Baking, Soccer and Church

This morning I didn't do much--caught up on my blog and uploaded pictures. Then I went to Hapjeong to the Homeplus to meet Kwangmin and buy a beater. We got to the store and the sales clerk actually recognized me/us, haha. I also got a measuring cup, but it's not in the measurements that I'm used to, so it's a little difficult to use. I wish I had brought measuring cups along.

Anyway, after shopping, we came back to my area and had lunch at a bibimbap restaurant near where I live. Then it was time to tackle cookie baking. Kwang Min had never baked before so it was fun showing him what to do. I made my favorite pudding cookies, but I don't think the pudding mix was as much as normal because they weren't as moist as they normally are--but I'll get to that later. Well, we tried using my new beaters, but even at the lowest setting they are way too fast/powerful. The butter went flying when the beaters touched them. Another problem is that the bowl is kind of shallow, so the next purchase is a bowl with taller sides! So, we just used muscle power to mash the butter up. It was a little bit of work, but not too hard. The first batch we put in came out a little burnt-but only on one side of them. The rest turned out pretty nice. However, later when people were eating them I noticed they were crumbly and they're never crumbly. :(

After we finished baking we headed out to soccer, bringing along a cookie for every person. Kwang Min also took about 5 cookies back with him (he put the batter on the tray!) I handed out cookies before soccer and everyone seemed pretty happy. :) We had 10 people show up for soccer. Originally Jacob and I got put on the same team and I teased him because he wanted to be on opposite teams so he could play against me (he's a forward and I play defense). Then John, our captain, made me switch to the other team because there was one guy wearing a shirt the same color as the pennies. The last 5 minutes that I played were probably the best--I had two big defensive plays (against Jacob) and I also had a good shot on goal.

I took off for church and made it there just in time to change into regular clothes and sit down. Father Bernard had mass again, but the other 3 priests were also helping with the mass. After church I stopped in Hongdae to meet Kwangmin and had dinner. We went to Isaac's Toast (the sandwich place I ate at while at Inje so often) and I got the "bacon best" sandwich and a kiwi juice. Mm...just like in the old days.

Isaac Toast!