PC Rooms are extremely popular here. You can pay a small fee to go there and use a computer to surf the web or play video games. This is a big one near my apartment. I always liked all of the window clings. I’ve never been here, but one of my friends went and said there was a roach crawling around near her…. I guess it’s pretty fitting that this place is called “Love Bug PC Zone.”
A really popular street food in Korea is silkworm larvae. You can sniff them out half a block away. They smell a bit like death. You can also buy them in cans in the grocery store.
Have you ever had Tim Tams? They are very delicious. Ever since Dave and his mom found out I like them, they’ve bought us enough to last a very, very long time. They are so sweet.
I am waiting for my train to arrive and then I’m off to Ulsan for the weekend. Getting the train is pretty painless. I just have to say the name of my station, pay 3,900 won (about $3.50) and then they issue me a ticket. The tickets are in English and Korean, which is nice.
The weather has been pretty good for the past few days, but it’s starting to get humid. Today will probably be the last rain free day we have for a while.
The top photo is my school’s playground On Thursday morning and the bottom photo was taken after school on the same day.
I asked two 5th grade boys what they were doing and they told me the Korean word for construction. I waited until I saw one of the high level 4th grade girls. She told me that they are making the playground “more bigger.”
For now, they have blocked off the construction area so I guess I won’t be able to see until its all finished.
Wednesday night’s walk was about a mile away from our apartment. We had dinner at a place right across from Busan’s baseball stadium. I haven’t been to a game yet this season, but we are planning to go in July if we can get tickets in the cheering section.
The cool thing about baseball in Korea is that you can bring in outside food and drinks. There are vendors set up all around the stadium.
Barbecue Camp is a restaurant in Seomyeon that most people I know refer to as “beer can chicken.” They bring the chicken out whole and it’s still sitting on top of the can. They cut it up with kitchen scissors and place it on a hot skillet with garlic, onion and kimchi. They serve it with various sauces and you can also order tortillas to make wraps.
It’s soooo delicious and it’s one of my favorite places to eat in Busan.
Pore strips for babies or pore strips that give you baby soft skin? I’ll never know…
I threw a Christmas cookie baking party at my apartment. Baking in Korea is a challenge because ovens aren’t common in the officetel type apartments that most of the English teachers live in. I have a toaster oven and even that is a luxury.
It’s also really difficult to get baking supplies. I had to go to the baking store in Nampo-dong (about 45 minutes each way by subway) just to find vanilla extract. It was all worth it though because the day was a lot of fun and the cookies were tasty.
… and the other was a small gathering at my apartment on actual Thanksgiving.
Jamie, Shanna, Xong, Yangyee and Faith came over after work and we had a nice meal together. If I was going to be away for Thanksgiving, I was happy to be with my Busan family.
Our drink selections included Pepsi, water, Fanta and soju.
Thanksgiving dinner
Shanna was proud of her Costco ham.
Faith brought rolls (and salad).
Yummy desserts! Pumpkin pie and cheesecake
So good!
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