It's not that I haven't been doing anything. I think it's mostly that I don't have as many pictures as I'd like. In my mind, I've taken tons of pictures in the last month. In reality, my camera has been acting up, thus I tend to leave it hiding in my purse and don't take as many pictures as I should. I need to buy a new one, but I've sort of been putting off the purchase that I hadn't planned for.
The first weekend in December I went on a fieldtrip sponsored by the BCMOE (they are in charge of hiring EPIK teachers in Busan). It was the last one of the year, I was lucky enough to go on all of the trips! First we went to the Hanok Village in Jeonju, which there are pictures of from my trip there in March during orientation. After the village, we went to a Hanji paper museum. Hanji is a special kind of paper that they make in Korea. It must be made the traditional way. I got the chance to make my own, and here I am!
Later in the day we went to a temple nestled in a valley between the mountains. It was beautiful!
We ate shabu shabu that night for dinner. It is a soup (center) that you add all the veggies and meats to. The meat is just above the broth, and the seafood is in the lower right corner. After the soup was finished, we used the last of the broth to make a sort of rice porridge that was awesome.
A bit of bamboo in the background!
The second weekend in December, I had a holiday dessert party in an attempt to up the number of my holiday celebrations. The food turned out mostly as planned, and people actually showed up!
So many friends in such a cozy space. :)
I was really lucky to be invited to my friend Hee Jung's house for a birthday dinner. She and her mom had planned it and made sure to make it a special day. This picture is of a Korean version of Pad Thai.
This is homemade bulgogi.
My birthday dinner with friends!
Birthday candles/matches!
Another December baby!
Christmas dinner, we did a buffet in the early afternoon. The ham, turkey, and the roast beef were lovely. It's hard to find that kind of meat here, so it was nice to have something different.
Christmas day in the evening, near busan tower. The lights were gorgeous!
Book alley in Nampo-dong, it was really cute with all the bookstores lined up on either side.
On New Year's Eve, a few friends and I got together at Fully Booked, near Kyungsung University. It is a great café/used bookstore. Fully Booked was lovely enough to save us a room, so we had plenty of space.
Ringing in 2013 with tradition, with champagne or sparkling wine. It was a great night and I'm looking forward to all the joys of the new year. :)
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