My father.
Once again I emphasize this one fact. MY FATHER NEEDS HIS OWN BLOGSPOT.
Another ridiculous, father thing happened today.
I'm sitting in front my dad's computer, surfing the internet and what not and my father calls me.
"YOON SORA!"
Now whenever he yells my name, he doesn't just yell it. He screams my name out like he is about to battle the communists himself. So, I'm thinking, "What the hell did I do this time?"
"YOON SORA! Come out here."
"Yes, Appa?"
"Grab your driver's license and come to the garage."
"Ummmm, okay." So, I did as he said and went to the garage to find is gross truck in front of me. I honestly had a thought bubble coming out of my head filled with "..."
"Here." My dad shoved his car keys in my face.
"Appa, why the hell do I need to drive your truck?"
"Because I'm going to Korea for a week and-"
"Hold up, you're going to Korea for a week and I just find this out? Am I your daughter or am I your daughter?"
"I thought Umma told you already."
"Apparently no one tells me anything anymore. Damn I'm pissed."
"Whatever, start driving the truck."
"Why? I have a perfectly normal car."
"Let Umma drive the civic to work so she can save gas."
"I still don't get the truck thing."
"Just get in the damn car!" This is where I pick up my language. I got in his death trap of a car and I seriously was confused as hell. Everything was all out of place and so, manual! The gear changer thingy was on the wheel and the windows had to be rolled down by using a turny thingy and oh my goodness it was all sorts of wrong. I didn't even attempt to drive the truck.
Now what I don't understand is that we have another car. A 4-runner, but my dad absolutely insisted that I drive is beaten up truck. I must be a bad driver, then again I learn from him.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
this week can suck it
I've been having a tough week. I must feel the need to rant to make myself feel better.
Monday: well nothing bad happened on Monday so that doesn't count.
Tuesday: at work, the T.V. was playing basketball replays and my coworker and I didn't notice, so we missed the first 2 hours of the olympics.
earlier that day my dad and I went to the bank to open an account for me, but it didn't work to well. It's a long story, but what really pissed me off was that the lady helping us, thought we were both stupid beyond belief. Seriously, just because my dad has an accent and I wasn't really talking much doesn't mean you can treat us like idiots. She was saying things like "Her bank account can't be seen online" in a loud voice and with hand motions. I wanted to take her stapler and shove it down her throat.
I came home and turned my computer on, only to find a virus. I called up a tech savvy friend of mine and he told me (after a few hours) that he needed to take my computer home and reformat it. Meaning all my stuff will be gone. But he was nice and said he would save all the things I wanted him to save. But for now I'm stuck using this piece of crap computer in my sister's room and did I already mention it was a PIECE OF CRAP. Let me emphasize that again. PIECE OF CRAP.
Wednesday: I was told yesterday that there was going to be a meteor shower, so I stayed up until 2:30ish hoping to see it, but I fell asleep.
At around 6 am I woke up because my finger was itching like crazy. I scratched it and went back to sleep. I woke up at around 10 only to find that finger swollen and more itchy. It's hard to write, type and most importantly, it is hard to use chopsticks. WHY?! I can handle not writing and typing, but not using chopsticks??? IT IS A CRIME!
These two days can seriously suck it.
Monday: well nothing bad happened on Monday so that doesn't count.
Tuesday: at work, the T.V. was playing basketball replays and my coworker and I didn't notice, so we missed the first 2 hours of the olympics.
earlier that day my dad and I went to the bank to open an account for me, but it didn't work to well. It's a long story, but what really pissed me off was that the lady helping us, thought we were both stupid beyond belief. Seriously, just because my dad has an accent and I wasn't really talking much doesn't mean you can treat us like idiots. She was saying things like "Her bank account can't be seen online" in a loud voice and with hand motions. I wanted to take her stapler and shove it down her throat.
I came home and turned my computer on, only to find a virus. I called up a tech savvy friend of mine and he told me (after a few hours) that he needed to take my computer home and reformat it. Meaning all my stuff will be gone. But he was nice and said he would save all the things I wanted him to save. But for now I'm stuck using this piece of crap computer in my sister's room and did I already mention it was a PIECE OF CRAP. Let me emphasize that again. PIECE OF CRAP.
