THE CLOSE
This is the end of Book I. I would
like to close with some final thoughts on my journey
here before switching to web based blogging for Book
II. I really wish I had a camera to capture the kind
of snow fall that is happening outside right now. It
would be a perfect picture for this post.
I have completed an entire week of training and working out with Victor. My whole body is sore. Of course, I keep this fact from Jerry, because if she were to know that she would surely torture me to know end, squeezing or hitting my sore muscles. She remembers well how sore she was when she first started training with Victor, and was hoping I would be in the same boat. Since she's been through it all, though, she is really good about helping stick to the routine and diet. Victor has me doing seven days of no carbs and the results so far are pretty amazing. If you have ever been into Atkins type of thinking, you should try it the Asian way. I think you would have a totally different perspective.
After training, where Jerry actually goes to golf practice while me and Victor work out in the gym, we usually eat at Victor's mother's restaurant and then go back to the house where Sally and Sunbin are usually still asleep. Me and Jerry usually then prepare to go out about town searching for work. She wants a part time job to save money for a possible trip to Australia. Her plan was originally to go in two months, then it changed to three months, but now she may not go at all. Who knows? Victor and Sally, though, may be going much sooner than planned, even as soon as two weeks from now.
Anyway, I am concerned about Jerry's mindset as far as finding a job is concerned. We went out one day and found her a part time job at a convenience store. The lady there really liked here and asked her back for an interview at 4:00 PM. With time on her hands we went to see her friend Chi-iung. Unfortunately she forgot her telephone number so we had to go to her mother's restaurant to get it. She lives in walking distance from the restaurant so it wasn't an issue. On the phone, Jerry was instructed to the location of Chi-iung's secret stash, which included two types of cigarettes and a couple of cigars hidden in an electric box, and told to bring it to Chi-iung. So we walked to Chi-iung's place and she proceeded to yell at Jerry for being late. Jerry was almost in tears. The real sad thing, though, is that she chose to skip her "sure thing" job interview and stay with Chi-iung.
So we walked down the street and met two other friends. Jerry and her friends all have similar names. Jerry is actually Ju-young, then there's Chi-iung, then we met Chi-yong and finally Kai-young. With each friend we met Chi-iung told the story of how Jerry forgot her number and thus we were late, making everyone mad at her. After everyone took their turns hitting Jerry and making fun of her, we all went to a pool hall to play some billiards. We chose teams by some weird rock, paper, scissors variation and it ended up to be me and Chi-yong against Jerry and Chi-iung, who is called Kobi by her friends, and I shall now use that too since I am tired of writing these names.
Now, Kobi is very good at playing pool, even doing behind the back shots. Jerry had never played before so that balanced things out. I don't entirely suck, but am not good, and Chi-yong was only a bit better than me. We lost most games and, in fact, the only games we won was because Jerry or Kobi accidently hit the 8 ball in the hole. The thing is, Kobi can be loud and obnoxious, but in a way that is funny. Still, it annoyed the hell out of Chi-yong, who I am sure had soon given up on the game. I think the fact that the loser was to pay is the only thing that kept her going. Still, she vanished quickly after the game was done, even though the rest of us went to Karaoke.
After Karaoke, me Jerry got back on the bus to go home. Jerry was clearly unhappy with the day, and regretted missing her job interview only to be annoyed by her friends. I suspect she may not want to meet them again, or if she does, it will be after a long time. She's known these girls since middle school and says that Kobi has always been like that, especially to Chi-yong, always pissing her off until she runs away.
The next day me and Jerry went back to the store, after working out and what not, and she apologized profusely for being late and, I guess, made up a good story for it. The lady told her that the plan was for her to do the interview and then she would be working that day! She had already chosen another student, but said that the girl looked like a fox and Jerry had a much more trustworthy face, so she really wanted Jerry. She said she would call her. Unfortunately, yesterday, the call never came. Now the New Years Holidays begin and pretty much everything will be shut down for a week or so.
