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This is me, kicking my own ass.  There’s lots to say and lots of pictures to show, but I’m one lazy girl when it comes to writing.  I’ve never been good at it, and that’s probably why I don’t blog more constantly, even though I really want to.  Here’s to more constant updates. Recently, we [...]

I’m always on the lookout for new ice cream bars, so this lemonade bar caught my eye.  Luckily, since it’s still summer, it was also half off at the local store.  What a steal for 350 won (~35 cents USD). The flavor was nice, but it was a tad too sweet for me.  It was [...]

On Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending my first ???, a baby’s one year birthday party.  The birthday girl was Susana, David and Cathy’s daughter.  I had met David at a photography class taught by Mike.  Walking into the banquet hall, I had no idea who would be at the gathering that night.  Guess [...]

What would you eat if you could choose your last meal on earth? I was asked this question by LaoCook recently. This topic has been asked before and is the idea behind “My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals”. Since the LaoCook is a professional chef at a world-class hotel in Spain, [...]

I met up with Barbara and Amy at 1:00pm yesterday at the Seoul Museum of Art.  Amy is a docent for the Chun Kyung-ja exhibition, and gives a guided tour in English at 1pm every Saturday and Sunday. Including me, there were seven of us on the tour, which lasted about 20 minutes.   For [...]

I had this really strong craving for Shin ramen and kimchi today… don’t know why.  I don’t think we’ve had any kimchi in the apartment for at least 3 months.  That was during the pork, rice, and kimchi phase.  It comes and goes.  Right now, it’s baked chicken and beef.  Anyway, my mouth was watering [...]

I went to a pre-screening of Hancock tonight with the Metropolitician, his two Korean friends, and a photography classmate.  The movie opens tomorrow in Korea.  Tickets were confirmed this morning, and I rushed to the subway station after work. When we arrived at the Yongsan CGV to take our seats, everyone had to check in [...]

My students took their final exams today, so I’m done with university classes until September.  I’ve still got to teach our university’s children camp in July, but that will be easy.  It’s four weeks, Monday through Thursday, 1 to 5pm.  I’ll take the opportunity to go workout at least five days a week, and get [...]

I’ve been wanting to check out the Boseong tea fields, and this past weekend, I did just that. Ras and I met Jenay in Daejeon, then the three of us drove down about four hours to Boseong in Jeollanam-do. Jenay had already reserved a pension, but when we arrived, it was already too late to [...]