Tomorrow's goals:
1. Go to the bank. Transfer a bunch of money.
2. Go back to school. Pay off a good chunk of my student loans.
3. Buy my sister a gift for being awesome enough to do me a huuuuuuuge favor.
4. Make my lessons for next week.
5. Finish all of the Intro Sogang University Korean course. (Start level 2?)
6. Transcribe all of Big Bang Vol 1 onto www.reallykpop.com (So far only two songs are up)
7. Translate Digital Bounce by Se7en
8. Go to the gym at 6 a.m. and get in a short workout (cardio and abs only... no time for weights)
9. Make speaking exam questions.
10. Actually buy a desk for my damn apartment.
Let's see if I can even get half of that done. Thank god it's exam day. Hopefully that'll empower me. ^^
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
10 month's Worth of Purchases
I figured I would catalogue all the things that I bought this year. Obviously, this doesn't include things like food, travel, alcohol, etc. This is pretty much just clothing, accessories, and make-up:
-10 pairs of 1,000 won earring from 못된고양이 = 10,000 won
- 3 pairs of not 1,000 won earrings from Forever 21 and Hongdae Free Market: 20,000 won
- 2 4,000 won necklaces from 못된고양이 = 8,000 won
- 2 5,000 won headbands from Bupyeong underground = 10,000 won
- 6 1,000 won headbands from 못된고양이 = 6,000 won
- 1 10,000 won headband from Hongdae = 10,000 won
- 2 skirts, 1 dress, 3 shirts, 1 coat from Forever 21 = 225,000 won
- 4 5,000 won t-shirts, 1 cardigan from 동인천 underground = 40,000 won
- 1 coat, 3 shirts from H&M = 150,000 won
- 2 pairs Converse Chuck Taylors (one hi-top, one low-top) = 120,000 won
- 1 pair Nike Air Legends = 60,000 won
- 1 pair Puma sneakers = 65,000 won
- 1 cardigan, 1 dress, 1 t-shirt, 1 sweater from Uniqlo = 115,000 won
- 1 t-shirt from Codes Combine = 25,000 won
- 1 sweater dress from Spao = 35,000 won
- 4 scarfs from various locations (인사동, 주안 underground, 명동)= 40,000 won
- 1 black cowl neck sweater from ehwa women's university shopping district= 25,000 won
- 2 pairs of gloves/mittens = 30,000 won
- 2 knit hats = 40,000 won
- 8 pairs of tights = 50,000 won
- 2 10,000 won purses from Bupyeong underground = 20,000 won
- 2 white, 1 blue Korea ultimate jerseys = 100,000 won
- 1 dumbfoundead t-shirt = 30,000 won
- 1 pair fake fob glasses = 10,000 won
- 20 bottles of nail polish (holy shit) = 33,000 won
- 2 lipsticks = 16,000 won
- 1 eyeshadow 4-way = 12,000 won
- 8 individual eyeshadows = 30,000 won
- black & brown eyeliner = 18,000 won
- all-over glitter = 5,000 won
- 1 dress from Thailand = 10,000 won
- 1 limited Edition silk screen t-shirt from Hongdae Free Market = 10,000
- 1 Coach wristlet = 60,000 won
- 2 belts = 15,000 won
Grand total: 1,418,000 won.
Now, I'm sure I've forgotten several things. Probably more than several. And of course, my prices are estimates. Some things I know for sure (eyeshadow 4-way, earrings, nailpolish, coach wristlet) and others are estimates (some more generous than others... I def over-priced some things, I def under-priced somethings). also, this doesn't include other purchases such as a cactus (I needed company), new comforter/sheets,
Now, add in my tattoo and my computer, and the roughly 150,000 won I've spent on Hello Kitty shit (sad, but true) and those purchases total out to 3,500,000 won, which is roughly 2 months of my salary (after taxes). I have spent 20% (2 out of 10 total months) of my pay on shit like clothing and make-up. Oh. My. Fucking. God.
I guess I should look at it this way: I got a lot of cool new shit. Actually, I should look at it this way: what the fuck is wrong with me and my addiction to buying shit?
