Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Brave New World Part 1
I am reading Brave New World. It is definitely not going well, im 51 pages in and it is moving very slowly. I am going to keep reading it.
Things to Think About
An email that I got, something to think about.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants...
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12 Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call or email your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. God heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up..
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, be thankful for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants...
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12 Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call or email your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. God heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up..
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, be thankful for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Miss Bookworm Reads
I have always loved reading, its how I came across my blogging name. As a general rule of thumb I don't like to make New Years resolutions because I am horrendous at sticking with something. I don't know what it is, but I am horrible with resolutions. But, this year I decided to make one, I am not sure why... perhaps it was needing change or maybe it was seen as a way of distracting myself. I don't know, but now I have a resolution to read 244 books in 2010. I am convinced that I am not going to make it, but we will just read as many of the books on my list as I can. It's Friday, January 22, 2009 and I am just now taking this list seriously. I did attempt to read Farenheit 451 but I was unable to do it. It didn't catch my interest or something. Im going to try it again, but I am starting with Brave New World. I read it once when I was 17, so we will see what I think of it now. I will keep you posted on the progess of the novel. My goal is to have it read by next week Friday. When I am done I will write a brief review of it.
I hope that you are reading something wonderful!
Miss Bookworm
I hope that you are reading something wonderful!
Miss Bookworm
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Questions of 2008 and 2009
I personally can't believe that it is already 2009. I remember when I thought that it was a million years ago, and that if I lived until that year I would be incredibly old. I don't fell that 23 is too old, but we will just have to wait and see about how I feel abou the age of 24. Though, 2009 was started out appropriately: I traveled home on the first for my brothers wedding. I think that is a good omen for lots of fabulous travel in the year to come :)
I love blogs, and when I read other peoples' blogs I have found that I not only learn more about people, but I also end up learning more about myself. Because I can think about how I would handle different situations that life has put them in and what not. I think that is probably why I love blogs so much, it is the chance to learn about the authors and the human condition as a whole. Here are some questions that were posed in a blog that I was reading... I figured that I would answer them so that you could learn more about me. :)
1. How is where you are in life today different from where you were last December?
December 2007 was definitely different than December 2008. For one thing I was living in the United States, I had my second round with mono and was not working at the time, I was preparing for student teaching, and it was my first Christmas with my boyfriend's family. Scott and I had a lot of Christmas celebrations last year.
2. How are you different today, internally, than you were a year ago?
This year I am more brave, moving half way around the world by yourself has a way of doing that to you. I am also less worried about what the future would hold for me. I have learned in 2008 that life is too short for worrying especially since it rarely changes anything. While its good to make plans and have a general idea f what you want to do it is crucial that I actually live my life and let what will happen happen.
3. Of all you've experienced in the past year, what are you the most proud of?
Graduating from college, it was a long five years but I did it and I did very well for myself. I am also proud of myself for moving to Korea and embracing all of the experiences that I wouldn't have had I stayed at home.
4. What did you shy away from in 2008 that you wish you'd gone for?
I shied away from creating more opportunities for myself so that I could develop
professionally.
5. What did you learn about yourself this year?
That I am capable of being brave and being alone. I have learned to appreciate time spent by myself. Whether it is going to dinner or a movie bye myself. The quiet time is really nice and it has helped me focus myself.
6. Who impacted your life the most this past year?
My life is continually impacted by everyone who is a part of my life. Though, this year my life was definitiely impacted the most by Scott and my Korea family. They have helped me to grow personally in ways I wouldn't have imagined. They have loved me and have taught me so much this past year.
7. What are the most important lessons you learned in 2008 that you want to be conscious of in 2009?
That worrying doesn't make anything better, if anything it makes things worse because I get incredibly crabby. Things have a way of working out I just need to trust in God and not doubt the decisions that I have been making in my life.
8. What are you being called to next in your personal growth?
In my perosnal growth I am being called to be more aware of others around me and to help them the best that I can. My social conscience needs to be more fully explored and I need to start speaking out for others who don't have voices or who have been silenced.
9. If you could create three things in your life the coming year, what would they be?
Im not really sure what is meant by "create". What comes to mind is to get myself caught up on all of my scrapbooks, to find and develop an artistic hobby more fully, and to be content with what I have become in my life.
