01-01-07

January 1st 2007

Christmas has come and gone. New Year with it too. Parky and I have been just too busy to scratch ourselves and the camp is now only 7 days away. Our first ever joint commercial enterprise, it seems that everything is now in order and we hope it to be a resounding success. And although it is past the point of even wishing it to be a financial windfall, it has been an experience and we are determined to do it again in 2008, better armed and better prepared.

We had a wonderful new year’s eve at Magna Sean’s house. With him and his lovely wife Woo-jeong and a selection of about 20 of his best mates. They made us feel welcome with their warmth, at ease with their joviality (and eggnog) and also mightily jealous of their super-fine ocean view equipped pad.

(Parky has just interrupted me by singing her favourite song (to our puppy, as she is often wont to do) and subcontiously transposing the regular words with the words “Booky (our dog) looks delicious”. That was funny, she was singing in Corean and quickly shot me a glance to see if I had heard. When she registered that I had heard and understood, the “don’t say a f**king word” look she gave me was enough to crack us both up for a while.

After all, this wasn’t the first piece of wisdom imparted to me today from my lovely wife. After staying up to see the sun rise at Sean and Woo-jeong’s new apartment we were both rather tired. (We discovered today that their apartment does not, in fact, face east but rather north east and due to that we were awake well into the day waiting to see the sun, but did not even catch a glimpse before collapsing).

We slept a few hours before waking up and wending our way through a McDonalds drive through and moving on home. Parky used the opportunity to catch up on some zeds while I drove back to Jangyu. I am not used to seeing Parky sleeping because of my punishing work schedule, ability to sleep through pretty much anything and love of red wine. But during her slumber she did quite a few cute things which I had almost forgotten she does, having been so long since I was awake while she slept. She reminded me today that I am not the only one who talks in their sleep. We were driving through Mandeok Tunnel when she woke with a start and said/dribbled “Wow! Pink Boats!” I casually informed her that there weren’t and still aren’t pink boats in Mandeok Tunnel and were unlikely to be in the future which brought forth the retort that I am “not taking her observations sincereioulsy”.

After all was done and dusted and we were entering Jangyu she was still asleep when my mobile telephone rang. Parky reached over and grabbed my cigarette lighter, put it to her ear and yelled “Hello!” It was nothing less than hilarious, even more so when she woke up with a cigarette lighter to her ear.

Parky and I have had a wonderful first day of the New Year which I truly believe is going to be the best on record. I don’t know what it is, but I’ve just had this feeling all day that this is where and when it all starts. I’m feeling enthusiastic, happy, awake, alive, entrepreneurial and eager. Just a feeling, but nonetheless a nice one.

Happy New Year Each And Every One Of You!!!!!!!