We are actually having a bit of autumn this year instead of heading straight into freezing weather. My co-workers laugh at my layers (I wore 2 shirts, 1 cashmere sweater, a fleece, and a winter coat...not to mention the leggings under my pants, hat, scarf, and mittens) but I maintain that it's warmer than winter. I just don't like being cold.
I asked my co-teacher about the funny bricks. Apparently they are for making some sort of soy product? Anyone have any insight into this?
I love door pictures. Absolutely can't get enough of them. I can't count how many strange stares I've gotten for taken pictures of doors while traveling but I tend to get stared at no matter what, I might as well be doing something that I enjoy. Besides, isn't the turtle cute?
I wanted more time to play around with the light options on my camera but the teachers definitely just wanted to glance around get to the eating. I can't say I blame them. Not everyone got to start off their day with leftover homemade pancakes made from scratch drizzled in maple syrup.
Spaz update: We were talking about family at the table in sort of Korean/English. Three female teachers all had older brothers, 'oppa' in Korean. Unfortunately I tried to ask a male teacher in Korean if he had an 'oppa.' Apparently I implied that he was a woman because males use different words to refer to their siblings than females which I sort of knew but can never remember (let alone remember that 2nd male vocabulary set). He laughed riotously though it took a few minutes of trying to explain what was so funny. I will probably remember not to ask boys about their 'oppas' anymore. Probably.
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Gorgeous. What and where did you eat?
They string the persimmons to dry them. You'll start seeing dried persimmon at the market soon. They taste very similar to dried apricot.
The blocks are boiled/mashed/dried soybeans (meju) used to make deonjang.
@Danielle-You rock! Thanks for answering my questions. I think it was an English translation issue when my coworkers couldn't explain to me what everything was.
@Mom, we went to the same restaurant we went to in January and ate the same stuff we did last time. http://aaaalexsadventuresinasia.blogspot.com/2010/01/quack-quack.html
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