This funny commercial is right down my alley:

http://blog.daum.net/momo_handle/6356525

I got a haircut today.  I always go to Itaewon for that, because the lady there makes me laugh.  She can't speak a bit of English, but is very funny.  She's a portly little lady in her early 40s. 

I got an e-mail, and did video chat with Kyoung-jin and Soo-Kyung, two students from Hansung who just moved to Evansville, Indiana to take classes for a year.  They are experiencing culture shock, and are already a bit lonely.  They are surprised by how noisy the American students are in their rooms, and they are having difficulty not having a car.  They feel embarrased to ask others for help getting to Wal-Mart.

Well, I'm off to the exercise room now.

Well, I've turned in all of my grades, and I'm on vacation.  I exercised yesterday, and that's just about it.  I was lazy!

I have decided to study Korean with my co-worker, Sang Eun instead of at the academy.  We're going to try to meet for an hour a day.  The academy uses all formal Korean for the first three months, and it's hardly used.  The classes are also expensive. 

I'm getting into the full groove of working out again (after about a 1 1/2 year hiatus!).  I plan to try for at least 4 days a week until school starts again.  I want to lose my love handles!  I don't have anyone to hold onto them anyway, so I suppose there is no point in having them.   I figure I'll try to lose about 10 to 15 pounds in 3 to 6 months. 

I've learned that I have to be careful when I shower too much, though.  Showering twice per day in this dry winter air has made my skin really dry and itchy, despite putting on lotion afterward.  Ugh, I am hating my skin.  I'm going to have to take quicker showers after my workout, I guess.  I came to work today, and Sang Eun asked me why my face was all red.  Part of it was recovering from exercise yesterday, but I think it also has to do with the dry air. 

I took a look at my previous ex-gf's cyworld site (the one before MJ) and saw her recent photos.  She looks so happy with her boyfriend, who she has dated for something like a year now.  She's really crazy in love with him.  Definitely a better match than we were, and I'm really happy to see her so happy.  She deserves a good guy.

Oh, today was my last day of classes.  I tried to enter grades, but they weren't ready to receive them all yet.  I'll try again tomorrow.  After that, I will be officially done with this school year!  The next thing is moving in a little over a month.  I'll be moving to a new apartment in the area.

Oh, I got bored and went to Myongdong today.  I added some photos to the "Other" photos section.  I also made a quick video (nothing special) of Myong-dong just because I was bored.

I have one day of winter class left.  I was shocked to see that our class presentations went so quickly today.  I should have had some more for them to do, but tomorrow is the last day, so I let them go early to study for their final written test.  The winter class is sort of strange, because the 2 and tests/presentations we are doing have been spread out over just 3 days, instead of 3 weeks, as would be during the regular year.  I will have to plan better for this next time.

I have been exercising a lot lately.  It is so hard to lose any weight around my waist.  I was very successful at that a few years ago.  I remember what worked was consistent morning exercise instead of evening.  I read somewhere that this causes your body to set a higher metabolism throughout the day, causing you to burn more fat.  This, along with eating half-meals, is what worked.  I will really have to discipline myself to lose the additional 10 pounds I want to.  At least the exercise makes me feel younger.