Showing posts with label The Randoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Randoms. Show all posts
The Randoms: 6th Edition
Lola O.
  • Fall is my favorite season, because I like all the colors and layers people wear
  • My students still think I got an adjumma perm
  • The state of my enviroment shows the state of my mind/life
  • I'm debating whether to be a guidance couselor, a therapist, or something else in that arena
  • 6-1 is my worst class. I'm looking forward to them going to middle school.
  • My mom is going to be 50 on the 14th
  • After teaching here I like kids more than I did
  • Kraft mayonnaise is sorely missed right now. I miss sandwiches so much!!!
  • Lately I've been drinking milk tea more than usual, probably because of Hong Kong
  • I feel the most free when I am...dancing or writing
  • I'm a 260 in Korean shoes which makes me unable to buy all the lovely shoes I see
  • I miss you Tiffany oma :)
  • When I was a little kid before the lawyer/judge years I wanted to be a therapist
  • Everyday I read GMH, Six Billion Secrets, LGMH, because they remind me that the choices I make, the words I say, the attitude I have can lift someone up or break someone down
  • I like sushi that is cooked not raw
  • I thought Tokyo would be more, but I think my expectations were to high because of Seoul
  • The only time I like to listen to rap is when I'm driving, exercising, or dancing
  • Sometimes when I'm teaching I have that feeling of wanting to be a kid again
  • I'm currently listening to Mumm-ra's "Light Up This Room"
  • My foreign neighbors both moved out so I have no clue who lives by me
  • I've been wearing red everyday lately to remind myself to be strong when and where it counts
  • The lady I bought plantains from has disappeared to somewhere
  • The other day I told one of my best friends that all I really want in life is to be happy everyday, and to make others happy everyday. That's the simple yet complicated truth.
  • I write everything down because if I don't I feel like I'll forget it
  • My students are constantly trying to capture me in a picture or a drawing. The results are hilarious.
  • It wasn't until I started teaching that I realized with out a doubt the power and beauty of being someone's teacher. Whether in a professional or personal way, being someone's teacher is a great honor.
  • Lately I've developed the habit of making a wish whenever I chance upon the time being the same digits. Most of time it ends up being 2:22 when I look at the time.
  • My mom is 50 years old today. Happy Birthday to my lovely mom!!!
  • I'm becoming really lazy these days. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's just me. But it's getting out of control and my neat freak self is having none of that.
  • Little by little I'm finding simple things I like, just by taking a chance and trying it out, and I like that. Start with the small everyday risks and eventually I'll be able to jump on the big ones.
  • I was reading my Mighty List the other day in my journal, and it was amazing to realize I'd already made some of those goals/dreams/hopes/wishes happen.
  • I'm really into Sungkyunkwan Scandal these days...seriously I cannot imagine a life without kdramas!
  • I had a student say F*** you today, but he didn't understand what he'd done wrong. What was really great about the situation was that the other students told him why it was wrong, and called him out for it. I didn't have to, it made me go all happy inside.
  • Currently listening to Massive Attack's "Teardrop"
  • I've been really forgetful today. I thought it was lunch time when it was only 4th period. I even offed the lights and made my way to the door, until my co was like what are you doing.
  • It feels like a Friday...and that's a good kind of feeling to have:)
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The Randoms: 5th Edition
Lola O.
  • I love having a wall full of windows in my classroom. I'll be sitting at my desk and glance to my left and see something that makes me smile, unless it is an insect then I just close my eyes!
  • It's not that I'm lazy, I just don't like to work. If I could spend my life just learning and traveling the world that would be perfect for me. I could write and just live. Sometimes I feel like work gets in the way of life/living.
  • I think the music you listen to says a lot about your personality. So when I reveal songs on my blog, I hope it helps my readers know me a little more.
  • Some days it kind of hurts my feelings when I am walking to school and a teacher I know drives by me walking along the road, only to stop to give another teacher a ride to school.
