B E E H I V E

When I was in elementary school, I went to an aquarium called Picasso religiously.  At that time, I had a couple of hamsters and a big freshwater tropical aquarium, which were all from that Picasso.  When I bought my first hamsters, my father hated it.  “Why would you buy smelly rodents?” he said.  But when I bought the tropical fishes, plus a pretty aquarium, he didn’t say anything.  The next day, before my father went to work, he sat in front of aquarium for 5 minutes and fed them, worrying that I would forget about feeding them breakfasts.  From that day on, it became one of his daily schedule.  When I bought Neon Tetra fishes, he simply said, “They are beautiful,” which was one of his unusual complement.

I love fish and I love decorating aquariums.  That might sound not like me, but I really do love them.  I’m clumsy and timid in nature, but when it comes to taking care of my aquarium, I become a perfectionist.  I used to read the “Encyclopedia of Freshwater Tropical Fishes” and memorize not only their names, but also where they come from, what kind of water they live in, and what temperature is best for them.  This bit of information helped keeping my fish alive for a long time.  However, I had to put my passion aside when the aquarium Picasso closed and as my study got more strenuous.

It has been more than 5 years now, and I didn’t really remember how pretty they were.  Recently, Yuna and I went to PetCo and found Nemo there!  Actually, Nemo is a type of Clown Fish which lives in a saltwater.  They reminded me of the days when I had my own aquarium.  Since saltwater fishes are a little bit more challenging than freshwater fishes, I thought it would be perfect if I could get them in the house.  Even Yuna thought it was not a bad idea to have an aquarium in the house, since they are so pretty and give a light to the house.  Today, we went to PetCo again, just to see Nemo.  They were amazingly pretty under the aquarium light.  After I found out I could prepare the saltwater aquarium in few days, I felt an urge to go ahead and get it right away.  But, I’m not an elementary school student anymore; I couldn’t get it just because I wanted it.  But as time passed, I continued to dream about Nemo and the pretty aquarium.

The beautiful aquarium in our living room…  I was imagining how pretty it would be while I was driving on my way back home.  At that moment, Yuna stopped my train of thoughts with some good reasons.  First of all, we already have two dogs, and I can’t get it just because I want it.  Secondly, it is pricey; with that much money, I could contribute it to Cookie Dough and Honey Bee.  Also, my job is to be a student, not a hobbyist.  I was a little surprised at that time, because Yuna was being relatively supportive all along, and suddenly she was not.  A second later, I knew that they are all true and I realized that I was being very impractical.  I don’t have a good reason to get them in the house, paying 500 some dollars, just for decoration purpose.

I still want it badly, but it can wait until I find my place in the society.  When I become a dentist, and Yuna becomes a doctor; when we get our real home; when we have more responsibility as adults, we can get them then.  There always will be PetCo, which already carries an aquarium assembled for me anyway.  I could stop by anytime when I want to see them :)

Hi ya’ll, I’m sorry I didn’t keep up with the posting…  Now that it’s summer, I’ll try to post more from now on!

Anyway, Yuna and I went to Savannah for 3 days to celebrate our successful Spring 2008 semester at Emory.  As I was updating my blog, I realized that we didn’t take too many pictures of the city of Savannah!  All the pictures we have are either focused on me or Yuna which don’t really summarize our fantastic trip.  Though, it would’ve been really hard to capture the beautiful city in the small frame anyway.

It was Saturday, May 10th, 2008.  After 3 hour and 40 minute drive, we finally arrived in Savannah.  I couldn’t believe I was in Georgia.  I mean, the palm trees, old brick buildings, the slow driving.. everything made me feel like I was in the middle of Florida or Massachusetts.

The beach, the very-Southern food, the authentic shops and everything were really fantasitic.  Yuna and I promised each other to come back again.

This is apparently the biggest light house in GA.  It doensn’t seem too tall from this angle, but it is very very tall.  Yuna freaked out when she finally reached the top, because it was too high.  I have a video clip of the view from the top of the light house, and I should go ahead and post it sometime soon.

Hello, my name is Hyeon W. Jeong, and I’d like to welcome you all to my blog! My nickname, “Honey” came from my beautiful and creative girlfriend Yuna.  Do you get it? H O N E Y is anagram of H Y E O N!  Thanks to Yuna, I’ve launched my blog, Beehive as of March 31, 2008.

I’m currently living in Atlanta, GA, enrolled in Emory University, as a member of Class of 2010.  I’m originally from Busan, South Korea, but decided to study here in the U.S. when I was 15.  I studied English in Vancouver, Canada for a while, and then moved to the state of Maine when I was 17.  I’m a pre-dental student and my major at the time of writing is still undecided.  My ultimate goal is to live a happy life with Yuna, and my beautiful puppies Cookie Dough and Honey Bee!