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[22 Sep 2009|01:34pm] |
What is despicable you ask? There are these three siblings that used to go to my dad's Korean School. Their mother died some years before my dad did. It turned out that the husband was having an affair and the mother knew about it. We all found out only because the summer after their mother died they were all taken to Korea and came back with a step mother in tow. The stepmother had tried to buy the love of the children and it only worked on one of them. Mainly because she basically paid for plastic surgery for the middle daughter. The younger daughter and eldest son weren't buying it.
Eventually the son left for college and only comes back when he has to. He's since graduated from school and refuses to come back. He'd rather stay where he is and look for jobs rather than coming home, living for free and looking for work. For the middle daughter, something happened after her love was bought and a year later because she went to a school as far from Miami as she could possibly get despite the fact that she originally said she would go to FIU to stay with her youngest sister.
The youngest daughter HATED her step mother. It got to the point where she didn't really respect the woman. How could she? She knew that this was the other woman through her parents marriage and they were married before weeds could grow on their mother's grave. The stepmother thought she could teach her respect by beating it into her. Where was the father in all of this? Not doing a damn thing. Word soon got around and a lot of people stopped liking the stepmother (because she bought their friendship too). It came out the stepmother would lock her in a room and beat her silly. It eventually became too much for the girl and she called the police. They came and ordered the stepmother not to return to the house while the girl was living there. So she was living with some church members and then suddenly got called back to Korea because her mother was "sick." We were all worried that the father might resent the daughter for what happened but we really thought that his own flesh and blood would win over some slut. Not the case. I just found out this girl was shipped to her relatives in Vegas. Which means the stepmother can come back home.
Despicable. I'm truly sicken by that action. I lost all respect for the father. Truly what little I had left for him was gone. The whole situation leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The saddest thing of all is that I don't think any of these kids will ever come back to MIami because they don't like their stepmother.
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[14 Sep 2009|06:37pm] |
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There is only one place I'd rather be than here in my grad lab waiting for class to start. Home. I want to be home where if I die someone will take me to the hospital. I feel like shit and if it weren't for Dr. High and Mighty making it clear that even being sick is not an excused absence I would not be here.
I feel like shit.
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[29 Aug 2009|11:39pm] |
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Sooo, normally my updates are pretty lame but this time it's going to be a bit dfferent. Ir's going to be a bit depressing. With that I don't replies with "I"m so sorry" Save it.
So these past three weeks have been really hectic. I was on vacation starting July 31 and it was for two weeks and it was nearly that. The Wednesday of my last week there I got a call saying that my eldest uncle had passed away. Apparently he fell off his bike and hit his head pretty hard. Then I got a call from the first friend I ever made that her father (who was like a father to me too) had passed away on that Saturday. So I packed my clothes and head straight for her house. Then during her father's wake, last Monday, my mom got a call that my grandfather wasn't doing so well. By not doing so well, they meant he was on life support and they were waiting for my mom to pull the plug. On Tuesday I sent my mom packing to Korea then I get the call on Wednesday evening that my grandfather had passed away (which was hours after my mom got into Korea).
While my mom was gone I needed to clear out my mom's room because we have a boarder renting her room out. So I more or less moved everything I could on my own. James came by and helped me move the television and then my friend ( the one whose father passed away) brought her brother to help me finish moving other heavy things. Caleb came down over the weekend because he didn't want me to be alone.
Overall these past three weeks life has been shitty. The only good thing is that the boarder is really nice and we're getting along fabulously. I"ve truly been moving around in a daze but it's getting better.
That's it. Pretty depressing huh?
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[24 Jun 2009|07:16pm] |
America's Got Talent is back and I have a favorite.
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[06 Jun 2009|08:07pm] |
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So in an attempt to save money on a gym and exercising the dark by myself, I bought Wii Sports Active from EA games. I have to say it's well made. i enjoyed it but I couldn't even finish the whole thirty minute workout. Fifteen minutes into it my body was yelling at me and I felt like shit so I stopped. My body will be in pain tomorrow because it's already in pain now.
