The World is a Flat Tire

was planning to arrange my bed tonight, but i preferred to surf the net.  was lookin for some good talk, but listened to music instead.

dinner wasnt that nice.  ew. thought it was really beef, but only  few small slices of beef.  bad!  ate alone, felt good coz that gave me some moments of silence.

wants to hear piano keys playing again.  seems that this is ‘terminal’.  oh well, just count on the good old days~

now i wonder who could be that next person to call me in the morning just to wake me up?  no more thoughful pasalubongs this time.  no more talks til dawn.

no more complicated explanations about non-human beings, about happy thoughts and sad thoughts.

august is special.. because it is.. it’s summer in korea and i can absolutely feel its warmth.. (shall i say heat?~) it’s relatively cooler here in jeonju than daejeon i guess (or is it just because of global warming?)

as usual i had to wake up at 6.45 in the morning to catch the 8.10 bus.  breakfast was nice and with the help of the mighty bicycle (courtesy of pappy),  kuya eeps and i were like hungry lions, we were able to catch the 752 bus on time.

today is the 5th day of my so called whirlwind friendship with the namkwan kids~  (2nd graders, around nine to ten years olds)  cute, noisy, sooo innocent~)  today’s schedule was up until 11am and i waited for kuya jeep’s class.  horray horray ‘coz it just took us 5 minutes to get into the 752 machine back to chonbuk univ~

whether lunch was good or not, that did not matter.  i just know today’s friday~  and friday’s my ever-sought day since i could sleep in the afternoon. and it happened.  i had 5 hours of sleep~ (from 1.30 to 6.30pm)  thanks to kuya jeeps for waking me up for dinner.

nighttime and it’s still the usual routine.  net surfing, movie, chatting, etc.  i received a message from kyubee inviting me to go somewhere else for strolling.  (somewhere else near) and near means around and hour or two of driving)  finally, we agreed to visit jumong’s village in naju in chonnam.  we’re planning to go on sunday morning with his korean and chinese friends..

im excited but im having second thoughts of going.  a part of me says it’s better to stay in the dorm, and what else to do?~~~ of course! sleep! sleep! sleep!

i dunno but i should decide tomorrow.  and oh, tomorrow!~  we will meet the human rights volunteers we met on the camp~  party party agaiN~  gotta wake up early to meet matt online at 9.30am which actually gave me an idea to have breakfast at 8.45.  i also have to meet pappy’s girls from 2 to 4pm. argh~ whatta busy sked.

ooopps, it’s August 1st now! yehey!~  2.53am korea time.  time to sleep now~  잘자~

whew.. it’s May 9, 2009. timecheck:  1:57am.  i had a great day after meeting Ma’am Park (former Hannam University coordinator) i really enjoyed the carbonarra treat with her husband. after being deprived of sleep, i managed to wake up as early as 8:30am to meet Matt online. i rushed to meet the girls (Pappy’s girls) from 10 to 12 noon. then Ma’am Park and his Military captain hubby picked me up in the dorm for lunch.

back to the dorm at 2:15pm to prepare for church then Ma’am Park went with me to church.  i thought they would also attend the catholic mass but they had to go back to Jeung-eup. in church, i quickly looked for Kuya Eeps and Ate cynth. There we also met a new filipino friend, who just came to korea last Thursday.. talking to him made me remember my first days here in jeonju. senti mode.

now i am bombarded by reports and paper works. got so many things to do. got worries in mind.  but as usual, there’s just one solution to it: count stars~ counting stars reminds me of the hopes in store for me. things will get better soon~

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the weather is freezing outside but tonight’s class discussion was extremely burning.  All because of Foucault.  Michell Foucault.  It’s been three weeks since we all exposed ourselves to his writings and Im pretty sure he’s turning our heads upside down.

tonight’s class started at 7pm with some sort of ice breakers as the professor called the roll.  as usual i seated far from the professor.  i initially prepared my stuff:  book, notes, pen, dictionary, and of course! my coffee.  ten after seven, the class started.  as expected, we never saw it coming… once again, we were surprised with how the lecture is being discussed with respect to the topic. whew~  but we have no choice.  this thing also made me reminisce of my old UP days.  i miss hot burning classroom discussions.

i patiently waited for the 10 minute break time that is usually given in between class hours.  but oh not, we were also serious and eager to resolve tonight’s topic, that we ignored that precious break time.  poor me, i had no time to refill my coffee hahahaha

it’s frustrating for me since the are some parts of the lecture that i couldn’t understand well ( blame it to language barrier).  but then, this frustration challenges me~  it fuels me to study korean language harder.  gradually i know i can do it. nothing is impossible.  i know UP spirit still lives in me.

now it’s 9.39 in the evening.  i just have to arrange my bed.  shoot my laundry into that coin-eating machine hahaha then browse my notes for tomorrow.  tomorrow’s classes are relatively more challenging.  we use an english text by the way.

fighting~

ABSTRAK

Hihimayin ng pag-aaral na ito ang kayarian at kaanyuan ng isina-Filipinong Korean teledramang ‘Lovers in Paris’.Sa pamamagitan ng pagsusuring tekstwal (textual analysis) atkritikang pampagsasalin (translation criticism) ay itatampok din naman ang naging pagpapaloob ng kamalayang Pilipino sa loob ng isinaling teledrama.