  • I would love to find a place to buy some plantains or other Nigerian ingredients and cook up some yummy food.
  • I love reading; whether it's a book, blog, article, whatever... There is something soothing about words.
  • I consider my friends a part of my extended family.
  • I'll be 23 soon, and for some reason I am just super excited for my b-day. It's been a crazy 22nd year, and I am looking forward to a calm but beautiful 23rd year.
  • My mom reads my blog...that's how she found out I wasn't going to law school. Hmmmm....I LOVE YOU MOM
  • I'm a neat freak. I don't like mess in my apartment or in my life.
  • I can listen to "The Scientist," "The Sound," "Against The Grain," "Breathe Me," "Chasing Cars," and "Gravity" over and over without ever getting tired of them. I can remember moments in my life when these songs inspired or comforted me. It's the lyrics that make a song stand out to me.
  • I write because there are so many things talking/speaking doesn't say.
  • I think my neighbor, let's call him Chicago would be a cool person to hang out with.
  • Amanda, I miss your delicious brownies...no that is not code for something scandalous:)
  • I love being on the subway when it isn't crowded and I can sit down and just watch the world pass me by in a blur while the people in the train are clear for me to observe.
  • My students like to call me Dooly because to them it sounds like my nickname Dele. It turns out Dooly is some Korean cartoon dinasour...hmmmm
  • Whenever I see kids with their dads, I always feel a little pang because I'm never going to have that.
  • I admit to becoming a bit of a fangirl when it comes to Taeyang, Lee Seung Gi, Jung Il-Woo, and Kim Bum. I guess they are my F-4:)
  • Nothings beats subway shopping!!!
  • My students like to call me
  • It really grates on my nerves when people say, "Hey!! Let's hangout soon," and nothing happens. It's like why say it in the first place!!
  • In the future I would like to open up a non-profit organization for youth who need a place away from home they can go to to feel safe, have someone they can talk to, do their homework, help them find resources, and just have someone they can reach out to and know I'll/we'll do my/our best to help them. I'd like to call it "The Lighthouse" and focus on youth from single family households like me.
  • Top 3: Kit-Kats, Reeses Stick, ad Hershey milk chocolate nuggets:)
  • My favorite Korean song is "Break Away" by Big Mama.
  • I really wish I could wear sleeveless tops to school. Honestly, the mini-skirts are then times worse.
  • I really want to learn how to play to guitar, if only someone would teach me.
  • Current drama recommendations: The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry or Soulmate
  • I love when you meet someone that you just instantly and mutually like/click with. There is no work that goes into it, it just is.
  • If I could teach one grade only, it would probably be 5th graders, but I hear 4th graders rock so we shall see if this changes next semester when I teach them.
  • Whenever I have a free moment at work I put on my Ipod and listen to my Currently Loving playlist. That's what I love doing. Sitting around listening to music. It's peaceful.
  • My students think my afro is a wig or the adjumma perm.
  • It's moments when random strangers shower me with kindness that wash away the rare bad moments here:)

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The Randoms: 4th Edition
Lola O.
  • Humidity makes me feel sticky and sweaty and that is just all kinds of gross!!!
  • I am extremely terrified of bugs whether it is a butterfly or bee, they are all evil to me
  • This month I've been really homesick. I miss the comfort of being around what I know. But at the same time I'm thankful for the freedom I have here to explore, change, and discover...
  • I feel at my most feminine when I put on a dress or a skirt. It's kind of annoying though, how much more people stare when I wear them.
