For the first time, I wired money to the U.S.
Bonnie Conquest said it would take only 40 minutes, but I sat at the manager’s desk twiddling my thumbs for an hour. Next time should be faster . . . but I’m closing my account on Friday, so maybe not. Anyway, I sent transferred 8 million won, which is almost 8,600 American dollars. And my boss still needs to pay me for December, not to mention my bonus (which is the equivalent to an extra month’s pay) and Thailand airfare.
I have spare cash in the apartment, hidden in an old pair of granny panties. (What? I. Am. Not. Getting. Laid.) So when I return to California I should have around eleven or twelve thousand in the piggy.
“You’re rich!” my mom exclaimed when I told her.
Not exactly, when you consider how much I made in the past thirteen months. I suck at saving money. And there are my future plans. I remain totally in the dark.
Right now I’m torn between education and social work. If I do go into teaching, it would be for preschool/kindergarten, because those are my favorite classes to teach. Then again, I assume classes in the U.S. are a lot bigger, thus there is more potential for me to lose my cool and get all military on innocent rugrats.
I’m also thinking about social work. Like I said earlier this month, I really want to help kids and the mentally handicapped–but I don’t have any experience with this sort of thing, aside from teaching hyperactive Korean kids.
And, I want to keep practicing yoga. It’s actually my strongest commitment right now, and what makes me the happiest and most grounded. I don’t know if I should follow my instructors’ advice and become a teacher (ask me in five years, or at least wait until I can get into Lotus position), but I’m determined to stick with it. I still want to study it in India or Nepal.
So I have to do some volunteer/nonprofit work, see what suits me best. I have to move to the city, because that’s where most of the opportunities are. I also have to go back to school . . . the good news is that some employers are looking for Korean speakers. So now I have an excuse to take Korean courses! I’m also considering Spanish classes, because this is California. But I’d rather stick with Korean, even if I never string together a decent sentence.
Until then I’ve got some dollars in the drawers. Dinner’s on me . . . when you feel like a combo at Wendy’s. Get yourself an extra side of fries while you’re at it.
you could so come to new york with the money you’ve got. for an extended weekend or something, or even a week. though i don’t know how much i’d entertain you (brother’s gotta work, y’know?)
Isn’t it like fifty below zero in NYC right now???
Yeah, but I do want to go for a three-day weekend. Not sure when the opportunity will strike, though.
no more like 55 above zero. Where’d you get that idea from?
Oh, I get it. It only looks like the artic. Silly me.
yeah that picture is pretty much horse shit. It got lower than 30 degrees one day in the past two weeks. It’s been averaging in the 50s. I don’t even know what snow looks like, I’m going to have to go upstate to tell you what it actually is, but it definitely isn’t here.
I think it’s supposed to be in the 70s in SoCal.
Do I repress my loathing for the Lakers for some fun in the sun? I don’t think Sac Town would ever take me back . . .
fuck the NBA, is what I say. Can’t remember when the last time I watched a game, I think it was at the grad party from HS seven years ago.
Whaaaaa?
We can’t be friends anymore. I’m taking you off Myspace!
do you even watch college basketball? There’s no comparison how much better it is.
And in regards to MySpace…uhm measurement of friendship shouldn’t have anything to do whether you’re on myspace (says the guy with 200 friends–don’t know how that happened.)