Monday, January 24, 2011

24 January 2011

EXERCISE AGAIN THIS WEEK!!

So this past Saturday, I participated in my FIRST ever NEO exercise.. I ended up being placed on the Hero Report because I was one of many who helped set up tents that CE was supposed to do, but they were MIA for a while.

The set up was terrible, but the play was fun and the tear-down wasn't too bad, but it did cause me to be late enough to make it impossible to go to the movies to see Tangled with my wife and kids, so they didn't go either.

Today (Monday) began one of our exercises, so this morning, I made it out the door in my MOPP and IPE gear to work, trying not to fall and break my neck on all the ice on the roads and steps.. lol but I love my shop!! At least we all suffer together with smiles on our faces!

Just 4 more days to go!! OH, and I also took my Chapter 3 Trig test last night! Gotta start planning for the next AMU class (either calculus or physics or chemistry)! Wish me luck! God bless!

16 - 17 January 2011

Tonight, we had our friend, Daniel, over to stay the night again (since we had Monday off).  Monday, we decided to go to the KOEX in Seoul for shopping.. It took FOREVER to get there (not to mention, we left at 1100). We didn't spend long there, but definitely made it to our music store, our book store (Bandi & Luni's), ate at Sbarro's, and then had dessert at the Marble Slab before heading home.

Ah well, back to work tomorrow! Can't WAIT for warmer weather!

3 year wedding anniversary!!

On January 5th, Emilee and I celebrated our 3-year wedding anniversary! We dropped the kids off at school/daycare and headed to the subway for our FIRST EVER real anniversary celebration!

We decided to go the the N. Seoul Tower, go to the top, and put a lock on the fence (everyone does it) with a special note written on it to symbolize our 3-year anniversary. There's a great possibility that someday we will be able to come back to Korea and revisit the tower and recover our lock, then write the date it was recovered on the back of it.

We spent the whole day freezing, but had a blast as we walked around Seoul, took a cable car to the tower, ventured to the top and walked around the observation deck, then placed our lock on the fence where it shall remain.

After visiting the tower, we decided to get lost in Seoul (actually not.. it just happened) and found some underground shopping... then an E-mart... and then decided to go to Yongsan to eat supper and do some shopping as well. From there, we decided to take the bus back to Osan (so we could sleep). During our nap, however, I could have sworn my father was on the bus in the seats behind us... for there was this guy that was sawing some logs (they must've been pretty large ones, too!).. Even funnier is I thought it was Emilee a first, so I elbowed her to try to get her to be a little quieter.  LOL!!

All in all, it was a GREAT anniversary for our 3rd!! Look forward to the 4th now! God bless!

New Year's Eve Bash!!!

Sorry it's been forever since I've blogged... most of the time, if I have free time, I'm either spending it doing Trig or resting from the day's work!  I'm realllly enjoying my new job!  It's great getting to be back on a "normal" schedule and have regular holidays off with the family and such. We've been enjoying some snow for sure.

For New Year's Eve, we had over 8 people from the worship group and work and hosted breakfast at midnight. While Emilee made the most of the breakfast, I was on my griddle making chocolate chip pancakes!  I also taught several of the non-Korling friends to play Oh-mok (오목) and we had a small tournament!

Our friend Daniel also spent the night with us and watched some TV and relaxed with us.  All in all, New Year's Eve was fantastic because we were able to spend it with dear friends.  Looking forward to see what memories 2011 will bring!! God bless!