photo op, part I
photos!
went to a fish market somewhere in incheon with kun hee, her boyfriend, and her older sister in january.
restaurant display.
tons of fresh steamed breads (plus spooky bread-selling-lady shrouded in steam).
in the market. holy shellfish. and this is just one of many, many stalls.
nakji. live baby octopus tentacles. well. they're freshly cut up, but were still wriggling around on the plate like toddlers in the bath. does that make then half-alive or half-dead? dunno.
regardless, this is the most difficult thing i've ever tried to eat. mentally, not physically. have heard stories about how the suckers on the tentacles stick in people's throats. i was pretty scared to eat this. luckily, these didn't stick, probably 'cuz it was almost all the way dead by the time i sucked up the courage to pop the writhing, raw meat into my mouth and frantically bite down. ~lol~ plus, i chewed the hell out of that sucker before swallowing. it was Still Moving in my mouth. i wanted it to Stop Moving. badly.
you know, though, it tasted pretty good. kind of nutty. however, i couldn't get past the idea of eating something Still Moving, so i only had one piece.
fishing boats outside the market.
february students, senior 5, elementary grade 6. an awesome, fantastic class! l to r, tom, sylvia, amy, mandy, and lucy. samuel was absent that day. these guys are so funny, they make my M-W-F schedule happy.
tom and samuel, bein' goofy.
rah, visiting during break time. i really miss teaching her.
myeong-dong, the crazy crowded shopping area in seoul. rod and i spent an afternoon there over Seolnal, the Korean lunar new year celebration. pleasantly, it was neither crazy nor crowded the day we went.
many families give gifts over Seolnal. often times these gifts are boxed sets of just about anything, from fruit to vitamins to SPAM to pottery. most boxed sets i saw were incredibly expensive. a few examples. the exchange rate is approximately 1,000 KRW = 1 USD (and thank god for that 'cuz i stink at any and all forms of math).
$75 box of apples. i'm not sure how many are in the box. somewhere between 26 and 40 apples, i think?
$67 box of asian pears.
$100 box of drinkable vitamins. 11 bottles for $100.
wow. it's an expensive holiday. adults also often give money to children over seolnal, too.
rod and i also went to suwon to see the traditional korean folk village there over seolnal.
playing yutnoli, a traditional game similar to dice.
squeezing out.
i think this was supposed to guard from evil spirits entering a village.
walking bridge, one of four or five, i can't remember how many...
okay, more in a bit.
went to a fish market somewhere in incheon with kun hee, her boyfriend, and her older sister in january.
restaurant display.
tons of fresh steamed breads (plus spooky bread-selling-lady shrouded in steam).
in the market. holy shellfish. and this is just one of many, many stalls.
nakji. live baby octopus tentacles. well. they're freshly cut up, but were still wriggling around on the plate like toddlers in the bath. does that make then half-alive or half-dead? dunno.
regardless, this is the most difficult thing i've ever tried to eat. mentally, not physically. have heard stories about how the suckers on the tentacles stick in people's throats. i was pretty scared to eat this. luckily, these didn't stick, probably 'cuz it was almost all the way dead by the time i sucked up the courage to pop the writhing, raw meat into my mouth and frantically bite down. ~lol~ plus, i chewed the hell out of that sucker before swallowing. it was Still Moving in my mouth. i wanted it to Stop Moving. badly.
you know, though, it tasted pretty good. kind of nutty. however, i couldn't get past the idea of eating something Still Moving, so i only had one piece.
fishing boats outside the market.
february students, senior 5, elementary grade 6. an awesome, fantastic class! l to r, tom, sylvia, amy, mandy, and lucy. samuel was absent that day. these guys are so funny, they make my M-W-F schedule happy.
tom and samuel, bein' goofy.
rah, visiting during break time. i really miss teaching her.
myeong-dong, the crazy crowded shopping area in seoul. rod and i spent an afternoon there over Seolnal, the Korean lunar new year celebration. pleasantly, it was neither crazy nor crowded the day we went.
many families give gifts over Seolnal. often times these gifts are boxed sets of just about anything, from fruit to vitamins to SPAM to pottery. most boxed sets i saw were incredibly expensive. a few examples. the exchange rate is approximately 1,000 KRW = 1 USD (and thank god for that 'cuz i stink at any and all forms of math).
$75 box of apples. i'm not sure how many are in the box. somewhere between 26 and 40 apples, i think?
$67 box of asian pears.
$100 box of drinkable vitamins. 11 bottles for $100.
wow. it's an expensive holiday. adults also often give money to children over seolnal, too.
rod and i also went to suwon to see the traditional korean folk village there over seolnal.
playing yutnoli, a traditional game similar to dice.
squeezing out.
i think this was supposed to guard from evil spirits entering a village.
walking bridge, one of four or five, i can't remember how many...
okay, more in a bit.
posted by smochs at 9:42 PM
5 Comments:
I can't see the pictures.
:(
Post the album link?
aish. sorry man. i wrote this a while ago and cut & paste it into a new entry, but apparently all the photos erased when i deleted the original post. gak. sorry!!!!
Oh, there they are. :) Fun!
now i have to delete the weirdo x's. huh.
r u getting excited for ur b-day?
have u been reading 2 many cat captions?
Birthday should mean tattoo #3. :)
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