There are two Korean actors on the show, which is why it is so popular in Korea. I have a couple of pics of them here on the blog. I had never heard of them until I started watching the show. They are very popular here in Korea though.

I am going to keep on watching the show and get through the second season, hopefully by the weekend and get all caught up by the middle of next week. I really am hooked on it. It is great to go home, chill and watch the episodes at my own convenience while lying in bed.

The middle picture of the two is the 'hottie' on the show. She is a bank robber and total ex-shark in her previous life.

A Day Of Deep Thoughts And Bright Hopes.

I woke up from the weirdest dreams, which as usual I forgot to write down and now can't remember them. I even had a 'porno' dream the other day.... haha. I was in one of the movies and the woman was telling me that I was the best fella that she had ever been with. Not a bad thing to say considering she said she has been with about 40 or 50 fellas!!!!!!! Funny really.... I remember that one though!


Today I find myself thinking so much I just can't shut down the thing!!!!!! I have tried to just go to another place, but believe me nothing is working. I ran 7.2 kms at the gym and even that didn't work. Went for a nap and then woke up after about 30 mins. I am hoping by writing about it, I can let it go and finally just lose all the thoughts racing around in my head.

I think what started it all was a song by Marc Anthony that I listened to last night on my computer. I didn't choose it, the player was on shuffle. The song is called "She Sang To Me."




It brought so many thoughts back of events over the last 6 years or so. It reminded me of Thailand. I met a girl there and we sort of hit it off. I stayed at her little condo for about 3 of the days that I was in Pataya.

Dave was there with his girlfriend, so I kind of was on my own to scoop things out. He was having a good time with his girlfriend and I felt like a third wheel, so off I went and ended up running into this Thai girl as I was walking around Pattaya. I met her in front of an alley cafe. I even remember her name still; Aor Kamonthip.


She didn't mean anything to me, as usual, which is par for the course ever since I got divorced. I don't think I am capable of ever loving that unconditionally ever again and don't particularly want to either. I am not complaining about being in that condition, just stating how I have felt and feel about myself.

Anyway, we were staying at her house and she asked me if I had listened to Marc Anthony and I said that I knew one or two of his songs. She had his first cd and we listened to it a lot over the course of the next few days. It is a really good cd, but really mushy and I just remember it covering every feeling that I had ever had since my divorce and all the bullshit that had gone on with my son...... that in itself is a story that I don't even care to go into..... things are cool with him now though!!!!!




So all those memories of the trip to Thailand came flooding back last night, as well as some of the other good and bad memories of the last few years. I was thinking about marriage and relationships and kids and the whole gammit of things from life to death.

Add to that, that I just found out my cousin Jonathan's girlfriend is pregnant, it made me think more than I usual do... .blah blah blah. Someone please stop me....... please, please! Or maybe not.




I am not depressed, by the way. It is funny that some of the people that read my blog can interpret things in different ways. I have had the opportunity to find out how some people react to some of the blogs and it surprised me to tell you the truth. J

ust remember this; that it is just my way of putting my thoughts sometimes out there and other times just talking about my life and experiences. I hope that people read enough of my other blogs to get a feel of who I am or aspire to be...... I have no fucken clue at all!!! That is the truth!!!!!!!!!




I called my Mum and Dad the other day and my Dad answered. It was so so funny. He was so on form and if you know him at all, every second word was @#@###*@*@*@*@. Mum was telling him to stop swearing, which made it even funnier. He was having a go at me, as usual, which I love, by the way.

I used to be so sensitive when I was younger about things that he would say and didn't really have a clue about why he was saying things or even about him really. It took me a while to get to know who my Dad was..... all my fault of course. He is the best Dad in the whole world and loves me to bits.

Through all the immaturity of my youth, I did not realize how much and how really special he was. I thankfully do now. Add my Mum to the mix who is the sweetest woman that I know and that makes for the best parents that I could ever ask for..... oh how soppy..... I know. Again, just all these thoughts going through my head again.


I didn't talk to my Mum and Dad and sister for over 5 years, which guts me to this day.... I know it is gone and I can't regret it, but I sure as shit do!!!!!!

