How fun is that
Well I believe that at least Im improving somewhat in my golf swings. Im thinking about buying a set soon so I can practice more. Who knows..
On another fun note it seems that the game of Kong-gi is getting revived at school. Oddly I was spying caucasian people playing it, but then I gathered some Koreans to join in..haha. It brought back many good memories of playing those Korean jacks many many hours. I remember when I was first learning it my mom gave me stones to use.(that's the authentic way btw). They had to be of about equal weight and size to be the most effective.

At least I have a music battle plan now set in place for the semester. Itll be fun tackling all the new music and trying to get it learned in a short amount of time. Now I will have to just make time for everything else: tennis, exercise, STUDYING, eating, cooking, sleeping....

Revival
Perhaps it's been all the hype from following the US Open tennis this year, but tennis has definitely picked up out here. It has been a little rough picking up the skills again, but hopefully Ill keep improving. Ive rejoined my women's league and it's also been fun getting to know some other peeps playing tennis. It's just too bad that all the nice courts out here require payment, and the other ones are quite ghetto. Since not everyone is a student either we cant exactly use the school courts.. :(

It has been a similar rough transition back into school. The final year (hopefully) and I find myself floundering a little bit in these first few days. Perhaps with the whole timing thing I find that I am not really inspired to do much. However, I am excited about the 2 classes Im taking-Audio Recording, and...wait for it...golf...haha! I might as well take classes I want to if Im forced to be a full-time student. I still have to do orchestra, but it has been a completely different vibe with a whole new group of students. The cello section alone is different now that it is predominantly MALE this year instead of female. But think of the age of the FRESHMEN...omg I feel so old!

On another note Ive watched A LOT of Cash Cab over the summer. I always think of my NYC friends and wonder if any of them have been fortunate enough to ride in it. Food for thought...who would YOU want to ride with if you got in the Cash Cab?

Bacon
I really really <3 Korean-style bacon. So I had no qualms about losing the latest Iron Chef to Korean bacon. SM and MC teamed up for skewers. I was really impressed that all the bacon used didnt make me feel ill at the end, and I was really happy how the chicken/bacon skewers turned out for me-sweet, a lil spicy, and not dry at all. Good times, good food, awesome people. It is a really nice end to the summer since school starts again on Wed.
Truthfully I am a little bummed going into this school year, things didnt quite work out the way I had wanted it to, but well one must keep moving forward. I cant help but be really disappointed in myself. It is hard to see others moving ahead while I am still stuck in this one annoying rut.

I know I am trying to stay hopeful about this year. I will try to keep looking forward, and above all keep on top of my game for applications, and stuff in general.

I am loving my new "machine" despite its quirks. Made lots of great things already. I am loving that Im getting back into tennis again now that I have a bit more time. Here's to striving to stay positive about all the GREAT things that are going on-and not linger on the sucky things.

Videos
Props to FUTURE OF FORESTRY and all the new exciting videos, music coming out on their pages for Travel II. I hope I get to bang some drums when I go on their Christmas tour :)

Anyhoo wandering around on the internet I happen to come across videos of the performances I did in Europe at the MusicX festival. It's interesting to watch em now after some time has passed. Watching these makes me definitely want to go back next year, but I guess who knows what the year will bring. I look spastic when I bow, I need to learn how to be more calm..oh wellz.





This was my favorite one of the three...