Doggy Update

So we finally named our doggy. He's going to be "Baozi" aka Chinese Steamed Bun.

Here's some very cute updated pictures of him, as well as a video of him doing his "sit" and "down."







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Doggy at the Park

So today this morning we took our doggy (YES, still un-named because I thought about Coconut but Aaron didn't really like it, so we might end up with a Chinese name because it's different. Right now top contender is (xiao) bai luobo [thank you cskies6!] aka little white carrot, but we'll see) to the park. We first took it to the vet to get a vaccine, and also got his ears cleaned and temperature checked. Afterwards, we took it to a nearby park, since we were out of our little town and actually in the city part, there are some parks.

We worked on sit and leash training, which might take awhile because he seems to have a pretty short attention span, he wants to sniff and explore everything. So we walked him a bit and tried to train him to sit and stay.


Anyway, here are some super cute pictures from our park session.










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yummy desserts, lanterns, and sickness

It's Monday yet again, which means another week of work.

Last week, we went out to this coffeehouse/cafe type place, where they had these really delicious yogurt/smoothie type thingies. They were served in this huge glasses, and were creamy, sweet, and just delish. They also had this weird desert thing which was pretty much a plop of ice cream on sweet bread. It was a bit weird but not too bad.



This weekend, on Sunday, we went with Glen, a new expat we've met recently, to the Lotus Lantern Festival in Seoul. It was on this street, which was filled with booths that had everything from foods, teas, tshirts, and lots of different craft making booths as well. Glen and I both made a little lantern, but Aaron didn't. There was other craft making booths like masks and clay and archery, but most of those cost money, but the lanterns were free. Near the temple area, there was all these lanterns hanging up and it made a very colorful canopy. After we walked around a bit, we headed to this little cozy restaurant near Insadong, where we made very tender bulgogi and side dishes. I got this tea called five flavors fruit tea, which was almost too sweet. After that, we chilled for a few hours at a coffeehouse near the Insadong and festival area, and bought two very delicous slices of cakes- blueberry and strawberry cream. Later that night we headed out and saw the parade, which had lots of people walking and lighted up statues of elephants, buddhas, lotuses, etc. We then had to rush back home, but even so, we didn't make the last bus, so we had our first taxi ride to our little boonie area.



















In other news, my sickness is almost all ok. I cough occasionally, but not nearly as bad. For Aaron of course, he just caught it and is feeling pretty sick today. I hope he feels better soon! Click here to read more

Jacki's class pictures

So my coteacher took some pictures last Thursday and finally today she got them for me.

This is my advanced class so it's smaller than my regular classes.















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Our apartment!

We finally made a video and pictures of our apartment, because we cleaned up a bit and well, I'm sure soon our apartment won't be this clean ever again, so why not.

Here are some more pictures. We will follow up with a video post.

Our neighborhood dog

Our clothes rack, since there are no dryers here

Our bedroom

Our kitchen

Our kitchen from the other view

Main living room. The sliding door on the left is to the kitchen, the brown door on the right is to the bedroom.

Living room towards the door

Our tiny bedroom

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