In the first couple/few installments, I will post some mundane things.
"Everyday" things.
At Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving).
Mrs. Pahtah with three of her brothers, two nephews, and her mom. I told them to sit still and behave because I was going to
make them famous in America. They did pretty good, except for the younger nephew who ran some kind of smack to counter
me. Hence the look from wifetart.
This is the apartment building adjacent to mine -- and it's moving day for someone, as you can see the truck with the ladder
trolley there. Elevators tend to be smallish and the apartment buildings tall, so this is the most common method of moving.
Perhaps you might imagine that Darwin approves of this method. I've not researched injury and/or death stats related to moving
in S. Korea, , but... I'm aware of Murphy's Law. Patio guard rail and glass removed. Man standing very close to the ledge. Heavy
objects rolled up the trolley to him. No, not much could go wrong here. This move we see is just up to the 7th floor. Many of the
apartment buildings are more than 20 stories high -- and this same truck trolley method is used. *splat*
A shot from my apartment, 11th floor. Korea is a beautiful country. Lots of mountains, nice coastlines, islands... If you look at
the lower left of the pic, the building has some brown containers on the roof.
They contain bean paste, which is fermenting. Bean paste is used in a number of popular Korean dishes. I'm told that the
fermenting process works well when the paste is kept in these containers -- with the containers then exposed to the elements.
The same containers are used for fermenting kimchi, but are traditionally kept under ground, loaded with kimchi, for a number
of months.
A look at a very typical Korean restaurant. You WILL remove your shoes.You WILL sit your f@t American ass on the floor. You
WILL eat your meal with two sticks. You MIGHT have a couple of pops of Soju.
There it is! Dog stew. Delicious.
Scoop it up!
Well, I opted out on this day and had Samgyetang instead. A form of chicken soup. Looks like this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgyetang
Maybe mvscal can whip that up some Saturday afternoon. :wink:
After your meal, guess where you go?
Old Skool.
There are still some of these around. Are you game for squatting over this so you can drop bombs? Lars?
Fairly common sight. Old timer finds a corner, plops down, and sells the eats or goods. Cheap. No permit. Buyer beware? I'm
still living.
Daughter of Pahtah.
She looks young, but is 25 here. I know you degenerates what to see skin. If you behave yourselves, you may see some Korean
excitement in future installments. This will have to do for now.
Deal with it.
