This is one of my friend Aaron's 3rd grade students. Lovely, huh?!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Cupcakes are THE way to my heart!
This is Susan. She is the after school English teacher who comes and teaches private lessons in my classroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A couple weekends ago, I went hiking with her and some other friends and we talked about how she loves baking! I told her I love, love, love cupcakes, and am really sad that I don't have an oven to bake them in at my apartment. Today, she handed me a bag full of them - homemade!!!
My cup runeth over (preferably with 1% milk!)
"Bee yong, Bee yong!"
"Bee yong, Bee yong" is the sound Koreans say the ambulances make when their sirens are on... "WOW!!!" is the sound I made when I was told that the ambulances are completely FREE in Korea! Yes, completely free!
When I had dinner at the Che's house last weekend, they had a girl over from their church who was studying to be a doctor. She told us that when you call "119" (same as our 911), the phone call is tracked by satelite, so if you are hiking in a mountain or need medical assistance in a remote location, they will send a helicopter to exactly where you are! Oh yea, those are free too! How ridiculous is that?!
When I had dinner at the Che's house last weekend, they had a girl over from their church who was studying to be a doctor. She told us that when you call "119" (same as our 911), the phone call is tracked by satelite, so if you are hiking in a mountain or need medical assistance in a remote location, they will send a helicopter to exactly where you are! Oh yea, those are free too! How ridiculous is that?!
Dinner with the Che Family!
Once again, I was invited over for dinner at the Che's house! They are the family of one of my friend's students. This time, Julia (the mom) made Samgyupsal, which is one of my favorites! We all sat around the table for hours, talking and laughing together! Being there, with their family, is such a postive and rejuvinating experience!
After dinner, their son, Teju, told me he had a new hedgehog and asked if I wanted to see it! I had heard of SONIC the hedgehog, but never realized they actually existed! ...and apparently they're common pets in Korea, which I happen to think is one of the weirder things I've seen here!
It was a scary little guy, about the size of a sewer rat, who lived in a 2 x 2 box in their sunroom. They had never taken him out of the box, but agreed to let him walk around on their family room floor as long as I was the one who picked him up and put him there! I had to put on work gloves and pick him up with a towel, just in order to not get poked by his cactus like spikes!
As much as I would love to say that I was really brave and played with him... I can't. I basically stayed in this little floor chair the entire time, for fear he was going to run towards me and climb up my bare leg... Teju was the brave one!
The family (Teju/son, Me, Wendy/daughter, Julia/mom, Mr Che/dad, Ann/friend of the family, Emily/Rwandan University student who is living with them!)
The best part was when Pizza (that's it's name) left a little present for us on the floor! We all died laughing and realized it was time for him to go back to his box!
After dinner, their son, Teju, told me he had a new hedgehog and asked if I wanted to see it! I had heard of SONIC the hedgehog, but never realized they actually existed! ...and apparently they're common pets in Korea, which I happen to think is one of the weirder things I've seen here!
It was a scary little guy, about the size of a sewer rat, who lived in a 2 x 2 box in their sunroom. They had never taken him out of the box, but agreed to let him walk around on their family room floor as long as I was the one who picked him up and put him there! I had to put on work gloves and pick him up with a towel, just in order to not get poked by his cactus like spikes!
As much as I would love to say that I was really brave and played with him... I can't. I basically stayed in this little floor chair the entire time, for fear he was going to run towards me and climb up my bare leg... Teju was the brave one!
The family (Teju/son, Me, Wendy/daughter, Julia/mom, Mr Che/dad, Ann/friend of the family, Emily/Rwandan University student who is living with them!)
The best part was when Pizza (that's it's name) left a little present for us on the floor! We all died laughing and realized it was time for him to go back to his box!
The Che family is one of the more welcoming families I've ever met. Their love for God flows out of everything they do! They are laid back, thoughtful, appreciative, nice to each other, funny, cultured, and just plain genuine people! I feel really lucky to have met them!
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