Randoms galore

Hello world!

I will try to start theme-entry writing so that organization (and for your viewing pleasure) will be a bit better.

BUT for now, I have a conglomeration of pictures without much theme so I'm going to just give you a mixture of the past few weeks in Korea...some random shots I've taken.

A few silly flowers forgot it was fall...now all the flowers are gone but that's okay, it's winter time!

I wanted to get a picture of the little dog in his clothes and booties--he had been wandering around in circles bored. I whistled at him and he perked up, saw I was a waiguk (foreigner) and trotted right over to me. Such personality! He had no interest in my Korean friend I was with, too funny.

I had duk buki (duck-buck-ee) for the first time this past weekend! Yum. It's a rice patty boiled in this sweet and spicy red sauce. Monica my Korean coworker and I shared a dish. I found a star! There was a heart later on that she ate, too. :)

My "Miguk Chusok" (American Thanksgiving) as I described to the Hof owner, held with fellow ESL teachers. LeAnn and I made hand-turkey cutouts and colored them as namecards for the event. It was fun to celebrate...but I ended up not eating anything there through a miscommunication...and ended up going home and making a grilled soycheese sammich. It was really fun though and the hand-turkeys were a hit!

Patrick says my door looks like something out of a 1980's Bond flick. I agree. ^.^

First snow in Korea (taken safely from inside my apartment)!

The comforter suits my personality SO WELL, don't you think? Haha. The other side is worse--it's covered in huge pink 8-year-old-ballerina-stage flowers.

Look Mom, good eats! I'm staying healthy! I still need to buy sesame seeds, though.

Mmm, tasty.

The thermostat I luckily don't have to use much! I only turn it on to heat up my bathroom/water for a shower. My apartment is always warm because it's an old building and when other people turn on their heat, it heats my apartment, too! The heating is done by flowing hot water through pipes under the floor.