so now that it’s finally warm in korea, i’ve been out and about a lot more.
i’ve been bike riding around my neighborhood,
shopping/getting lost in a throng of koreans,
and picnicking in olympic park.
mark’s parents were visiting this month, and as a tradition for parents’ visits, we took them to the noryangjin fish market and insa-dong.
I LOVE PARENTS!!!!!! =]]
i got to take photos of the little kiddies today.
my specific task was to get photos of the munchkins munchin’.
here are a few of my favorites:
[a brushing of the teeth after the meal is a must at KNP. ^^]
[i feel like this one is saying, "sheesh, do i really have to eat this stuff?" ^^]
[i took this photo because, despite my suggestions to "think of elyse teacher as an invisible ghost in the room," some kids insisted on me taking their photos with the signature korean two-fingered pose. well, this little guy was too close to my lens, but i love the effect that it produced. the photo turned out very dream-like.]
i finally got my film photos developed and scanned from my april biking trip to gyeongju.
here are a few of my favorites:
[we went during "peak cherry blossom season," but it came late this year, so unfortunately, this was one of the only cherry blossom trees we saw.]
[we rode our bicycles on back roads, and it was really neat and different to see the countryside of korea.]
[my somewhat sour/definitely exhausted mood drastically changed once i found a puppy to pet after our long bike ride.]
[this is the group of people i ended up biking around gyeongju with.]
mel, jay, james, and i went out to a jukumi place in our neighborhood the other night.
jukumi is like stir fried baby octopus with onions and an extremely spicy sauce, and while that may sound sketchy, it’s one of my favorite korean meals.
[it was warm enough for the restaurant to open their window/door things]
[this is the raw octopus before the fire roasts it into a pile of deliciousness.]
[the workers stir the pot for you.]
[once everything is all cooked, you wrap pieces of jukumi with raddish into a sesame leaf. NOM NOM NOM.]
then, with a relatively stuffed belly, you dive into a heap of rice with seaweed, fish eggs, and butter.
so delicious!
if this looks the least bit appetizing to you, i suggest you visit me in korea and experience it for yourself ^^
i went to lady gaga’s seoul performance a couple weekends ago with bobbi, ashley, and jenelle.
i made this image to go into next semester’s debate book because many koreans undergo cosmetic surgery, and we thought it would be an interesting topic for the higher grades to debate.
it’s quite a bizarre concept, here in korea. seeing people on the subway motioning to the parts of their faces that they want to alter and peering into windows of cosmetic surgery centers is totally normal.
[oh, and don't let me fool you - by "made," i mean i simply got that woman from clipart.com and added some lines on her face.] =]
i haven’t been blogging in a while because of a few different reasons, but now that the sun is shining, and the times are changin’, i suppose i’ll get back into the groove of things.
due to the lack of my postings, let me fill you in on my mundane life.
i obviously haven’t been taking many DSLR photos as of lately. instead, i’ve been taking the easy way out and documenting my everyday life with my itouch’s crap camera.
i found this website which allows you to download your instagram photos to your computer’s harddrive, so i was pretty stoked about that. before i found this website, though, i downloaded instadesk (i was debating between instadesk and carousel), only to find out that yes, you can download photos from instadesk to your harddrive, but rather inconveniently, you may only do so one at a time. needless to say, i won’t be using this overpriced app., and i wouldn’t suggest you do, either.
last weekend, bobbi, ashley, and i spent time in gangnam, a busy shopping district in downtown seoul.
[as always, the streets of gangnam were filled with people.]
[JAMBA JUICE! tastes like home ^^]
here are two videos from my weekend gyeongju trip.
it was really nice seeing the countryside of korea, something which i’ve been wanting to do ever since i’ve arrived here.
i haven’t gotten my film developed, but i plan to do so sometime soon.
bobbi, mark, and i went to a little outdoor kimchi stall tonight.
we ordered chahmchi kimchi cheegay (tuna kimchi stew) and this kimchi jahn -
it doesn’t look the most appetizing, but trust me – it’s absolutely scrumptious =]
a few of my fellow coworkers and i saw the hunger games tonight =]
i didn’t think the film was as good and captivating as the book, but i still enjoyed myself.
i giggled and got the chills a few times. #sowhat? ^^
this is one of my favorite songs from the soundtrack, although only three songs from the soundtrack were played during the movie. ALL of which were in the credits! boo!
this song is by youtube star, jayme dee.
i’ve been cyber stalking her youtube page for quite a while, and i was happy to see she’s made it big with this soundtrack!
i’m going on a weekend trip to gyeongju this weekend.
i’ll be taking my pentax me, so return in a few days to see my adventure.