Cooking Class

After work I decided it was such a nice cool afternoon I would go for a run. Jacob and I had plans to meet after he finished work, before our cooking class. I took off and had a pleasant run to Hapjeong. We met up outside his office and walked back to Hapjeong to decide what to have for dinner. I realized I wasn't so hungry-never am after running-so he picked a curry place and I didn't really eat anything (not so sure about curry). Then we went to cooking class.

This time we were making jap chae (my favorite dish!) and a kind of fruit kimchi. There was a special guest teacher from Jirisan (an area in the Central Southern part of Korea). The jap chae was so delicious! The fruit kimchi was interesting. We had pears, apples, radish, onion, lotus root, and persimmon in it.

I returned home and finished packing and preparing for Japan--tomorrow!

Blazer Hunting

After work, my mission was to find the grey blazer at a different store location. There are only two of that particular stores in all of Seoul. The other branch is at D-Cube City, a shopping area in the Southwestern area. Well, I misunderstood that shopping mall and instead went to Times Square shopping mall. It's only 2 or 3 subway stops away, so not too far out of the way. Luckily you can get a free transfer from bus to subway within 30 minutes. After realizing I was in the wrong place, I took the subway to the right place. I looked around and found the right size, color and it looked to be in good shape. Then I decided I would check out the rest of the mall just to be sure. There weren't a lot of other stores there, so I went back and bought the grey blazer.

I took a bus to a subway station and then headed home to work on packing and preparing for the Japan trip.

In D Cube City

New Blazer!

Gotcha Day~

This morning I got to skype with Mom for my Gotcha Day. It was good talking with her and we talked for almost 2 hours. After we talked, I got a hold of Amanda and we chatted for a little bit. She will be doing a missions program called World Race and will be in South America for 11 months next year!

Jacob was supposed to come over for lunch around 1:30 after he finished tutoring, but the person cancelled so he was able to come over a little bit earlier. I ran out to get some broccoli and made the salads before he arrived. I put the lasagna in the oven and after a few minutes it already smelled so good! Jacob arrived and he brought me flowers and a sweet card. My dad always got me flowers for my Gotcha Day and Jacob wanted to bring me some too. Finally, the lasagna was ready--wow was it good! It was totally worth the 20,000W! We relaxed after our lunch and then headed out to soccer.

Soccer was alright; the high school boys showed up, so we had to wait a rotation to play which is always a disappointment.

Stouffers~ 

Great gotcha day lunch!

Flowers

Some Gotcha Day Celebrations

Jacob came over this morning and I made brunch. I had actually prepped the casserole dish the night before (one of those meals you have sit overnight in the fridge) and just put it in the oven to bake. It turned out pretty good, but the potatoes could have been cooked a little bit more I think.

After brunch we just hung out before taking the bus to his place. It was really nice weather, so we took a walk to his old neighborhood. For dinner we went to Bonga, one of our favorite BBQ places. While we were there some of his friends called him and asked him if they could park at his guesthouse. So when we finished dinner, we went back so we could help direct them where to go. I finally got to meet his friends, Jina and Andrew. They were off to see the fireworks festival. In the morning I had briefly remembered/considered that this would be the day of it but wasn't sure. Anyway, after they left Jacob said he had to go on a surprise errand so I had to head out. I didn't want to go home as it was still kind of early. I decided I'd go into Hongdae and do some shopping. I found a flannel shirt that I liked.

My breakfast casserole!

After dinner

Fun Friday

In the morning I got to skype with Grandpa. It was good to see him and talk with him. Then I met up with Jacob and we went to IFC mall. We actually went to Mc Donald's for lunch there. We did some shopping and I looked at the blazer I saw last weekend with Jenna. I decided maybe maroon wasn't the best color and picked a grey one instead. The only problem was the two grey ones had some threads pulled in very obvious places. I decided I would pass on them for the moment.

We returned to my place and I made stuffed meatballs for dinner. They turned out delicious as always. After dinner, we watched another movie.

Last Day of the Week

Happy birthday to my big bro!

Tomorrow is a holiday, so today is the end of the week! I was supposed to meet my friend Bora for dinner, but while I was at work she messaged me saying she wouldn't be able to because she had a work meeting come up. I was a bit bummed, but it worked out okay.

Jacob ended up coming over for dinner and I made BBQ chicken with rice and veggies. It was really good. After dinner, we watched Iron Man on my computer.

October Already!

Today is a special day for my family! It's my parents' wedding anniversary and BOTH sets of grandparents' wedding anniversary too.

I had Korean class today. Before class, I did some window shopping and sat by Cheonggyecheon to enjoy the fall weather. This week was the beginning class of the intermediate level. There are some new faces in class. Nothing too exciting there. I decided I would try to take the bus home to see if it would be faster than the subway since I wouldn't have to transfer at all. It ended up being about the same amount of time; maybe a little bit longer.