  • On bad days, I like to get an Orange Mango coolatta from Dunkin Donuts, then I go home and watch something funny
  • Time seems to be moving faster these days, things don't stand out as much as they did in the beginning
  • Even when I get lost (literally/metaphorically) I know I will find my way out/back
  • I wear red when I need to feel stronger or powerful. These days the red item of choice are my converses
  • Bus number 5623 has to be my favorite one to take to school in the mornings. I always have a seat, and it isn't crowded
  • Where did Spring go? It vanished before I could enjoy it
  • I really miss drinking Arizona Green Tea and Ginger-ale
  • One of my best friends had a baby girl a few weeks ago, it's a bittersweet moment for me. I'm glad she's in our world, and I'm sad I wasn't there to greet her on her first day. I can't wait to hold her, and my other niece in March.
  • My favorite number is 7
  • I love eating the rice porridge from Bonjuk
  • I really hate to sweat, and I am doing a lot of it these days
  • Sometimes I wish I could be in two places at once, so I could here in Seoul, and back home helping out my family.
  • I'm not going to be a lawyer. I'm going to be a guidance counselor. Sorry mom!
  • It's weird when my students try to grab me and rub my arms, like I am some pet.
  • Summer=Ice cream to me
  • Did I mention how freaked out I get by bugs? All logic and sense leave me...and I run away or scream...sometimes both. My students have witnessed this side of me, which is rather humiliating.
  • I'm a closet proscrastinator
  • My favorite song at the moment is Wakey! Wakey!'s "Light Outside"...
  • Octopus scares me, so there is no way I can put it in my mouth
  • I can't fall asleep without listening to music. First, because whoever lives above me has an annoying tendancy to move stuff around when normal people sleep. Second, it's the only way to shut my mind off besides writing
  • I hate wearing high heels, and I don't know how the women here wear it everday like they are wearing sandals
  • I'm kind of nervous/scared about traveling by myself to Japan/Jeju but at the same time I think it will be liberating to do this on my own. I'd rather have a friend or two with me, but even if they can't go I won't  let that stop me.
  • Since being in Seoul, I've met a few women who have inspired me with their independence and youthfulness no matter their age. Sometimes age is really just a number...
  • Currently listening to P.Diddy's Last Night on my ipod as I type this out:)
  • In 3 months and 9 days I will be 23. To everyone, I'm just a baby, but I'm really excited about this birthday. Ever since I was twelve I hated my birthday. Bad things always happened around that time without fail every year. This year though, I have a lot of things to celebrate. Being alive, being healthy (will do my checkup in August), living in Seoul, and just coming into my own. I'm planning to celebrate it by going to Okinawa. A place I've wanted to go to for years.
  • If you are not watching Glee, you should stop reading this and start:)
  • It's funny how we are so sure who we are going to be, or who we want to be, and then it all changes. Being here and teaching my kids has opened my heart to what I really want to do after this chapter ends
  • I don't think I will ever be a city girl
  • I miss reading my Cosmo magazines
  • I think halmonis here are so cute with their visors, and snarky attitudes. Muhahaha...unless they push me into the subway...so not cool
  • Monday is the worst day of the week
  • I miss being able to call my sister and vent to her about my day
  • I love finding free furniture by my apartment
  • When I need a break, I like going to parks and walking around
  • Sometimes I wonder to myself, am I really here? Should I be here? What am I doing here?
  • I love walking around my neighborhood. There are so many paths to take, so many places to discover. That's the thing I like most about life here, there are so many places I can go to, so many things I can see.
  • Whenever I look up and see the blue sky and the sun shining down on me, I become lighter, happier, and I can't help but smile because it makes me feel closer to home.
  • Sometimes you have to leave home, to return back to it.
  • Lastly, I'll leave you with my favorite Eleanor Roosevelt quotes...
    •  "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." -Eleanor Roosevelt- 
    • "People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
    • "We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." 
Be blessed,
Lola O.
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    The Randoms: 3rd Edition
    Lola O.