10. What parts of yourself will you need to call upon to create those three things with wild success in 2009?
I will need to use my creativity, my confidence, and my love of art and learning to be successful with these three new things.
I love blogs, and when I read other peoples' blogs I have found that I not only learn more about people, but I also end up learning more about myself. Because I can think about how I would handle different situations that life has put them in and what not. I think that is probably why I love blogs so much, it is the chance to learn about the authors and the human condition as a whole. Here are some questions that were posed in a blog that I was reading... I figured that I would answer them so that you could learn more about me. :)
1. How is where you are in life today different from where you were last December?
December 2007 was definitely different than December 2008. For one thing I was living in the United States, I had my second round with mono and was not working at the time, I was preparing for student teaching, and it was my first Christmas with my boyfriend's family. Scott and I had a lot of Christmas celebrations last year.
2. How are you different today, internally, than you were a year ago?
This year I am more brave, moving half way around the world by yourself has a way of doing that to you. I am also less worried about what the future would hold for me. I have learned in 2008 that life is too short for worrying especially since it rarely changes anything. While its good to make plans and have a general idea f what you want to do it is crucial that I actually live my life and let what will happen happen.
3. Of all you've experienced in the past year, what are you the most proud of?
Graduating from college, it was a long five years but I did it and I did very well for myself. I am also proud of myself for moving to Korea and embracing all of the experiences that I wouldn't have had I stayed at home.
4. What did you shy away from in 2008 that you wish you'd gone for?
I shied away from creating more opportunities for myself so that I could develop
professionally.
5. What did you learn about yourself this year?
That I am capable of being brave and being alone. I have learned to appreciate time spent by myself. Whether it is going to dinner or a movie bye myself. The quiet time is really nice and it has helped me focus myself.
6. Who impacted your life the most this past year?
My life is continually impacted by everyone who is a part of my life. Though, this year my life was definitiely impacted the most by Scott and my Korea family. They have helped me to grow personally in ways I wouldn't have imagined. They have loved me and have taught me so much this past year.
7. What are the most important lessons you learned in 2008 that you want to be conscious of in 2009?
That worrying doesn't make anything better, if anything it makes things worse because I get incredibly crabby. Things have a way of working out I just need to trust in God and not doubt the decisions that I have been making in my life.
8. What are you being called to next in your personal growth?
In my perosnal growth I am being called to be more aware of others around me and to help them the best that I can. My social conscience needs to be more fully explored and I need to start speaking out for others who don't have voices or who have been silenced.
9. If you could create three things in your life the coming year, what would they be?
Im not really sure what is meant by "create". What comes to mind is to get myself caught up on all of my scrapbooks, to find and develop an artistic hobby more fully, and to be content with what I have become in my life.
10. What parts of yourself will you need to call upon to create those three things with wild success in 2009?
I will need to use my creativity, my confidence, and my love of art and learning to be successful with these three new things.
ROK
I am now back in my apartment in Korea, I got in a little before midnight and was sound asleep at one am. My trip home was very nice, though it was very chaotic and there wasn't as much time as I would have liked to catch up with everyone. I will be returning back home in approximately five months though. So tere is always later.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Korea Update 4
Hello Everyone,
I appologize in advance that it has been a few months since I have updated so this email will be a little bit longer than usual.
Since I last emailed I have had my birthday, gone to the dmz, started a new term teaching, started Korean class and some random things :) I hope all of you are doing well.
Work-- I have started a new term teaching which meant that I had some new classes and am now the leading Social Studies and Science teacher which is good and bad at the same time. I m currently working on writing curriculum for Grade 5 and am overseeing corrections to the curriculum for grades 1-4. It's good because I have some experience leading other teachers but it gives me a lot more to worry about and that kind of thing when being responsible for other teachers. Overall, my kids are great! They do have a tendency to get a little rowdy but that is because they are kids and they spend a good portion of their day at school, academies, and studying/ preparing for the next school day. I really enjoy working with my students, though dealing with the two new teachers can sometimes be difficult. My wall space in front of my desk is now covered with pictures drawn by my students which is nice. I feel like I am starting to establish a routine and my kids now what is ok and not ok to do and we have our routine down. In December we will be starting intensives again. I love and hate intensives all at the same time. I thankfully got time off to come home for Derek's wedding and will be home Jan. 1st through the 5th. Its going to be a short and quick trip. I am very excited about that.
