twenty-four

i'm 24 in korea now. isn't that disgusting?
i don't want to bash on our culture, but i think it's so stupid how we turn an extra year altogether -- i mean, we already start off our lives as 1 year old. what about those who are born on december 31? or january 1? sucks to be them, especially when they're at the age of.... desperation.

honestly, i know more than anyone that i do not look my age. i think if i were any korean here, and i told... myself i was 24, i'd scoff and say, "you? 24? then i'm the president of peru."

this year, i hope to look closer to 20. (hahahaha dude that's so sad)

anyway, this new year's was by far the craziest.
ok honestly, i haven't come home since the 30th because i slept over at jeanne's for the past 2 nights, and i have so much to update on -- pictures, video, and this blog. i have 2 hours til church. i didn't eat lunch yet. didn't shower. mmmm... if i finish this entry, it'll probably take 15-20 minutes. what to do first....

it matters because if i want to talk about how crazy my new year's was, then i'd have to make the video first because my videos capture the craziness. however, a video takes more than an hour to make, which means i'd have to do it when i come home. that means i can't finish this entry right now.

i'm the type of person that, if i know i have stuff to take care of, i have to do it ASAP and check it off the list in order to make myself feel better. i'mmmm a perfectionist. like.. when i was in elementary school, i remember writing words over and over until they were satisfying to the eye -- for anything: tests, worksheets, letters, writing on the board, etc.

ok that example had nothing to do with me wanting to check things off the list.

wow i just totally forgot i was writing a blog entry for like 20 minutes.

here's a sneak peek of my experience at jongno3ga on new year's:

pushing and shoving like there's no tomorrow. i almost got knocked over 2034 times.

squished almost to suffocation (i'm seriously not exaggerating)

i'm really not kidding, but if you watch my video blog later, the times i didn't capture the craziness was when i was actually screaming for my life and so squished that i couldn't move my arms one bit.

i'm usually someone who dislikes going to really crowded areas -- concerts, amusement parks (although i loveeee rides), really huge gatherings in small locations (ex. kcm W.A.R.), etc. -- but after this experience, and enduring the frigid single-digit-temperature weather of korea for the past month, i feel like i can conquer the world.

almost.

happy 2011! God's been crazy to me the past year. can't wait for what else He's going to bring my way -- good and bad. i think i learned more in 2010 than i did my whole college career (maybe i'm kidding with this one). 

anyway, 2011, bring it onnnnnnnnnn.