May 21, 2010

We made traditional Korean rice wine, jeon and got to eat ddeokbokki.

My post is rather small.

I did bring my Camera to the kitchen, but... I didn't charge my battery. So I didn't get any pictures at all. It makes me for upset.

but, I got to meet a few people and they posted their experience on their blogs, which is basically the same experience I had.

Jo-anna: The View from Over Here - Making Makkoli at Nana's Kitchen

And

Tuttle (I guess thats his name or user name) - The Seoul Patch - Makin' Makgeokki

They have my picture on there too. I'm the one in the Red Dae han min guk shirt.

May 5th 2010 - Hadong Field Trip

We went to another province in the deep south of Korea, to a green tea festival. It was tons of fun! ^^

We went to a beautiful buddhist Temple.

We went to a beautiful buddhist Temple.

These are the animals in the area.

I had to work for my cotton candy. These Bikes powered the machine. I did it for 4 people.

But before that we got to pick green tea leaves and then roast them ^-^

My partner (the male beside me) is a nice guy from Finland named Antti

(he is from seoulcyclist)

(extra info: I think I'm gonna keep my pictures at a smaller size. It makes the post look better.

but these pictures are kinda special because they are in the deep deep south of korea)

P.S I changed the sizes to smaller ones because they sucks being too big. and i want to change my layout.

More field trip pictures

4월17일 Field Trip!!

Instead of our normal Saturday Korean class, we went on a free walking tour to see a shrine and a couple of old traditional style Korean houses! They are really pretty and it want traditional Korean house of my own. Maybe one day, I will build one! hahaha

3월 28일

Today, I am made Hoddeok but the dough wasnt sweet enough and I used hot chocolate powder and sugar instead of cinnamon and brown sugar, because I don't have cinnamon and brown sugar. lol ^^ its still really yummy but it doesn't taste like the street stuff (lol sounds like drugs), it kinda tastes like a really thick tortilla with sweet filling.

3월 25일

Today I made Tteokbokki for dinner using maangchi's recipe. You can find the recipe here.

Here is a picture of what it looks like:



And to change up maangchi's recipes, I added an extra tablespoon and a half of sugar too make it sweeter and taste almost like the sweet bagged chip style tteokbokki I like to eat. I also added the seafood stuff that vendors add, carrots and mushrooms. ^^ 아주아주 맛있어요!!!

There are two kinds of Tteok because I used the left over from my red bean porridge (the bigger ones) and bought some bagged stuff at the store. I must say, the store bought brand doesnt taste as good as the amazing fresh made stuff. :(

3월 23일 Working lots again finally.

I am now know as 과선생님 (science teacher).

I have a new kindergarten where the theme is learning english through science.

We basically are making really easy things like making toothpaste, feeling things in a box, and growing barley seeds and radish seeds. its all really fun.

I do this on Tuesday and Thursday as two different kindergartens. Fun though ^^

I am glad I get friday and saturday off. Because I'm super tired.

Also, I went to the a kindergarten that I only go to twice a month. It is always lots of fun. Here are some pics of the fun game I made ^^

He couldn't figure out what to do with the face... So I help a little.

He was also confused lol

She totally knew what she was doing and BOY! was she angry.

Lol ^^ Super cute.

"I'm GREAT!!!!" ^^

Good JOB!! HIGH FIVE!

(after they do something I give them high fives. Its painful after a while)

3월 21일 Boy are stupid.

Today I saw this young girl, she was maybe 9 or 10 years old, and she had this messenger bag that said, "Boys are stupid" in bold letters and underneath it, it said, "Never underestimate the stupidity of boys in large groups."

Beside the phrase there was a picture for a bunch of cartoon boys heads representing a large group.

It is funny as hell. ^^

Something I remember from a long time ago.(3월16일)

Although they say it was banned.. I don't remember if it was or not but I remember it was funny as hell for someone my age to see on TV. ke ke ke

They best this about it is when he gets jersey-ed (spelling??) for being such an ignorant American. (ignorant meaning = he doesn't know anything about something)

Extra pics

We are on the bus to the subway station.

I'm being silly.

Very interesting stairs. They go up pretty far and around the corner is very very steep.

Another look at the multi-layered-ness of Seoul.

And thats all...

3월 15일

Beautiful garden/yard at the CJ Headquarters.

CJ is a popular prepared food brand, like curry or kimchi or pickled radish. All very yummy, mind you.

P.S its real grass. You can't find real grass anywhere in Seoul most of the time...well not where I live at least. And most schools either have just dirt or fake grass.

This dude has a small putting range on his rooftop yard. Here in Korea, its not illegal to have an apartment on the roof. I want one because you get the whole roof to yourself and no one can come up there because the door to the roof is locked unless you unlock it but I was told that its very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter because there is no protection from the elements and the insulation is probably shitty.

A view from a gap in the street.. I am basically on the top of the hill and you can see many different layers of apartments old and new. Its very very interesting. Its almost like Morocco (if you've seen pics of Morocco) but... multi coloured, because Morocco is mostly white or tan or brown-ish.

This is a view of Namsan Tower from the Seoul Station. Its a very popular tourist attraction.

Namsan means South Mountain(or hill).

We walked about 20 minutes to get this close and still... it was really far. Jannik had to go somewhere so we walked back down. It was too far to keep walking up a steep hill to get to a tower that was at a steeper hill and we didn't know where to cross the street.

We had fun and I studied a long time. ^^

3월 11일

Today I woke up early-ish. (8:30am) I had to work at 2 - 4pm, so I left my house at 12pm to get there by 2. It was 6:30pm when I got home >_< such long subway rides!GAH!

But when I came back I went to

3월10일

It snowed today. There was like at least 5 or 6 cms of snow on the ground before I left in the morning. I have some pictures.

The day before this... all the trees were brown and green not white. This is the mountain just at Seoul National University.

My Korean front gate ^^

Be envious. (lol)

This is my front door. I live on the 4th floor ^^

Although oddly enough...the 1st floor is almost half underground.

Did you know that just like in Japanese the number 4 is a deathly number (almost like our number 13)?

And usually apartments or hotels skips the 4th floor. So it will go from floor 3 to floor 5 sometimes but in my apartment... we have a 4th floor.

4 is my favourite number ^___^

3월 9일

Um yeah, so amazing-ness known as a webcam was delivered to me today and not a single person wanted to chat with me. :(

Kinda sad... So I tested it out with some pictures and some videos ^_^

I will post them here.

We chose the camera setting as upside down for the last one.. but all of these pics are mirrored to myself. So my left is my left and my right is my right ^^