I got my money's worth.
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| My view of our future. |
[16 May 2009|11:37pm] |
Case in point.
Tutoring today, a question comes up about Romeo and Juliet.
The kid I'm tutoring: I saw that movie!
Me;... It's a play. By William Shakespeare.
Kid: Really? When did he write it?
Me: ...
We're doomed if he's our future.
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[10 May 2009|08:39pm] |
I recently had time to watch the past seasons of Bones. I was watching one such episode when it was cut short by a trailer for The Simpson's Movie dubbed in Mandarin. I nearly fell over laughing when I heard the Spiderpig song. I thought I'd share it with others.
It seems I can't get this video to be embedded if someone can help me it would be much appreciated.
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[21 Apr 2009|11:16pm] |
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Back in high school I found this website called Asian Avenue that pretty much was a website for all things asian. This included freelance asin american writers. One in particular was a guy named Rain Noe. He's this Korean dude living in New York with a great sense of humor and writes incredibly well. After sometime he left Asian Avenue and step up his own Livejournal for his friends and anyone else interested. I've been reading his stuff for years and have always been amused. Recently, he's decided to visit a friend in Gaslow and has been taking pictures of everything he sees. This recent post had me laughing just for the pictures he took (which are nice too). The ones that had me laughing were the second, third and last one.
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[20 Apr 2009|04:48pm] |
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| An honest update |
[14 Apr 2009|11:57pm] |
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I realize that the past few months have been nothing but me complaining about one thing or another. So here is a true update.
My life as it stands.
I am almost done with my second year of my Master's program. I will get less than a week before I have to take both summer sessions whilst I work a part time (20 hrs a week) internship for the next year of my life. This only signifies that I am almost done with the program and can start thinking about the next step. While I realize that I'm stacking up a bunch of money on loans I'm happy that I'm not working and having to worry about the worsening economy. I feel like I'm in my own pocket of safety.
I was driving from my last tutoring job of the day and I've come to realize that I hate tutoring. It's not so much what I'm tutoring it's who I'm tutoring. I hate it. Kids who think that their sooo much cooler because they act like idiots. Seriously. One the kids I'm tutoring literally told me that she dumbs down so she doesn't get ostracized by her group of friends. I can't begin to tell you my reaction to that. Needless to say I was horrified. I tried to impose on her that those friends aren't good for her and that she needs to think about doing well if she wants to go college, any college. Part of that speech got to her because she pulled her grades up and has kept them up.
With the end of the semester coming to a close it's made me realize that I've been a great relationship with Caleb for over 3 and half years. I never thought I would be in such a great relationship. Hell, I never thought I would be in a relationship period. I've realized more and more that this relationship is a lasting one where I can really see a future. As cheeztastic as this sounds, I've had dreams about our life together and I've dreamt of our kids, our house, everything. I've never been more comfortable with anyone before.
So this turned into more reflections than update. Trust me your not missing much. School took over my life so nothing happens outside of random hanging out with friends when I can.
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I've been taking this class on the different techniques of therapy that therapist follow. So far I've agreed with parts of some of them and disagreed with other parts of the same theories. However, this week I found it really hard to find anything I truly liked about the theory we're to learn about. Every week we need to turn in a page summary of the theory topic, especially what we liked and didn't like about it. This week we are learning about the feminist theory. I really don't like it. It more or less takes the feminist movement and makes it into a therapy. I had a hard time reading it. Part of the fact is that I don't prescribe wholy to the feminist ideals myself. There's a lot of it I don't agree with so it was hard for me to swallow the therapy based off of it.
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[15 Jan 2009|03:21pm] |
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Everyone cheer for me. My study has finally been approved by the IRB. I can start it, woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!
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[30 Dec 2008|12:37am] |
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I'm so happy. I just got to spend time with my two bestest friends.
