Thursday, February 22, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Happy New Year!
Hello!
So, the Chinese New Years just passed. This meant that we had a lovely long weekend. Dan and I went to our friend Linda's house Friday night. We drank and played our favorite board game, "Settlers of Catan". Super awesome!
Saturday we hung out, had some good eats here at the house. Then Dan and I went to Ilsan, a nearby city and had some Pizza Hut (delicious, cause it has sweet potato and cheese in the crust!). Then we saw the movie "The Bridge to Terabithia", or something like that. It's the sequel to "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"... umm, yeah... it's a kids movie, with not much for cool fantasy stuff and I ended up crying for the last 15 minutes of the movie, cause it was sad... great!
Sunday we hung out at Dan and Leah's, with Linda too (played more Sets, which is what we call Settlers of Catan now) and then all 5 of us went to Seoul to party it up. We met my friend Chantel there and hung out in an area called Itaewon... it's the foreigners end of town. It was good.
All the Koreans at some point during the weekend bowed to their elder family members, received money from those that they bowed to and celebrated the new year with family and good food.
We were sad to return to work today, but it's a short week and we had a great weekend!
So, the Chinese New Years just passed. This meant that we had a lovely long weekend. Dan and I went to our friend Linda's house Friday night. We drank and played our favorite board game, "Settlers of Catan". Super awesome!
Saturday we hung out, had some good eats here at the house. Then Dan and I went to Ilsan, a nearby city and had some Pizza Hut (delicious, cause it has sweet potato and cheese in the crust!). Then we saw the movie "The Bridge to Terabithia", or something like that. It's the sequel to "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"... umm, yeah... it's a kids movie, with not much for cool fantasy stuff and I ended up crying for the last 15 minutes of the movie, cause it was sad... great!
Sunday we hung out at Dan and Leah's, with Linda too (played more Sets, which is what we call Settlers of Catan now) and then all 5 of us went to Seoul to party it up. We met my friend Chantel there and hung out in an area called Itaewon... it's the foreigners end of town. It was good.
All the Koreans at some point during the weekend bowed to their elder family members, received money from those that they bowed to and celebrated the new year with family and good food.
We were sad to return to work today, but it's a short week and we had a great weekend!
Sunday, February 04, 2007
A small list of observations I've made while in South Korea
Face masks- People wear cotton face masks here. The kids wear them when they're sick. Their's have cute little cartoon pictures on them. Sometimes, when they're not even sick, they put them on as they leave my class to go home. All sorts of people in the street wear them too.
Side dishes- This is the land of side dishes... whether it's at a restaurant, or the lunch ladies delicious lunches that she makes us at school, there are always lots of side dishes to accompany the meal.
Food sharing/ Germ sharing- No problem! They have no issue with using the same chop sticks that have just been in their mouths to dip into the communal side dishes.
Birthdays- They have their birthdays, which is a celebration of the day they were born. But, they turn a year older on New Years day... all of them!
Watch out for motorcycles- The food delivery motorcycles sometimes drive on the sidewalks, and you better watch out, cause they will come really close to you if you're in their way.
Bathing at the gym- I have a gym pass now and me and the other ladies shower out in the open, hot tub and sauna it up totally naked! The towels are as big as large face cloths, and that's it... nudey nude nude.
Stare bears- There are some people who can't seem to take a long enough, hard enough look at us... they (especially the kids) will look wide eyed, mouths gaping, plain old staring... awkward!
Side dishes- This is the land of side dishes... whether it's at a restaurant, or the lunch ladies delicious lunches that she makes us at school, there are always lots of side dishes to accompany the meal.
Food sharing/ Germ sharing- No problem! They have no issue with using the same chop sticks that have just been in their mouths to dip into the communal side dishes.
Birthdays- They have their birthdays, which is a celebration of the day they were born. But, they turn a year older on New Years day... all of them!
Watch out for motorcycles- The food delivery motorcycles sometimes drive on the sidewalks, and you better watch out, cause they will come really close to you if you're in their way.
Bathing at the gym- I have a gym pass now and me and the other ladies shower out in the open, hot tub and sauna it up totally naked! The towels are as big as large face cloths, and that's it... nudey nude nude.
Stare bears- There are some people who can't seem to take a long enough, hard enough look at us... they (especially the kids) will look wide eyed, mouths gaping, plain old staring... awkward!
Friday, February 02, 2007
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