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oh what a night what a night! and let me just start this by stating i was not out with americans or even my peers. i was out with my director and all of my coteachers. haha. and i hope to soon have a priceless picture to share with you! but until then...let me start at the beginning.
last night was my welcome dinner where all the teachers and our director went out to eat together. so we walk about a block to have sashimi. well when we arrive we sit down on the little cushions on the heated floor which is so cool to me! and there are about 20 people total. so they have about 5 tables and each table is covered with 9 little glass plates and each plate has a different crazy thing on it. and when i say crazy i mean crazy.
-snails - big one where you pull the snail out and eat it and then little tiny ones where you just suck the snail out of the shell. the big snail was ok, and cooked so you had to chew it. the small snail was not so good. just salty.
-mashed potato salad
-apples with mayo on them
-raw i guess either clams or muscles just on the plate
-noodles with a sauce on them
-tofu with a sauce on it - just a slab of tofu
-pieces of some type of fish
-some other type of fish pieces
and about 10 - 15 mins the waiteress would come out and switch out the plates either bringing more of what we finished or a new thing in its place. then they brought out hot dishes of
-shrimp - completely shrimp. i couldn't peel the shell off really well so amy peeled me one and then two other teachers peeled me a shrimp too. it was so funny. haha
-corn fritter without being fried - everyone loved this dish! hahaha made me think of you mom
-gingko beans
-silk worm larvae - oh yes! finally my time came. the little bugs i have seen everywhere. they actually aren't too bad, but they would be better mixed in with something. they have kind of like a bean taste. i dont think i would just eat them as like potato chips like they sell them though...
-tuna! mmmmhmmmm
-a whole fish that was fried - that was really good
-korean pizza haha, or thats what bae jee called it - like a kimchi pancake really good!
-octupus pieces with all the tentacles. :)
it was at this point that they told me these are only the side dishes. i was like yeah right. but they weren't kidding. after all that and im sure i am missing dishes that came and went they took all the plates away and brought out the sashimi. a massive - i mean massive plate of raw fish pieces. also plates with 2 types of leaves. one leaf had a sweet taste and the other was lettuce. so you take the lettuce put a piece of fish and sauce in it and eat it. and all the fish was on a plate of those transparent noodles- do you remember ally's plate, mom?
then in between that they bring out a plate with a huge clam shell and a muscle on it! it was the coolest looking thing. it was bright orange and so crazy! and when i ate it, it was so salty i felt like i ate the beach! i wish i had a picture because it was soooooooo just wow!
so we worked on that for awhile. we also drank coke, and sprite and beer and then my director passed me a shot glass and poured me some soju. soju is their equivalent of vodka and they are both tasteless but the soju has no burn. so we all cheers-ed a few times together and it was nice. then he made me pose with the shot glass for a picture. i hope he emails me that one. hahahaha. so i had a few shot glasses of that. but you dont drink them like shots, or at least they didn't.
then after we worked on our meal for awhile they took the big plate away and brought a huge bowl of soup with a burner still boiling. and you can put the raw pieces of fish in it to cook it. and it had so much stuff in it! vegetables, a whole fish, i mean so much stuff. oh and before that they brought out a dish of rice, fish eggs, vegetables and seaweed. that was good too! so then we had the soup and they brought out some kimchi. i felt like maybe in medieval times what a king would feel like. it was a feast that went on for 2 and a half hours and we ate the whole time with lots of conversation. and it was just great!
the teachers are so nice and helpful. they were asking me if i eat dinner at home and if i ever need any help just let them know! they are apparently all at least about 30 years old so im the baby. hahaha. it was a great time and it was nice to see everyone together. even the brief times i see them at school i can tell they are so much fun and to see them all together was good proof.
we were supposed to go to a karoake bang (room) after dinner but i really couldn't talk much less sing and everyone was tired. so the guys went out for more fun and we all headed home. what a greattttt night!
and it was white day - so feb 14th is vday which the girls give guys presents, march 14th is white day the guys give girls presents and then april 14th is black day - single awareness day. :) hahaha. so i got a few presents from kids at school. very nice.
so its 11:30am here, i am watching the matrix and i think im gonna get something to eat. :)
until next time.
last night was my welcome dinner where all the teachers and our director went out to eat together. so we walk about a block to have sashimi. well when we arrive we sit down on the little cushions on the heated floor which is so cool to me! and there are about 20 people total. so they have about 5 tables and each table is covered with 9 little glass plates and each plate has a different crazy thing on it. and when i say crazy i mean crazy.
