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Raised on promises She couldn't help thinkin' that there Was a little more to life Somewhere else After all it was a great big world With lots of places to run to Email me: lao.ocean @ gmail.com December Photos Now Playing: Sorak-san The Windmill Salmon Festival Soccer Goal   Where do visitors come from? (Since 20-Dec-04) Fave flowesr: Plumeria Birthday: DEC 31st
Dance like no one can see Love like you've never been hurt Live like it's heaven on earth 
 Let's set it straight - Is the country Laos or Lao?Here's the answer This week... Things that make me happy
Movies I've seen this month
What they're saying about me
"She's a nut! Not too sure how else to describe an "at-first-glance" seemingly quiet girl who dances like a chicken when she thinks no one else is looking, who likes to pass off her "made up" answer for fact, until you look at her and see her hopelessly trying not to crack a smile, who WITHOUT FAIL remembers to put a line of dental floss in her purse before she goes out (and isn't afraid to use it after dinner, thankfully NOT at the table!!). I can always count on her to know the hottest hollywood gossip, and to dance till all hours of the morning with me." "My co-worker just told me that there was a premiere for Bridget Jones 2 last night, just blocks from my work, and we missed it! Hugh Grant, my beloved and the framework upon which my future husband is based, was just blocks away, breathing the same oxygen, and I missed it! If I had a friend here who was as savvy with E-news as you are, this catastrophe would never have occurred!" Guess what I heard... Oh my god!! This donut is so good! - Ras about a Krispy Kreme donut "I want to do! But what is paintball? There is no such word in dictionary." - Suwa, Japanese teacher "I am now skipping church to see if I am going to win my bids!!!" "YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA.....I won the felt tip pens!!!!!!!! Yippeee...."who let the dogs out...arf, arf, arf, arf"...."let me hear you say Y..M..C..A"....oh yah, who's your daddy!!!" - Renee Other favorite quotes:
A gift is an offering. A selfless act that adds something to someone's life. Something that they need. Have you ever walked by something and you just had this feeling that someone you knew would absolutely love it? Faith is believing when there is no rational reason to believe. Homer: "We Americans are England's children... I know we don't call as much as we should, or aren't as well behaved as our goody two shoes brother, Canada... who I should mention has never had a girlfriend... I'm just sayin'..." Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life, and love should not be one of them. The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. When your heart speaks, take good notes. Travel has a way of stretching the mind. The stretch comes not from travel's immediate rewards, the inevitable myriad new sights, smells and sounds, but with experiencing firsthand how others do differently what we believed to be the right and only way. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. Sometimes to see the light, you have to risk the dark. |
The Warehouse Club night pictures
11/26/2004
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving here was just another Thursday. Here are pictures from last weekend, which was also Kiran's last weenkend in Kangneung. Today, he's headed to Seoul, and will take the slow boat to China. He plans on travelling at least 6 months - a year, around the world. He'll be in India around March, and maybe I'll meet up with him there. We had some good time, and I hope he has a safe trip.
New Videos
11/19/2004
I just uploaded some new, short videos. It's nothing fancy - just using the movie option on my camera. I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier! Now I'll definitely be taking more videos, along with pictures. There'll be a permanent link to the videos on the left hand side. They can all be seen HERE. The videos take up a lot of space, so new ones will be rotated in every week. Currently, I've posted:
Are the videos all playing at once??? If so, please let me know so I can fix it. On my computer, the videos don't play unless I press play.
New Video
11/18/2004
I'm experimenting with putting videos on my website, and not exceeding my bandwith. Here's the first one. Let me know if you can properly view it, and if the connection's slow. If it works, I've got some fun videos to post. Sorak-san video with monks chanting in the background.
Tanks rolling
11/18/2004
A couple weeks ago, on a quiet sunny morning, I heard loud thunderous rumbling from outside. My whole apartment shook, and it almost felt like an earthquake. I poked my head out from my 2nd story apartment and saw tanks rolling down the street! I got pretty excited, since I've never seen real tanks actually moving somewhere. I ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, as I searched for my camera. I took some pictures, but the soldiers were staring at me. I guiltily snapped shots, wondered if it was a breach of security. About 20 tanks later, nobody had made an effort to stop their tanks. I'm looking forward t the next convoy that comes by.
My Spam dish
11/17/2004
If you don't know already, I LIKE SPAM. It's true - just check out my entry from March 3, 2004. Part of that entry included a haiku I wrote about Spam. I'v also added a second one I wrote 2 minutes ago.
Rory's entry about his sausage sandwich inspired me to include my own Spam dish. I'd be one of the first to admit that eating Spam without cooking it would be disgusting, but once you cook it's, it's quite tasty. Here's how I eat Spam.
Gmail anyone?
