Control has left me
And I can't feel another thing
So let me turn around

From Sad Caper by H and the BF

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Dancing "Tell Me" was a smashing success, at LG and during the KoreanRE job interview as well. Yes, you heard it right. I danced at a job interview!!! However, I don't think I'm going to switch jobs just now. Sure, salary at KoreanRE is two times that of LGE's but after actually experiencing and talking to employers at KoreanRE, it seemed that there wasn't that much difference in how the system moved around(same Korean business mindset)....and in some aspects, LG seemed better(its much more laid back + and I know what my job is at LG where as if I go to KoreanRE I have to go through the whole job assignment process again)..... but to be really frank, it all came down to 情. I just couldn't turn my back to the people around me. Call me soft, but that's the kind of person I am.

I can't believe I'm letting go of all that cash....ah.....

wow, dad's really going to Ethiopia for a year...going to build some big reservoir for the farmers down there....

It looks like mom's more worried than my dad over this. dad did some work at Guinea Bissau a while back and i think that's one of the bigger reasons for him going to Africa rather than a younger engineer.....

for me, i don't know... I've been so indifferent about my family for such a long time that i really don't know what to think about this....

one good news though, my brother's coming back from Australia soon so at least my mom will have more "free" hands(I have been nagging her to get some more temps but to no avail..she's just too shrewd) around the bakery from now.

went out with my senior colleagues n got so wasted that i woke up at 1 o'clock...and arrived at work at 4:30........

7:00 woke up a hour late for work

8:15 at work...15 minutes late

10:00-12:00 mentor/mentee assignment ceremony

13:05-15:00 some ERP thingy lecture/orientation at doksan...burnt rubber getting there but didn't have to.....when I arrived, half the class was dozing away already...i was there just to fill up one of the empty seats because no one else from my team wanted to come....for a good reason too!

16:00-17:00 got back to my desk around 3:50 when all of the sudden my boss asked me to attend a monthly R&D center assembly which just happened to take place today......not because i needed/wanted to listen to LG Mobile R&D head talk talk talk but because the assembly looks just better when it's a full house......

i neeeeeed real work!!

man.....I am turning into one sarcastic employee ..... well better to let it out than let it fester inside. haha

btw, my application to KoreanRE (reinsurance firm) came through. job interview at the 28th. that means that i have to take a leave from work if i want to go.....but the question is......do I want to go? ah.... the million dollar question.

Talent is God given. Be humble.

Fame is man-given. Be grateful.

Conceit is self-given. Be careful



quoted by John Wooden

wondergirl wannabes

people have way too much time on their hands... haha!



traffic police version





drunkard passerby version....hilarious!




highschool version




military version....kinda spooky, but funny!! LOL!!


not to be outdone, here's a pic of jeewoong and hanmin performing their very own "drunken baritone" version of tell me at karaoke yesterday!

burning the midnight oil at the phone plant down in pyungtaek~!! so far I've been able to see firsthand how they put those tiny tiny tiny chips onto the phone's main board and given the responsibility of overseeing if the machines did their chip placements accordingly.

it's 6 AM now, I hope i don't fall asleep at the wheel on my way back home..haha

p.s. kuai dian finish your essay elsie. jia you!

there are times I'd come across a bible verse or a gospel song in my mp3 player when I feel really shitty(pardon my french) and just start feeling really good.... not really a warm fuzzy feeling per se but more like a natural high.....you just know that everything is under the control of his hand and somehow it's going to be alright. although it's not the only reason i'm a christian but it's definitely one of the perks of putting my faith in HIM=)


He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

Psalms 91:1-3

despite all the BS, it's hope that makes life worth living....word!

New Phone

Bought it at auction for ￦1000. dirt cheap! plus, i can watch TV from my phone now haha!

TGIF!! too tired and wrung out to do anything for the weekend. relax, catch up on sleep and read read read!!

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article on Korean culture in Wikipedia. Sorta like a checklist of korean common knowledge. check it out => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_culture_of_South_Korea

an added bonus ... Tell Me by the Wondergirls (#1 hit in korea for quite some time now)




and if you want to dance like them......