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Merry
Christmas!!
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| The Best Gift Ever |
[21 Dec 2008|11:30pm] |
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Caleb and I did our Christmas exchange this weekend because he won't be here for Christmas. In fact, he'll be in New York freezing his ass off for a week. I gave him a deep fryer that he's wanted for a long time. He over spent and got me a Wii, an extra controller, Wii Play, Super Mario Galaxy. Koo is going to get me the WiiFit. Mom started playing a little and fell in love with WiiSports bowling and this cow chase game on WiiPlay, oh, and baseball. I am having tons of fun. I must make up for all those years I didn't own a game consol. It's also online now so technically I can play other, from what the manual says (maybe I'm wrong).
My weekend consisted of spending time with Caleb, Koo, and Katie's White Elephant party. It was a nice weekend. I almost feel guilty because I keep thinking I have some sort of school work to do but when I think about it I really only need to fill out my FAFSA form (which will be done tomorrow.) Something's wrong, I should be ecstatic that I have no pending work, instead I feel like something is wrong. I'm a loser.
Also, I'm sick.
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| My grades |
[17 Dec 2008|12:25am] |
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So, I know most of my grades for this semester. I only have to wait for one more grade but it should be an A. So the grades should like B for clinical assessment, Pass for Master's Thesis, and probably A for Multicultural. Woohoo!
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[04 Nov 2008|03:48pm] |
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*sigh* I've been at school since twelve. I could have been home sleeping or resting. Something I'm desperately in need of. On the plus side I've finally been ok'd to give the second to my willing vict...participants. So Vanessa and Endre get ready.
On other news, I've resubmitted my thesis to the IRB. I'm now waiting for some sort of reply. THis waiting is not good. I hate waiting. I am hoping that everything will be fine.
In other other news, I voted on Sunday and I should have known better. I went to Kendall Regional and ended up waiting in line for four hours. By the time I got there (an hour before the library opened for voting) there was already a line snaking around the block *close* to 88th st. By one it was bad. Never will I vote on the last day of early voting.
Well that's it for now. Good bye.
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[28 Oct 2008|05:16pm] |
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So I've done some thinking and have decided to stay at Barry to be eligible to get my License in Mental Health Counseling. It seems like a good idea. I never know what will happen and it would be in my best interest to do so. I'm still going to pursue a Ph.D but having this as back up would be a good idea.
I've also decided that once I've finished my Master's degree I'll be applying to schools outside of Miami. I'm especially hopiing to move to Orlando. Barry University has a Counseling Ph.D program both in Miami and Orlando and UCF's Clinical Psychology Ph.D program recently APA accredited. UM also has a Counseling Psychology Ph.D program. I'm hoping to get in there because school would be paid for at UM through tuition reimbursiments and assistantship.
Lots to think about. *Sigh* Anyways, I wish I had more to update on but that's all I really have.
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| A quick update |
[09 Sep 2008|06:41pm] |
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I realize that this update is a bit late. Pittsburgh was fun. I really enjoyed myself there. I didn't realize how much I missed Corey until I was able to spend days on end with her. I'm definitely going to try and go up to see her again. During my all to brief visit with Corey, we also went to Cathy and Dan. I enjoyed myself there too. They took us to a Renaissance Fair which made happy. However, it was slightly, but not too much, ruined by the fact that I broke out in hives. I thought it might have been the calamari I yoinked from Corey but I recently tested the theory out by eating more squid and nothing happened. I originally thought that it might have been the squid because the last time I ate squid I broke out in hives then. It must have been stress related, which was my second guess. After the fair, we went to Cathy and Dan's friends place for a lobster party. I was so loopy by then I really can't say I remember much of it. I do remember playing some Rock Band.
There are pictures of the my time there but I haven't had time to upload them because of my hectic school schedule. I'm sure I"ll get to them soon. Hopefully.
Anyways class will be starting in ten minutes. I must be off be come a culturally aware psychologist.
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