Regeneration

"First DRAFT" I will edit later!

Four Months in South Korea.

It has been about four months since I've landed in Korea. These four months have been an adventure and there are much more to come now that I've already laid a firm enough foundation for myself inside my home.

Mental: During my stay here I've been studying the language "Hangul" which means Korean. There is nothing else that I like to do than to obtain proper knowledge for my trips and to increase wealth for myself within this life time. Having international experience will bring wealth and prosperity into my life. :D

I am a pretty random and spontaneous person that likes to do a million and one things. Lately I've been stuffing my brain with the "Think and Grow Rich" by... forgot the author's name to help me on my journey along with the "Tao Te Ching" and " Greek Mythology". I do see myself as a person of many talents and I feel that life is one big performance. I even created a mascot for myself.... "The Golden Eagle". I guess that is a fusion of the spiritual, fantasy, and the material world that I walk in and out of everyday of my life. I constantly think about my future and what things I can do now to help myself become a much stronger individual. The world is filled with meaningless distractions and I am glad I can weed out the uselessness of some activities that serve no purpose in my life.




Physical: I've been training my body much harder since I've gotten here. My training days usually are for about 1:20 minutes daily which consists of soccer, weight training, and cardio. My students are beginning to notice my muscle size have increase which means I have a powerful prescense inside the shcoool that I teach.

I also study nutrition for eterntainment. I tell myself that I do not have time to get sick and I want to look good in my body while I set foot in on these countless adventures. I believe this shows the world that I respect myself and treat my body as my temple. Most foreigners are fairly out of shape either too obese or too weak looking. People think I am in the military because of my stature which kind of makes things intersting for myself.

The foods I've been eating have been all natural, whole wheat, fish, vegetables, fruits, and other healthy items that will help balance my energy. Times does get tough being alone in this Korean world, but I don't mind being in my world. It's always filled with artistic optomism. I am pretty tired of Korean food since I am never satisfied. My family cooked a variety of foods in the house ranging from Italian,chinese, mexican, arabian, Jamacian, American foods. So I naturally cannot handle one countries taste in food. Korean food has its ups and downs. Like DonKasu!!! I gained 20 lbs because of that thing lol.





Emotional: I've gone out on a few dates here and there. The women are very kind and helpful. They seem to be more helpful and humble than American women. I do really enjoy it since there doesn't seem to be competition involved when seeking to establish a relationship. They are very supportive from jump. I've had many opportunities to establish a long term relationship but I haven't gotten my mind wrapped around myself yet.

Overall I've been satisfied emotionally by listening variety peices of music that are spread throughout the internet. I am very easy to please and a nice song, a few art pictures, anime, and a phone call from a nice women, will satisfy me in the emotional department. I am a mental creature anyway. GIVE ME A GOOD BOOK!





Negatives:

Racism, doesn't truely exist. I believe they are just ignorant of people of different races. I know that european foriegners were the first ones to come to Korea and since then people have gotten used to it. They have similar hair and skin complexion. Being brown skin is totally different, the hair, nose, eyes and culture are much more different than that of a European or Caucasian American. The best way I relate to others is by practicing kindness. A simple smile changes everything even when the situation calls for a frown.

One of my students said I was dirty because I was black and I've heard a comment about NEGROS from my students. I just giggle and taught the lesson, not so hurt by those statements because one they are kids and two it had to been someone dumb enough to teach them those terms. So, they are automatically forgiven! Negro means black in Spanish so someone pass me NEGRO Beans and rice!!!!! cha cha cha




I grew up in the military base and I've been with so many different races I can't even count. I just totally ignore them or tell them someone else would get mad if you tell talk to them like that. Since I am witty, I replied to both of them I heard Koreans liked to eat with chopsticks, or Koreans are tooo clean!! lol.

Its totally positive but I know it makes them think totally different. It's fun. I have to many other things to worry about. Race-ism is an old and outdated subject their are too many other subjects. I more worried about why I can't fit into the clothes out here since I am so tall and not a basketball player hehe.
Racism doesn't exist here, only total ignorance of different colors. I've been through it before and this is a cake walk.

