I'm leaving on a jet plane to OZ!

Wow today is Wednesday and I leave for Sydney on Friday. I can hardly believe that is it almost time to go. I am so excited about traveling to Australia and New Zealand. Here are just a few reasons why.

1. IT'S AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND... it will be super AWESOME!

2. I get to get out of Korea for a little while. This place is about to drive me nuts and I need a break from it.

3. I am going to get to go to the Opera House to see a play.

4. I get to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge!!!

5. I'm going to go to the Sydney Observatory to see the stars!!!

6. There is a possibility of a new tat!

7. I get to go with a really amazing friend.

8. In New Zealand I'm going to get to meet a good friends family and stay with them.

9. Being in a beautiful country!

10. I'll be on vacation!!!!!!

I could probably throw a few more things in there, but will go ahead and stop. When I get back on August 10th my Granny will be flying into South Korea. So I am excited for the OZ trip and also for my Gran coming to visit and going to China with her. After all the vacations and things I'll only have about six more months in SK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can I get a woo woo!

What are you passionate about?

Just within this past week I've had two different people ask me what I am passionate about. It really makes a person start to wonder what really drives me? The first friend who asked me said first thing that comes to your mind go. I almost immediately replied relationships. Building relationships with people and loving them. I'm reading a book about passion and how important it is to have passion. We as people need passion for whatever it is we do. Having passion for things makes us want to do a better job. Even if our passion is for keeping our homes clean, it doesn't matter. Whatever you are passionate about do it with your whole heart all the way. That's the way it's supposed to be.

My other friend e-mailed me and asked what I was passionate about, this was my response.

"I have a great passion for building relationships. I love the idea of having life-long relationships. I want more than anything to love people with my whole heart and show them love and greatness. I feel that building strong relationships is the way I can show love. To love people unconditionally and with everything the way God does. I believe that’s what it’s all about. I believe that God doesn't care if we build institutions but he cares that we build relationships with people. I think that the church can be great but that people focus too much on it sometimes instead of God. When all they should be focused on is the one who made them. I don’t feel that people come to Christ because of church but that they come because of people and the relationships they build and the love that comes from those relationships. I want people to look at me and see my relationship with God and with others and say “that’s what it’s about, that’s what I want.”

In the book I’m reading called “Life Wide Open” It talks about how people have to have passion in their lives for what they do. Here is a quote from the book that I love “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” I love to see passionate people on fire to make a difference. So much of what we do of who we are is determined by how passionate we are. It may cost a lot but if you do it with your whole heart passionately it is worth it.

"Passion is not cheap. But it is real; it is priceless. It may cost your life, but it will save your soul."

"Work at it with all your heart. The strength of the passionate life is pouring our heart and soul- our very life into what we do. Our world is incomplete until each one of us discovers what moves us- our passion."

What are you passionate about?

Rain rain stay today and come again another day.

I am a huge fan of rain. I like to walk in the rain, unless it's cold. I think playing in the rain is super fun. But I think my all time favorite thing to do when it is raining is to just listen to it. I love the sound of water and water itself. I think it is so clamming and relaxing when it drowns out all other sounds it just sets my mind at ease. Even as I write this very blog it has started to pour down. And I am loving it. Yeah for the Korean rainy season/monsoon season.

Not that I really believe in astrology but I think it's kind of ironic the fact that I like water so much and being an Aquarius the zodiac symbol is a water bearer. I went to this website to see what my sign is about. ( http://www.astrology-online.com/aquarius.htm )I find it interesting that there are a lot of truths in reading this. But I also feel there are things that are not true about me. I anyone can guess a things about a person and be correct on some. If you have some time to kill you should check it out. Let me know if any of the personality characteristics fit me. I have copied the likes and dislikes below that I think fit me.

LIKES
• Fighting for Causes
• Dreaming and Planning for the Future
• Thinking of the Past
• Good Companions
• Having Fun

DISLIKES
• Full of Air Promises
• Excessive Loneliness
• The Ordinary
• Imitations
• Idealistic

A few thoughts... parental advisory

I have had a constant headache all day long. I have taken two excedrin migraines, two aleve, two more excedrin migraines, and have had lots of water. I can't seem to get rid of it. It's making me sick to my stomach. So I thought I would blog about it and some other bad things from this week. There is nothing fun about (as my students call it) head sick. I'm pretty sure it has developed into a migraine and not just a headache. It is pure awfulness.

On another note this past week I have had a long not so great week. It has been finals week, which should have been a breeze. I was finished everyday at 1:00 and only observed 8 test total. But Monday go off to a bad start which made Tuesday and Wednesday not so great either. On Monday I was just in an awful mood. I went to the bank and transfered money home. I lost money in doing so which always makes me upset. But it wasn't just the money. I was mad at Korea and Koreans... I don't know why. But I was just angry and wanted to flip every person off who was staring at me. I should be used to it by now (the stares) but at the same time I feel these people should be used to foreigners. I feel that to look at a person who is different is ok. But when you stare at them like they are from another planet and you have never seen anyone like them before is not ok. I want to say "fuck you" (excuse the language) and flip them off. I am not by nature like this at all, but like I said I was not having a great week. And I would never say fuck you to anyone especially a complete stranger but that's the way I felt. I really am sorry for the vulgar language but it was honestly what I was feeling and what I feel sometimes about Korea and being here. I appreciate America so much more now and can hardly wait to be back. Where when you walk down the street you don't get stared at or because your different from every other person. Where being different is good and being an individual is good.