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I'm at the airport. Boarding in an hour. Leaving in an hour and a half. 11 (12?) hour flight. Arrive at airport.

Almost home :)

ONE MORE WEEK

Sorry I haven't updated for a while. I've been studying for finals and now I'm taking them. So far, so good, though, and not too stressed. Took my Chinese Characters test. Didn't do as well as I hoped I would, but that's okay. My 3-minute speech for Korean went well, though!

Two more finals Tuesday. First is my essay for North and South Korean Politics. Second is Part 1 of my Korean final, which is "reading" and "listening." Shouldn't be too bad. 

In other news, I now have six angry red bug bites on my leg. I hate mosquitoes. The two on my right leg are fading, which is good. I guess I just can't wear shorts for a while :(

K gotta go back to studying! Bye!

A few tidbits

So nothing spectacular has been going on, but I really wanted to do an update so I just compiled a few things that I've been doing during the last week or so.

First things first. FOOD. Hahahah. Haven't had a food post in a while, right? The first one is 피자 닭갈비, aka Pizza Chicken Meat or AWESOME. Hahah. So I love 닭갈비 (basically spicy boneless dark meat pieces of chicken with veggies), but we wanted a little twist, so we went to a place that has pizza-style. So this one also had mozzarella cheese, olives, bell peppers and onions sprinkled on top. So good. 

We cleaned it up. Hahahah. 

Then tonight, my familia had dinner @ Cafe Minto to celebrate the end of the semester . Seven girls ate two bowls of pasta, three bowls of 떡복기, which is like spicy rice cakes. So delicious. 

Been going to church, too, and seeing too many people dress alike. 

We also take sticker pictures and make Chung wear ridiculous headbands.

Emmaus Girlies :):):)

And.. we also study :D. Melissa, Ashley and my favorite place to study is @ Princeton Square. The environment is so conducive to studying. Work work work!

AND CHECK IT OUT! They have a USC Banner! Fight on!

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Sports Day!

So on Sunday the 31st (yes, a long long time ago), Emmaus held a Sports Day competition. It was four teams vying for the top trophy :)

Me + Hanna wearing our cool Emmaus Campus Ministry shirts! Thanks to P. Marcus for designing it :D

Our team, with the pink accented using my super camera. Aram, Judy and Nie Nie holding up the "BRIDEZILLA" flag/cape/awesomeness!

Judy and I practicing for the 3-legged race! Second place in our heat! Woo!

Getting into her zone for the Spoon Race!

The Wednesday Night teams :) Erin Samo + Mat!

Aka the Watermelon Teams!

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Nearing the end...

Wow. Two more weeks and I'll be back in the states. That's so weird. So yes, ladies and gents! I shall be back in the good ol' U.S. of A. on June 22. And I'm ready to be home. I want some blue skies, Mexican food, a comfy queen-sized bed (aka my bed at home), less crowded streets, and see my friends and boyfriend. To actually see them would be nice, rather than just talking on the phone or viewing a projection on a screen. No bueno.

So it's EXCITING that it's only two more weeks. It also means that I have finals coming up. I really only care about one class — my Chinese characters class. I really really want an A in this class, and it's probably the only class where I won't get an A. Boo. I'm doing pretty well in Korean, and I'm quite sure I'm doing fine in my other two classes. But hanja is sooo difficult because now it's 300 characters that all blur together. Is it 13 strokes or 14? I have one that's 23 strokes. But actually, it's the ones that have less than 10 strokes that are the hardest. 

I have two other finals. One is my Korean final, which has multiple parts. Listening, reading, speaking, overall. Shouldn't be too bad, but I have to give a 3-minute speech again and I have to write it sometime soon. My other is for my North+South Korean Politics class, which has a giant essay. I should be fine on that since it's history and I'm good at history, even if I'm not a huge fan of this class. 

And finally, I have a final paper I have to write. I thought it would be due next week, but apparently it's due June 23, which is... after I come back... I'm supposed to upload it onto the school server, but I don't trust the school server so I'm going to try finishing it up this weekend or something. I haven't started and it's 10 pages long... I guess 10 pages isn't really that long though, so maybe that'll be okay. 

I just want to do well. Yeah all my classes are pass/fail, but still! I want to do well!

That's my situation right now. Actually, a lot of people from ANC are coming this summer, and so I might meet up with some of them, which will be amazing! I can't wait to come back and see you all soon :)