Saturday, December 23, 2006
New Blog
Oh - one last thing. I put a link on the side of my blog to my NEW blog. It's http://ieatkimchi.blogspot.com. I am making a list of all the recipes I've made up over the years. And ones I'm making up in Korea. Who knows, maybe I'll make a cookbook one day! Haha.
Shopping
Also on the topic of shopping - it was SO strange to be in the mall today with Christmas music playing and NO CROWDS. I am so used to working in a mall at Christmas time. Weird, for once Christmas is not accompanied with a horrible feeling of dread and death!
Speaking of death, there's a pizza place down the street that has a little Santa outside as a decoration. When I walked to the subway this morning, Santa's head was lying on the ground. I wonder who beheaded Santa?
Speaking of death, there's a pizza place down the street that has a little Santa outside as a decoration. When I walked to the subway this morning, Santa's head was lying on the ground. I wonder who beheaded Santa?
Small Joys
On Friday we had our Christmas Activity Day. Luck of the draw, I guess, I ended up having to host with another Korean teacher. By host, I mean stand creepily on the side of the stage while the Korean teacher did most of the work, and I occasionaly stepped out and said a line or two. Afterward, the other teacher was all, "Thank you SO much for all your help!" Yeah... thank me!
Anyways, one of the other teachers dressed up as Santa. He asked me in front of everyone what I wanted for Christmas. And my mind was blank. Could it be that I really want nothing for Christmas this year? Actually - I want things... but not from people. All I want for Christmas is to spend some time with friends. I miss friends and family, but am very excited for our Christmas we're gonna have over here. It involves a turkey, stuffing and all the trimmins. And I spent the day today shopping and making perogies - trying to replicate the kind my grandma always made (she died this year).
So today I went to the big grocery store on the subway route. And strangely enough, it made me incredibly happy to have my own money and to be buying things that I need for myself. I bought a little thermos, a clothes drying rack and several mixing bowls. And it was like I'd won the lottery for Christmas! I am not sure why doing this made me so happy!
After I got home, I spent the afternoon watching Lost episodes, washing every item of clothing I have, making perogies and cleaning my apartment.
Anyways - this post really has no point! If you've made it this far - Merry Christmas! I am off to Japan on the 27th, so Happy New Year as well. I miss everyone. Hope all your xmas seasons are going well.
Anyways, one of the other teachers dressed up as Santa. He asked me in front of everyone what I wanted for Christmas. And my mind was blank. Could it be that I really want nothing for Christmas this year? Actually - I want things... but not from people. All I want for Christmas is to spend some time with friends. I miss friends and family, but am very excited for our Christmas we're gonna have over here. It involves a turkey, stuffing and all the trimmins. And I spent the day today shopping and making perogies - trying to replicate the kind my grandma always made (she died this year).
So today I went to the big grocery store on the subway route. And strangely enough, it made me incredibly happy to have my own money and to be buying things that I need for myself. I bought a little thermos, a clothes drying rack and several mixing bowls. And it was like I'd won the lottery for Christmas! I am not sure why doing this made me so happy!
After I got home, I spent the afternoon watching Lost episodes, washing every item of clothing I have, making perogies and cleaning my apartment.
Anyways - this post really has no point! If you've made it this far - Merry Christmas! I am off to Japan on the 27th, so Happy New Year as well. I miss everyone. Hope all your xmas seasons are going well.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Last Round of Pictures...
This is Mieke (another rugger) and one of the Korean board instructors. And who can forget looking at pictures on a mini video screen while we zoomed around mountain ess curves. Real cool! And p-i-m-p
!Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Garbage Saga Cont'd...
In case you're waiting with bated breath to find out if I figured out how to take out my garbage, the answer is 'sort of.'
I finally got the good tip that you must buy special garbage bags from convenience stores. So for a few weeks I staked out every convenience store I could find. To no avail.
Finally I mustered up the courage to, as we tell children, 'use my words.' (Why I didn't do this sooner, I dunno...).
I went into one store and asked the guy working there if he spoke English. Nope. The next store I scoped out and saw it actually had a garbage with some bags in it in the back, so I got the girl to come to the garbage can, pointed frantically at the garbage bag and made a shrugging shoulders motion.
From my oscar-worthy performance, she knew what I meant, and turns out you actually have to ask for the garbage bags anyways. They keep them behind the desk and each district or area has it's own special garbage bags. Since Korea is such a tiny isthmus (It's Christmas, It's Christmas, I'm stuck here on an isthmus!), they make you recycle everything. Which I'm all for - I just can't seem to find the different places I'm supposed to take my different plastics.
If you go into somewhere like Starbucks or a fast food restaurant, for example, when you take your tray to the garbage, you have to sort your drink cup, your straw, your lid, liquids and any papers into different little holders or bins. Cool. I will try to get a picture for my blog, never seen anything like it. And we think we recycle!
I finally got the good tip that you must buy special garbage bags from convenience stores. So for a few weeks I staked out every convenience store I could find. To no avail.
Finally I mustered up the courage to, as we tell children, 'use my words.' (Why I didn't do this sooner, I dunno...).
I went into one store and asked the guy working there if he spoke English. Nope. The next store I scoped out and saw it actually had a garbage with some bags in it in the back, so I got the girl to come to the garbage can, pointed frantically at the garbage bag and made a shrugging shoulders motion.
From my oscar-worthy performance, she knew what I meant, and turns out you actually have to ask for the garbage bags anyways. They keep them behind the desk and each district or area has it's own special garbage bags. Since Korea is such a tiny isthmus (It's Christmas, It's Christmas, I'm stuck here on an isthmus!), they make you recycle everything. Which I'm all for - I just can't seem to find the different places I'm supposed to take my different plastics.
If you go into somewhere like Starbucks or a fast food restaurant, for example, when you take your tray to the garbage, you have to sort your drink cup, your straw, your lid, liquids and any papers into different little holders or bins. Cool. I will try to get a picture for my blog, never seen anything like it. And we think we recycle!
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