This was the beginning of the second week of my friends’ visit. The rest of the night after hiking Gajisan was drenched in silence and painful exhaustion. BUT we got some good rest and were up and at it the very next day. Off to Church! Apparently it was birthday celebration day for April birthdays. Yay! Then some gooooood Japanese ramen Sunday night, and Korean bbq on Monday night! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
“Are we going hiking today??”
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Gajisan is one of the more famous mountains near Ulsan. I believe I heard it was also one of the highest. Only two days after Chris and Leide arrived, we attempted to tame this beast. Teaming together with Jenna, we all headed out at the crack of NOON to catch a bus to Seoknamsa (the name of the Buddhist temple at the bottom of the mountain). In fact we got such a late start and took our sweet time getting ready, we wondered whether or not we were actually going to make it to the mountain at all. The catch phrase of the day became, “Are we going hiking today??” Continue reading The Beast of Gajisan
Two of my bestest friends in the whole world, Chris and Leide, traveled all the way from the USA last week to visit me in Korea! What a great surprise birthday present! Here are some pics of the first couple days. They helped me teach 8 classes on Friday! Plus some bonus pictures of Continue reading BFFs Visit Me from the USA!!
My Beomseo sistas took me out for a birthday lunch! Such a nice family away from home. That was some good Samgyeopsal! Jenna, are you sure you don’t have class?? 😛
What better drink to have in March than some good ol’ eggnog … wait, what? Yes, that’s right. I made homemade eggnog in March. But don’t judge me just yet. There are 2 perfectly good reasons for this delicious decision. First, I had promised some people last semester that I’d make some homemade eggnog for them during the winter. However, this lazy body of mine couldn’t be bothered* to spend the energy then. Also, it had been my friend Luke’s request, and since he’s leaving Korea in a couple days, I thought it was appropriate to send him off with a nice savory taste of the nog of eggs. And it was pretty savory, if I do say so myself 😛 And even if I don’t, my friends already have 😉
* “couldn’t be bothered” is a new phrase I’ve stolen from one of my British friends. It’s so useful!
