Here's an update for Autumn!

Costume #1 

Costume #2

Catching up through photos.

1. Awesome Student drawing.
2. Halloween Masks (1)
3. Handsome Sampson healing up just fine.
4. Sam Gep Sal (grilled pork deliciousness)
5. Beautiful Kate
6. Halloween Masks (2)
7. New Boyfriend
8. My last week with Charlene
9. New Phone
10. Psy concert.

A tiny little private concert we went to....beautiful voices!

A Visit from my Seoul Sister!!

One of the best friends, life companions and friends I've EVER had came to visit me in Seoul last week!! We had a lot of fun, doing the things we are used to doing: hanging out, laughing hysterically, watching movies and doing sporadic adventures! Here's some silly pictures from our fun!!

 

Sampson's injury....

So Sampson and I recently experienced a terrible hardship. He suffered a compound fracture on his left hind leg when hiding under some blankets and I, with full regret and guilt on my heart, step on him. :'( My friend was recently visiting me and when it happened her and I rushed him to the vet. 

This is Sampson's normal health Veterinarian and knows Sampson very well, (because he is the most handsome rabbit ever, of course). So when I brought him in hysterical, the vet was very understanding, urgent and compassionate, as much as a non English speaking person could be! 

I had to call my managers in to help my translate and get some help with funds, and  by the end of the night we though he might not make it through the recovery and possible surgery. I was a mess and a wreck and could barely keep my mind straight. 

The following day we returned to check on my love, and he made it through the night as charming and happy as ever. I decided against a surgery that required a pin in his heel because the probability of him recovering or making it through the anesthesia was very low. We had him stitched up and bandaged, drugged for pain and infection prevention. 

As of this Friday, Sampson is stitch free, but his heel is still broken. Its his hopping bone, so unfortunately my little baby won't be able to hop to his heart's delight. He is however, doing really well. Does not seem to be in any pain and the vet, Dr. Kye, has been amazing through the whole recovery process. In two months I'll take him back to have final X-rays taken to see if his young bones have healed any better. 

Needless to say I love him so much and am so happy he is in my life!! 

Korean Food: Snacks and Tradition

Here are a few pictures of some traditional snack foods:

The first pic is of the traditional soup eaten on hot days: ginseng chicken soup, 삼계탕, samgye-tang

The next picture is of a very commonly eaten snack called, 순대, sundae. It is rice noodles in a sausage of pig intestine maybe and the noodles are soaked or cooked in pig blood! It's complimented with either liver or lung. In this picture you see lung. Surprising at first but, overall really tasty.

Then there is me eating samgyetang.


And then there is a familiar looking dish which is basically just tempura. I'm not sure the Korean name but I'm thinking it's definitely not tempura. Ahaha. However, there is definitely not your average deep fried foods either. They batter and fry dumplings, pumpkin, squid, octopus, and other allotted oddities. Either way, another tasty snack.

The next picture is of steamed or simmered fish cake, folded in an accordion fashion and speared onto a very long skewer. It's usually served with some sort of boiling broth. No really my cup of tea, but folks love this stuff.

The red noodle looking dish is pronounced Dok Boki 떡볶이. It is rice cake stir fried in a spicy red chili sauce. Addicting! Similar to how hot Cheetos are addicting to some!

The last picture just shows a common spread of all the snacks served together. You sit at your table with your friends and everyone digs in. Family style everyday, even during a casual snack nom-session.

Hope you enjoyed a tour in common snacks and traditional dishes. I will add more as the seasons, and thus, menu and diet changes.

Here's lookin' at you, Korea!!

Korean Indie band Hanumpa and yummy delicious treats!

Last night I went and saw my new favorite indie band Hanumpa. The vocalist is in the picture below and he has a super interesting voice! I'll post a video soon! In the pictures you can see my good Korean friends Sunny (with the long hair) and Mia (with the short hair) and my new friend Patrick (in the white collared shirt). Love these ladies!!

My first American breakfast in monthsssss! So good! Currently I'm sitting Itaewon at an American diner listening to Taylor Swift and eating french toast. There is a group of young Americans eating breakfast across from me and one of the guys is super drunk. It's 3:38pm :) and it's Sunday.

After I'm done I'm going to buy a fan for my room so I can try and dry my clothes faster. (*eyes rolling*) it's storming this week and I have to an my clothes inside. But I am NOT ok with stinking clothes.

It's been a good weekend.