New Comp, New Goals, New Pissoff - Dec-15-2009

Random Korean Cultural Trivia

Ahjuhsshi (아저씨) - a title people call men who are in their mid 30s to late 50s or so.. the English equivalent is mister I guess

I got my own comp finally. Up until two days ago I've been using my uncle's computer and now I finally have my own here. It should be good to go for SC2 (on avg-low standard) but hey it'll work out. The only problem I have with it is that it's all in Korean. Since I'm not exactly fluent I have a lot of trouble getting things to work on it. This is Windows 7 by the way, so it is completely different from XP. I managed to get GGPO up and running so I'll get my Street Fighter practice with the arcade stick through Super Turbo and 3rd Strike. So far most of what I expect to work runs pretty well and so far this is the most powerful system I've ever owned.

OS - Windows 7
Processor - Dual Core 2.8 ghz
Hard Drive - 320 gb
RAM - 2 gb
Video Card - 512 mb GeForce

I might need a bit more ram but other than that I should be good to go. I tried downloading and installing a cracked copy of Street Fighter 4 on it, but it turns out that Windows 7 isn't compatible with it (at least the Korean version). I guess I'll have to wait 'til I get my PS3 to get some real practice in. I feel my skills have left me already, plus I'm trying to migrate over from the DPad to the arcade stick. (DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD GODFREY, WE'RE RIVALS AFTER ALL D=) Maybe later I'll try running Starcraft Brood War.

I'm going to be visiting my aunt's school and I'm going to be observing english classes so I can get a nice demonstration of how things are run by experienced people and also get all my questions and inquiries answered. Apparently a Canadian girl is there teaching English so I'll have someone who is in a similar case to me and will have more things to relate too. Apparently the students' parents all know that I'm gonna be visiting and requested that I befriend their children and use only English. Normally I wouldn't mind this, but these are grade-school kids, they expect me hang out with kids...? Fuck-no, if they want me to waste time with their kids they're gonna have to pay me for it. (This school is full of kids who come from well-off families so it shouldn't be an issue for them right? I mean do they really expect me to do it for free? -_-)

I've been here for nearly 3 weeks and already I'm starting to miss some things at home. Mainly I miss you guys and all the hang out days. I'm also starting to miss food over there. Don't get me wrong, the food is insanely good here, but the menu in Korea that's not Korean food seems to be limited. The only other thing I've seen was pizza... that's it. Congee Time.... I'm craving that shit right now as I type this. Surprisingly there's no Chinese restaurant in this damn city. (I haven't been to the Central downtown area of my city yet so when I get there maybe things will change).

Going to the gym 6 days a week is tough, I always feel so much weaker than everyone else. In Canada, I can do most of the stack on most of the machines, but over here I'm lucky if I can even lift half of the damn stack. Even the guys who don't look particularly strong are way stronger than me (damn soldiers). In fact there was this chin up contest between five big guys the other day. (Chin ups as in no swinging, dropping your arms down completely) The winner did about 79 or 82... The girls who go there are just... wow. They're really committed to keeping their very nice bodies very nice.

Goals... ah yes, I designed my own exercise program to help me slim down again. Weight training alternates between days (every day) but I'm not gonna bother mentioning it, but believe me it's a damn lot. So this is the stuff I do 6 days a week.

Pushups - as many as I can (usually last up to 300 pushups, 400 if I'm not lazy)
(Pushups aren't done on chest days and the day after)
Full Situps - 200... I heard all Korean male celebs do over 600 a day to get their mandatory abs so I decided to add about 10 every week, so in about 40 weeks I should hit that mark unless my abs just explode from stress.
Stretching - I can't do the splits anymore and that pisses me off. So I spend about 2 minutes per stretching exercise.

I also went to the Korean Consulate today to submit my work contract. My dad was driving and there were no spaces in the parking lot. We finally notice someone exiting so we move in to back park. Then this punk ass bitch ahjuhsshi front park snipes the spot. My dad slams the breaks and yells all kinds of curse words. When that assclown got out of his car, he looks over at us does a little bow and smiles. At first I thought that was an insult like "yea took your spot bitches", but over here it's like a "sorry for doing that" gesture. So I started unbuckling to teach that motherfucker a lesson. I don't care if it's an ahjuhsshi or not, a dickhole is a fucking dickhole. My dad stopped me however and said not to pick fights with anyone in Korea, especially since I don't know their connections and if the cops catch me it's a heavy fine for a punch. Promising not to beat him I just got out of the car and sized him down and I'd probably crush his face in one blow if I tried. When we got in the building to find our way to the office we needed to go to, we saw him again waiting for an elevator again giving us the same bow and faggot ass smile. I just gave him a cold stare that clearly implied "you do that shit again and I'm gonna punch the fuck out of your face".

We went back kinda pissed off, so my dad decided to park by a food stand. We got hot/spicy rice cake (떡볶기) as a snack. This surprisingly made me feel a lot better and it was well worth the price (about 3 bucks).