Birthday-- So the week of my birthday (August 26) I had the week off. On my birthday I went to go get a manicure with my friend Niki and we had lunch over her lunch break. That afternoon my friend Leit and I went to the Korean Folk Village in Yong-in, Suwon. It was really hot, but it was still interesting to look at all of the different types of architecture and what not. Over my break I did some different things like:
Ate a traditional Korean meal
Tried Jellyfish, octopus, and shushi that was salmon with fish eggs
I tried shabu shabu ( a Korean Soup)
I was on location for the filming of a popular Korean television show (quite by accident)
I ate birthday cake with chopsticks
I read Harry Potter books 3-7 in one week
Thank you to everyone for the birthday emails, cards, and the birthday presents they were greatly appreciated. My pictures from Ethan and Jonah are hanging up on my closet door. :)
September was a really boring month here I just worked and on the weekends I stayed home trying to get caught up on the housework and sleep which never seems to happen during the week. I did purchase a winter coat and hat. I think that I am going to need to start using them soon. It is starting to get really cold. I just need to pick up mittens and I think I will be set, I am not sure if I will need boots or not yet. Though, I did go to the casino for the first time. I didn't bring very much money (less than 25 dollars) and had fun playing the slot machines.
October-- I have been working a lot. I have also been sick a lot this month with the weather changing and working with little kids. I had a horrible cold one week, then the next week I lost my voice. Trying to managed kindergarten classes without a voice is quite difficult. It slowly started to get better. Though my students thought it was quite hilarious when my voice started to come back because it was very low. My students kept telling me that I was a man teacher or they would call me adjooshe (the Korean word for an elderly man) because of my voice. Though, it was harder to teach my students were very sweet and were very helpful. They were very good and they kept giving me water and other advice to help me feel better. They kept telling me: "Teacher, no talk. I sad that teacher sick." I have completely fallen into the role of "teacher". It is very sweet when they get so excited when they see me in my neighborhood, Yeongtong.
I have also voted in the election this month, I voted the first week in October to make sure that it would get there in enough time.
An acquaintance friend of mine has passed away in Korea which has been difficult, because if someone passes away overseas its a lot of paperwork and it can be very difficult to get any information out of anyone. I have been acting as a sounding board for my friends who have been dealing with the paperwork and the American embassy.
Last weekend I went to an foreigner information fair with some friends and then we went to the Seoul Museum of Art. There was an interactive media and light exhibit. It was really interesting to be there and see the exhibits as well as see how people act and interact with each other at the museum. It was also nice to get out of Suwon for awhile.
As I said I started Korean class a couple of weeks ago. Its nice because it gives me something constructive to do and it will be helpful in me learning to read and learning to speak the language. I went on the class field trip a couple of weekends ago. It was really nice we went to this Confucian school and museum. It was really interesting to learn about how Confucianism has impacted Korean culture. I also visited my first Buddhist temple. It was interesting, we pretty much hiked up a small mountain to get up there. Once we got up to the top the landscape was really nice.
November is going to come and go before I know it too, I am celebrating Thanksgiving on the 29th of November (Saturday) since I am going to be working on the actual holiday. But thats ok because it will keep me from getting homesick. I am doing alright though :)
Here are links for pictures-- I have pictures up from the field trip, dmz, my birthday, and other things.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2132056&l=21e98&id=56005799
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2154366&l=6c3ae&id=56005799
I appologize in advance that it has been a few months since I have updated so this email will be a little bit longer than usual.
Since I last emailed I have had my birthday, gone to the dmz, started a new term teaching, started Korean class and some random things :) I hope all of you are doing well.
Work-- I have started a new term teaching which meant that I had some new classes and am now the leading Social Studies and Science teacher which is good and bad at the same time. I m currently working on writing curriculum for Grade 5 and am overseeing corrections to the curriculum for grades 1-4. It's good because I have some experience leading other teachers but it gives me a lot more to worry about and that kind of thing when being responsible for other teachers. Overall, my kids are great! They do have a tendency to get a little rowdy but that is because they are kids and they spend a good portion of their day at school, academies, and studying/ preparing for the next school day. I really enjoy working with my students, though dealing with the two new teachers can sometimes be difficult. My wall space in front of my desk is now covered with pictures drawn by my students which is nice. I feel like I am starting to establish a routine and my kids now what is ok and not ok to do and we have our routine down. In December we will be starting intensives again. I love and hate intensives all at the same time. I thankfully got time off to come home for Derek's wedding and will be home Jan. 1st through the 5th. Its going to be a short and quick trip. I am very excited about that.