-snails - big one where you pull the snail out and eat it and then little tiny ones where you just suck the snail out of the shell. the big snail was ok, and cooked so you had to chew it. the small snail was not so good. just salty.
-mashed potato salad
-apples with mayo on them
-raw i guess either clams or muscles just on the plate
-noodles with a sauce on them
-tofu with a sauce on it - just a slab of tofu
-pieces of some type of fish
-some other type of fish pieces
and about 10 - 15 mins the waiteress would come out and switch out the plates either bringing more of what we finished or a new thing in its place. then they brought out hot dishes of
-shrimp - completely shrimp. i couldn't peel the shell off really well so amy peeled me one and then two other teachers peeled me a shrimp too. it was so funny. haha
-corn fritter without being fried - everyone loved this dish! hahaha made me think of you mom
-gingko beans
-silk worm larvae - oh yes! finally my time came. the little bugs i have seen everywhere. they actually aren't too bad, but they would be better mixed in with something. they have kind of like a bean taste. i dont think i would just eat them as like potato chips like they sell them though...
-tuna! mmmmhmmmm
-a whole fish that was fried - that was really good
-korean pizza haha, or thats what bae jee called it - like a kimchi pancake really good!
-octupus pieces with all the tentacles. :)
it was at this point that they told me these are only the side dishes. i was like yeah right. but they weren't kidding. after all that and im sure i am missing dishes that came and went they took all the plates away and brought out the sashimi. a massive - i mean massive plate of raw fish pieces. also plates with 2 types of leaves. one leaf had a sweet taste and the other was lettuce. so you take the lettuce put a piece of fish and sauce in it and eat it. and all the fish was on a plate of those transparent noodles- do you remember ally's plate, mom?
then in between that they bring out a plate with a huge clam shell and a muscle on it! it was the coolest looking thing. it was bright orange and so crazy! and when i ate it, it was so salty i felt like i ate the beach! i wish i had a picture because it was soooooooo just wow!
so we worked on that for awhile. we also drank coke, and sprite and beer and then my director passed me a shot glass and poured me some soju. soju is their equivalent of vodka and they are both tasteless but the soju has no burn. so we all cheers-ed a few times together and it was nice. then he made me pose with the shot glass for a picture. i hope he emails me that one. hahahaha. so i had a few shot glasses of that. but you dont drink them like shots, or at least they didn't.
then after we worked on our meal for awhile they took the big plate away and brought a huge bowl of soup with a burner still boiling. and you can put the raw pieces of fish in it to cook it. and it had so much stuff in it! vegetables, a whole fish, i mean so much stuff. oh and before that they brought out a dish of rice, fish eggs, vegetables and seaweed. that was good too! so then we had the soup and they brought out some kimchi. i felt like maybe in medieval times what a king would feel like. it was a feast that went on for 2 and a half hours and we ate the whole time with lots of conversation. and it was just great!
the teachers are so nice and helpful. they were asking me if i eat dinner at home and if i ever need any help just let them know! they are apparently all at least about 30 years old so im the baby. hahaha. it was a great time and it was nice to see everyone together. even the brief times i see them at school i can tell they are so much fun and to see them all together was good proof.
we were supposed to go to a karoake bang (room) after dinner but i really couldn't talk much less sing and everyone was tired. so the guys went out for more fun and we all headed home. what a greattttt night!
and it was white day - so feb 14th is vday which the girls give guys presents, march 14th is white day the guys give girls presents and then april 14th is black day - single awareness day. :) hahaha. so i got a few presents from kids at school. very nice.
so its 11:30am here, i am watching the matrix and i think im gonna get something to eat. :)
until next time.
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