I have yet to sit in a comfortable theatre. The most comfortable place that I've been to was Dunkin donuts, they had designer pink chairs. I've met some crazy ass people out here. I ask myself how the hell did they get into Korea, but it's so easy I guess, but I don't mind It makes life intersting from a distance.

Itaewon doesn't have anything for me and it is probably the most unattractive place in Korea. :P I was advised to go there for things. I guess westerners know how to ruin things once they get their hands on it. Hahaha I am being mean.




Positives:

The people are very attracted to apparences. That is in my ball park since I like to look attractive and everywhere I go. I've picked up the nickname handsome and the way I present myself to people. I like it. They are truely blunt out here and will tell it like it is without any set backs.

I enjoy teaching my students and the easy life. I work 7 hours out of the 24 hour day. My apartment is only 4 minutes away from my work place. The kids are wonderful and ready to learn. They are always coming up with some random and new things to say that really brightens my day. They also get cool points when they called me "HANDSOME". "TEACHER HANDSOME". A little girl in my class stops me while teaching and says. "TEACHER, TEACHER!!" I am like what's up? She is like..."Hi" lol. I am always like "AWWWWWWWW!! You GET An A PLUS! lol

My running and ab workouts have been coming in handy!


The train, bus, and taxi system is fairly easy to use and inexpensive! I can walk to work that is always great. It allows me to clear my mind.




I've also decided to write to penpals in china and japan to make my transition there smoothly. I want to experience most of the Asian countries, since I've been reading their philosophy since I was young child. Ninja Turtles changed my life!

There a a few place that I've been too so far are a bunch, but I will just name a few because I've forgotten most of them. I've been to a city called Jeonju for a city tour. I learned much about Korean Wine, History, Culture, and met friendly Korean translators that don't mind going out for a drink after a long days work.

Locally in Seoul, I've visited the Co-ex Mall, took a River Cruise on the Hangang River, National Museum of Korea to view the Egyptian Exhibit, Deoksugung palace, and a few stations where I was able to find some pants. There is so much to discover here!!



New Discoveries:

I plan on doing much more in Korea. The plan is to create a theme of things to do each month and plan each week accordingly with a variety of activities. I have to put my good mind and looks into use lol. I believe it will bring happiness into the my Korean exprience. This summer's theme is to visit the beach, hang out in the sun light, go to orchestra symphonies, operas, art galleries, museums, and study more Korean. I love music and the arts. I used to play the Saxophone in a concert band when I was younger. It was fun making music and being part of something bigger creating wonderful sounds.

I want to take Piano lessons ( The Korean people are GODS when it comes to piano playing, next to the Japanese, in my opinion), Caligraphy, Tae-kwando ( I made it all the way to red belt when I was younger.) Temple Stays to center myself in this hectic chaotic world.

I want to take something from Korea. Not just buy souvenirs, that's not living the experience. I want to actually obtain skills that I will carry with me for a lifetime. Whenever I live in my nice house on a beach, I want to be able to make bulgogi, kimchi, and play a few melodies on my piano when that time comes. I can say that I learned how to play the piano in Korea. If a burglar comes to my house I will drop kick up with my sharpened Tae-Kwando skills. Then I will poke his eyes out with Korean Chopsticks. lol.




Overall, I've been spending lots of alone time because I believe that I will be able to figure things out better using my own frame of thinking. Even though people mean well they may distort the whole experience for you. This is the land of foreign drunks. I find living in Seoul to be an interesting adventure. There is so much to do and I actually planned on saving money. Maybe next year I will live in a much smaller area just to save and go further from the city distractions. I am easy to please and I do miss sitting out in real nature without all the neon lights and cars exhaust pipes.


My purpose of being here is to travel, explore new worlds, to have a better understanding people from different worlds. I believe that by practicing kindness and constanly be in the state of mind that I can LEARN, will take me very far in life. Staying healthy physically and mentally will make this journey a smooth ride. oh and also staying way from Bums works too lol.

I'm out