All good things...are bound to happen again and again...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Jul 20: Farewell to Woosong- Jul 21: I got Seoul...
please sign in Russian and Chinese.....
you go there, NO, you go there...
I am really going to miss this place...
You have entered Seoul...
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Jul 14-15: Daechong Beach= Mud all over
still too cute....eh
After visiting the Buyeo National Museum,
mud prison and mud pool= cold human soup
mud people....
I want to bring this grill home...
fresh shellfish...CAUTION: Can explode into your pants when heated!
don't worry it's not just for drunk college kids but families too...
dried octopus tentacles- FRESH!; Mud Festival Concert
alcohol: solution and cause for international incidents; in the case its the solution...
the morning after...afternoon actually
Jul 13: A-ni-ooooo! and Taekwondo.....
ready stance now!
Taekwondo is official martial arts of Korea- so switch your feet! Its a fast pace style that is about quick strikes, being agile and quick take-downs. Our instructor, Kim, spoke perfect English and actually studied at UC Davis with a degree in physical therapy. He told me that he visited Los Angeles eight years ago to see friends and family.
"You know what was the first thing I ate when I got to LA..."
("What?")
"Bibimap and kimchi..."
("Haha, so you were in Koreatown...")
"For a moment I was like, is this LA?"
me getting taken down by Eugene (Russia); Nancy (white/green) and Lana (pink/purple) practicing defense...
greetings...
For our Language Class, it was the first time that our student volunteers were asked not to be there. Our instructor wanted to see us adapt more quickly to Korea expression without or stand-by translator. It was more fun because now their were more facial expressions than ever before. Not just confused faces but more "oh %$#@!" I got it! Still difficult, we all agreed that it was about practice. Our class loves to yell A-ni-ooo! (which means "no"). But here's a few expressions we learned when it comes to greeting a person and then leaving...
Ko-sa-ham-ni-da (Thank you)....this took awhile for me to pronounce right!
Ch'eon-man-e-yo (you're welcome)
keu-rae-yo? (really)
Na-jung-e (Later)
well deserved meal... its only 5 dollars each!
-mikey
Jul 12: arirang and lots of HITE!
before...
after...dong, dong, d-ddong, dong
dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong,
dong, dong, d-ddong, dongdong, dong, d-ddong, dongdong, dong, d-ddong, dong.......
We learn a traditional Korean Folk song "arirang" meaning "beautiful dear"
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo... Arirang gogaero neomeoganda. Nareul beorigo gasineun nimeun Simnido motgaseo balbyeongnanda. Cheongcheonghaneuren byeoldo manko Urine gaseumen kkumdo manta
Jeogi jeo sani Baekdusaniraji Dongji seotdaredo kkonman pinda
(Put some uptempo rock and then you got the South Korean anthem for the 2002 World Cup!)
Later that day....beer
It's hard for me remember what exactly happen this afternoon. (My head hurts but I feel better because of my Issac Toast sandwich from Nancy- its a sandwich chain in Korea.) Korea's beer is pretty refreshing- crisp and good aftertaste of barley. Soju is like Grey Goose Vodka- smooth, too smooth (you can get red after 7 shots without knowing it!). So we toured the HITE Production Plant outside Daejeon to an area that was pretty clean. The area around the factory is nothing like the Miller Brewing factory outside Ontario, CA or the Amheiser-Busch Plant in Van Nuys, CA (with that awful smell that spills onto the the 205 freeway-yuk!) None of that was here. Just green pastures. Our tour guide mentioned how it was important for the plant to be eco-efficient for the surrounding farms and small towns.
recycled beer bottles 500,000- being treated...
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package line
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bird's eye view of production line...
my drinking buddy, Leo (Wang, Lei)
At the end of the tour was free beer! My partner in crime Leo had sprained his ankle two days ago; so he skipped the tour and started without me. I caught up-
big mistake....
after then, I crashed on the bus and almost threw up because we immediately left after pounding a few. All of us, especially me, complained about the bus driver because of his fast, wide turns and bus air conditioning not working. Cheers!
-mike
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