Lazy Bloggers

Yay! It's officially picture time! I've been a bit lax with the blogging over the past couple days. To make up for it I took a handful of pictures and will share them now. I'm trying to encourage Melissa to write more as well. That way there's less gaps in our 'publishing schedule' :D

So, this item is Kimbap barbecue ham. Kimbap is the name for the style. It's a little like spam crossed with hot dogs, but much tastier. Meat tends to be rather expensive here. Chicken and beef are on the high end. Pork is cheaper, but I can't eat it. Due to an interaction with my acid reflux, I can have bacon and ham, but not porkier items like pork chops or pork roast. It's weird I know, but that's the way it is.
So, we sometimes use egg as our source of protein. We haven't started experimenting with Tofu yet. We decided that we'd try this ham item so that we wouldn't get sick of eggs. I thought it was rather good when cooked. We had it with peppers, onions, and egg and served it over rice. Oh, all with a nice chili sauce. Overall, a good cheap meal.

This is a picture of McCol soda. Due to the strong and displeasing taste of Soju it is common to mix Soju with Cola. This drink is know as a So Col. Last night we were enjoying a couple So Cols when we ran low on Soju and Cola. So Melissa ran to the little, nearby market to replenish our stocks. Easy cheesy, right? Wrong!
Apparently, there was Coke, Pepsi, and McCol in between. There were no prices, so Melissa grabbed the McCol. It appeared generic and would likely be the cheapest. After she returned, I went ahead with making our drinks. Raising the McCol to my mouth (for the taste test) I noticed a strange smell just as the liquid began to enter my mouth. I had time only to think "this is going to suck" before the flavor hit my tongue.
*Retch* This was horrible!!! I shouted in disgust and called for Melissa. After much deliberation, we were finally able to recognize what this "soda" smelled like. It had the exact same smell as Kimbap barbecue ham. Needless to say, we did not drink it.
I inquired with Il-kyu today and found that this is a very old, classic drink. It is made with barley and is no longer very popular. I guess it's still on the market for those few old times that can stomach ham soda. *UGH*

Just a view from the walk to my bus. That's a little market right in the center of the picture.
This is another nice random view. I guess it just lets one get a bit more of a sense of the architecture. Or you could just enjoy the nice mountain in the background. Maybe those blue roofs are pretty neat? Fine! It's a shit picture, I'll do better next time.

This is the "night duty" house at my school. I had no idea what that was. I guess this is a small (tiny) house where teachers can live if they don't have another home. Il-kyu lived there for four months before he got married and moved to Suwon with his wife.

This is a view of the door to my school. I'm down halfway down the step to the soccer field (you may recall having seen that in previous pictures). Those water spigots would be just out of the shot on the left. The far left windows are to my room.

These are the main doors. This time I'm all the way down by the field.

So, as I said previously, Top Class English had groups giving presentations. The leaders of the group are currently doing rock, paper, scissors to determine the order in which they present. In the center is the oft-mentioned Il-kyu.

This is group V.I.P. (they chose the name themselves) hard at work. The other groups were 5.6.G.C. (5th and 6th Grade Cheer), and Kitten I believe. The Kitten group was not a very harmonious unit. I think Kitten may have been the only English word they could all agree upon.

Il-kyu again. In the background, you can barely see a little girl. She is a first grader I think. She's the daughter of one of the teachers. I believe her mother probably had a class to teach so she was spending time in our room. Il-kyu is wearing her sun glasses. :D

The other night we made a trip to E-Mart. E-Mart is exactly like LotteMart except farther away. Mel found the bunny to be adorable, so here is a picture. Maybe it makes up for the boring blue roofs?

So, one day I was on the bus looking at photos I had taken. One of the fourth grade students was riding the same bus. Seeing the camera he wanted to take a photo of me. This is the result for your viewing pleasure.

I guess that's it for now. Perhaps if we get more ambitious (and as it gets warmer) I'll try to get more video up. Let me know how the video works for you (ie enjoyment-wise).

Yay! Almost Friday! Win!

Aaron