as always....

im still enjoying my half days of work.... i guess next week things will start getting back to normal with all the middle school kids coming back to class...

anyways, the picture today is the NBA playoffs logo....

i thought i'd put that on today's post because the NBA playoff matches are keeping my sportsbet account balance very beefed up... haha

im still spending the days sports betting online.... and when the NBA finishes, i think by then the Indian Premier League cricket will become more predictable.... most teams have played almost a handful of games... but its still a bit too early to say its predictable... i like predictable safe bet odds ^^

to spend the hours in the evening, im generally playing pool... (still)... but in the last week, i've played poker twice.... we have a new teacher at our school from New York, and he brought poker chips with him, and now that we have a handful of poker players and some poker chips, i think poker will be on the list of 'things to do to kill time in korea'....

ah well... what would life be like in korea without cheap gambling...?? -.-

half days of work....

the next 3 weeks of work should be pretty easy... (if it wasnt already easy enough~)

all the middle school kids have school exams coming up, so they dont come to their english academy classes during that time....

so for me.... i dont have any classes after 7pm for the next 3 weeks!!! woo hoo~~!!!

today is the first day, so im not exactly sure if im allowed to clock out and go home.... or if i still have to stay back until 10pm.... but i brought my laptop so i can bum around...

the photo for today's post seemed fitting coz its pretty much the no.1 leisure (besides gambling) that i do in korea.... we either play pocket ball, or 'sa-gu'.... 4 ball?? i dont know what they call it in english, but its pool without pockets..... u just have to try to hit 2 red balls with ur white ball without hitting the other person's ball..... does that make sense???

anyways, alot of koreans play that... and since pocketball was gettin pretty boring, i started playing 'sagu' with the other teachers here... we're all newbies at it.... but its pretty fun....

by the way... for all the people who are in australia, and love watching the footy... how good are the bulldogs going~!!! my next blog post will be about them... haha.... im just glad they flogged the eels.... hahaha

i have taken photos with my phone, but i dont have the cable to move it onto my computer.... once i get that cable, i should be able to put up more personal photos that are funny, rather than getting images from google....

well~~ unless im given extra tasks for the next 3 weeks, i guess i'll be online after 7pm (korean time)... which is 8pm aussie time..... so get on msn~!!! i havent spoken with people for ages~!!!

passing time... watching sports.....

i guess working late doesnt really give me the chance to go out and meet alot of interesting people.... of course, i dont have to goto work until 4pm... but since i dont sleep until the sun rises.... i dont wake up before noon....

after i get up at noon, there isnt much i can do except some grocery shopping, then get ready to goto work by 4pm....

i started sports betting online since i went back to australia last year... but i guess these days, this is what really keeps me ticking during the wee hours of the day.... it works out well, coz most of the sports that i can bet on are the baseball or basketball in the US, or the soccer in Europe...

this means, i can bet on it, and watch the entire game on my laptop, then goto sleep after i've cashed in some money... haha

i think most people who i've talked with would know that with sportsbet, they give u a free $50 to start with.... i've been using that 50 bucks, and still going strong....

last week, i hit the $700 mark.... and decided to cash in $500 of it, and i'll keep playing with the remaining 200 bucks.... nice way to make money huh???

i spend alot of the nights reading match previews, checking on player injuries, and checking their past home/away records.... hahahaha... lame.... i know.... but it keeps the time going, and makes my bets fairly safe....

i also went to the casino in korea with rory last week..... i only played 20000, and ended up winning 70000.... 70000 Korean Won..... thats like.... 70 bucks.... but it sounds cool when i say, i won 70 grand man~~!!!!

ah~ damn gambling.... this is getting boring too now.... i need a new hobby.... haha

any suggestions??? i've considered writing a book, and trying to get it published~~ haha

easter...

its easter.... i guess if u goto church, this is the week with alot meaning....

since i've been trying to go back to church these days, i'll tell u that it is a good week just to take a look at urself again.... but to be honest, although i believe there are things to be learnt at church, i still believe that what happens to me and how i live my life still depends highly on my attitude too...

tomorrow is good friday, and with the easter weekend, a few things come to my mind....

firstly, its obviously church.... i just remember all the easter services and all the easter sermons from church....

secondly, the easter show.... the easter show is so close to my house... every night there are fireworks, and my dogs will always bark because of the fireworks... not just my dogs... all the dogs in newington all bark... haha

the final thing about easter is easter eggs.... i remember the easter eggs that we used to paint in primary school.... then u take it home... and a couple of weeks later, it just stinks like $h!t in ur room....

well... however u are spending ur easter weekend... i hope its a good one....

i'll be working on good friday and easter monday.... easter isnt a holiday in korea.... -.-