My sister is also the coolest girl that I know. We used to fight like cat and dog when we were young, but never nasty. We always had this bond... don't know how to explain it. Don't really need to. She loves me and I love her to death. I miss her like mad sometimes and just wish I could pop around for a coffee. That is never gonna happen as I could never settle in North America ever again after being in another continent and living this stress free life. She knows that as well, which is so our Jackie.

Stress free life? You sure as shit don't sound stress-free to us, Paul!!!!!!!!!

I have a great relationship with my family now( I always did, but certain things stopped me realizing it.....me, me, me, me!!!!! I also feel guilty sometimes being so far away from them, but that is the gypsy in me that makes me who I am...... Maybe they made me into a gypsy with the move from England to Canada..... who knows anyway...... shit Paul, stop! Can you just stop!!!!!!


Mistakes are made and I think as long as we don't make the same ones again, is very important. I pride myself on learning from them and I hope that I have. I am not going to go into any more diatribe....enough for now. Sorry if I sound so confused. I really am not, but really am and just wanted to get it out there..... I sure as shit did a good job with that didn't I!!!!!!!


Looking forward to watching some football tonight in Itaewon, if we ever get there, as Dave is doing some photo shoot with some Korean woman that he met during the week. She said she wanted some photos of foreigners for her son who is studying photography in university. Dave is just eating it up..... he certainly loves his ego..... sorry Dave, but it is the truth.... haha!!!!!!!


I can taste going home to see my family now. Just want to get through the next 8 weeks and then feel relieved to see them after so much time..... another guilty feeling because of the prior shit with that 5 year hiatus in our lives. Off now, before I write a novel.

Little Johnny Is At It Again!!!!!!!!! An Absolute Classic..... May Offend Some, But #@#@ Yer!!!!

Just double click on the letter and it will go full-size so that you can read it. I absolutely laughed my arse off when I read it..... I am still looking for my arse as well......

Check This Comedy Skit Out..... So Funny!!!!!

I got this from my Dad again of course. It is well worth watching. Talk about situational comedy and pun........ It is awesome.

Just click on the underlined link and it will take you to the video.

Big Deck I said big DECK.

An Amazing Magician.... Check It Out

This was sent through email and I found it on here to let everyone have a look at it. See if you can figure out how he is doing it.
He has had about 12.000 hits of the video, so it is doing quite well.
Anyway, enjoy it and watch it to the end as there is a surprise at the end.

Jeff Dunham..... He's A Ventriloquist And So Funny

Check out this skit from Jeff Dunham.... well worth watching... so funny.
I love the two characters.

Like A Juke Box Hero!!!!!!

Dave and I have been going to a new place called "Okinawa" and there is an old style jukebox there, but with cds of course. It has some good older songs on it mixed with new ones and is really cheap. It only costs about a dollar for 3 or 4 songs. We were there last night and listened to some good songs. It is not as good as Dublin's though, where we can just choose the songs we want from the computer that they have and they allow us behind the bar to do it also.


It has, as usual, been an eventful week. Lots of things going on, but at the same time, just having fun as usual. Trying to enjoy each moment of every day...... Dave's words to me about 2 or 3 weeks ago.....I am heeding his advice.







I thought that this kind of bad spelling only went on in Korea! I guess this fella should have used "spot check, " the working version of "spell check."

This dog should have a caption under it. It said, "just kill me now!!!!!"

This week has been a bit of an unusual week. We have had about 6 or 7 teachers come to our campus to train who will be going to the new Yongin campus as well as other campuses around Bundang. We are training them about the Avalon system and they watch some of our classes and then do some of our classes to get some teaching practice in. It has been quite fun and it has been a real eye-opener for me.

I didn't realize how good of a teacher that I really was!!!! Watching other people teach with either a small amount of experience or hardly any, made me realize that I have lots of experience and lots of ability now teaching English as a second language. I have tried to help the teachers that I have been shadowing the best that I can, but at times, you have to let them find their own way.

