Monday's Lunch

Monday Lunch
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

Here's last Monday's lunch, and it was a bit of an adventure, due to the fact that this was to be the first time eating kimbap!

The price is right! I got 14 kimbap for $3.99. The kimchi I already had at home.

When I was finished posing my lunch for this photo shoot, I got some of the juice from the kimchi container, and poured over the kimbap. Good? Oh yeah!

All in all it was a very nice meal. The ramyen was ham and beef flavour which was very tasty.

Last night I discovered another Korean Market. There is some competition going on here .....at this one I can get kimbap for $2.99!

Apparently, the chopsticks are Chinese. I bought them at the only Korean market in Windsor months ago, and I remember the Chinese characters on the packaging. This week I'm going to purchase some thin metal Korean chopsticks.

When to J and M's last night and among other things, we yakked about Cuba and Korea. It was a very enjoyable visit.

Ciao for now! Peace!

오눌구름이많아요

What a couple of rainy dreary days we've had. I'll be able to get out for a while and get some stuff done. Hopefully we don't get as much as we've already got. This is really not much of a post as far as talking about Korea and things Korean. It's a bit of a test.... I'm trying a different way of posting text and photos.

I do like Flickr but what I haven't been able to do is type in Hangeul. So, I'll have to check all the settings and stuff, just to make sure everything is the way it should be. Also. I'll have to become a bit more familiar with Flickr .

There are so many good blogs out there. Linking to my favourite's in the sidebar, I have discovered my favourites favourites, have become my favourites as well, 감사함니다.

21st Century Seonbi

This looks like a very good site for language.

Adventures Of A Lulu

Hi there. Guess what? Adventures Of A Lulu has been added to the sidebar links. This lady knows how to write, plus there's really good pictures. Check it out if you like! Hope everybody is well.

Welcome Home Teresa

Maxwell House
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

These things are good when really cold.

The good news is that Teresa 선생님 has arrived in Canada safe and sound. Hmmm...I wonder if she'll miss Korea?

Anyway, to honour her arrival home, there's a party at Jennifers this Friday!

Should be a whole lot of fun. I'll have the camera as my witness.

Peace.

Gilt Statue

Gilt Statue
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

It seems that the real Korea-bound is back. I am not sure, why, all I could get when I went to this website, was a blank page.

I was able to access this webpage from page 3 or 4 in Google. So I did a test post and it seems to be working well.

While at J. Rex's last night, while nursing one of the few drinks I had, I mentioned to Jennifer that maybe a posting would work. The pessimist in me pointed out to Jennifer that it would more than likely not work.

Anyway, it's still here and I won't have to set up another Korea Bound if I don't need one.

Obviously, I am very happy. Peace.

Little Bird

Little Bird
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

See the little birdie, boys and girls? Taken from the kitchen window, a few weeks ago.

Rice Paddy Daddy has been added to the sidebar links. He has spent the last seven years in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Check it out if you like.

Teresa's Coming Home.....With Her Bonus!

Panasonic Tuner/CD/MP3 Player
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

I love this thing...it's worth every penny off the $150 I paid for it. The reason it cost more than $80 is because it has a FM/AM Tuner.

The great news is..........Teresa Seonsaengnim politely but firmly stood her ground.... and won her won, pun intended.

Ms. T got her bonus and will be arriving in Canada on Tuesday evening.

Now Ms.T.....I'm sure you know how happy that makes us all. And I'm sure you know how our mutual friend, Ms. Rex is gonna be over the moon. Does she know yet? I left her a message on the machine.

Bon Voyage.....enjoy the flight home!

Needle

Needle
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

London, Ontario really is a nice place. The population is around 350,000. It is a great place to live.

It's not difficult to trip over London's underbelly sometimes.

I can only assume that these needles are used by addicts. These needles show up in planters, gutters, in parking lots.

Until I moved downtown 3 years ago, I had never seen one in a public place.

The thing that bugs me is that these things are lying around. Not wide out in the open but, in places where they could be picked up.

Time to call the health unit and find out who ya call when you find them. They could be a hazard to kids.

Anyway, on a diffrent note, somewhere in Daejeon, a wonjonnim hasn't paid a bonus. I know, I know. For a whole bunch of people here in London, who are friends with the teacher who is staying to fight for the bonus, it is really frustrating to have to sit and wait for the arrival of someone we haven't seen for over a year. Doesn't this wonjonim realise what effect his attempts to break the contract are having on the rest of us here in Canada. Doesn't he care. Yea right,.... he's hoping that she'll leave without the money, and believe his claims that he'll send it to Canada in two weeks.

Oh well, I guess that's a fact of life in Korea.

But a year ago, she would have left without the money, I think. For me, at this point, I am just glad she stayed to fight. Whether she ever sees the money is beside the point. The important thing is that all the hoops of fire he made her jump through, have tempered her and steeled her. I want her to get the money, $2000 is a lot of money even in Canadian dollars.

I know it is not unusual for this to happen. It just sucks to see it happen right now.

So hang in there Ms. T. Try and get your money, but come home to us, we want to hear all about it, the good and the bad.

