mandainpohang (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mandainpohang) wrote,@ 2008-03-04 22:21:00 |
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a quick update and a couple videos
the new school year is starting tomorrow. Very exciting. Also, after 4 months of no-money-ness, I am finally going to travel next weekend. A few friends and I are going to Daegu for food and shopping (Cosco!)...then it's off to Seoul the following weekend. You can get I am definitely looking forward to that trip.
Some relatively random things I have noticed in the last four months:
1. It is very different ordering pizza here than it is at home. Even without the language barrier, the whole ordeal is very odd. Pizza toppings are very different (things like sweet potato and peas are quite common here) and usually there's a set of maybe 5 or 6 kinds of pizza you can order rather than your basic build-your-own style like we have in the states. I remember one place like that at home...I can't remember the name of it. It was near Alpharetta and they had this great baked potato pizza but they just flat out refused to not put onions on it. Anyway. Pizza is different in Korea.
2. I have grown so fond of Korean food. I really would rather eat Korean food than my own food at my apartment. I wish I knew how to make more of it so I wouldn't be so inclined to go out all the time. My favorites are Haejang Gook (A beef soup with cabbage and really spicy broth), Shabu Shabu (really thin slices of raw beef that you cook in a spicy soup at the table), and Sam Gyup Sal (basically thick bacon served with a number of greens and soy paste, fried at the table). mmmm...I'm so glad there are Korean restaurants in Atlanta.
3. The most annoying kids at your hagwon are usually the ones that grow on you the most. I actually miss the kids that gave me the most trouble. It was like that when I taught at the high school, too. It just seemed worth noting here.
4. I really miss Janna and my mom and my brothers. I wish they could come here and experience this stuff with me.
some videos:
the new school year is starting tomorrow. Very exciting. Also, after 4 months of no-money-ness, I am finally going to travel next weekend. A few friends and I are going to Daegu for food and shopping (Cosco!)...then it's off to Seoul the following weekend. You can get I am definitely looking forward to that trip.
Some relatively random things I have noticed in the last four months:
1. It is very different ordering pizza here than it is at home. Even without the language barrier, the whole ordeal is very odd. Pizza toppings are very different (things like sweet potato and peas are quite common here) and usually there's a set of maybe 5 or 6 kinds of pizza you can order rather than your basic build-your-own style like we have in the states. I remember one place like that at home...I can't remember the name of it. It was near Alpharetta and they had this great baked potato pizza but they just flat out refused to not put onions on it. Anyway. Pizza is different in Korea.
2. I have grown so fond of Korean food. I really would rather eat Korean food than my own food at my apartment. I wish I knew how to make more of it so I wouldn't be so inclined to go out all the time. My favorites are Haejang Gook (A beef soup with cabbage and really spicy broth), Shabu Shabu (really thin slices of raw beef that you cook in a spicy soup at the table), and Sam Gyup Sal (basically thick bacon served with a number of greens and soy paste, fried at the table). mmmm...I'm so glad there are Korean restaurants in Atlanta.
3. The most annoying kids at your hagwon are usually the ones that grow on you the most. I actually miss the kids that gave me the most trouble. It was like that when I taught at the high school, too. It just seemed worth noting here.
4. I really miss Janna and my mom and my brothers. I wish they could come here and experience this stuff with me.
some videos:
