9/14: Surprise, surprise

I am surprised how much I miss:

• Being able to read any sign
• Driving a car
• Being in college, and with 20 other education majors all the time, reading academically, etc.
• Mizzou/Columbia/Missouri in general, especially football season
• Columbia Public Schools and Jumpstart
• Daniel Boone Regional Library
• The Olympics (this has nothing to do with my location, but it’s true!)
• Knowing my way around my city/state/country
• Talking politics with people who care
• Talking to strangers
• My bed
• Listening to the radio
• Long Islands
• Other ethnicities and their foods (I’m talking to you, Chinese food)
• Texting friends in the U.S.
• Just watching regular TV
• Bathtubs
• Friends and family

I am surprised how much I enjoy:

• Living alone
• My neighborhood/city location
• Trying to speak Korean
• Working 45+ hour weeks all at one place
• Small Asian children
• Moderately-sized Asian children
• Free stuff (rent, food, etc.)
• Seeing old friends
• City living
• Hearing “Gangnam Style” every time I go anywhere (ask me again in a month, though)
• Doing whatever I want, whenever I want
• My school and its staff
• Noraebongs
• Blogging
• Representing the U.S. in a positive way
• Downloading TV shows and movies illegally
• Making good money
• Hiking
• My new Google phone – Gmail has never run so smoothly!
• Learning so many new things about myself and the world
• Public transportation
• Kimchi

Sickness watch 2012: Not surprisingly, teaching all day made my throat worse. In general though, I feel better, so maybe I'm actually fighting this thing off... Must be all the kimchi I had yesterday when we had anchovies and mushed beans for lunch...