Fighting gravity

Posted by Adam on Jan 28th, 2008

Today was a kinda crummy day. Not anything bad, just one of those days where lots of little things added together and made me grouchy.

I was riding the bus home from work, and I called Adam. He was in a great mood, and went on for several minutes about how his day was great, just because of all the little things that added together to make him pleased.

I got home, and look what was on the table for me. He had already bought them before we talked.

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Adam and I have such a great way of balancing each other. We are never both really down at the same time. If one of us is down, the other one seems to be inversely up, ready to fight gravity.

-Jessica

Disappearing act

Posted by Jessica on Jan 28th, 2008

Here’s the key to getting healthy and losing weight: eat less crap, eat more healthy stuff, and exercise. I tell ya, it works.

Back in September, Adam was talking about health with our friend Bill. Bill is 40, and he swims, weight-lifts and does intense yoga. He’s really fit. Bill encouraged Adam to do five push-ups and five sit-ups a day. Adam kind of scoffed because, well, five seemed pretty pathetic, but Bill pointed out that five was better than the zero Adam was currently doing. So, he did five, and realized it was a little harder than he thought it would be.

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Adam did his five sit-ups and push-ups every day for a week, and one week later, he added three more. The next week, he went up to eleven of each. After a month, he was up to twenty. After two months, he was doing thirty-two sit-ups and push-ups each day. It was about that time, in November, that I started to notice Adam’s shoulders and chest bulking up. Soon after, his stomach started disappearing.

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In December, I realized that there really was a pattern to Adam’s progress, and I started doing my daily five. Now, it’s January, Adam is doing fifty-one sit-ups and push-ups each day, and he looks downright hot. I’m up to twenty-three, and I feel great!

I only tell you this because two different men asked me this week if I have lost weight, and men KNOW that they shouldn’t ask that question if it’s not apparently true.

Some of you may be athletes, and these numbers seem puny. However, for artistic types like us, we have never exercised so consistently. We’re feeling good changes in our bodies, and I wanted to share them with you. I wanted to encourage you that it only takes five. Once five feels easy, add three. Then three more. Soon, you’ll be able to do so much more than you ever thought you could.

-Jessica

p.s. Another important element to health is cardiovascular exercise, and fortunately our lifestyle without a car in Seoul requires a lot of walking. We also go out of our way to take stairs instead of escalators.

Sick figures

Posted by Jessica on Jan 23rd, 2008

Yesterday was the 300th Episode of our TV show, “Surprise”.  We sat in the studio audience with the cast during the taping, and afterward, the network treated us to dinner.

At dinner, we enjoyed talking with our cast mates and some of the crew.  Only problem: they gave us a TON of meat, and Adam ate it.  Lots of it.   Lots of pork.

Yesterday: Husband, Lots of pork

( Yesterday: Husband, lots of pork)

Then, Adam got sick.  Really sick.  All night long.

Night, Today: Lots of sick

(Night, Today: Lots of sick)

And he’s still sick this morning.  So, I drew some pictures and went to the pharmacy.  They sent me home with this.

The remedy

Now, we’re watching movies, waiting for Adam to feel better.

-Jessica

Feeling at home

Posted by Jessica on Jan 20th, 2008

Adam and I have reached an interesting benchmark for our life in Seoul– we’re thoroughly happy.  Having successfully navigated the better part of 18 months here, we’re feeling at home.  We’ve found work that is fun, stimulating, always new, and is at the same time is incredibly flexible.  We have an apartment that we LOVE in a part of town that we LOVE.  We have good friends and a vibrant community of diverse and talented people.  We’ve begun studying Korean.

We used to take photographs of funny “Konglish” words or phrases that we saw, but now we hardly notice them.  I used to chuckle at “Korean Kwerks”, but I tend forget now what I thought was so strange.

I don’t feel so much like a traveler anymore, but I’m still far from being a local.  We just feel comfortable.  Adam and I have no intention on nesting in Korea forever, but we’re very happy here, and we’ll be sticking around for a while.

I’ve been stumped recently with this blog, but I think I’ve pinpointed my predicament.  I had taken to writing about the little daily stuff that I found so unique and quirky, but I see Seoul in a different way now.  It’s a subtle nuance.  I’m still experiencing fresh things and having a great time– it’s just that it feels like my life now, not someone else’s that I’m observing.

-Jessica

MBC Surprise “Doggie Hero” Episode

Posted by Adam on Jan 8th, 2008

Here’s Adam’s first, big lead role on “Surprise.” Watch his breathtaking performance as ‘Brooke’s Father.’ A shoo-in for an Emmy if they had them here in Korea. Be sure to check him out rocking a wee bit of Korean during the surreal strangeness at around 2:00 in part one.

Here is part one:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AB9eqOG5A[/youtube]

And here is part two:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lEEn9UYemc[/youtube]

Enjoy!

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Posted by Adam on Jan 5th, 2008

New Years Celebration in Seoul

Posted by Adam on Jan 3rd, 2008

Here is a video Dad Rau shot during the festivities downtown at Jonggak. Note the countdown in Korean: Youk, Oh, Sa, Sam, Ee, Il, YAY!!!

It was a pretty spectacular way to ring in the new year. Mom and Dad kept marveling at the idea of allowing fireworks in the middle of the city. No security check points to get into this party, that’s for sure!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkJPw7zN62Q[/youtube]

-Adam & Jessica

Happy 2008

Posted by Adam on Jan 1st, 2008

We’re having a nice time with my mom and dad in Seoul! It has been a packed week, and we’ve got two more days together. See the photos page for some of what we’ve been up to. Last night, we celebrated with hundreds of thousands of other Seoulites downtown at Jonggak. We shot off roman candles and wished everyone, “Say hay bok mani baduseyo!” We even saw Super Junior perform, that’s right, the ‘N Sync of Korea.

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We wish you the very best year yet.

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-Jessica

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