Beloved Mole

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This post is dedicated to my mole.

Two instances on the superficiality of Korea. They are so extremely image conscious... and not only that, they are extremely blunt.. so yay for my mole. (Anne, you already know these stories. However, you still need to eh hem, make a post.)

one: (this is written in my xanga) I was asking the students what they did over the weekend- many answered "played the computer." one student said, "jumbbaegi." I had no idea and thought it was the usual student jibberish (Students like to just say random things sometimes) .. so I ignored it. Later that night, I realized that he said, "점 빼기" (mole removal!) He insinuated that I should get my mole removed over the weekend. disgust.

two: I surveyed the students for a game like Family Feud. example: what is your favorite color, subject, etc. One question was, "Name one thing that is scary." Many students wrote ghost, spiders, etc... I found that one group wrote down "사마귀" (sah-mah-gi. translation: mole)... and not praying mantis (a homonym in Korean).. They wrote down "mole" How rude. Watch them nickname me "the mole" and laugh behind my back.. I would not be surprised-- oh, middle school bliss..gotta love the middle schoolers.

Sarah is really popular

Sarah is, by far, the most popular member of the Kim Times. Samuel, I'm sorry to say (not really), is the least popular... by far. This is based off of the accurate and reliable statistics of the blogger itself. I occasionally check the profiles to see if you have updated them and in the left hand margin, you can see how many people have seen your profile. Sarah has a whopping 116 (as of this post). Samuel is a WHOPPING 100 behind at only 16!!! Now, either Sarah checks her profile everytime she gets on the computer or Samuel is really unpopular. I think that it's the former. Sarah likes to boost her ego up like that sometimes. I have to admit, I'm #4, but at least I have more than 3x the hits than Samuel!!!

Anyway, I need to go to class. Check it (Ali G reference).

Dad's Twin?

From my xanga post:

I was watching the Korea vs. Sweden soccer match with Yongi, when he said, "look! it's your dad!" Ad-bo-cat. who? Coach Dick Advocaat. scary.

What do you think? Gomo (dae's mom) did not think they looked anything alike and thought Yongi was crazy.

The Pictures are Coming! The Pictures are Coming!

Wait, that's The British are coming. Oh well. Anyway, I finally downloaded some pictures from the past couple of months, so here are some pictures from Shenandoah, and you get to see BOTH my birthday cakes... how lucky am I ?!?

ND and Korean food

First off, this past weekend I got to go to Southbend, Indiana and see Notre Dame . . . The school is BEAUTIFUL! The stadium was also ridiculously large, with a mural of Jesus basically right there. I also got to go to the Clevand Yachting Club and chill with ridiculously rich people. It was fun and the food was delish. Too bad I didn't do too well on my physical readiness test considering I took it the next morning I got back from my 5 day trip = P. . . but I still got 88.46% . . .

Okay, I went to see the Dietition 2 days ago and she prescribed me to get soy milk and sports drink to stay hydrated among other snack stuff to munch on throughout the day, but she was asking me about Korean food because next semester they're going to have an Asian bar every once in a while and would like to have Kimchi, bulgogi, jap-chae, among other things out there. If you guys know the recipes, please send them my way so I can give it to her. She spent like a year in Japan and a couple of weeks in Korea and absolutely loves the culture/food.

I get to do this Debutante Ball thing in DC which will be a fun time with rich people, and I get to spend Thanksgiving Day with David and Sarah, YAY!
I hope you all are doing well!
Anne, you need to post!

I got to spend time with dad's side of the family this weekend in Seoul. It's so strange to meet cousins that I haven't met before. I met 도훈's youngest brother-in the picture with our cousin 상길 & I met his wife for the first time. I also met 큰고모's two daughters. They're both doing well- beautiful kids. One majored in English literature, so I was impressed with her English & pronounciation. After this high, it was hard to come back to 괴산. I took these pictures at 용이's family's house.

They're all grown up! They're both taller than me now (not saying much). Their style might look strange, but I've become accustomed to it and they both look very stylish!


Our cousin you haven't met! He's sooooooooooo adorable!!!

Our weekend in Shenandoah

Sarah and I went to Shenandoah for her birthday last weekend. We have some pictures, but Sarah has those on her digital camera, so you'll have to ask her.

We drove the entire Skyline Drive - 100+ miles of mountains at 30 mph. While I kept saying that it looked like Missouri (and it does), I do have to admit that the mountains are much larger than the ones of the Ozarks. I'm sure that if we were from the area, we would have never done it (how many times have we driven through or camped in Mark Twain National Forest?). We stopped at every scenic view (over 70!) and stayed in a cabin. It was a really good trip, so we'll have to post pictures when we can.

Happy Birthday to Sarah!