It is not easy when someone is watching you teach and on top of that, add the fact that they are new at everything. I now realize that you cannot replace experience with anything other than experience!!!!!!

This week has been a good week at the gym. I have been every night and had a good chest workout yesterday. I benched 223 for one rep. My strength is slowly coming back. I also did 195 for 6 reps, so that is a good comeback start. I used to do 225 for 6 reps when I was lifting regularly. I did some chest flies and some pec-deck and also did some incline presses.

My incline is improving also. I benched about 155 for 6 reps yesterday. I also ran 2kms after I finished my workout and tonight I am just going to run for 40 mins.

Last night Dave and I were out again. He met up with a guy that had just finished his military duty and it was his first night of freedom, as such. He was with another friend and one girl that was a friend of his friend.

I met up with Dave and them after the gym. We had a few drinks, as usual and the three of the Koreans ended up leaving before we did. They didn't leave any money either!!!! Cheeky bastards. That is so unusual for Koreans, as they usually are the opposite. They kill themselves to pay your bill for you and are so generous. Not this shower of bastards though. I ended up paying the whole bill and I didn't even eat what they ordered. I didn't mind that much, just that they left without offering anything.

Dave and I were having a great time, so I wasn't going to let someone ruin my mood. We ended up back at Dublin's again and met up with another fella, Aaron, that we knew and with Lyndsey who used to work at Avalon.

She was saying that she wants to come back to Avalon and has been talking to Wayne about coming back. She will give her 30 days notice and then come back to Avalon at Migum, she hopes.

I didn't teach a single class today and only taught one yesterday. I only watched the teacher and gave him or her some input and some tips to help them. It was fun to see the kid's reactions to another teacher and I realized how much fun I am with them. I think they realized that today and yesterday too!!!!!!

There is just about 8 weeks to go before I finish my contract now. I am not wishing for the time to come too quickly, but am really looking forward to seeing Mum and Dad and our Jackie. It has been a long time and I just want to give them all a big hug and kisses when I see them. I will not let this much time pass by ever again in the future without seeing them. It will be 2 and a half years by the time February comes around.

I met up with Billy the other night. It was really good to see him and he seemed in really good spirits despite what has happened in his personal life the last month or so. It was just good to hang out with him. Hopefully, Kyle and Chris, two of his friends, will come to Bundang and we can all hang out together.

Gareth from Ulsan was saying that Dan Reid who lives in Seoul, is going to look and see if he can find a good place that is offering a full Christmas dinner. Gareth will come down here and we will all go into Seoul and meet up with Hope and Dan and his girlfriend. I hope it happens because I am sure we will have a great time being together for Christmas. It falls on a Monday and we get the day off, of course. It is the only day that we get off though. Short holidays for all, here in Korea over Xmas.

I threw some more clothes out this week and have been weeding through more stuff to toss out. Slowly getting ready to pack the bare essentials that I will store at a Korean friend's house. Her name is Caroline and she is my Korean teacher and friend. She agreed to let me store some of my stuff at her apartment. She lives with her older sister and younger sister Amy, who I tutor in English sometimes.

The Snoring Symphony And A Great Email That I Got From My Dad!

Deep Thoughts for 2006:

Number 10 - Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 8 - Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

Number 7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

Number 6 - Some people are like a Slinky...not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

Number 5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Number 4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?

Number 2 - In the 60s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it look normal.

AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2006 - We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.

Well, the weekend passed and a lot of stuff happened. I will try to remember some of the more interesting stuff about it.

The trip started at Yatap, which is a subway stop about 4 stops from where I live. I met Dave there and we left about 5pm, Saturday afternoon. We arrived in Ulsan at about 9.45pm or thereabouts.

We walked to Gareth's house, called him and he was across the street in a restaurant. He was with a girl called Hope, who we all know from our Wonshot Football Days. She used to live in Ulsan and was down for the wedding also.

She works in Hongdae, which is in Seoul. We joined them for a spot of soju and about 15 minutes later, Hope went here way to a friend's house and we went back to Gareth's pad.

Once there, we started to have a few drinks and catch up on each other's comings and goings. We decided to go to Benchwarmers first, which is of course, Troy's bar. ( The friend who got married!)

