HAPPY B-DAY AL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
7/26/08

p.s. if I got that totally wrong I'm sorry.

LOTTE WORLD and other things you've missed

GYRO SWING!

This is one of the rides we went on when we were at Lotte world. It was A LOT of fun!!!

@ Lotte World, new friends are Fun to make!!
This is Sandro's GF

This was such a BAD picture, but in such a Cool way!!!
Sandro, GF, Me, Jim (<--- Jim is from Alaska; that's pretty cool!)

At first glance, I thought D.K. was wearing a skirt.. it's the song book, hehe
James (Y.) is next to him

I broke down and went to No-Rae-Bong
(karaoke, It's pretty Huge here) But it was a Fun
Time.
p.s. i <3 how D.K. is multi-tasking here
but James is feeling the music...
lol

Dinner before the Club
Me, Johna, Jullia, Sora

Awwww.... The Boiii's. S.E. & James


I think Jullia took this one; it came out good!!
S.E., James, Johna, D.K.

OSMOSIS BEFORE MIDTERMS???

like this????

IS IT WORKING YET???

The Update(sssss)

I just want to apologize for any sound difficulties... first video using iMovie. So I Literally spent 4/5 hrs making this darn thing.
* Also just wanted to add a BIG Hello and an even bigger Hug and i'm sorry to my friend Charlotte, I completely zonked out sweety and didn't say your name. Mi-an-ae (<--- I'm sorry) ummm... more pics to come. I'm goig to do a few small posts.... Random I know but, ken-chan-ae-yo (It's alright / okay)

xoxoxoxox
me

School and such

With school picking up, midterms ARE right around the corner, Fri. everything seems to be moving at High Speed. I basically feel like I'm a complete random mix of emotions!!!!
This trip is getting me to start sorting out my priorities, or at least discover what they are.... I'm trying to rake it all in stride, but I do miss the Boston weather!!!! It's SO HUMID here!!! If you think it's hot and humid in Bean town, you're wrong. Please don't argue, it's just something you're going to have to except! Nothing (apart from other places, I have not been) compares to the Humidity in Seoul!!!!! And I now know why they call it monsoon season!!! hehe. Rain one day, Humidity like CRAZY next, Rain the next day & on & on & on....

I have been drawing a bit, I'll be doing my best to post those asap. I also need to get to the post office to try and get some stamps, mailings and letters and such must go out.

Love you all, esp. Mum, Daddy, Ry, Roomie (who I DO MISS terribly!!!) Nam-Ja Chingu, BFFL (aww look at all these cute names I've come up with for people) And of course the one who I got my good looks from.. BOB!!! (tehehehehehehehehehe, oh that was fun! AL, I hope you liked that one.xoxoxoxoxoxox

~노미

p.s. That totally reminds me of when we were little (you and i Ry) and we would have sun dinners at GM's with the whole fam and when we would say (Catholic) grace and it was your turn (Ryan) you would start thanking God for EVEEEEERYONE in our family. "And god bless, mummy & daddy & nomi & oreo & aunty susan & wil & Grandmother & Grandfather & Cloud & Butterscotch (R.I.P. carnivorous rodents).... And finally Mum or Dad would be like "Okay Ry, that's enough let's bless them all and eat."

ohhhh MAAAAAN that just put such a smile on my face!!!!!!!

HOT IN JULY

i know it's been a while since I've written. At least I feel like it is. My head is completely spinning with foreign language...lol. i have midterms in about 2 1/2 weeks. So I've been trying to make plenty of flash cards for that. The kids in my class are very nice. I'm TRYING to make some art, but it feels so slow going... I've only got a few collages started... not even what I'm "supposed" to be doing --> Direct Observation. I'm trying to relax, but it's a little hard. The other day (Thurs) I realized I had forgotten my father's "death day", anniversary... I practically started crying in class. I had written the date down (on Wed) sooo many times and had reminded myself at the beginning of the week too. UGH! 6 years! That's a long time! Okay, now that my heart is aching again (no Tears don't worry) I'm going to get some more flash cards done. I THINK I'm going to Lotte World tomorrow (Big Indoor Amusement Park) I'll fill you in.
xoxoxoxo
all my love
~Nomi

p.s. I know i've probably written this somewhere already.... but Annie, I Miss You like Whoa!!!!! Ain't no mountain high enough and don't you forget it!!! xxxooo BFFL!

Mustard

Hi everyone, so I just want to start off with an "I'm sorry". i know I have been MIA... or Korea MIK hahaha.... ehhem, this week was VERY busy and a lot of tough decisions had to be made. I am no longer staying at Eliminu. The house and the family were / are great but I think this was / is one of those times, I need to be worrying about only me; not about the host family and whether i will hurt their feelings or say something wrong. I KNOW I KNOW, but those of you who are very close to me, KNOW that this is just a part of who I am, sweating every small thing, making bigger than it may be. :-/. I started taking with Sung-Min Aunni (UN-NIE = older sister in korean) about my anxiety at the beginning of the week and she went through probably what any of you would have said, there's no need to be stressed, please don't worry about us, etc etc. We talked about whether living with a family was a good match for me or not; I also went to the Homestay Korea office and talked with the staff there about my situation / feelings. Jamie (a young woman there who's been helping me a lot) even went ov er a pros and cons list with me, which was really helpful.
A bunch of a people I have met from Yonsei are staying in Ha-Suks (ha-sook); like a boarding house and the closest thing to what we consider "normal" rent in the states. ****when you get an apartment in korea, you are essentially buying a house, you put down a deposit like you would with any apartment or house but then you don't pay month to month; b/c the deposit was GIGANTO!!!*** I think I got that pretty right. But you can stay in ha-suk as along as you pay (rently month) and some are better than others just like an apartment in the states or anywhere else for that matter. So i talked with my friend b/c he had there may be a room opening up the ha-suk he lives in. There wasn't but the adjuma (older woman) who runs / owns the place new someone else who runs / owns a ha-suk a short walk away. So my friends went with me to check it out. The woman seemed very nice (despite the language barrier) and the room was very cute, a single with a bathroom in it, decent sized lots of little end tables / drawer sets to put my things in. Washer machine, breakfast and dinner And my friends talked her down from 500 to 450 a month, which was so Awesome of them!!!
So I talked things over with Aunni and I just think this is much better for me. I really like the kids so I'm going to still them English lessons (Mon and Friday evenings) I really like Sung-Min Aunni so we're going to still get together, which is nice. She loves art, so she's going to show me all the great art museums around the area. We went and saw the movie "broken english" yesterday, O-M-G! It was SOOOOOO good!!!! I don't know if it's out in the states but I highly recommend it.
Paker Posey was in it, and i kept thinking she looks so familiar but I still think of from where I know her face....hmmm.
So, now I am 15 min walk from campus and I live near some new friends, and in a college area so that's good and fun.
i got switched down a section. from B to A. Which I wasn't too thrilled about at first! Peer Pressure.... FROM TEACHERS??? what??? Yeah..... but I REALLY like the class now and the teacher is SOOOOO FUNNY!!!! O-M-G, O-M-G no, really she is, I love it. And she's REALLY NICE too!!!!!!! okay, well I have Mucho studying to do. There's a test coming up soon.
But i am Very happy and intent in my "new place". oh p.s. The homestay organization is giving me a 90% refund, which is perfect for the ha-suk. I just feel really happy right now, and curious to know what's for dinner!!!! Hmmm.....
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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