Black Summer's Night: "Gotta Get It!"

I'm back to bloggin', people! It's funny. I've been on a little hiatus from blogging just because I've been a little busy with grad school, my church, family, friends, and my girlfriend. However, I felt the need to let you all in on what has inspired me to continue to blog.

MAXWELL has just released his highly anticipated album, "Black Summer's Night," today. Listen to the single, "Pretty Wings." Magnificent! I don't even purchase CDs but I will be running to the mall right after work before it is SOLD OUT!

Listen Carefully!

S&C at Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus

Christoph's One Word Challenge (via Facebook)

1.) Where is your cell phone? Table

2. Your significant other? Soon

3. Your hair? Short

4. Your mother? Superwoman!

5. Your father? Lunchin'!

6. Your favorite thing? Alpha

7. Your dream last night? Wild!

8. Your favorite drink? Communion. lol

9. Your dream/goal? Poet

10. What room you are in? Dining

11. Your hobby? Poetry

12. Your fear? Snakes

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Doctorate

14. Where were you last night? Church

16. Muffins? Aight

17. Wish list item? Success

18. Where you grew up? DC

19. Last thing you did? Poem

20. What are you wearing? Britches (via grandma)

21. Your TV? Off

22. Your pets? Cat

23. Friends? Real

24. Your life? Favored!

25. Your mood? Chillin'

26. Missing some one? Yes

27. Car? STOLEN!!!

28. Something you're not wearing? Contacts

29. Your favorite store? Secret!

30. Your favorite color? earthtones

33. When is the last time you laughed? Everyday!

34. Last time you cried? Hallelujah!!!! lol

35. Who will resend this? You!

36. One place that I go to over and over? Church

37. One person who emails me regularly? Barack! lol

38. My favorite place to eat? Grandmas

39. Why you participated in this survey? Bored

40. What are you doing tonight? Rehearsal

25 Random Things You Don't Know About Christoph (via Facebook)

1. I snore. Sometimes I wake myself up. And if I don't get it fixed, my future wife and I will have to sleep foot to head. lol
2. My middle name might be Frederick. I found a birth certificate at my grandmothers house that said it was, but when I asked my mom, she had no idea what I was talking about. She showed me the one she has and on that one, it says I don't have a middle name. WEIRD!
3. I wish I could sing. But I don't care that I can't so I sing anyway.
4. Dr. J, the famous basketball player, is my distant cousin. For real! Blood! My grandmother told me. Real talk! Alright, don't believe me.
5. I get scared in Haunted Houses. My friends ran ahead and left me when we were going through one and I ran into a wall.
6. Before I got braces, in middle school, my teeth were horrendous. Thank God for Orthodontics. Jesus!
7. I like short girls.
8. I went to jail for the first and last time in 2007 and it was like a elementary school reunion. lol Darn DC Public School. So sad!
9. I met Rosa Parks. I took pictures with her and she signed my copy of her Autobiography.
10. Popcorn is my favorite snack. Kettle corn.
11. I didn't get on Facebook until 2008.
12. I'm bad at keeping in contact with people who don't live in my state. Thank God for Facebook.
13. I spent my 21st birthday "becoming an Alpha" (discretion people) and my 25th birthday alone in South Korea.
14. I've always wanted someone to throw me a surprise Birthday Party. (Hint hint someone)
15. I love and laugh hard at cartoons.
16. I have a problem with controlling how I jone on people. I joned on one of my neos so bad, he actually said, "Leave me alone." GAME OVER! He is no longer allowed in the cypher.
17. I don't like seeing a loved one cry. It's contagious.
18. I want 3 kids. Two older boys and a younger girl because I'm sure my future wife wants a girl.
19. I eat like I'm fat, but I don't gain weight unless I lift weights. High metabolism is a blessing!20. Freshman year in college, I walked around campus with a box of lucky charms (favorite cereal) to start conversations with girls. And it worked. "Ooooh, that my favorite cereal," said the girl. lol
21. I won't choose between personality and looks. It is possible to find both in a woman. I'm not shallow. I just have to wake up next to her in the morning. (after I get married). lol
22. I plan to give my future wife all of what I have and more.
23. I will eat seafood until I hurt myself.
24. I don't know how to play most card games. My grandfather hates gambling so he used to throw all of our cards in the trash, even our basketball cards. I had a Jordan Rookie card. I cried!
25. I want all of my friends and family members to be saved. Lets have a party in heaven.

Even buying luggage is an adventure in South Korea!

Watch this video!

The ATM in South Korea is an adventure in itself

Being in Korea, you definitely have to be able to adjust to certain things. Even the smaller things in life, like finding an ATM that will accept your Mastercard! See how happy I am for an ATM that will finally accept my card..

The Korean Pre-school version of Alpha Phi Alpha

My students and I brought back "MC Hammer"

It was the Friday before the Chuseok Holiday school vacation and all of the staff and students were told to wear a Korean traditional Hanbok. The school ordered Hanboks for the foreigners. It's funny because when they handed us the boxes with the Hanboks in them, I said jokingly, "I bet mine is pink." Lawd, if it wasn't all pink... see, God has a sense of humor. lol Next time I'll just keep my mouth closed. :)

Down to the socks

Here in South Korea, Koreans love to adorn their feet with colorful and cartoon-like socks. If you think about it makes a lot of sense. They spend so much time with their shoes off, they must have gotten board looking people's plain black or white socks. It's amazing how there are so many little street car side businesses there are in this country. And the socks are only 50 cents a pair. I can be child-like often; I bring out my cartoon personality from time to time.

During the course of this year, I think I have collected nearly 20 pair of childish socks. I called them conversation pieces because every time I take my shoes off, someone always looks down and laughs. And then the conversation begins. lol