I had originally got drunk a few weeks ago and made the bad mistake of calling my ex up and telling her that I was coming to Ulsan...... It started a whole slew of things that I knew I was going to regret..... least of all that she knew that I was coming to Ulsan!!!!

I texted her that I would meet up with her after the wedding on Sunday and of course she answered back saying that she wanted to meet me that night.... blah blah blah.... I finally texted her and told her that the soccer team was meeting at the girly bar! A total lie of course!!!! I knew that the next day the phone was going to be ringing of the wall...... well, vibrating on the floor........

We headed to Tombstone after the Bench and met some more of our old friends and acquaintances. It was quite nostalgic and Dave and I quite enjoyed it. We did however stay too long and headed to Gareth's place around 3.30am or so.

We went across the street to another restaurant and had a wee snack and then headed back to Gareth's place again, to crash.

Dave woke us up at 11.05am. The wedding was at 12 noon!!!! We were all quite hungover, not necessarily from drinking so much, but from the trip and the late hour of getting home. We all jumped up and got dressed, quick style and off we went to the wedding hall.

Once there, there were a lot of people and all the old faces. Some that we hadn't seen in a while and other old faithfuls. It went really nice and the whole thing lasted about 40 minutes. It was a nice ceremony and Sharon looked great and Troy looked very smart.

This thing below is an optical illusion. Check it out!!!!!!!!!!!

Once the ceremony was over, we all went over to the next building and had the buffet style ceremony. Troy and Sharon walked around the tables in their traditional dress, which was really cool. I had nothing to eat at all, just a little rice and some 'tangsooyoo' which is like a chicken nugget. I was feeling a little sick and had a terrible headache.

We met Dan Gauthier at the wedding with his wife, Min Jong. He invited Dave and I back to his place after the wedding, which turned out great, as he had a spare bed and a great couch to crash on. Dan is a great guy and his wife is a super girl.

We didn't realize that there was going to be a buffet at the Bench again around 8pm and Min Jong ended up cooking up some Korean food for us. It was awesome and in between, Dave had a nap, I had a little snooze and then even after eating, Dave had a snooze again.

I had a headache and it was gone after taking 2 Tylenol and with the help of the wonderful hospitality. We all headed to the Bench again for the reception as such. There were lots of people there and some of them well oiled, to say the least.

Dan and Min Jong took off early and Dave and I decided to leave about 11pm to catch the last bus back to Seoul. In between all of this, the phone was busy with my ex calling, but I didn't answer it and to tell you the truth, wasn't arsed. She didn't call me that much, but my phone went dead while I was catching the bus too, which was a good thing.

We got tickets for the 12.50 bus and we had something to eat while we had an hour to wait. Got on the bus at 1.10am and that was an interesting trip as well. We had a guy that was sitting in front of us that snored like a bear, so loud!!! We banged the seat and eventually, Dave said something to him when we went to the service station for a stop. He really was annoying. There was also another girl to our right snoring and another guy behind us!!! A snoring symphony...... lasted about 4 hours or so, too!!!!!

We got into Seoul at 5.25am or so and then caught the first subway at 5.40am. We got back to Bundang at about 6.30am. I went straight to bed after that and woke up at 12 noon; like someone had hit me with a baseball bat.

It was a long day as I had no breaks, but I got through it and also found the energy from somewhere to run 5.2kms at the gym after school. Crazy or what!!!!!!!!

Finally answered the ex's text message and told her that I just was not interested in meeting up with her. She understood or so she said. Haven't had anymore texts since or phone calls, which is a good thing.

There it all is! An eventful weekend with other things mixed in that are too numerous to mention, but that is the gist of most of the weekend. Drinking, meeting friends, meeting friends, drinking....... headache, hangover, tired... blah blah blah.

At work today, training new teachers for the new school and other campuses. It has been an okay day and I am heading to the gym again after work. Enough said now...... Off I go.

Oh! Liverpool won 4-0, which is great as it was an away game and we had only scored one other away goal, on the first day of the season, prior to winning this game.