so for lunch at school....

...fish soup, potato salad, kimchi, rice, and two fish that looked as if they were just pulled out of the ocean...only their heads and tails were cut off.  i mean, i remember having the option to buy french fries for lunch.  nothing else, just fries.  where have those days gone?

anyway...

Sorry I haven't posted anything new in a week.  Its tuesday and my classes are over for the day.  its 4th period right now, which is my planning period, but of course i'm not planning.  here's a recap from the past week:
1) Jessica and I went up to Seoul for the day on Wednesday, which was the Korean Chuseok holiday (Thanksgiving) so the city was extra crowded.  We got to visit the Gyeongbokgung, which is an old palace for the king built around 1352 (maybe 1392).  I don't know.  Its old.  you can see pics on Facebook.
2) On friday we took the bus up to Buseoksa, which is the oldest, and apparently the most famous, buddhist temple in korea.  again, check out the pics on Facebook.  i can't remember if i uploaded them yet but i know Jessica put them on her FB.
3) Finally on saturday we went with a couple of other english teachers to Andong to the Mask Dance festival, which is a pretty big deal.  we got to ride the train, which we've been wanting to do.  pics on FB.

sunday jessica and I decided we needed a few things from homeplus, a 30 min walk across town.  we got quite a few things, which means that 30 min walk back across town was not the easiest.  I had the bright idea to take one of the shopping carts from the store and roll our boxes back home.  Jessica didn't like that idea, so we began walking with the boxes in our arms.  20 seconds later (literally) we were loading the boxes into a cart.  shopping cart wheels are made for flat, smooth floors of the store they belong to.  you can probably imagine the time we had pushing that thing across town....narrow, bumpy sidewalks...the constant rattling of the wheels and cart.  we received countless stares.  but that's ok, we stared right back.  we eventually made it home, unloaded our boxes, and began the long walk back across town to return it the cart.  I know what you're thinking, but i made an agreement before we left homeplus that I would return the cart that night.  Jessica thought we were stealing the cart...i only wanted to borrow it, which means i would return it....someday.  after all was said and done, we estimated we had walked in excess of 2.5 hrs that afternoon.  so we ate ice cream, chips, and salsa right before bed....and didn't think twice about it.