Live Octopus

2.25.07

Interesting experience Friday night. Some of the roommates and I ventured to Hyehwa so that they could eat live octopus. Relatively live, anyway. A woman pulls the octopus from a tank brimming with the little fellows, stretches it several times (ripping it's head off in one of the stretchings), dices it up, adds a few peppers and garlic, puts on plate and serves to eager (or not-so-eager) mouths. They ate (and i filmed) from a street vendor in one of the little tents next to one of the four subway exits. Jay, our Korean friend and coworker, hosted the experience. I have it on video if you go here:

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Other than that, we had the kindergarten play today. It went pretty well. I think english kids are that difficult to understand, too, when they're five or six years old and on-stage. Ah, the people in the picture above (from left to right) are Rob, Jay, David and Scott. All of whom, I might mention, have been, or are my roommates other than Jay. Hasta

kc

Valentine's

2.13.07

I don't have any idea who that is in the picture. I just tried to snap a quick one as i walked by. It seems i'm not the only one who takes an interest in the Han River. I've been going there regularly lately. Well, once every week or two. Sundays, mainly. There are bikers, walkers, joggers, runners, strollers, rollerbladers, basketballers, soccer goers, kite flyers, photographers and me. I grew up on the coasts and apparantly water is a bigger deal to me than I thought, barring, of course, my still-constant and irrational fear of sharks appearing in any body of water (indcluding small ponds and pools).

This weekend we have a five day holiday. I am very ready for it. It's for the New Year. They celebrate it twice here. Western and Eastern. I think this one is supposed to be more family oriented. Tomorrow is Valentine's and today i'm going to have my kids decorate tissue boxes with construction paper so we can drop little notes in them. I will buy some chocolates for them, too. Chocolate is good.

kc

ps - happy valentines....