That's depressing.
xoxo,
A
-10 pairs of 1,000 won earring from 못된고양이 = 10,000 won
- 3 pairs of not 1,000 won earrings from Forever 21 and Hongdae Free Market: 20,000 won
- 2 4,000 won necklaces from 못된고양이 = 8,000 won
- 2 5,000 won headbands from Bupyeong underground = 10,000 won
- 6 1,000 won headbands from 못된고양이 = 6,000 won
- 1 10,000 won headband from Hongdae = 10,000 won
- 2 skirts, 1 dress, 3 shirts, 1 coat from Forever 21 = 225,000 won
- 4 5,000 won t-shirts, 1 cardigan from 동인천 underground = 40,000 won
- 1 coat, 3 shirts from H&M = 150,000 won
- 2 pairs Converse Chuck Taylors (one hi-top, one low-top) = 120,000 won
- 1 pair Nike Air Legends = 60,000 won
- 1 pair Puma sneakers = 65,000 won
- 1 cardigan, 1 dress, 1 t-shirt, 1 sweater from Uniqlo = 115,000 won
- 1 t-shirt from Codes Combine = 25,000 won
- 1 sweater dress from Spao = 35,000 won
- 4 scarfs from various locations (인사동, 주안 underground, 명동)= 40,000 won
- 1 black cowl neck sweater from ehwa women's university shopping district= 25,000 won
- 2 pairs of gloves/mittens = 30,000 won
- 2 knit hats = 40,000 won
- 8 pairs of tights = 50,000 won
- 2 10,000 won purses from Bupyeong underground = 20,000 won
- 2 white, 1 blue Korea ultimate jerseys = 100,000 won
- 1 dumbfoundead t-shirt = 30,000 won
- 1 pair fake fob glasses = 10,000 won
- 20 bottles of nail polish (holy shit) = 33,000 won
- 2 lipsticks = 16,000 won
- 1 eyeshadow 4-way = 12,000 won
- 8 individual eyeshadows = 30,000 won
- black & brown eyeliner = 18,000 won
- all-over glitter = 5,000 won
- 1 dress from Thailand = 10,000 won
- 1 limited Edition silk screen t-shirt from Hongdae Free Market = 10,000
- 1 Coach wristlet = 60,000 won
- 2 belts = 15,000 won
Grand total: 1,418,000 won.
Now, I'm sure I've forgotten several things. Probably more than several. And of course, my prices are estimates. Some things I know for sure (eyeshadow 4-way, earrings, nailpolish, coach wristlet) and others are estimates (some more generous than others... I def over-priced some things, I def under-priced somethings). also, this doesn't include other purchases such as a cactus (I needed company), new comforter/sheets,
Now, add in my tattoo and my computer, and the roughly 150,000 won I've spent on Hello Kitty shit (sad, but true) and those purchases total out to 3,500,000 won, which is roughly 2 months of my salary (after taxes). I have spent 20% (2 out of 10 total months) of my pay on shit like clothing and make-up. Oh. My. Fucking. God.
I guess I should look at it this way: I got a lot of cool new shit. Actually, I should look at it this way: what the fuck is wrong with me and my addiction to buying shit?
That's depressing.
xoxo,
A
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Positivity
This weekend was rough and exhausting. Not necessarily in a bad way, just in an exhausting way. On Friday night, I went to Bupyeong for dinner, then to Hongdae for clubs (Ho Bar then Cocoon). Got home Saturday at 3:15 a.m., after a taxi ride from bupyeong in which I had a legitimate conversation in Korean with the taxi driver. Then woke up at 8 a.m. and skype my sister and parents from 9 to 11 a.m. Hopped in a taxi to the train station, got to Ichon station in Seoul at 12:45. Walked to the fields, played ultimate in the cold wind for an hour and a half. Grabbed a taxi back to itaewon, where the disc hotel is. Then hung out for one hour to shower and check e-mail and chat. Then hopped a bus to gangnam where I had ddeok sam, which is AMAZING (and is thin sheets of rice cake wrapped around samgyeopsal-- slammin') Then, back to disc hotel. Then to Dillingers in Itaewon, this bar. Then to King Club-- terrible. Then to B1-- terrible. Back to disc hotel with Beth at 4 a.m. Up at 9:30, eggs&bacon a la adam/bekah, back to Ichon at 11. Practice for 2 hours. League for another hour. Train to Incheon. Now here I am.
My ankle hurts and I'm so tired.
But, I just officially paid off almost 1/3 of my total student loans, since I sent some money home with my parents and it got deposited this week. I felt like I could finally drop some real bones to work on paying down my debt. My goal at the end of two years, I think, will be to have no loans or debt at all. This is going to be difficult, but I think doable. I started out with about 11,000 USD in debt, so if I can pay all of that off in two years, I'll be relieved and happy, especially since the anticipated repayment time was 10 years.
