Well, it was the thought that counts. ;-)
My darling friend Amanda bought this lovely cake for me. It was a thank you gift for something. I was so excited and dug right in popping that cherry in my mouth....you see it, the red one just left of the sliced apples? Only to realize it was not a cherry at all. What I bit into was a nice ripe TOMATO!!! Are you kidding me? Can you say O I N K ?! The yellow round ball behind the red tomato was a yellow tomato, and the filling on the cake, well; I'm not sure what it was.
Well, it was the thought that counts. ;-)
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Just when I think I have done about everything there is to do in Seoul a friend tells me about the horse races! After she told me about the races, she decided not to go. (That guilty mom thing.) Well, after much talk, I talked her back into going (that guilty friend thing). So one Saturday in late October Amanda and I boarded a bus with International Women's Club of Seoul and headed to the races! For those of you that know the area, the racetrack is by Seoul Grand Park, AKA - the zoo. To get there by subway, take subway line 4 to Seoul Racecourse Park station, leave by exit 2 and follow the crowd down the covered walkway to the track. Races happen most Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30AM to 5:30PM. The entrance fee to the park is 1,000 won. Just so you know, H1N1 is in full force here in Seoul, so it was no surprise to see these guys at the entrance..... They were equipped with mask, hand sanitizer and thermometers, checking and squirting those coming into the race park. We got to hang out in the foreigners lounge. The benefit to sitting in this area is that you get a little extra help....and trust me, we needed a little extra help. (And no, we did not plan our outfits even though we do look cute together!) We had to laugh when we were handed this "Simple Introduction to Betting on the Horse Races". We were not sure what this sign was saying to us... Amanda placing her first bet. Figuring it all out.... Parading the horses - And they race... Since you can bring coolers anywhere you go here in Korea, I made up a batch of Basil-Lime Martini's to share. Here we are having a little celebration after our horses won! Amanda and I both did pretty well at the races, especially for not knowing what we were doing. We had a great day and it was fun making new friends! Thanks to the International Women's Club for allowing us to hang with you!
OK, I know I wrote about Bunco in September, but I felt it needed another look from the month of October. First off, L made some fantastic chocolate martini's...of which I will need to get the recipe. Second, the girls surprised me with a cake for my b-day. (Thanks girls!) And the third thing I felt I need to mention is that T won LCR AGAIN!!!!! That is 2 bunco's in a row! Auggh! I won NOTHING. (I'm not bitter.)
Who would have thought 8th grade would be fun the second time around? A couple of weeks ago (yes, I know I am WAY behind on this blog....) I went on a field trip with the Seoul American Middle School 8th grade to the Arboretum, I don't know exactly where this Arboretum is, somewhere out near Camp Stanley, about a hour bus ride. Now, I must admit I was a bit scared at first, I mean come on most of these kids are bigger than I am and last year my group of 7th graders were a bit rambunctious. I could only imagine what was in store for me and when they gave me this group and set us free, I did some SERIOUS praying! And these two....Oh dear. You can see the one kid in the above picture...notice how baggie his pants are? Well, I had to set the tone, so in a fun but firm way I had to tell that boy he needed to pull his pants up and tighten his belt or he could not stay with us. It all worked out. He gave me a bit of a 'fun, hard time' then followed my orders. Now if you have teenagers, you can only imagine how excited they would be about going to an Arboretum...the only reason they even considered going was to get out of school for a day. Their assignment was to take pictures of 5 different types of trees, then write a paper on the differences. Well my group was done with their pictures within about 3 minutes. We still had 1 hour and 57 minutes left. God help me. They didn't even notice this... I was in awe of all the colors fall had to offer. The kids were excited they ran across this little log in the middle of the walkway. (Notice the trees in the background?) I did get a nice picture with my son. And my 'coolness' factory went up just as notch. Most of the kids ask me to come back to chaperone the next field trip. I had a great group of kids. They had fun, but were respectful and they may have been a bit rambunctious, but isn't that what 8th grade is about?
I'll leave you with a picture of them playing, Duck, Duck, GOOSE! I never thought I would put my kids on the bus. They begged, I caved. Here they are getting on the bus to go to school. (This was BIG for me so I had to share.) I worried all day that they did not make it to their class, and was so afraid that when I went to pick them up their teachers would tell me they were not in school that day. Everything worked out, they made it, and I made it! Whee…..
This write up starts up by saying..."The first theme cave of Korea..." Quite honestly, this is the first theme cave any of us had EVER seen! This was the last thing we had scheduled to do on our long weekend; we had almost decided not to tour this cave. Our thought was "if you have seen one cave, you have seen them all". Right? Wrong. I am SO glad we decided to drive on and drag our overly tired children through this amazing cave. It started off on a tram of sorts taking us UP the mountain. We used the 'last toilet'. We thought this cave experience would be another of the same - guided tour, they turn off the lights at some point to show you how dark it is. Blah, blah, blah.... Instead, this was a self guided tour and we felt like we were on a tour at Disney World! We always enjoy a little 'Konglish'. OK, this is great - I don't think there is another place on this earth where you can be in the middle of a cave and get a phone call. Look at that, I have ALL my bars!! OK, this is great - I don't think there is another place on this earth where you can be in the middle of a cave and get a phone call. Look at that, I have ALL my bars!!
The 'natural' cave part of this tour was amazing. "The natural cave is the biggest cave in Asia. There are natural cave formations comprised of stalactites and stalagmites in interesting shapes such as the Virgin Mary and the Buddha. " We were in awe. I wish I could have taken a picture that would do this place justice. The natural cave was at least as big as 3 football fields, maybe more. |
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