Koreans are KrEaTiVe!

1. What has bean paste inside of it and is eaten as a tasty dessert?
2. What is pressed together and put on a stick and sold on the street?
3. What is mixed with a liquid concoction and drank for health and is called Shikhye?
4. What is popped that you snack on at a bar while drinking a Cass or if you're on a diet?
5. What can be curled up in a ball and filled with meat, kimchi, or tuna?
6. What is every street vendor’s product covered in a spicy red sauce?
7. What is wrapped in seaweed with vegetables and meat?
8. What can you put in a pan of meat broth and eventually scrape off and enjoy?
9. What do most Koreans eat for breakfast along with kimchi?
10. What can you get drunk off of for only W1,500?

The W500 answer: RICE!

For most of the creations, rice is pressed together and called “ddeok” and that is the staple for almost all the rice innovations. This food never ceases to amaze me. It morphs into different forms for different occasions and different taste buds. The Koreans are such innovators!

P.S. Don’t worry… it comes white and sticky as us Americans know it… minus the soy sauce!



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Just Call Me "Extra Largeee"

Shopping in Seoul SUCKS… and here’s WHY:

First of all, they have either size 0 because 90% of the woman here are petite without boobs or guts… or they have size 16 because oversized shirts are a fashion trend here. I fit in neither.

Second, depending on where you are, you can’t try things on. My birth mother bought me 3 shirts today and only 1 I’ll actually wear in public.

Third, last time I went shopping, I had to by XL jeans… that was a self-esteem booster.

Fourth, the sales people follow you around the store with good intentions, but it’s annoying and you feel pressure to buy something.

Fifth, a shirt looks cute from afar and then I realize it has a huge picture of Mickey Mouse on it.

I now have an unexpected longing for the MOA (Mall of America).

(guess which ones are mine! hehe..)

Birth mother and I went shopping today. I loved it when she bought pants and shoes a couple sizes smaller than me. That was another self-esteem pick me upper. She paid for everything which I didn’t want but I never win that battle… and deep down I’m glad since only 1 of the shirts will be a keeper. We went to the Ewha Women’s University area and shopped till we dropped. Then had dinner at “Steak Billy” where Korean women were dressed in pink dresses, white aprons, and bonnets on their head. I am still trying to figure out what nationality they were trying to portray.

All in all, it was a good day and we even had mini-conversations which broke some silence.

To cap the night off, we parted ways and I got a public "goodbye" butt slap.

27 Going On 14...

To start off the day, I went on a field trip.

I watched 9 little kids to make sure they didn’t slip.
We learned a lot and played in the park.

I was ready for bed before it was dark.
At 5 o’clock I went shopping for dinner.

I was making spaghetti which doesn’t make me thinner.
To my b.father’s house I went to cook the food...

Even though I wasn’t really in the mood.
I was greeted by my sister and 4 of her chingoos (friends).

They are underage so there wasn’t any booze.
They watched in awe as I made spaghetti...

And kept asking me when it was going to be ready.
We tried to speak in each other’s native tongue.

It actually turned out to be quite fun.
We slurped up the noodles and ate the bread.

Then we chatted on Ju Hee’s bed.
I felt like a teenager giggly and shy.

It was kinda fun...I’m not gonna lie.
We went to a Noraebang and sang with all our might.

They gave me the mic but I put up a fight.
Those girls can sing, it’s definitely a fact!

They make Britney sound like a disgrace of an act!
I finally sang, despite my fears.

I’m glad they were polite and didn’t plug their ears.
We drank water and they ate dried fish.

They offered it to me, but it's not my fav dish.
This Friday night was a blast.

It made me think of my childhood past.
Rockin’ on the starstage, singing a tune...

And my mom was asking me to stop…SOON!
Thank you Ju Hee, you are so cool and so neat.

Spending time with you tonight was such a treat!

(my younger sister, Ju Hee and I)

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