A Seoulful Day
I felt really Korean today.
My day started with a little paperwork around my apartment and then I got this crazy craving for some bibimbap. Bibimbap is a dish that is served in a large bowl with all of the different ingredients presented in an array reminiscent of a pie chart. There is rice, carrots, some kind of delicous green squash (but not a zuchinni), seaweed, and lots of other vegetables, all with a sunny side egg on top. You add a hot pepper paste to the mix and mash the whole dish together. It is tasty, spicy and hearty. It's all served for a little less than $3.oo. It's the first time since I arrived in this country that I walked out of my apartment dead set on some Korean cuisine. Sure, I've eaten many a Korean meal, but I always happen into them - today was the first time I made a B-line straight for the Korean food and knew I wouldn't be satisfied until I had some. In case you were wondering, it was fucking good.
After lunch, I headed to the local Wooribank. It is a Korean bank that has a branch right by my apartment and one by the school I work at. I lined up a Korean bank account, acquired a bank card and deposited a bunch of money. Come payday this Friday my school will be direct-depositing a couple million Korean won in my account. If you know the exchange rate (100,000 won = one Korean whore), it's not that impressive, but it will still make me an official Korean baller. Life is good.
I've become increasingly more comfortable in the past few weeks. I feel fully acclimated to my suroundings and feel like I understand my job a lot better, the culture a little more and the language none - but I don't care anymore!
I'm already anticipating a little homesickness come Thanksgiving. Let's face it, Thanksgiving is a holiday made for fat kids and KFC will be a lackluster replacement for an American Thanksgiving feast. Also, I haven't missed a Plaza lighting ceremony in KC in over ten years. To prepare to battle my homesickness, I have bought a new lamp, but I haven't turned it on yet. I will simultaneously be lighting one light here in Seoul on Thanksgiving at the same time as the Plaza lights will come on to have my own little celebration. I think it will be special.
Love from Seoul
My day started with a little paperwork around my apartment and then I got this crazy craving for some bibimbap. Bibimbap is a dish that is served in a large bowl with all of the different ingredients presented in an array reminiscent of a pie chart. There is rice, carrots, some kind of delicous green squash (but not a zuchinni), seaweed, and lots of other vegetables, all with a sunny side egg on top. You add a hot pepper paste to the mix and mash the whole dish together. It is tasty, spicy and hearty. It's all served for a little less than $3.oo. It's the first time since I arrived in this country that I walked out of my apartment dead set on some Korean cuisine. Sure, I've eaten many a Korean meal, but I always happen into them - today was the first time I made a B-line straight for the Korean food and knew I wouldn't be satisfied until I had some. In case you were wondering, it was fucking good.
After lunch, I headed to the local Wooribank. It is a Korean bank that has a branch right by my apartment and one by the school I work at. I lined up a Korean bank account, acquired a bank card and deposited a bunch of money. Come payday this Friday my school will be direct-depositing a couple million Korean won in my account. If you know the exchange rate (100,000 won = one Korean whore), it's not that impressive, but it will still make me an official Korean baller. Life is good.
I've become increasingly more comfortable in the past few weeks. I feel fully acclimated to my suroundings and feel like I understand my job a lot better, the culture a little more and the language none - but I don't care anymore!
I'm already anticipating a little homesickness come Thanksgiving. Let's face it, Thanksgiving is a holiday made for fat kids and KFC will be a lackluster replacement for an American Thanksgiving feast. Also, I haven't missed a Plaza lighting ceremony in KC in over ten years. To prepare to battle my homesickness, I have bought a new lamp, but I haven't turned it on yet. I will simultaneously be lighting one light here in Seoul on Thanksgiving at the same time as the Plaza lights will come on to have my own little celebration. I think it will be special.
Love from Seoul
posted by Kyle at 12:02 AM
2 Comments:
Don't worry, Kyle. I'll carry around a pic of you on Thanksgiving so you can see the lights.
was it dulsot bibimbap. that's the stuff. it's cooked in the bowl and you gotta stir it real fast to make sure the rice doesn't burn on the bottom. much better than the cold stuff.
it's also a good day for you cause the democrats have taken over the house, are one state away from taking the senate, and rumsfeld has risigned. plus, it's my birthday. helluva day to remember.
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