Travel Log Korea from the begining and onward
Currently in South Korea.... Join the list by mailing korea@saradevil.com .
| Well it's been an exciting week at the little school
in Daegu. The weekend began with the sudden disappearance
of one of the teachers. Jenny is, alas, no more, having
left Seoul thi weekend on her way to Guatemala it
appears. Jenny was unhappy for a number of reasons, but
her prime reason for going is the conclusion of the
relationship she came to Korea in. Things did not work
out, and now, Jenny is gone. This poses a number of
problems, or at least the singular problem of her being
gone. However, it seems that I may have worked a small
miracle, or fate was contriving in my favor, as Thursday
night I met a very nice girl named Lily, who I've spent
the last the days consorting with. Her degree is similar
to mine, and her interest of study and mine overlap in
the most fascinating ways. Our first evening we spent
almost three hours discussing women's sexuality during
the Medieval period, and to my delight she's familiar
with Hildgard, Innana, and Judith. Fortunately for me, and possible even her, she has
only been in Korea about three days, and her school is
sub-sub-par. I quickly wooed her and set up and interview
with Mr. Kim and after she quits her current job,
hopefully smoothly, she will be joining us here. So
everything seems to be working out for the best for
everyone. I'm still busing working on classes, and trying to get
all the work done that needs to be done, which always
seems like an impossible task. I had a very pleasant
weekend which involved a great deal of dancing and quite
a bit of tour guiding for Lily, who is still knew. Last week, I went out with Mr. Kim, Jason, and Jeanie
Park and watched as they had MakChong (I'm sure I
butchered the spelling). This is the stomach lining of a
cow, marinated very lightly, and then grilled at the
table. The atmosphere was interesting as the cafe was
mostly open to the street, and according to the meat
eaters the food was very good. I ended up having rice and
kim chi, as there was a lack of the "many delicious
side dishes" which I was promised. I was brought a
bowl of soup which I would have been happy to eat if
there had not been over large and offensive shreds of
meat through all of it. According to Jason, who had the
makchong followed shortly by beef kalbi, the makchong was
better and it made the regular beef barbeque taste pale
and uninteresting. I think he may be hooked. The next evening, upon taking Lily downtown, and
running into my Korean friend Sook-young, we spent
several hours dancing, and then went to a pork makchong
place near the bar, but again according to Jason, the
pork makchong has nothing on beef makchong. It's been exciting and busy, and now I really should
turn to the task of working, as I am currently neglecting
it.
|