This week was a bit better than last, though I had some stomach issues for a few days and am still adjusting to waking up before dawn. I only seriously worked out once, but that’s better than nothing, and my strength has still gone up. My weight has been about level though.
007.29.10 Exercising Week 4
107.29.10 2010년 7월 28일
Dawn prayer, exercise, listening practice, informal writing, and hanging out with friends.
I got a request from a close friend of mine to give a testimony to our church before she leaves for Korea in two weeks. It’s something I didn’t really want to do, but I think I changed my mind because the request was so earnest.
My Korean is certainly good enough to do a 15 minute speech, but I need to put some time into composing it and practicing delivering it.
007.28.10 2010년 7월 27일
Dawn prayer, weight lifting, milk drinking, radio listening, informal writing, and hanging out with friends.
I’m probably not going to get into the full swing of formal studying again until the last of my close friends leaves on August 13. Until then things are going to be pretty much the same.
1207.27.10 2010년 7월 26일
Ok my blog is probably running for the most boring site on the internet now, so I’ll make an effort to write a bit more each day.
Yesterday I had listening during the day and a non-Korean commitment in the evening. At night I read a novel for an hour before sleeping.
Lately I’m writing a lot of letters and things on Cyworld to some of my closest friends, so I’m getting good writing practice in. I’m also going through the pains of adjusting my sleep schedule so I wake up at the ungodly hour of dawn. And at that ungodly hour I go to the Korean church for a short service and prayer. Then I come back and sleep a little bit, but am trying to phase that out. I’ve been going every day for about 10 days, almost religiously.
With sleeping a bit more I still have time to exercise and make breakfast before work, but I want to spend some time studying Korean at home as well. I think that once I can push my bed time down to 9PM I won’t need the extra nap after dawn prayer.
007.26.10 2010년 7월 25일
I had listening during the day and then was with friends all evening.
007.25.10 2010년 7월 24일
I had another full day with friends from early morning until late at night.
007.23.10 2010년 7월 23일
I was busy with friends today from 4 AM until 10 PM. So sleepy… but my Korean keeps getting better and better.
007.23.10 2010년 7월 22일
Radio listening during the day and then was with friends all evening… again!
007.22.10 Exercising Week 3
Week 3 was a bit of a down week. I lost a bunch of water weight one day after playing soccer hard one night and then was sore for a few days. I continued to exercise, but then had a stressful day and didn’t eat anything for about 24 hours (my reaction to stress). My stomach is a bit weak still because of that…
All that said, I still was in the gym every day, even if I wasn’t doing much the past couple days. Also my weight is about the same as it was a week ago, so I didn’t lose any progress.
I solved my milk at work problem, so I have constant access to calories now, and completed one of my goals.
Next week I just want to get back on track exercising hard and eating and sleeping properly.
007.22.10 2010년 7월 21일
I had radio listening during the day and was with friends all evening.