Birthday-- So the week of my birthday (August 26) I had the week off. On my birthday I went to go get a manicure with my friend Niki and we had lunch over her lunch break. That afternoon my friend Leit and I went to the Korean Folk Village in Yong-in, Suwon. It was really hot, but it was still interesting to look at all of the different types of architecture and what not. Over my break I did some different things like:
Ate a traditional Korean meal
Tried Jellyfish, octopus, and shushi that was salmon with fish eggs
I tried shabu shabu ( a Korean Soup)
I was on location for the filming of a popular Korean television show (quite by accident)
I ate birthday cake with chopsticks
I read Harry Potter books 3-7 in one week
Thank you to everyone for the birthday emails, cards, and the birthday presents they were greatly appreciated. My pictures from Ethan and Jonah are hanging up on my closet door. :)
September was a really boring month here I just worked and on the weekends I stayed home trying to get caught up on the housework and sleep which never seems to happen during the week. I did purchase a winter coat and hat. I think that I am going to need to start using them soon. It is starting to get really cold. I just need to pick up mittens and I think I will be set, I am not sure if I will need boots or not yet. Though, I did go to the casino for the first time. I didn't bring very much money (less than 25 dollars) and had fun playing the slot machines.
October-- I have been working a lot. I have also been sick a lot this month with the weather changing and working with little kids. I had a horrible cold one week, then the next week I lost my voice. Trying to managed kindergarten classes without a voice is quite difficult. It slowly started to get better. Though my students thought it was quite hilarious when my voice started to come back because it was very low. My students kept telling me that I was a man teacher or they would call me adjooshe (the Korean word for an elderly man) because of my voice. Though, it was harder to teach my students were very sweet and were very helpful. They were very good and they kept giving me water and other advice to help me feel better. They kept telling me: "Teacher, no talk. I sad that teacher sick." I have completely fallen into the role of "teacher". It is very sweet when they get so excited when they see me in my neighborhood, Yeongtong.
I have also voted in the election this month, I voted the first week in October to make sure that it would get there in enough time.
An acquaintance friend of mine has passed away in Korea which has been difficult, because if someone passes away overseas its a lot of paperwork and it can be very difficult to get any information out of anyone. I have been acting as a sounding board for my friends who have been dealing with the paperwork and the American embassy.
Last weekend I went to an foreigner information fair with some friends and then we went to the Seoul Museum of Art. There was an interactive media and light exhibit. It was really interesting to be there and see the exhibits as well as see how people act and interact with each other at the museum. It was also nice to get out of Suwon for awhile.
As I said I started Korean class a couple of weeks ago. Its nice because it gives me something constructive to do and it will be helpful in me learning to read and learning to speak the language. I went on the class field trip a couple of weekends ago. It was really nice we went to this Confucian school and museum. It was really interesting to learn about how Confucianism has impacted Korean culture. I also visited my first Buddhist temple. It was interesting, we pretty much hiked up a small mountain to get up there. Once we got up to the top the landscape was really nice.
November is going to come and go before I know it too, I am celebrating Thanksgiving on the 29th of November (Saturday) since I am going to be working on the actual holiday. But thats ok because it will keep me from getting homesick. I am doing alright though :)
Here are links for pictures-- I have pictures up from the field trip, dmz, my birthday, and other things.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2132056&l=21e98&id=56005799
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2154366&l=6c3ae&id=56005799
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Lack of blogging
Hello everyone,
I appologize for the inablity to blog every week. There has been alot going on, but I promist I have not forgotten about you. :) I willl be posting about what I have been up to lately. I am also going tosay that I will be home in Willmar Jan. first through fifth (I leave for Korea the afternoon of the fifth).
I appologize for the inablity to blog every week. There has been alot going on, but I promist I have not forgotten about you. :) I willl be posting about what I have been up to lately. I am also going tosay that I will be home in Willmar Jan. first through fifth (I leave for Korea the afternoon of the fifth).
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