Title of the post is in honor of the Jack Johnson concert I am missing back in the states. I have the IPod tuned in to the 110 songs I have, it’s just not the same as being there obviously but it will have to do. Also Lind-Ji has been making a ridiculous amount of Banana Pancakes or Hot Cakes as they are called here. I have to say that they are quite delicious. Who would have thought that coming to South Korea would make her learn how to cook.
It has been so long since my last post I don’t really know where to begin let’s start off with the most resent happenings. Mudfest! Mudfest is like a DIRTY version of GGP (Grizzly Grand Prix). There are inflatable obstacle courses full of mud, mud wrestling pools, bands playing on stage, and plenty of drunken people. There were some sand and mud sculptures that were made at the beginning of the event. However, these quickly turned into the scene of a huge mud/clay fight and the sculptures got caught in the cross fire. People just randomly chuck mud and if you are too clean you are sure to be a target. I felt sorry for the people who parked near the sculptures; their cars had become completely caked in mud. We rented a car and went to the event with some new friends and talked some young Korean parking lot attendants into letting us camp under the parking lot shelters. All in all it was a really fun time besides all of the bug bites.
Someone had asked about what our building looks like this is the side view of it.
Someone had asked about what our building looks like this is the side view of it.
First off the prostitute baseball cards don’t just magically appear on the street. They are thrown by a Korean male in his 20s on the back of a scooter driven by a Korean female.
I have had street food for the first a delicious meat kabob and then some little octopi grilled over hot rocks. The octopi were sweet, a little fishy, and really chewy but good.
Five dollar pizza is a great deal, but Mr. Pizza is pretty darn good. Also there is a pizza with little pineapple rolls around the crust that you dip in a sweet pineapple sauce (not the biggest fan).
Chamchi Kimbap is delicious it is like a sushi roll but filled with tuna, this weird scratchy leaf, cooked egg, ham, crab, pickled squash, then another green leafy veggie and some pink mayonnaise. All of that is in rice covered by the green sushi wrapping.
Koreans like their coffee and there is a whole aisle in the store dedicated to tea and coffee. Most of it is instant, but it is still pretty good.
I have not found a good beer that I really like. Although, I have not tried that many so that could be why.
Korean dogs don’t seem as friendly as most, they are timid and shy. This is probably due to the sticks that I have seen a couple Koreans carrying when walking their dog. Although there is a show about rescuing abused and neglected dogs in Korea.
For those of you that know Lind-Ji you know she loves dogs. There are two pet shops that sell puppies that we always stop at. Today I went and asked how much they were for her. She is very tempted to get one. I asked what she was going to do with it when she gets back since she already has two. She said she would maybe find a home for it possibly. I recommended Katie since they are tiny little cute things like she always wants. So be warned mom and dad!
Oh I had my first encounter with squatter toilets or Korean toilets. These are little porcelain holes in the ground that flush but that you have to squat over. Huge design flaw and I have no idea why they just don’t have a toilet bowl. The first stall I opened someone had missed the mark and had gotten poo everywhere. I do mean everywhere, all over the floor and the inside of the door. I quickly shut the door and moved on.
