The new year is almost upon us, and again the time has come to make resolutions we will very probably keep for little more then a few months if we are lucky. So I have come up with a list of resolutions my students told me they were making, a list of common resolutions and a list of my very own, wacky resolutions. Enjoy!
My Students (Keep in mind these kids are between 13 and 15):
- Get better grades
- Do well in school
- Get perfect score on big test
- Get hot Korean boyfriend
- Get pretty
- Get taller
- Take over the world
- Sleep all year
- Save money
- Collect more comic books
- Watch new Tom Cruise movie
- Diet
- Not lie
- Exercise
- Improve math and english skills
- Quit academy
Most Common Resolutions (according to usa.gov) :
- Drink Less Alcohol
- Eat Healthy Food
- Get a Better Education
- Get a Better Job
- Get Fit
- Lose Weight
- Manage Debt
- Manage Stress
- Quit Smoking
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- Save Money
- Take a Trip
- Volunteer to Help Others
My very own Wacky and Wonderful Resolutions:
- Keep up with the eating healthy and working out
- Hike Biseulsan and the Temple there, Yugasa
- Explore Yakjeon-golmok Market
- Go to Palgongsan
- Visit the other temples surrounding Daegu
- Go to the Penis Park here
- Visit a spa
- Learn enough korean to get by
- Dance down a street while listening to my ipod in the middle of the day
- Visit Japan
- Visit Australia
- Visit Italy, Germany, France, England, Greece, Ireland....
- Get my apartment perfect just when I leave South Korea
- Learn to cook traditional Korean dishes
- Expand my wardrobe
- Complet the first half of my novel and finally settle on a real plot for it
- Write at least 40 new poems
- Improve my drawing again
- Sing all the english songs at one of the music rooms here
- Stay organized
- Actually be able to find my way through Seomun Market without getting lost
- Dance every day
- Learn why Cost-co is so addicting
- Master haggling
- Read all the books I have on my Kindle including War and Peace
- And three other resolutions that are my business and none of yours. :)