Regardless, I'm still going. I think it's still a great adventure!

Teach Yourself Korean

Teach Yourself Korean
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

Those are little lanterns on the cover, not hot air balloons. This is the book from the Teach Yourself Korean Program. It also comes with 2 CD's.

Out of kimchi for a second day now. I should've gotten groceries as planned, but I ended going on a cleaning binge, and I didn't want to thwart that.

I also got some information about shots. It's going to cost me $220 for Hep A&B, Typhoid Fever, Traveller's Diareha, and clinic fees. R already has both Hep A&B, and A just has B. So it will be $155 for R, which she can pay, because besides going to school, she works part-time. And then A will need the three of them, Hep A, Taveller's Di..., and the Typhoid ...it should add up to about
$170..because he's a kid, he doesn't get charged the clinic fee. Then it's going to be $102 each for passports and photo's. R will pick up the tab for hers and I'll get A's. I'm already passported so I get to save a c-note and change. For the shots and passport it'll be $500. The Tesol, I'm not sure how much that will cost.....if anyone knows what Oxford Seminars charges, and: do they have a competitor in the London, On., area?

One day at a time.

Chocolate Whipped Cream

Chocolate Whipped Cream
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

This stuff is absolutely delicious! I was in A&P getting groceries, and looking to put together a good desert. Anyway, this is what I ended up doing!

I got some lady fingers and put 4 off them in the bottom of a bowl, then I opened a can of mandarins, and poured 4 or 5 teaspoons of juice on top. Then I put 5 or 6 thin, shaved layers of vanilla ice cream on top of that, and dusted it with Oreo cookie crumbs. Then, I put 4 or 5 segments of manadarins on that.....then....I decorated the top of all that with the amazing chocolate whipped cream. Ya know, I can think of a good word that comes close to describing it, but it was really, really excellent.
Not only that, it was on sale for $3.29 as opposed to $3.69.

It's sloppy outside today, it is still raining, snowing, etc, but it's supposed to be 18C, with rain. At that temperature, at least the rain will be warm.

A week ago I ended up watching The Outlaw Josey Wales and Palerider. I was long overdue for an Eastwood fix. Last night R & A and I watched Wild Blue Angel, which was really excellent footage of Jimi Hendrix' Isle of Wight performance on August 26, 1970, just before he passed away on September 15, 1970. We still have to watch, Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley Community College from May of 1970.

We had both guitars in for a checkup, new strings, both of them for under $70. A bought a digital effects pedal, so you can get 80 different sounds/instruments out of it. I had never used anything like that before, but it does make some cool sounds.

Reading Still Life With Rice by Helie Lee, www.simonsays.com. Well, I have paperwork to do.

Kimchi

Kimchi
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

Ahhh....good old Kimchi. I thought this side shot showed the colours very nicely. As a bonus, for some reason, the price is 50 cents less. It now costs only $3.50 for this amount. Not only that, so far, I'm the only one in the family that has a cquired a taste for it, so it's mine.....all mine.

There is an inch of fresh snow on the ground, and it's still coming down at a pretty good rate. Oh well, this is supposed to be the coldest day all week. The wind is fairly strong, strong enough to make a clatter when blowing about all the loose stuff out there.

It's 6:15 a.m. The clocks have sprung forward one hour, so today we'll notice the extra hour of daylight, big time. I really like this time of the year.

Still 3 more weeks of holidays left. It has been great to have every night in bed,at the same time. I would have had a good sleep last night if I hadn't eaten that pizza tha R brought home. I woke up at 0345, awakened by the howling wind, and by the heartburn from the pizza.

Teresa Soensaengnim will be home within two weeks. Those of us that know her are happy she put in her year there, but it will be better having her home. The bottom line was the wonjeonim took advantage, and then some, at every turn. These last 6 months were difficult for her. He ruined a good part of Korea for her. Oh well, I can only hope that he ends up getting what he gave.

Well time for another coffee. Take care all!

돌솓비빔밥 Tolsotbibimbap

돌솓비빔밥 Tolsotbibimbap
Originally uploaded by korea-bound.

This is another tasty Korean meal. This was yesterdays lunch. After this it was next door to buy some kimchi. I hadn't had any kimchi for about two or three weeks, so it has been missed.

The Asiana has it's niche, here in London. This is where the Koreans eat. While there, I was able to listen to the other patrons conversing in Korean. Not eavesdropping, it's a Korean atmosphere.

The other Korean Restaurant I've tried is the Manna Grill. It fills a totally different niche. It's near the university, and about three quarters of the menu is Korean, the other quarter is Japanese food that is similiar to the Korean food served here.

Usually, the only Koreans you see here are the staff. It is pretty much a Canadian clientele. Lots of students. Very rarely do you ever hear any Korean being spoken. The food is good, as was the service. You have to request chopsticks.

For myself, I prefer the Asiana. The food is great, the service is excellent, and the staff is very sincere, I really do feel that they value my patronage. And, there's always the possibility that I'll absorb some Korean through osmosis or something.

An nyong hi gye se yo.