Lumalabas sa naging pag-aaral ng mananaliksik na sa pangkalahatan ay naging tapat pa rin naman ang salin sa Filipino ng ‘Lovers in Paris’ liban na lamang sa ilang modipikasyon at pagbabago na ginawa upang lalo pang mailapat sa panlasa ng mga Pilipinong manonood ang porma at anyo ng ‘Lovers in Paris’.

Ipinakita ng pag-aaral na ito ang kakayahan ng wikang Filipino na tumugon sa kahingian ng isang dayuhang programa, na upang maihatid sa mga Pilipinong manonood ang kabuluhan, silbi at kabuuang esenya ay kailangan pa ring isalin.Manipestasyon lamang ito ng mahalagang papel ng wikang Filipino bilang isang epektibong midyum na tagapagpadaloy ng kaalaman at kakayahang tumbasan at tapatan ang anumang nasulat o nahayag na sa ibang wikang banyaga, wikang Koreyano man ito o Ingles.

*Pagsilang ng Pagbabago

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“Byeon hwa eui Giwon”*

Pag-aaral sa Pagsasalin sa Wikang Filipino ng

Korean Teledramang Lovers in Paris

INERO VALBUENA ANCHO

Bilang Pagtupad sa Hinihinging Kailanganin sa Araling Pilipino 200

Sa ilalim ni

DR. RAMON G. GUILLERMO

Iniharap sa

Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas

Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura

Mayo 2007

Unibersidad ng Pilipinas

Diliman, Lungsod Quezon

i should be sleeping by now.. korea time 1.51am.. im so tired.. but i can’t sleep.  what’s wrong with me. after almost 6 months, i desperately miss my life in the philippines.  i miss the things i used to do.  simple yet fulfilling.  really satisfying.  yes, i am now in the middle of contemplation.  is it really worth it?  i wonder if i really made the right decision of coming here for grad school.  i have so many questions in mind.  every single day spent here serves as a constant reminder that i have to suffice first the need to answer all my questions.

i miss my students in ama and bpc.  i miss spending little moments with them.  i miss teaching them,  i miss learning from them.  woops, my tears are here again.

i miss my students’ stories.  i miss having talks with my friends, really good friends.  i miss sharing with them all i have in mind.  it’s 1.56am now.  i should force myself to sleep now..

christmas has always been special to me.  but this christmas might be an exception.  last night i got so wasted drinking with dan until 3am.  i started drinking red horse at 10pm then dan dropped by my room at 11pm.   after we finished 2 1000ml bottles, we decided to go outside.  we went to Music Bank but the place was so full.  we were given a number (more of like a reservation) but we couldnt wait so we headed for Jukebox (our favorite club).. but no!  no one’s there!  we were both diappointed.

after series of talk ,we finally decided to try a new place.. it’s called 천왕 literally it means heaven’s palace.. the place was nice.  we got so wasted till 3am.  so wasted that we were not able to walk to the dorm.. you couldnt believe it but we took the taxi from the university gate going to the dorm. 

it was so easy for me to sleep.  i didnt even notice my roomate.  i woke up at 7.30am then slept again then woke up at 12noon.  i was supposed to have lunch with ninang and mitch. but since i woke up late,  i ate alone… kkk 

my grades for the semester were out.  thank God i made it.  one down, three sems to go.  ^^  after all those sleepless nights and never-ending class requirements,  the semester’s officially over..

it’s christmas eve tonight.  im excited. im not excited.  i wanna ask God to stop time from running. i wanna cry now…

지금 부터 널 지울거야…

hahaha this post is about a torpe guy…

torpe guy was invited to a dinner by his korean friend named dan.  who else were there?  cute chinese girls.. wong jing wong jing wong jing.  i forgot the names of the other girls.  torpe guy just knew wong jing was there..

topre guy was excited.  whew~  after 10 long years, finally, torpe guy will have this “close encounter” with wong jing.

torpe guy was late.  he met dan outside the restaurant.  one .. two.. three.. torpe guy saw wong jing sitting pretty with her mataray look.  but oh noh!  what the hell happened?  instead of going directly to where the chinese girls were, torpe guy went to the comfort room!  torpe guy panicked!

when torpe guy was in the comfort room, he asked himself:  oh! why the hell am i here?  …. he quickly got out of the comfort room and composed himself.

so what happened during the “close encounters” with wong jing?  nothing.  torpe guy just flashed his innocent smiles, as if clueless about what’s going on.

after series of greetings, and what is your name and how are you, still nothing happened. . the food was good.  korean food. spicy.  one of the chinese gurls even offered torpe guy this chinese spice blah blah blah. that made the food so spicy.

torpe guy wasn;t really hungry.  so he just stared at wong jing and wong jing and wong jing.  after series of soju shots, torpe guy was still torpe..

nothing happened till everyone went to the dorm.  torpe guy tried to approach wong jing several times but he failed.  torpe guy is really 불상하다…  poor torpe guy
let’s wish him the best of luck..

yup, i know it’s still four freakin days before christmas.  still have four long days to sketch my plans for next week but till now, i still have no idea how to spend it.  i miss christmas in the philippines.  i really miss it..

merry christmas na lang sa lahat….