Lazy Sunday Evening...

So let me try this again! I attempted to upload my most recent blog last night and after adding a few pictures, all my script had disappeared, needless to say I'm freekin' pissed about that, cuz I had summarized my lazy Sunday evening quite well. So let me attempt this one more time!

So I went to a training for Foreigner native teachers in my province last week, and though I learned alot foreigners can be quite draining. You almost get quite comfortable not being around a whole lot of people with grandiose ideas of themselves and the plague of self-entitlement. But at the same time, you miss complete English conversations and seeing those brown skinned people who look and like and think similarly to you.

Conference over, and I return back home, and I'm completely drained. I chill in on Friday night, order some pizza and rented a few DVDs and I called it a night. The TV watched me more so than I watched the TV.

Saturday, I wake up, and so didnt want to leave the house but I promised my friend Crystalyn that I would hit up Techno Market with her; I ended up getting completely turned around and so I ended up meeting her in Itaewon. Didnt I just say I was tired of foreigners, but eh, I love going to Itaewon. Its the foreigner's mecca! Cultures interwine here, English is spoken freely and clearly and international foods (ya'll know I love to eat) of all types can be found here. Not to mention the great book stores, nightspots and food markets. We buzz around Itaewon, then finally go back to the Techno Market and lastly make our way out to my city Bucheon-si.

We meet up with a few friends, and have a great galbi dinner. Galbi is cuts of seasoned pork and beef, placed on a open coal grill, and then served with sides of kimchi, lettuce and miscellaneous leafs for wrapping. Its tasty, add some HITE beer and SOJU and you have a party -- AND WE DID!

With a full stomach we headed off to Noribang! Now for those who are not familiar with Noribang, its Karaoke! But not like back home, where you're in a bar with tons of people and you never have the opportunity to sing because there's the one regular who think she's Whitney Houston and wants to hog the stage, Oh No, not like that at all here in Korea. Here you get a private room, with strobe lights, microphones and video - you can order drinks and food and in two hour increments sing until you pass out! I was never a karaoke fan at home, but its something about the noribang that keeps me singing! 3am in the morning voice horse I headed home, wishing everyone a great morning.

Now to my lazy Sunday! Finally, right?

So I didnt go to sleep until 4 am, chatting on the computer with folks back home, and for some odd reason my body woke me up around 730am, I forced myself to go back to sleep but when your sleep is interrupted you can very quite get back to that place were you once were. So i rose up out of bed with the intention of popping in some bootleg video I bought a techno market, eating the leftover pizza from Friday and just chill, -- intentions right, cuz it didnt happen that way.

I remember that I told my co-teachers that I was going to bake them a sweet potato pie. Now for those who know me, ya'll know I can burn (i.e. cook quite well), but being in Korea my passion for cooking has fizzled, because locating certain ingredients is a challenge and well when you only have an electric rang top with two eyes and no oven what can be done?

Buy a convention oven of course! Half microwave, Half oven! It the baby cooks at hyper speed -- and my passion for cooking has returned (well slightly).

So I go to my local HomePlus (Korea's verison of Wal-mart) and purchase the essentials: pie plate, sweet potatoes, sugar, flour, etc., check the frozen food section thinking okay there's got to be a frozen pie crust, c'mon errybody eats pie right? Wrong! I almost gave up, and said screw the pie, but they wouldnt let me live it down, so I bought the necessary items for making my own pie shell. Pictured above is my final product -- and the they loved it this morning!

MY PIE WAS SLAMMING!

Anyways time for class, but below are few pictures of my apartment, everyone has want to see it so here you go.

LOVE YA'LL

PEACE & BLESSING!

Derek

View from my apartment on the 9th Floor.