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Mostly teenagers
but whatever
keeps me rememberin'
keeps it green
2003-12-22 - 7:07 p.m.
Feeling Guilty
Yes, I am still alive!
The snow dusted the pumpkin a couple weeks ago, but evaporated within 2 days. The first batch of kimchi fermented a little too much. (Mrs. Coney curled her nose.) The second batch came out too salty, but I've "got it bracketed" now, so the next batch shoould be perfect.
I've been laid low by a cold for the last couple weeks, just making it to work. Today I was planning on a nap between classes, but got called out on a "mission of mercy" instead. I don't know if I did any good, but I lent the whole enterprise an air of authority.
My compatriot took me for a late lunch afterward, at 3 p.m. You can imagine that I was more than ready for it by then. There is a remarkably good Kalbi tang restaurant, Donhori, in the second block north of Gwangmyeung subway station (in case you get a chance to stop by). Kalbi tang is a stew with the tender meat and bones to which it is attached, plus Swiss chard and other goodies, served with a number of vegetable side-dishes. They serve it in a stone bowl, boiling hot and you ladle it into another bowl to cool for eating. There's also a small plate on which to pick the meat from the bones.
The two classes in the evening went smoothly, after I "coffeed-up" to function, so I'm taking advantage of the tail-end of the energy to post this entry.
I've learned a lot recently by attending the Mongolian historical artifacts exhibit with a Corean lady who knows alot about the connections between the two cultures. Seems that the "Goryo" came down from the Mongolian plains to settle in this peninsula and a fan-shaped area north of it (which is now claimed by Russia and China). (That last fact explains why there are so many ethnic Coreans in both countries.) The genetic traits of wavy or curly brown or black hair and a blue spot at the base of the spine are shared by many Mongols and Coreans. "Hana" meaning "one" becomes "Hanguk," "one people." (That's pronounced |Hahn-gkook|, by the way.) {Note: Corean Christians call "God" "Hananim" |Hah-na-neem|, adding the honorific to the word for One.}
I'm starting to fade, so I'd close for now.
Happy Trails!
~ Sil in Corea
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