On another note, t-minus 4 days until I am sitting mere meters from my future husband.
My ankle hurts and I'm so tired.
But, I just officially paid off almost 1/3 of my total student loans, since I sent some money home with my parents and it got deposited this week. I felt like I could finally drop some real bones to work on paying down my debt. My goal at the end of two years, I think, will be to have no loans or debt at all. This is going to be difficult, but I think doable. I started out with about 11,000 USD in debt, so if I can pay all of that off in two years, I'll be relieved and happy, especially since the anticipated repayment time was 10 years.
On another note, t-minus 4 days until I am sitting mere meters from my future husband.
Friday, May 15, 2009
My sleeping schedule has gone to hell. I am wide awake right now, at 12:30, but I have to be up by 9 a.m. to prep tutoring, go to meetings, maybe hit the pool (wishful thinking?), go to tutoring, play at summer league, grab some dinner, go to Pavalicious's birthday party, and then get ready to hit the road for home for Kelly's wedding.
Which leads me to my next topic: Kelly's wedding. Besides my brother, which was crazy enough as it was, Kelly is the first person around my age to be getting married. It's pretty mind-boggling, thinking to myself, hey, that could have been me. I mean I never, at any point, expected to be getting married a mere two weeks after my college graduation, but for quite some time, I was hoping for within the year. And now here I am, single as can be, with not a care in the world about marriage or families or any of that domesticated "lady-like" stuff.
Instead, I'm fretting about how much I'm (not) getting paid, taking care of the building mountain of mail I must respond to, figuring out exactly what my weekly drinking limits are, scraping by on minimal preparation for tutoring, and eating way way too much McDonalds for my own liking (no joke, I had McDonalds twice last night alone. I was disgusted by myself, much as you should be too).
In other news, I'm very excited for the upcoming couple weeks. Obviously, Kelly's wedding, and a much needed, albeit very brief, visit home this weekend. Next weekend goes like this: Lake Wauberg for work (yes, I will get paid $8.25/hour to hang out at lake wauberg), Irish Car Bomb cupcakes with Teen, Min-Gu's 21st birthday party, Busch Gardens with Melly! The following weekend: Hotlanta!
Now, the real problems are: I have no clean clothing. Literally, I am wearing the last pair of clean underwear I own. My room (and quickly, the apartment as a whole) is being taken over with my crap. I just vacuumed my room, and it's already in a shambles. My rapidly depleting bank account matched with RecSports inability to actually reimburse me the ~500 I am owed for Centex and Regionals.
Well, this post basically turned out to be a train wreck of slap-dash thoughts and haphazard concerns. Story of my life these days.
xoxo,
A
Which leads me to my next topic: Kelly's wedding. Besides my brother, which was crazy enough as it was, Kelly is the first person around my age to be getting married. It's pretty mind-boggling, thinking to myself, hey, that could have been me. I mean I never, at any point, expected to be getting married a mere two weeks after my college graduation, but for quite some time, I was hoping for within the year. And now here I am, single as can be, with not a care in the world about marriage or families or any of that domesticated "lady-like" stuff.
Instead, I'm fretting about how much I'm (not) getting paid, taking care of the building mountain of mail I must respond to, figuring out exactly what my weekly drinking limits are, scraping by on minimal preparation for tutoring, and eating way way too much McDonalds for my own liking (no joke, I had McDonalds twice last night alone. I was disgusted by myself, much as you should be too).
In other news, I'm very excited for the upcoming couple weeks. Obviously, Kelly's wedding, and a much needed, albeit very brief, visit home this weekend. Next weekend goes like this: Lake Wauberg for work (yes, I will get paid $8.25/hour to hang out at lake wauberg), Irish Car Bomb cupcakes with Teen, Min-Gu's 21st birthday party, Busch Gardens with Melly! The following weekend: Hotlanta!
Now, the real problems are: I have no clean clothing. Literally, I am wearing the last pair of clean underwear I own. My room (and quickly, the apartment as a whole) is being taken over with my crap. I just vacuumed my room, and it's already in a shambles. My rapidly depleting bank account matched with RecSports inability to actually reimburse me the ~500 I am owed for Centex and Regionals.
Well, this post basically turned out to be a train wreck of slap-dash thoughts and haphazard concerns. Story of my life these days.
xoxo,
A
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