11/17/2004
I've got at least 10 Gmail invites available to give out. I'm too lazy to make up witty email addresses like ashley.simpson.is.a.total.poser.4lip.syncing@gmail.com and selling them on eBay. If anyone wants one, send me an email. Preference will be given to people I know and those that have left comments on my site. Sure, call it a bribe if you'd like. [read more about the Ashlee Simpson reference]  Reny asked what a "permalink" was. If you click on the "permalink" at the end of this entry, it will only show this entry on one page. The address above is the unique web address for it. A permalink is a link to the individual entry that will still work even after the entry is no longer available on the front page (hence, it's a "permanent link"). You can can easily link to your favorite entries (maybe in your own bookmarks) and pass the links to friends. Therefore, if you want to email a friend about this particular entry, they can go directly to it, without having to scroll down and look for it. You will see that I linked to an old Spam entry in the one following this one.
Watch out for me!
11/17/2004
Sheena called me tonight to express her thoughts on my account of her Saturday night. Luckily, she wasn't mad, but it definitely is a surprise to see what pictures other people take of you when you're not looking. I think Kiran warned her to be careful around me and my camera. (If he and Krista are going to be drunk and fall down while dancing, what sane person wouldn't snap a shot and write funny captions about it???) Yes, it's true that I take my camera everywhere, and will take pictures of almost anything. Still, one shouldn't worry around me! The pictures don't lie... it's what I say about the pictures - that's the part that is sometime refuted. She even said that she should create blog just to counteract my blog. Come one! Like I haven't heard THAT one before! She'd be standing in line, right behind Tom R.
I sprained my ankle
11/16/2004
This week has been really cold. It definitely felt like fall, maybe even an early winter. I've had to take my down jacket out of storage and started wearing scarves again. Yesterday was blustery all day. It was about 7:30 pm and I was walking down an unlit street behind the post office. Suddenly there was a large gust of wind, almost blowing me over. To get away from the wind, I crossed the street and scurried to a wall near a construction site. Because it was completely dark, I didn't see the lip on the street. Many times in Korea, when they repave the road, they don't take off the old asphalt. Instead, new asphalt is laid on the old, creating a lip on the side of the road, like the one below.
As the hours passed, my ankle got really stiff and I realized that I did sprain it. I went online to find more information about sprains. Out of 3, I have a Grade 2 ankle sprain, acording to Webmd.com
Last night, I didn't fall asleep until after 4am because it was throbbing so much. 24 hours later, it's feeling much better. Dancing will probably be in my future.
Another All You Can Drink
11/15/2004
This past Saturday was Bumpin's All-You-Can-Drink night. Mr. Lee holds this about once a month, but there have been times where it has been twice a month. Usually, I'm not as excited about this event as the other party animals in this town, due to the fact that I don't drink that much. For 30,000 won ($25 USD), you can drink basically anything in the bar, AND you get to mix it yourself! Plus, Mr. Lee makes a great BBQ!
Like I said, a lot can happen on a night like this. Here'a a recap. There were two people that had A LOT of fun that night. The first victim of the night was Sheena.
Next victim: Melvin
Good ol' fashion, linking fun
11/13/2004
I'm liking the movie poster for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It's simple, artistic, and the colors are nice. I'm also a fan of Johnny Depp. He plays a lot of different role... who knew he was headed for bigger and better things than 21 Jump Street? There's no trailer yet.
MTV's Kurt Loder does an interview with Chucky, the satanic little doll that kills people. Seriously, I'm more scared of Chucky than Freddy or Jason. He's just creepy and EVIL! Reportedly, Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh (yes, that van Gogh) was murdered, because of a controversial film he made about Muslim women. Click here to see the 11 minute film in its entirety. The film includes verses of the Koran written on a nude female body. Van Gogh had received death threats after his recent movie sharply criticized how women are treated under Islam. He was repeatedly shot and stabbed to death on an Amsterdam street. Could Britney Spears be pregnant? Probably... Y'all! I also read Britney's letter to her fans. Did I really need to know that her dog Lacy got fixed and isn't acting like herself? One more thing... Britney posted a honeymoon poem she wrote. [via sterogum]
Britney Posts A Honeymoon Poem
Before y'all dis Brit's iambic rhythms, consider that she probably wrote it with 11 or 12-year-old fans in mind. Or don't. Whatever. Here's the latest masterpiece Mrs. Federline has shared with the Official Fanclub.
The 4 disc Nirvana box set is coming out this month, and I thought of Kiran, who's a big fan. Here's a trailer for the box set, which includes audio clips, as well as video footage from a DVD included in the set. Entertain us...
Wanna see some ugly sweaters just for the hell of it? I thought so... The guy in the last picture even looks *a little* like Rory.
Remember way back when I had an entry about this Asian guy and various pictures of him that had been phototshoped? Well, now there's more. These are my favorites so far.
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