Back from Beach!

I haven't really done much that was worthy of being written about lately. So I decided to write a little summary thing of what happened this past week.

I started out by going to the chiropractor to check if I had anything wrong from the car accident. Luckily, nothing was injured too badly from the accident. On the other hand, already known to me, my lack of good posture had caused some bone misalignment, no biggie. The doctor suggested going at least 2-3 times a week for check-ups and whatnot. I was very close to laughing when I heard this. The chiropractor works in an area near Fairfax... I live about an hour away... I wasn't about to attempt that trip so often. Along with that, the lack of proper transportation that often during the week also prevented me from going there that often. After learning about this, the doctor instead made a list of exercises that I am now supposed to do everyday that range from reverse sit-ups to pulling on my neck with a towel. All these stretches are supposed to help with that changed that the chiropractor does whenever I go to visit.

Also this week, my family went to some meeting for senior pastors that the pastor of my own church apparently was attend. So, he allowed for the 전도사님's, which are sort of like pastors, I don't really know how that would translate, to go in his stead. It was a fun 3 days that we got to stay in Ocean City, although the majority of the first and third days were spent driving to and back home. Going to the beach and building things with sand, nothing fancy because I lack skills for building with that sort of material, and playing in the ocean was fun! I did spend some time in one of the youth group meetings, but I felt that this was more of a family bonding time, and I was also very tired in the evenings due to the usage of much energy from playing in the ocean. That doesn't really sound good. Perhaps fighting the unending waves of the ocean to get the a deeper section to achieve new levels of difficulty sounds better. I'm not sure. I have been working on my vocabulary and reading skills much more after hearing from my own dad, who previously had not said much about studying, that I should work on my skills over the summer. Also, I should be starting summer reading at this time. Gotta order some books tomorrow!

-Sam Rho

Traffic!

Today was fun, as we were headed to church in the morning, there was some random accident near Harper's Ferry which caused a very long line of cars that weren't moving. After about an hour, the car managed to get passed all the craziness and finally the car was accelerating at a higher speed than before. During this entire event, I had almost no idea what was going on because I had been listening to this podcast known as the "YogPod" and also playing Pokemon Black 2 at the same time. Sure, my parents were frustrated, but I was thoroughly enjoying my time in the car. It probably would not have been the same if I had been driving, of course, I would have probably felt very frustrated like my parents. I probably should pay more attention to things happening around me.

-Sam Rho

SLACKER!

Yes, I know, I haven't been writing, but there hasn't been much to write about. In the period of time between then and now, I have been learning new things in taekwondo from different student teachers everyday. I've learned from a variety of skill levels going from black to purple belts. They're all skilled enough to teach me, a white belt, so I get different teachers each time. It's fun to learn from different people. My very limited moves at this point are the down block, high block, middle punch, high punch, knife hands, middle block, and chop. Nothing fancy at all, but I have been excited to properly learn all these new skills. I hope to master them soon.

-Sam Rho

Getting Back on the Road

If you read this blog about a week ago, you know that I was involved in a car accident that caused my car to flip over on its side. Well, I think I've started to get over the shock of that occurrence. I've been driving a little bit recently, but only for short periods of time. Today, I managed to get myself to my mother's workplace, which is only 10 or 15 minutes away, so I didn't have to feel afraid for too long. Yes, it's true, I am actually afraid to drive right now. Even the smallest things, such as accidentally going closer to the curb or seeing a bird on the side of the rode cause my heart to pound. I'm hoping that this will go away soon, being afraid isn't really helping me drive, it's just causing me to freak out a whole lot.

-Sam Rho

Tiredness

Yesterday was really exciting! After church, where there was a celebration for the reverend's 70th birthday, there was another party at my mom's friend's house. There, I got to swim in their pool and hang out with the friend who is going to be going to Korea soon. I'll miss them, but hopefully they'll be back soon.

-Sam Rho

Taekwondo!

Today was fun! I woke up right and early to go and help my mom with her work as well as go to my taekwondo lesson. Of course, this is my third class, so I'm not exactly black belt material yet, but it's fun to go to class and just follow what everyone else has done for months!

I got to learn the low/down block, the high block, the middle punch, and the high punch today as well as put some of those together. I had a wise, old black belt woman teaching me some of the simplest things, I guess, in taekwondo. I felt a little silly, but then I realized that everyone else had already done this before, so I didn't feel as bad knowing everyone there knew how I felt. It was actually fun! Of course, I am the type of person that sweats a whole bunch, so I was basically drenched by the end of the 40 minute class, but I had fun and I felt like that was really all that was necessary to keep me going.

Helping my mom today consisted of stapling, watching Gintama, and playing Pokemon! I got past the first gym! I haven't played a Pokemon game Ina while, so I'm having fun!

-San Rho

Job

Whenever everything in life seems to go wrong, I think of old man Job. Sure, he seemed like any ordinary rich guy, but he also had a deep faith in God. Today, I learned about a real life situation happening to a church friend of mine that just seems terrible. Hopefully what happened to Job occurs to them.

The father of my friend has a doctorate in biochemistry, so he's a freakin' boss. He was working in a lab and doing all these things that I probably wouldn't understand. Anyway, the boss of the father decides that there is no need for more researchers and the budget, I guess, was running low so the father, and probably other people, was fired. The next thing you knew, the family had lost their main income. Then, the family learned that their visa to America had expired. I don't really know how those work because I'm made in America, but they have to leave the country in a week. So basically, this is just a really bad situation for them.

Job, who lost his family, wealth, and health, still managed not to disrespect God, though his friends didn't really help with that. This family, on the other hand, was freaking out. Of course, who wouldn't? They had just experienced a giant income loss and were being kicked out of America within a week. I hope, though, that they can persevere and allow God to lead them to whatever path they are meant to go. Hopefully it will lead them back to our church, because I like to keep my friends.

Oh, and I learned this all because I woke up early today to help my mom go and run the cleaners place. That was fun, I got to staple the tags onto the clothes and watch Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King! I was happy. I need to get my mom a phone for her birthday, but I don't know how this will work... Perhaps I'll have to change phone companies with her, because she needs unlimited data for Kakaotalk... I'll figure it out later.

On a final note, I tried out Pokemon White 2 today, the girl's protagonist's hair causes her head to be REALLY wide! Haha. I didn't really get far, but it was fun to guess what they were saying in Japanese!

-San Rho