Wednesday: I was told yesterday that there was going to be a meteor shower, so I stayed up until 2:30ish hoping to see it, but I fell asleep.
At around 6 am I woke up because my finger was itching like crazy. I scratched it and went back to sleep. I woke up at around 10 only to find that finger swollen and more itchy. It's hard to write, type and most importantly, it is hard to use chopsticks. WHY?! I can handle not writing and typing, but not using chopsticks??? IT IS A CRIME!
These two days can seriously suck it.
Monday, August 11, 2008
there is hope
I was on soompi and came across this beautiful story.
"An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world.
It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.
The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.
Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin.. In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children.
At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality. In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives.
Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.'
In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily.
Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'
The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away.
'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?'
Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.
In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever."
reading stories like this, help me realize that there is hope. Everyone can find love, and these kinds of stories make me want to believe in soulmates. I'm sure the couple will meet each other again.
"An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world.It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.
The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.
Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin.. In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children.
At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality. In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives.
Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.'
In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily.
Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'
The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away.
'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?'
Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.
In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever."
reading stories like this, help me realize that there is hope. Everyone can find love, and these kinds of stories make me want to believe in soulmates. I'm sure the couple will meet each other again.
Friday, August 1, 2008
60 year-old Fobby Korean Man
My father.
He actually should start his own blogspot because of his weird ways and philosophies. Too bad the only thing he thinks a computer is good for, is for him to sit and play baduk(that one game with the white and black button thingys) and watch Korean dramas. But a funny thing happened last night.
Let's start off with this. I'm afraid of the dark. Pathetic right? I developed this fear in seventh grade that if I close the door and turn off the light, something is going to come out and cut my legs and arms off with a knife and I scream but my parents don't hear me, then I get killed. Pretty demented fear right? Well, I have a demented mind. This fear has been with me for five years now and my parents know my fear. So for most of the nights, before I go to bed, I open my door, I turn the hall light on, and then I sleep peacefully.
Yesterday at about 1 am I was still playing on my computer and what not. My dad came in (which scared the crap out of me) and told me to go to sleep. But he said it in a quiet yell. You know when people quietly yell through their teeth? yeah that's what he did. So he closed my door and I was thinking "pshhhhhyah, like I'm really going to sleep right now." But in reality, by 1:30 I was totally tired. So I got up, turned my computer off and was ready to start my nightly routine. I went to open the door and there my dad was standing. Dude, I thought my fear had come true. My heart dropped to my freaking colon, holy crap I was scared. My dad's only words were "took you long enough. Hurry up and sleep." Then he went to his room to go to bed. I was still too shocked to move.
So the moral of the story is:
If you live with a 60 year-old fobby Korean man and he tells you to go to bed, just go to bed.
He actually should start his own blogspot because of his weird ways and philosophies. Too bad the only thing he thinks a computer is good for, is for him to sit and play baduk(that one game with the white and black button thingys) and watch Korean dramas. But a funny thing happened last night.
Let's start off with this. I'm afraid of the dark. Pathetic right? I developed this fear in seventh grade that if I close the door and turn off the light, something is going to come out and cut my legs and arms off with a knife and I scream but my parents don't hear me, then I get killed. Pretty demented fear right? Well, I have a demented mind. This fear has been with me for five years now and my parents know my fear. So for most of the nights, before I go to bed, I open my door, I turn the hall light on, and then I sleep peacefully.
Yesterday at about 1 am I was still playing on my computer and what not. My dad came in (which scared the crap out of me) and told me to go to sleep. But he said it in a quiet yell. You know when people quietly yell through their teeth? yeah that's what he did. So he closed my door and I was thinking "pshhhhhyah, like I'm really going to sleep right now." But in reality, by 1:30 I was totally tired. So I got up, turned my computer off and was ready to start my nightly routine. I went to open the door and there my dad was standing. Dude, I thought my fear had come true. My heart dropped to my freaking colon, holy crap I was scared. My dad's only words were "took you long enough. Hurry up and sleep." Then he went to his room to go to bed. I was still too shocked to move.
So the moral of the story is:
If you live with a 60 year-old fobby Korean man and he tells you to go to bed, just go to bed.
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