Awesome Sweatshirt

I was in the Gangnam subway station on my way home after work today and saw this priceless sweatshirt.  If it was a little bit more of a comfortable fluffy sweatshirt I'd probably get it.

Cold Weather = Dry Hands

Fighting my dry hands this week with delicious smelling Jeju Orange hand cream.  :-)

Free Lunch Today! Yippppeeeeeeeee!

A local lunch restaurant just opened up and apparently to drum up business they provided free lunch boxes for all the staff at our school today.  I don't know why, but oh well, it's FREE FOOD!  I brought lunch as well, so I will probably enjoy that as an afternoon snack as my blood sugar starts to get low.

Over Complicated Grilled Cheese and a Happy Girl

I made lunch the other day: grilled cheese with grilled sausage,  onions, chives and tomatoes.  This sparked the story of the day mom called to have me cook lunch for Dad before he got home from Airport Flash since she wasn't going to be home in time.  I made a grilled cheese with Swiss and other accompaniments.   Anyways he was ok with it, but would've been happier with a grilled cheese that was bread and American cheese.

All of these great flavors inside the crispy buttery bread made my stomach and Euree's very happy.

The Perfect Bar for a Christmas Beer

I know these pics are late coming, but after a Toastmasters meeting, a group of us ventured to a self beer bar (my favorite type of bar in Korea 《there are refrigerators full of about 30-40 different varieties with prices written on the fridge doors》). So, after a Honey Brown, a Smithwicks, a Red Dog and a San Miguel, I decided to head out.  Happy Times.

Me Speaking

I've been active in Toastmasters for only about 4 months since a coworker took me to my first meeting.  I liked the encouraging environment, and it really has helped me communicate better by speaking slowly and establishing eye contact.  One thing that hasn't changed yet is my volume.  One person who arrived late to this week's meeting said that she knew where we were because she could hear me in the corridor.

Knitting and Eating

Some recent yummy treats.

Also, I've started and made significant progress on a new scarf.  I'm hoping to have it done when it's still cold enough to wear it.  My plan is for it to be half black and half charcoal.

Student Pics After Graduation

New Year's Eve

To "ring" in 2014, Euree and I trekked to Hwagyesa Temple to hear the bell mark midnight.

A Toastmasters Weekend

This weekend I was the toaster for my Saturday club that I'm the vice president at and then at my Sunday club. 

For Saturday's meeting I chose the theme of ORANGES.  It  was a fun meeting.  I had each of the members pretend they were sellers of Texas valley fruits and going door to door like we occasionally saw at Ann and Jack's house.

Then on Sunday the topic was Restaurant Awkwardness. I told the story of going to a La Di Da restaurant in New Orleans with Mary Jo and Grandma and Grandpa Shannon.  This was after the family reunion and I couldn't find my boots and so I showed up to a jackets required restaurant in flip flops.  Then I ended up heading to Payless to get some more acceptable foot attire.