SangSa Byung

I just finished a long weekend. I made a mistake in my first post and will correct it here with an updated version....


First, I have a total of 156 hours of work this month. I wish I had more but by my figures this will still be a lot of Overtime. I am happy about this a lot.


My experience in Korea has brought me to some crossroads in my life now. SangSa means to be lovesick. Today is Sunday May 10th and I have many things to do this month.

Lovesickness is an awful thing. I am combating it everyday and am learning how to endure it. I often times miss my family, friends, America, or just my life in Missoula where everything was truly simple. People who are now fusspots and brooding over things are strange to me. My time in Missoula was often spent listening to social gossip. Here in Asia I am coming across real problems and trying to manage how to deal with these difficulties.


I am head over heels in Love with my gf. My family is leagues away and while it hurts sometimes I have grown accustomed to making ends meet outside the home. For the better part of 6 years I have been living on my own. It hard to believe I have been out of college for almost 2 years now to the date. I need to stay on track and get focused more because what I truly want is to make a stable career venture going.


My girlfriend just left today and I won't see her for awhile yet. Its the worst feeling in the world, going to sleep at night alone, eating and not talking to anyone in the house because I am always at work and I have no one else here but I want to sacrifice so much in order to make this work.
Meeting her family has been the best thing to happen to me since coming back. I can't understand why Korean fathers are so strict. If he could just understand us more everything could be better. I am not going to become richer anytime in this year but all I can hope is that I can climb the YBM company ladder.

MY Sangsa can be controlled and I can endure but I know I can't live without my honey that's for sure.


It would bring me great pleasure if my family could meet her and see the wonders we have in our life.

I have 21 days of May left and in this time I need to write more, study Korean, and work a lot more hours.
I will record an experience as often as I can.