    *...Moments, Seoul, Thoughts, Life, Me...*
    • I'm sick for the third time since I've been in Seoul...I've been here less than 3 months, so I really hope this isn't an indication of the next 9 months
    • I am the leading lady and this is my story
    • I love Korean traditional music, there is something very epic and beautiful about it
    • Taking the bus isn't scary anymore
    • Pizza, friends, and venting on a Sunday night is a wonderful thing
    • Adjusshi's and Haraboji's staring at me like I have horns or something on the subway is tiresome
    • I had Soju and Sake for the first time Saturday night, it led to some interesting moments
    • Everyone in Seoul seems to be running while I am walking. I feel no rush to get somewhere. If I miss the train, there will be a new one in a few minutes...but people don't like waiting here
    • Little kids pointing and saying look at the foreigner makes me feel like a circus act
    • Home Plus=Students=Student+Parents=Lots of head bows and akwardness
    • I still cannot get over how disgusting the spitting thing is...I've seen women do it too
    • Liking guys with a girlfriend or boyfriend is setting yourself up for trouble
    • I am determined to get a (blue/red) hanbok made for me before I leave Korea. They are so beautiful!
    • When I let go of someone, I cut all forms of communication. It's the only way I can truly move on.
    • Humidity/Sweating is my enemy
    • I like how the kimbap adjumma knows what I want even before I get there...and has it ready with a smile and a hello. It makes my day.
    • I set ten alarms in order to wake up in time for school every morning...I have never been a morning person
    • Teaching is hard enough, I cannot imagine being a parent where it is a 24/7 lifetime job
    • I feel homesick whenever I talk to my family on the phone...which means every weekend. At the same time it recharges my batteries whenever I speak to them and helps me remember who I am....we all need that reminder
    • Couple t-shirts, rings, shoes..etc is only acceptable if you are under the age of 18 in my book
    • I don't feel lonely anymore living alone...it's become my peaceful home away from home.
    • There are too many girl/boy groups in Korea...gives me a headache...but I am starting to like 2PM a bit
    • I don't know about Seoul/Korea having four seasons. When did spring come and go?
    • Memories leave scars...its been over a month since the drunk adjusshi incident and I still check my door three times to make sure it is locked before I go to bed...I know it is locked but I still can't sleep without checking it.
    • I gave my balloon to a kid of the subway, and his smile was contagious...seriously the kids here are super cute!!!
    • Sia's "Breathe Me", and The Chemical Brother's "Dream On" have been on constant replay these days
    • My face gives me away all the time...I need to develop a poker face
    • I miss having a park around me...but Time's Square's rooftop garden is a good substitute
    • I love my co-teachers, I feel lucky to have them!!!
    • The 16 hour time difference between my loved ones and I is a pain in the butt when trying to call
    • I'm a bit of a shopaholic...what can I say it's hereditary:)!
    • It feels like I have been in Korea for a lot longer than I have
    • I really love the mango juice I buy at Home Plus
    • If you haven't seen Miso, you really should
    • Smoothie King is pretty yummy:)
    • I feel the most of out of my element when I am sitting in teacher's meetings without a clue about what's going on.
    • I will never take Arizona weather for granted again
    • I'm becoming more of a "go with the flow" kind of woman
    • I really want to learn more Korean just so I can converse with the 6th grade teachers, they all seem so interesting and love to laugh.
    • I got a package in the mail from my family, and it felt like a piece of home had come with it
    • Itaewon is not my kind of place...but the caramel icecream I ate at some random convience store while there made up for it
    • I always wear one of the rings my mom gave me because it makes me feel like my mom is with me wherever I go
    • There is this white spaceship by the Han River...okay it is really an observatory but it looks like a spaceship!
    • I cannot believe that my 6th graders are dating each other...they are so young!!!
    • Currenty Elton John's Can You Feel The Love Tonight is playing on the radio...time to take out my Ipod:)!
    • It feels like being single is a crime in Korea. The daily onslaught of couple mushiness is annoying
    • Sometimes we forget that when one chapter in our life closes, another one will open. It might take some time, but it WILL open!!!
    That's A Wrap...

    Be Blessed,
    ~Lola O.~
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