It's Sunday morning here in SK and the sun is shining brightly!

Plans today include studying, laundry, studying, exercise, and then more studying.

Also I will be making regularly scheduled visits to ART ESPRESSO and CAFE BENE. I considered Rotiboy, but I doubt I'd have enough willpower today to stay away from the "Cream Cheese Boy" bun. At 218 calories it doesn't seem too bad, but man, they load that thing down with sugar!

Sugar. That's the issue I have with a lot of Korean baked goods. Even the breads (not the pastry items, the BREAD) is sweetened and it drives me absolutely up a wall.

I pass a bread shop and see GARLIC BREAD sitting temptingly in the window. Before I go in I have to remind myself what my first Garlic Bread experience was like here in Korea. I was so excited to see it! I went in, bought it, came out and walked home with a happy skip in my step. When I settled in to snack up on a piece, I took one bite and....

BLAH!!!!!!!!!

I didn't even chew more than once. It was all in the garbage in a heartbeat. It tasted like a garlic SUGAR COOKIE.

Yesterday's blog post included some info on how my GMAT prep is going, but I somehow managed to erase it and publish without double checking so it got lost.

Anyway, in short, I sat myself down at ART ESPRESSO yesterday and took the 3 hour GMAT evaluation test.

Seriously. It was bad. I didn't even finish the Math section. In 75 minutes I finished 28 out of the 37 questions. Yikes.

The unfortunate thing about my studying for the GMAT is that I have to LEARN math. Yeah, sure, I took classes in Highschool. I even took a college Algebra class. But I didn't learn anything, because my attention was never present in the classes with me.

The majority of my teen years were spent day dreaming. I'm surprised I even remember my highschool days considering that I was always a little non-present during school hours. Honestly though, a humming bird hyped up on 6 shots of espresso probably would have had more of an attention span than I did in Highschool. Especially in Algebra class.

Funny how your parents eventually end up being right about almost every single thing.

Dad and Mom: "You should really study. You need math for all kinds of things!"

5 years later

Reality: *SLAP!*

Dad and Mom: "Told you so."

Good thing I started studying early. The majority of what I've read about GMAT test prep is that you shouldn't start studying months in advance because you wear yourself out. Well 'oops' is all I can say. I'm going to be attempting to cram 2 years of lost High school algebra into my memory bank, I need whatever time I can get.

I tell you what, kindness is a HUGE pick me up. Even a small kindness really makes my day. Yesterday while I was taking the practice test the owner of the coffee shop came back and presented me with a free cup of tea. She offered it to me while saying something along the lines of "You're working hard", "It looks hard" (not 100% sure there). Her facial expression gave away her sympathy towards my predicament. The tea was appreciated, and even much more appreciated was her support.

I was blessed by her. ~ ♥

Nothing fancy. It's just the "Plank".

All you fitness Gurus out there are cracking a smile, but everyone else, yeah... it looks easy, doesn't it?

My only response is:

"OMG OW!"

Enjoy.

Time to study!

Until next post,

~A.