A Thursday...

"그냥 목요일입니다."
It's just (another) Thursday.

That's someone's answer when he was asked if he'll do something special today since it's Christmas. This is probably true for a lot of people here, especially those who are of another faith.

I do not want to feel the same way. I shouldn't feel the same way since I know the real reason for this day. That the reason we are celebrating Christmas is Jesus.

I don't know why, but it's starting to feel like it is just another Thursday. A lonely one at that.

Being far from my loved ones makes it worst.

It's our first Christmas without my dad and to top it all my mom, my brother and I are in different places. All these technologies are not even of any help to ease the loneliness, to bridge the distance.

There seems to be nothing that I can do to ease this feeling. I'll just go to sleep since it's just like any other day.

Literature Review and K-pop

Listening to music has always been a given whatever I'm doing, whether writing a report, reading a book, or thinking of what to do next.

Depending on my mood for a particular day, the playlist would differ: classic, praise and worship, country,  acoustic or OPM. Since I left my netbook which contains that different type of music at home, my choices have been cut down into two major categories: pop (English) or K-pop.

At first, I intentionally listen to Korean songs while reading documents which are written in English, and then listen to English or OPM songs while studying Korean Language. I did this because I thought by doing so I'm able to concentrate better on what I'm reading or studying.

Nowadays, it does not work as well as it used to. While reading research articles, a word or phrase in the Korean song I'm listening to would catch my attention and without realizing it, I'm already looking for that particular phrase, learning how to write it, looking at the context with which it was used, or worst looking up the translation for the whole song.

Should I stick to instrumental or classical music instead?