I guess that makes this a good time to shut down Book I as well. Things didn't go exactly as planned, and I will be starting Book II on a subject I wasn't expecting to, but then if everything went as planned, it wouldn't be an adventure! Please visit Book II.
I have completed an entire week of training and working out with Victor. My whole body is sore. Of course, I keep this fact from Jerry, because if she were to know that she would surely torture me to know end, squeezing or hitting my sore muscles. She remembers well how sore she was when she first started training with Victor, and was hoping I would be in the same boat. Since she's been through it all, though, she is really good about helping stick to the routine and diet. Victor has me doing seven days of no carbs and the results so far are pretty amazing. If you have ever been into Atkins type of thinking, you should try it the Asian way. I think you would have a totally different perspective.
After training, where Jerry actually goes to golf practice while me and Victor work out in the gym, we usually eat at Victor's mother's restaurant and then go back to the house where Sally and Sunbin are usually still asleep. Me and Jerry usually then prepare to go out about town searching for work. She wants a part time job to save money for a possible trip to Australia. Her plan was originally to go in two months, then it changed to three months, but now she may not go at all. Who knows? Victor and Sally, though, may be going much sooner than planned, even as soon as two weeks from now.
Anyway, I am concerned about Jerry's mindset as far as finding a job is concerned. We went out one day and found her a part time job at a convenience store. The lady there really liked here and asked her back for an interview at 4:00 PM. With time on her hands we went to see her friend Chi-iung. Unfortunately she forgot her telephone number so we had to go to her mother's restaurant to get it. She lives in walking distance from the restaurant so it wasn't an issue. On the phone, Jerry was instructed to the location of Chi-iung's secret stash, which included two types of cigarettes and a couple of cigars hidden in an electric box, and told to bring it to Chi-iung. So we walked to Chi-iung's place and she proceeded to yell at Jerry for being late. Jerry was almost in tears. The real sad thing, though, is that she chose to skip her "sure thing" job interview and stay with Chi-iung.
So we walked down the street and met two other friends. Jerry and her friends all have similar names. Jerry is actually Ju-young, then there's Chi-iung, then we met Chi-yong and finally Kai-young. With each friend we met Chi-iung told the story of how Jerry forgot her number and thus we were late, making everyone mad at her. After everyone took their turns hitting Jerry and making fun of her, we all went to a pool hall to play some billiards. We chose teams by some weird rock, paper, scissors variation and it ended up to be me and Chi-yong against Jerry and Chi-iung, who is called Kobi by her friends, and I shall now use that too since I am tired of writing these names.
Now, Kobi is very good at playing pool, even doing behind the back shots. Jerry had never played before so that balanced things out. I don't entirely suck, but am not good, and Chi-yong was only a bit better than me. We lost most games and, in fact, the only games we won was because Jerry or Kobi accidently hit the 8 ball in the hole. The thing is, Kobi can be loud and obnoxious, but in a way that is funny. Still, it annoyed the hell out of Chi-yong, who I am sure had soon given up on the game. I think the fact that the loser was to pay is the only thing that kept her going. Still, she vanished quickly after the game was done, even though the rest of us went to Karaoke.
After Karaoke, me Jerry got back on the bus to go home. Jerry was clearly unhappy with the day, and regretted missing her job interview only to be annoyed by her friends. I suspect she may not want to meet them again, or if she does, it will be after a long time. She's known these girls since middle school and says that Kobi has always been like that, especially to Chi-yong, always pissing her off until she runs away.
The next day me and Jerry went back to the store, after working out and what not, and she apologized profusely for being late and, I guess, made up a good story for it. The lady told her that the plan was for her to do the interview and then she would be working that day! She had already chosen another student, but said that the girl looked like a fox and Jerry had a much more trustworthy face, so she really wanted Jerry. She said she would call her. Unfortunately, yesterday, the call never came. Now the New Years Holidays begin and pretty much everything will be shut down for a week or so.
I guess that makes this a good time to shut down Book I as well. Things didn't go exactly as planned, and I will be starting Book II on a subject I wasn't expecting to, but then if everything went as planned, it wouldn't be an adventure! Please visit Book II.
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