1) the effect of weight gain on the dimensions of my hip tattoo. given that the surplus of everything i eat gets divided equally among my cheeks, hips, thighs, and butt, this is a scary scary thought. too lazy to do yoga. wallclimbing here in seoul is too darned expensive. maybe i should just stop eating? my siberian reindeer tattoo is starting to look like a hippo with antlers.
2) getting a bikini wax. because i'm into pain and mutilation. just kidding. while i really am curious about how much pain is involved and the exact nature of waxing-related pain, the real reason, like this entire item, is really too much information. haha. ha.
3) why the past is a foreign country, as pointed out by british novelist l.p. hartley in 1953. it's pretty self-evident, of course. but i'm trying to see how this idea works vis-a-vis a triad of stories by korean writer hwang soon-won. reading him was a little like reading pinoy canon fodder like nvm gonzales and manuel arguilla. but mostly i was bewildered. there seems to be a lot of culturally specific information encoded into the text that did not survive translation. a lot of the behaviors and motives and reactions of the characters i didn't understand at all. maybe because these are "outmoded" (can't think of better word now) ways of thinking, very different from the behavior of koreans i see and meet here in seoul. maybe it's because i really am in a foreign country. i am mystified by the text for at least 2 reasons: chronological distance and cultural distance. this whole frame i'm building is pretty flimsy right now. but if i use pretty words, maybe the end result wouldn't be as embarrasing.
i really want to finish this book review i'm writing but my a/c is now so cold at 3am, i'm dying to get under the covers. will continue writing tomorrow. was supposed to study for the weekly quiz tomorrow (at least i think there's one) but screw it. will just scan my notes before i enter the classroom. haha. i am such a bad student. if i were my student, i'd flunk me big time.
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ah, yes, the teacher makes for a bad student. ;p
funny you should mention tattoo and weight gain in the same breath. i was also considering adding another tattoo somewhere, but couldn't figure out which area would not be affected by eating binges and pregnancy. the best bet would be my gums.
Re: #2. The other day, i was standing in a Watsons store and eyeing a DIY waxing it. Then I thought bikini waxing must be something better left to professionals, but then again, would you really want strangers to witness all that pain, among other things? Hmmm...
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